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Police in a drive arrested a man and recovered 148,000 pieces of Yaba pills from a fishing trawler at Old Kalurghat area in Chandgaon of Chattogram city on Sunday. The...
The production value of Taiwan's manufacturing industries totaled 3.2 trillion new Taiwan dollars (about 112 billion US dollars) in the third quarter of this year, down 4.56 per cent year...
Detectives in a drive detained four people in connection with the recovery of 31 unexploded crude bombs from city’s Uttara Paschim and Tugar area. The DB police of Dhaka Metropolitan...
The High Court in a suo moto (voluntary) rule has sought information about money launderers, including their identities, by December 17. The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and...
A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to...
Three cases were filed against ‘Golden Monir’ in connection with the recovery of foreign currencies, firearms and liquor from his Badda residence in Dhaka on Saturday. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday assured the people that the government has paid special attention to keeping them safe from coronavirus amid apprehensions of worsening virus situation in winter...
Two photos of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sewing and fishing have lit up social media in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reports. One of the photos shows her clad in a traditional Bengali...
Uber has launched a 24x7 safety helpline in Bangladesh bringing a new feature where riders can straight call up the Uber safety team in case of any risk or driver...
Guardian Life Insurance Ltd and Rural Development Academy (RDA) Bogura have recently signed a group insurance agreement. Under the agreement, all the employees of Rural Development Academy (RDA) Bogura will...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted light rain in one or two places of Khulna, Barishal, Dhaka, and Chattogram divisions within the next 24 hours. The weather may remain dry...
The United States recorded its 12th million Covid-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignoring warnings from health officials...
Staying stuck at home for months amid the countrywide lockdown, many people, including those having a nine-to-five job schedule, have lost the rhythm of life, especially getting up early in...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early trading on Sunday amid thin participation of investors as they are gearing up for Robi’s initial public offering. The subscription of the biggest IPO...
Leaders of the 20 biggest economies on Saturday vowed to ensure a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world and do what was needed to support...
The tax abuse by multinational corporations (MNCs) and private individuals in Bangladesh is equivalent to at least three-fifths of the country's health budget, according to an estimate by Tax Justice...
With a parade of people dressed in dinosaur costumes to represent Thailand’s establishment, high school students led a protest by thousands of people in Bangkok on Saturday with calls to...
Some 10 telecom vendors have set up plants in Bangladesh considering the size of market and increasing purchasing power of the population. The emergence of tech firms in just three...
Moderna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag...
Dhaka North and South City Corporations are expected to introduce a modern waste management system with the support of JICA in a bid to dispose of more waste in a...
A panel of experts during a webinar on Saturday called for training the nation's youth with future technology-based skills to handle the post-pandemic economy. They also called for reskilling the...
A powerful smuggling syndicate has become active around the country's largest land port, Benapole. Various smuggling goods are being brought to Bangladesh using Indian trucks. According to local traders, several...
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has proposed a staggering Tk 228.52 million for some non-essentials as part of its power supply to Hatiya and three other southern islands. Under...
The average annual VAT payment by 35 large taxpayers has remained below Tk 100 million during the last three years in a sign their financial health has deteriorated, officials said....
International Labour Organization (ILO) has deferred until next March its decision about taking further action against Bangladesh's non-observance of three core conventions, sources said. It also urged the government of...
Powerful groups in society push their own agendas to frame development indicators ignoring the commoners’ wellbeing, a panel of experts said on Saturday, calling for liberating such indicators from ‘siloed’...
The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate Beijing, which has...
It's natural that many fast-growing and modernistic cities normally do not show much interest in preserving their centuries-old heritage structures. The phenomenon normally proves true with ancient cities joining the...
Private investments in Bangladesh are constrained by a lack of land, reliability of energy supply, poor connectivity, cumbersome regulatory processes as well as regulatory unpredictability, high corporate taxes, limited access...
It is natural for the mutual fund (MF) industry to show results in line with the overall health of the country's capital market. The performance of the market, barring occasional...
Chiefs of the three services today (Saturday) paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban here on the occasion of the ‘Armed Forces Day-2020’....
Warehouse owners and traders of Khatunganj were seen dumping hundreds of sacks of rotten onions in what is the country's biggest wholesale market for commodities, but the prices of the...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday urged the business community to enhance its constructive and result-oriented engagements with the government in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic's local outbreak....
Global markets and spirits are up with the news that two Covid-19 vaccines have shown to be more than 90% effective in late-stage clinical trials. But while there is growing...
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the role of low-skilled labour in the economy was assumed to be in decline. In digitally disrupted labour markets, where fancy STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh always believes in peaceful coexistence with all neighbours, but it is also ever ready to protect its sovereignty from any aggressive attack. "Our...
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is set to create the world's largest regional trading bloc. The agreement was signed virtually on Sunday November 15 on the sideline of ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has already transformed into an economic and jobs market shock, but at the same time, expedited the adoption of digital technologies by several years. So, the post-Covid...
France's government on Friday got supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms like Amazon to agree to postpone "Black Friday" promotions, responding to concerns that shops shuttered by the nation's coronavirus lockdown...
Iran on Saturday shuttered businesses and curtailed travel between its major cities, including the capital of Tehran, as it grapples with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast...
Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly 40 years of iron-fisted rule. His resignation came days after military tanks rolled through...
Iran has condemned a statement by three European powers expressing concern over its scaling back of commitments under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. In a statement on Saturday, the Iranian...
Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on Saturday. Africa’s biggest economy was last in recession...
The tally of coronavirus cases in the Eastern European sub-region passed 5.0 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally showed, as governments across Europe take measures to try to rein in...
The installation work of the 38th span on the Padma Bridge began this morning eight days after setting up the previous one, an official said. The span bearing number ‘1-A’...
Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move to allegedly curtail freedom of expression in...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gust wind at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions in the next...
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday the Gulf state plans to launch special economic zones in 2021, reports Retuers. Speaking to a G20 panel, Falih also...
India on Saturday summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat over what New Delhi said was a foiled attack this week in the frontier territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a Pakistan-based...
Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, Bangladesh is also seeing a rise in mosquito-borne dengue cases in November. The health authorities said 20 new dengue patients were hospitalised...
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