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Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics have agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed games, as growing coronavirus...
Honey producers in Chalanbeel, the vast swathes of wetland in the northern region, are being forced to sell their farm produce at throwaway prices, beekeepers have alleged. They are struggling...
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has said that Mohamed Salah is in a “good moment” and is happy at Liverpool, dismissing media speculation the Egyptian wants to leave the club. Salah...
Jewel Rana scored a brace as Abahani Limited, Dhaka blew their arch-rival Mohammedan Sporting Club away by 3-0 goals in the opening group D match of the Federation Cup Football...
The number of internet subscribers in the country marginally dropped in November compared to the previous two months, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The number...
A 7-year-old Ugandan boy has become a sensation in his country with his precocious display of aircraft knowledge and budding flying skills. Graham Shema has been interviewed on local television...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six members of an international snake venom smuggling ring in the city on Thursday afternoon. The elite force arrested the smugglers with snake venom worth...
Hundreds of cars line up before dawn on weekly distribution days for the Forgotten Harvest’s partner food pantries in the metro Detroit area, where visits are up by 50 per...
The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007, and manufacturers still are months away from fulfilling...
More than a thousand migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were left to sleep in the cold after their camp in northwestern Bosnia burned down amid a...
The government has declared the Halda River as Bangabandhu Fisheries Heritage. The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock issued a circular about this on Thursday. In the circular, the ministry declared...
Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar, on Thursday, said the country's banks are unable to reach people in the remotest areas with banking services due to their inadequate infrastructure. He...
As 2020 was dawning, the oldest members of the world’s youngest generation - Generation Z - were preparing to emerge into one of the strongest global job markets in decades....
The prices of rice increased further in the city markets last week, hitting people's pockets. Prices of coarse and medium varieties went up by Tk 2.0-Tk 3.0 per kilogram in...
As the year is drawing to a close, the top bankers are found increasingly worried about the profitability of their banks. Some leading bankers said Covid-19 pandemic and single-digit lending...
One weekend morning, all of a family may be having breakfast with ‘khuder bhaat’ (smoked broken rice) and various kinds of traditional bhorta – ‘kalijira’, ‘dhonepata’, ‘dim’, ‘alu’, ‘begun’, ‘daal’,...
The Christian community is celebrating the Christmas Day in the country, as elsewhere across the world, on Friday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas, the biggest religious festival of...
The new coronavirus strain found in the United Kingdom (UK) has heightened worries worldwide. Scientists are yet to know details of the new strain which is more easily transmissible--up to...
The formation of a platform with as many as 500 non-government organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) is a gigantic step, the like of which was never taken before...
The launching of a technology centre dubbed 'Tech C' by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) last week to support SMEs and start-ups in enabling technology...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam expressed his firm optimism to get a sustainable capital market within the next six months. “Many evil forces...
An anti-tobacco campaign and rights organisation Thursday protested the government's move to allow Asia Tobacco (Pvt) to invest in an export processing zone. Asian Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement...
Bangladesh economy is fairing relatively better despite the pandemic-induced global economic slowdown. Bloomberg has recently ranked Bangladesh as the 20th Corona Resilient country out of 53 large countries. Bangladesh's performance...
Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year's chaos for cross-border commerce and bring a measure of certainty to businesses after years...
Rice is crucial to ensure food and dietary energy security of Bangladesh. In terms of per capita rice consumption, Bangladesh is ranked as the top in the world, which is...
The government will work to encourage Bangladeshi migrants to invest in the country, said Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Imran Ahmad at an award-giving ceremony on Thursday. To...
Almost the whole world has passed 2020 as the most memorable year in the last 2/3 centuries. In its capacity to fill the world population with insidious fears and a...
Aiming to enrich the knowledge and skills of startups in Bangladesh as well as developing a digital startup ecosystem, Bangladesh-South Korea jointly hold the 'ideaTHON' contest. This contest was organised...
The Election Commission (EC) has dismissed accusations of financial misconduct levelled against it by the eminent citizens as baseless, lies and undesirable. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in a...
French champions Paris St Germain have sacked German coach Thomas Tuchel, reports bdnews24.com citing French sports daily L'Equipe and German newspaper Bild on Thursday. PSG were not immediately available to...
More like a deranged Dogme 95 experiment than the salacious Bollywood slugfest that was promised by its misguided marketing campaign, AK vs AK is an inventive but inconsistent film that...
Bangladesh had shown interest in joining the New Development Bank, BRICS Bank, when it was coming into being in 2014 only for it to lean towards the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure...
Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed. The discovery could...
The power sector of Bangladesh is increasingly facing challenges with regard to inefficiency, cost escalation, lack of cleaner energy-mix, poor quality of transmission and distribution and rising financial burden, says...
Detectives in a drive arrested three members of a fraud gang from different parts of the city on Thursday. The arrestees are Shimul Mia, 29, son of Siraj Mia, Shaheen...
The digital financial service of the Bangladesh Postal Department has recently crossed a major milestone as its daily transaction went over Tk 2.0 billion, said Tanvir A Mishuk, managing director...
At least 20 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian...
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has urged citizens not to panic over a new COVID variant similar to the strain found in the United Kingdom. It would not...
Bangladesh is finalising a purchase of 150,000 tonnes of rice from India’s NAFED, the New Delhi-based state agency told Reuters, in what would be the first such bilateral deal in...
The government has promoted five additional secretaries to the ranks of secretaries. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. According to the notification, Ramendra Nath...
They gather in groups, wearing black, in the shadow of buildings gutted by the explosion that shook this city on Aug 4. Men, women and children from Christian and Muslim...
India recorded 24,712 new coronavirus infections, taking its total to 10.12 million, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday. COVID-19 infections are decreasing in India, with 23,788 new infections...
Stocks witnessed a big jump on Thursday, with turnover crossing Tk 14 billion-mark on the major bourse after more than four-month, as investors put fresh stakes on stocks amid expectations....
Bangladesh has recorded 1,234 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 506,102. The death toll climbed to 7,378 after 19...
The Embassy of Bangladesh in Korea honoured outstanding Bangladesh workers and Korean employers this month in celebration of the UN-designated International Migrants Day. Observed on every Dec 18, International Migrants...
Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) on Thursday announced that the country's manufacturing output increased 17.9 per cent year on year in November, compared to a revised 0.8 per cent decline...
Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to a Brexit split that has shaken...
“Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down,” read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases among workers from Myanmar. The outbreak, first detected at a...
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) hosted Virtual Youth Carnival 2020 to celebrate the never-fading resilience of the youth. This year has been tough for all and youths have experienced halt...
Interactive Cares is launching a cross-university strategic case competition-- Stratino 1.0. With this competition, they are looking to instil the strategic mindset that goes into achieving goals and sustaining a...
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