Stocks on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in the early trading on Monday as bargain hunters kept showing their buying binge on sector-wise issues amid positive expectation. Following...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has rescheduled prices of 10 emergency coronavirus tests and services, including the prices of oxygen cylinder, cylinder refilling and oxygen utilisation. The government...
After the 20-match league phase, the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020 is all set to enter the playoff phase on Monday. Apart from Minister Group Rajshahi, the other four teams have...
New Zealand took a little over an hour to wrap up a comprehensive innings and 12 runs victory in the second test against West Indies on the fourth day at...
Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, according to people familiar with the matter, adding they feared...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in Dhaka, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day....
The UK and EU have agreed to carry on post-Brexit trade talks after a call between leaders earlier on Sunday. In a joint statement, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and...
The revenue board has scrapped the order of obtaining VAT rebate in case of purchasing raw materials on credit after it found the enforcement complex. Both businesses and field-level tax...
The advance-deposit ratio (ADR) of the country's banking sector dropped in September 2020 as stimulus money and remittances swelled deposits as against slower credit growth, bankers say. The ADR -...
A US-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong River was launched on Monday, adding to the superpowers' rivalry in Southeast Asia....
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Monday in a befitting manner. Just two days ahead of the country’s victory on this day 49 years ago,...
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers on Sunday intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhauling food grain procurement and pricing rules by allowing private companies direct...
Nothing can be sweeter and more savouring for a nation than achieving a victory against a marauding army that is not only brutal but also bereft of any moral values....
With the setting up of the last span on the pillars 12 and 13 of the Padma Bridge, the most challenging part of the job has been accomplished. The infrastructure...
Several factors are found responsible for an individual or a household becoming poor. Joblessness or lack of assets, immovable or otherwise, remains at the top of the list. That high...
Parents converged on a secondary school in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state on Sunday, begging authorities to save hundreds of boys abducted by gunmen, reports Reuters. The army had exchanged fire...
Mentioning that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 96 per cent effective, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the vaccine’s developer, Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, said it is...
Retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan was killed because he “came to know about Teknaf police’s OC Pradip Kumar Das’s links to drug business, the RAB has said. The...
Covid-19 is probably the most challenging experience for us creating so much of despair and catastrophe. In the past there were a number virus attacks throughout the globe but Covid-19...
It is only logical that Victory Day on December 16, 1971 has become a significant symbol in our lives. One remembers in this context the significant role played by Bangabandhu...
UNESCO has launched an international award named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman following Bangladesh’s proposal, reports bdnews24.com. The UN agency’s executive board unanimously adopted the proposal on UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh...
The government on Sunday signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited for procuring Covid-19 vaccine. Under the deal, Bangladesh will import 3.0 billion doses of SARS-Cov-2 AZD...
These days many city dwellers use ridesharing services on a regular basis. Ridesharing services are operated by apps and have been a great help to the commuters of the cities...
Farmers are accelerating cultivation and production of spice crops and getting lucrative prices to achieve self-reliance during the last twelve years in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,355 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 490,533, reports bdnew24.com. The death toll surged to...
With the new season of domestic football knocking at the door, Bashundhara Kings is once again at the centre of attention among football lovers. Though the defending champions didn’t put...
Bangladesh will raise all the big issues, including water and border related ones, during the virtual meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, scheduled to...
The government will never allow plastic waste trade in the country, said Md Shahab Uddin, minister of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, on Sunday. He made the...
The people are heaving a sigh of relief as the price of onion has fallen as the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is offering the item at Tk 23 per...
Conservative groups claiming without evidence that the November 3 election was stolen from President Donald Trump staged protests across the country on Saturday, with one in Washington turning violent at...
Stocks extended the winning streak with the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting 16 months high on Sunday riding on regulatory moves and gradual improvement of economic...
A Chinese space capsule, bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades, started its three-day return to Earth on Sunday. The Chang’e 5 lunar probe, which had...
Instagram star Sahar Tabar, who made headlines for her resemblance to Angelina Jolie, has been jailed for 10 years, after she was arrested over her social media activities. She had...
Sri Lanka has recorded the highest number of elephant deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict, according to a media report. The island-nation’s Committee on Public Accounts (COPA)...
A Chattogram court has handed down the death sentence to 10 people in a case involving the murder of Sonakania Union Parishad Chairman Amzad Hossain in Satkania 21 years ago....
New Zealand’s bowlers again ripped through West Indies’ batting lineup to push them to the brink of a comprehensive victory in the second and final test as they reduced the...
The High Court has suspended for six months the trial proceedings against Prothom Alo's Editor Matiur Rahman in a case over the death of Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar....
The Rapid Action Battalion has pressed formal charges in court against former Teknaf Police OC Pradip Kumar Das, former in-charge of Baharchhara investigation centre Inspector Liakat Ali and 13 others...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is taking preparations so that children can return to their educational institutions and resume their academic activities normally. "We hope that good...
Banana growers of Tangail are making a good profit with the price of the iron-rich fruit going higher this year. They have also witnessed a bumper yield of the popular...
Football fans in Asia have a common characteristic when it comes to supporting football teams. These fans, although they love their respective European clubs, tend to have a soft spot...
The US public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday after it was authorised for emergency use, officials say. The first three million doses of the vaccine would...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early trading on Sunday as bargain hunters showed their buying binge on sector-wise issues amid positive expectation. Following the previous week's upward trend, the...
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua produced a devastating finish to knock out Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev near the end of the ninth round to retain his IBF, WBO and WBA belts...
Israel established relations on Saturday with Bhutan, a majority-Buddhist nation neighbouring India, as it looks to continue to expand its diplomatic links internationally. Israel’s accord with the Himalayan country did...
Britain’s AstraZeneca has agreed to buy US drugmaker Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion in its largest ever deal, diversifying away from its fast-growing cancer business in a bet on rare-disease...
Beating Beximco Dhaka by two runs, Fortune Barishal ensured a playoff berth on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Dhaka needed 17 runs from the last six balls, but...
Catastrophic health expenditure due to rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been pushing over five million people to below poverty line every year, creating impediment to achieving health-related Sustainable Development...
The stock market regulator has given approval to issue perpetual bonds worth Tk 14 billion in favour of three listed bank - First Security Islami Bank, Trust Bank and City...
Economists on Saturday urged the government to make 'complementary' investments and prepare a regional integration plan to tap the benefit from the Padma bridge. They have called for upgrading the...
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