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Up until five years back, Mir Quamruzzaman Bachchu had always believed that the identity of the Sundarbans was interwoven with golpata (Nypa fruticans), a trunk-less palm species which grows naturally...
Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd. and Carl Zeiss AG have recently entered a strategic long-term partnership to jointly promote and develop breakthrough innovations in mobile imaging technology, they announced in...
The first phase of voting in 24 municipalities across the country has begun amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ballots are being cast using electronic voting machines. The voting will continue until...
The government launched 'e-port management system' at Burimari land port (BLP) in Lalmonirhat district on Sunday aiming to gear up its activities. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Monday as risk-averse investors opted for booking profit on quick-gaining stocks. Meanwhile, Robi’s share continued to rise for the third trading...
South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus...
The IPO subscription of Lub-rref (Bangladesh) – a local lubricant manufacturer – will open January 26, aiming to raise Tk 1.50 billion under the book-building method. The subscription of the...
The government is preparing a working strategy and a roadmap for risk assessment on legal persons and arrangement as part of the global efforts to prevent money laundering, officials said....
Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray has been awarded a wildcard for February’s Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Sunday. The main draw entry for the first...
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown...
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has taken an initiative to export 18,000 tonnes of naphtha to international buyers as supply has outpaced local demands. The Corporation has floated an...
The apparel sector leaders have urged the government to suspend for two years the effectiveness of the legal provision for annual wage hike of garment workers on excuse of Covid-19...
Bangladesh’s economy will be 28th largest in 2030 and 25th largest in 2035 , the UK's Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has made the projection in a recent...
The central bank has asked all the scheduled banks to provide loans and credit card facilities to the IT freelancers having virtual identity (ID) cards, officials said. Under the new...
The first auction for Sukuk, the Islamic Shariah-compliant bond named Bangladesh Government Islamic Investment Sukuk will be held today (Monday) creating history in the country's financial market. On the debut...
There is one common factor in the evolving scenario-- be it in the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, China, Japan, India or Bangladesh. Every country in this digital world, particularly...
Few adults in the country's rural areas are aware of the health benefits of drinking milk regularly. They meet their physical demands of various nutrients by turning to other food...
Vietnam’s economic growth slowed this year to its weakest in at least three decades, buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and a sluggish global economy, government data showed on...
German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 200 kilometres to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe. The 20-year-old...
US President Donald Trump’s threat not to sign a $2.3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid programme and threatens a partial federal government...
Nine months into the closure of educational institutions due to the coronavirus outbreak, it’s now been a contentious question whether, at least, the universities should be reopened. As university students...
UNHCR and its partners have completed 130 projects so far to support the Cox's Bazar locals through "Community Solidarity Projects" and income generation initiatives. They have been implementing the projects...
Creating an inclusive society and bridging the gap between each kind of disparity that persists should be the goal for the nation to move forward, said the experts in a...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flight operation to Oman on Tuesday as the Oman government has withdrawn its suspension order on the flight operation. Passengers of suspended flights have...
The notion that the Covid-19 pandemic was 'the great equaliser' should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions...
The government has authorised more 21 private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests of outbound travellers. It also lowered the fee of RT-PCR tests for the coronavirus at private labs to...
When the first case of Covid-19 was detected on March 8 last in the country, it was a new experience for most people. None had ever encountered such a health...
German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to step up its production of electric vehicles, Chief Executive Oliver Zipse told German daily Augsburger Allgemeine. “We are significantly increasing the number of...
Fraudsters are hyperactive. Ever since the exposure of infamous con man Shahed Karim of so-called Regent Hospital, many of this kind of ill breed have been netted by the country's...
Gulf Arab foreign ministers will hold a virtual meeting hosted by Bahrain on Sunday ahead of an annual summit to discuss steps towards ending a diplomatic row that has undermined...
Local think tank Centre for Policy Dialogue's (CPD) seminar held in Dhaka on December 24, 2020 advocated for projecting logical electric energy demand and supply targets in the Eighth Five...
Japan has barred the entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain. The foreign ministry...
Bangladesh is hopeful of receiving 55 million doses of the coronavirus vaccines from the Serum Institute of India and under a programme led by the World Health Organization (WHO) within...
A Dhaka court has ordered banks to freeze 617 accounts that belong to Kazi Shahid Islam Papul, the independent lawmaker from Laxmipur-2 constituency, and his family members who are facing...
Reactor pit construction at Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP) unit No.1 in Bangladesh has been completed, said a Rosatom press release. Rosatom is the Russian state nuclear agency which remained...
A senior Chinese official arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to assess the political situation, local party officials said, a first diplomatic step by the neighbouring power after Nepal’s Prime Minister...
The Tigers’ ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been rewarded with a spot in the International Cricket Council’s Best ODI XI team for his consistent show over the last decade....
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV channel on Sunday. “He said he will be...
A lecture series titled ‘Bangabandhu Lecture Series’ on the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will begin tomorrow (Monday) on Dhaka University (DU) campus. Vice-Chancellor of the university...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday conducted a drive against illegal food stands, installations, and parking on the Manik Mia Avenue bicycle lane. During the drive, led by DNCC...
The government of Qatar has announced to reopen its visa centre in Dhaka on Wednesday. "Within the framework of resuming work at Qatar visa centers abroad, work will start at...
A Bangladeshi film director has been arrested and charged after a scene depicting police harshly interrogating a rape victim and highlighting attitudes towards violence against women sparked the ire of...
Indian law enforcers have arrested a fugitive Bangladeshi national, who fled India after being sentenced to death in a kidnapping, robbery and murder case a decade ago, from New Delhi....
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) have joined an initiative as part of industry-academia linkage to develop business models. Accordingly, the...
Beijing has tightened COVID-19 curbs over concerns that China’s mass travel during the holiday period could cause cases to spike in the capital, as it reported locally transmitted cases for...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is working to upgrade the communication system in Bangladesh to drive the country forward. She made the remarks while inaugurating the latest...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will introduce virtual court activities in district-level jails to lessen sufferings of justice seekers amid coronavirus outbreak. The prime minister came...
A number of 26,000 dwellers of remote char areas of river-surrounded three upazilas –Shaghata, Fulchhari, Sadar — of Gaibandha are going to get electric facility by June next, an official...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,049 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 509,148. The death toll climbed to 7,452 after...
The core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed the 5,300-mark on Sunday after 18 months as investors continued to put fresh stakes on large-cap stocks amid high hopes....
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