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Shares of Upstart Holdings Inc jumped 30 per cent in their market debut on Wednesday, giving the cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform a market capitalization of $1.88 billion. Upstart’s...
Bitcoin smashed through $20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, its highest ever, amid increased institutional and corporate interest. The cryptocurrency hit an all-time peak of $20,800 and was last...
A Bangladeshi young man was gunned down allegedly by some members of the Indian Border Security Force along the border in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram on Wednesday morning, UNB reports. The deceased...
With actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death apparently opening a Pandora's box for Bollywood -- from nepotism to drugs scandal, a popular actress has come out in support of the Hindi...
Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to “point” and ask for help, researchers said in a study published on...
Nagad, the digital financial service of Bangladesh Post Office, has officially started the process to bring the users of Grameenphone Limited under this state-of-the-art innovation, reports BSS. The initiative will...
The government has formed a national committee to coordinate and manage overall activities including law and order of the forcibly displaced Myanmar-nationals in the camp areas of Bangladesh, BSS reports....
Robi Axiata is set to get $95 million cash injection from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation or IFC to widen network and build new telecom infrastructure, reports bdnews24.com. Shahed...
The European Union could give final approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as early as Dec 23, a senior Commission official said on Wednesday, only two days after a possible...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has said Bangladesh and Turkey hold enormous potentials in the arena of bilateral trade to explore and the target of US$ 2 billion trade, which was...
The first time in its history, Dhaka University Entrepreneurship Development Club (DUEDC), is organising an eight-day long ‘Virtual Training Program’ for the young aspiring entrepreneurs. BRAC Bank presents ‘Shut UP...
World stocks rose to record highs on Wednesday as drugmakers rolled out Covid-19 vaccines and US congressional leaders expressed optimism about a stimulus deal, with the upbeat mood dragging the...
Bangladesh has celebrated the 50th Victory Day recalling moments that had marked the emergence of Dhaka as the free capital of independent Bangladesh with the unconditional surrender of Pakistani occupation...
Saudi Arabian Airlines was fined Tk 200,000 for carrying passengers to Dhaka without Covid-19 negative certificates. Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Director (Security) Group Captain AHM Towhid-ul-Ahsan said an executive magistrate...
Russia has issued a list of orders aimed at stabilising food prices, including a grain export quota and a wheat export tax. The new measures, announced by Russian Prime Minister...
Rajshahi University (RU) has formulated a 50-year master plan aimed at improving the quality of education after the best uses of existing resources. RU Vice-chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan accompanied by...
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has drawn criticism for joining year-end get-togethers after begging the public to avoid parties as the country grapples with record numbers of coronavirus cases. Suga...
Users of Grameenphone will now be able to avail Nagad’s mobile financial services by dialling a code as part of an agreement between the two companies, reports bdnews24.com. The initiative...
Nearly 140,000 people in the United Kingdom have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the first week of the roll-out of the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the minister in...
Amazon.com urged a US judge to toss out the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract award after the Defense Department said in September a court-ordered re-evaluation had determined Microsoft...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday greeted all freedom fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day. Like previous years, the Prime Minister sent flowers,...
Patients were being treated in the back of ambulances in a Northern Ireland hospital car park on Tuesday, a health official said, a day after a warning that COVID-19 was...
The house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months, resisted being claimed by the river, as the rest of the village already has been. But slowly,...
Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, adding he would...
A Taliban delegation will arrive in Pakistan's capital on Wednesday for a three-day visit, according to official statements, as both sides in the Afghan peace process continue consultations during a...
The government has extended the celebrations of Mujib Year, which was declared to celebrate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary, to December 16, 2021. The Cabinet Division on Tuesday announced...
Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to "point" and ask for help, researchers said in a study published on...
Asia-Pacific region has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said...
Dr ABM Abdullah, the prime minister's personal physician, has tested positive for Covid-19. Later, he was admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. Abdullah said he...
Nearly one in four people may not get Covid-19 vaccines until at least 2022 because rich countries with less than 15 per cent of the global population have reserved 51...
The US Treasury could label several countries currency manipulators before President Donald Trump leaves office, analysts say, as the coronavirus pandemic skews trade flows and widens US deficits with trading...
Bangladesh has recorded 27 deaths and 1,632 new cases of the novel coronavirus in last 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 7,156 while the number...
Customs officials seized 130 gold bars, weighing 15 kg, and arrested a man in this connection at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as...
Bangladesh is months away from the golden jubilee of its independence but a complete list of the valiant people who put their lives at stake for the country's freedom is...
Some of the world’s biggest private equity firms, including Blackstone Group Inc, Silver Lake Partners LP and Thoma Bravo LP, own major stakes in the software firms whose shares dived...
The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged on Tuesday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targetting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three...
When Martin Guzman was doing a PhD in economics at Brown University in the United States, he and two other Argentine friends formed part of their department’s intramural soccer team...
An Australian regulator sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday accusing it of collecting user data without permission, building on government efforts around the world to rein in the social network. The...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $0.5 million in grant assistance for supporting knowledge works to promote business competitiveness and intraregional trade of Bangladesh. The assistance is additional to...
Local government minister Tazul Islam on Tuesday said detailed area plan (DAP) will be finalized after getting opinions from the city corporations as they will play a vital role in...
Stocks witnessed a marginal correction on Tuesday, snapping a four-day winning streak, thanks to the profit booking by some investors on financial stocks. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka...
Three years after the #MeToo scandal roiled Hollywood, causing dozens of powerful men to lose their jobs, two-thirds of women who took part in a survey of the entertainment business...
Singapore is to allow a limited number of business, official and other “high economic value” travellers from around the world under a “bubble” arrangement that offers a glimpse into what...
A man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram said on Tuesday the Islamist group was behind the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys, as anxious parents begged...
Just five days before they were due to perform before a live audience for the first time in almost two months, the singers of the Paris Opera learned they could...
Bangladesh is celebrating its 50th Victory Day today (Wednesday) and commemorating the martyrs of the nine-month Liberation War against Pakistan. The nation began the day with paying tributes to martyrs...
Several technology companies including Snap Inc, Pinterest, Dropbox and eBay announced a coalition on Tuesday that would advocate the benefits of Section 230, a decades-old law protecting internet firms. Section...
Millions of people have moved out of New York City during the pandemic, but at the same time, millions of others with lower incomes have taken their place, according to...
President Donald Trump is leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly. After failing in his legal efforts to overturn his Nov 3 election loss...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has resolved complexities over releasing the power equipment from port under tax-free provision by amending the Income Tax Ordinance -1984. Due to absence of...
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