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Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Tuesday accused the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, a state agency, of building its headquarters---Setu Bhaban-- illegally and demanded its transfer to some...
Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined by 84 per cent during the first half of 2020 over that of the corresponding period of 2019, primarily due to the...
The nation is set to celebrate the 50th Victory Day today (Wednesday) paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War....
Bangladesh may raise the issue of Ganga Barrage during the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, according to officials concerned. The summit meeting...
Hundreds more US hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine that's likely to soon boost the nation's...
At close to 50, Bangladesh is in yet another transition - from a newborn country in the world of the 1970s to its pursuit of an increasingly mature state in...
Today the nation is celebrating its 50th Victory Day, the day it vanquished the enemies of its independence and freedom. The moment of victory after waging a tortuous war of...
Forty-nine years ago the people in this land decided to break free from the subjugation of their unlawful rulers from across 1,200 miles. Conceited beyond all proportions to consider themselves...
Anyone thinking of investing in the capital market in Bangladesh is most likely to ask a couple of basic questions: what was the average annual return and risks of the...
Everyday life nowadays could be stagnant without technology which is necessary at every step of living. During the ongoing pandemic, the demand for financial technology is increasing as it is...
As Bangladesh celebrates the fiftieth victory day this year, it is of paramount importance to look back and evaluate how far we have come in fulfilling the promises of our...
A top official of Public-Private Partnership Authority on Monday emphasized on the importance of moving forward with the five PPP projects with Japan on a G2G modality. The projects are...
Bangladesh has set an example in the world by tackling the coronavirus outbreak through unity, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Noting that the final span of the Padma Bridge, a...
The tension between India and China won’t affect the ties between Bangladesh and India, experts said in a virtual conference on Tuesday. “Any country in India’s neighbourhood except Pakistan won’t...
Jordan’s readymade garments (RMG) sector will recruit over 12,000 skilled workers from Bangladesh in one year. “This recruitment will be processed only through Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL),”...
The country’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed $42 billion mark for the first time ever on Tuesday following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward remittance, officials said....
Bangladesh and India are expected to ink nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during virtual talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday. “As many...
At least six people, including a bride, have died after a trawler full of wedding guests capsized in the Meghna river in Noakhali’s Hatia, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred southwest...
With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the...
Italy is considering more stringent nationwide coronavirus restrictions during the Christmas holidays, the health minister said on Monday, after scenes of big gatherings in many cities over the weekend raised...
Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman about where he had put his cart....
Burials in the Indonesian capital were 61 per cent higher in the first 10 months of 2020 than in the past five years, according to a new study that could...
The government has distributed a total of 15,88,803 blankets among the cold-hit people across the country at the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of respective districts...
The UNICEF has called for prioritising teachers along with frontline health personnel and high-risk populations in vaccination against Covid-19 allowing them to teach in person, and ultimately keep schools open....
Lives and livelihoods of 95 per cent of young women have been impacted negatively by COVID-19 pandemic in different districts across the country, said an ActionAid survey. Data showed that...
The High Court on Tuesday suspended the freedom fighter gallntary awards of four fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. The four convicts are:...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January, his first bilateral visit since taking office, to try to strengthen trade and investment ties and work together on...
Stocks witnessed a marginal correction on Tuesday, snapping a four-day winning streak, thanks to the profit booking tendency of some investors on quick-gaining stocks. DSEX, the key index of the...
Bangladesh has registered 40 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, the highest daily count in three months, taking the death toll so far to 7,129. Bangladesh has registered 40 new...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially determines the US...
The economic backlash of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic wiped out some 81 million jobs in Asia and the Pacific in 2020, said a report released by the International Labour Organization...
President-elect Joe Biden delivered a forceful rebuke on Monday to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of his victory, hours after winning the state-by-state Electoral College vote that officially...
Bangladesh and Canada co-hosted the launch of the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Year of Action on Tuesday. Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of International Development, and Zahid Maleque, Bangladesh’s Minister of...
Emirates has announced it will resume its operations to Istanbul from December 21. Flights to/from Istanbul will operate once daily by the Boeing 777- 300ER. The addition of Istanbul expands...
A bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capital city killed the deputy governor of Kabul on Tuesday, security officials said, adding a sticky bomb was attached to his car by unknown assailants....
Gemcon Khulna allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has left the team due to a family emergency, and he will not be available for the final of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020,...
At least 15,000 hectares of agricultural land in the southern part of Cumilla cannot be brought under cultivation due to water logging in a year, agricultural officials and farmers say....
Bangladesh former captain and the skipper of Beximco Dhaka in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, Mushfiqur Rahim, has sought public apology for his unexpected behaviour with one of his teammates. During...
A record number of journalists were imprisoned during 2020, as governments cracked down on coverage of the coronavirus pandemic or tried to suppress reporting of civil unrest, the Committee to...
Eleven elderly people with mobility issues died after being trapped in a burning retirement home in the early hours of Tuesday in the Russian region of Bashkortostan in the Urals...
Several senior Republican US senators on Monday acknowledged Democrat Joe Biden as the country’s president-elect after the Electoral College affirmed his victory, and rejected the idea of overturning the 2020...
Stocks on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in the early trading on Tuesday as optimistic investors kept showing their buying binge on sector-wise issues amid positive expectation. Following...
A new ground-breaking global youth mobilisation was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagements in response to Covid-19. The initiative was launched by an...
Software developers and ICT service providers have urged the government to prioritise local companies in the public procurement policy so as to promote the IT sector, create employment opportunities and...
Experts during a webinar on Monday put emphasis on diversified and sustainable farming patterns to raise productivity in coastal regions. The observations were made at the launch of a second-phase...
Gemcon Khulna stalwarts came all guns blazing when it mattered most as they steered the side to the final of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup in first attempt. Due to the...
None of the selected bidders responded to the government's call to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market in January. The state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL)...
In recent years, the cross-border use of the Renminbi (RMB) has sustained rapid growth, and has maintained robust growth this year even despite the impact of the Covid-19 that has...
Dry fish stockist and producers are facing hardship in the current season as 30 per cent of their produced export quality goods has remained unsold due to corona pandemic in...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has waived advance income tax (AIT) on import of common wheat. The NBR's Income Tax Wing published a gazette notification on December 9, waiving...
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