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It's been a decade since Digital Bangladesh was proclaimed and the government adopted policies to transform our manual world into an automated one. The government has repeatedly laid emphasis on...
Lebanon's energy ministry delayed a fuel tender by one week on Monday to allow for more competition as it seeks to stave off supply shortages during the worst economic crisis...
As December knocks, one cannot help but scroll back-pages to those tempestuous 1971 days, at least for those still able to remember them. In doing so, India plays a disproportionately...
The recent outrage, manifested in various unrests such as the "Yellow-vest" protest in France and "Abolish the Super-Rich" campaign in the US, is not about inequality per se. The street...
Lionel Messi scored a sublime late winner as champions Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid to return to the top of La Liga. Messi curled sweetly into the corner of Jan Oblak's...
As Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to travel to the Netherlands to fight charges of genocide against her country at the International Court of Justice, her supporters have...
China has made remarkable progress in advanced vocational education, according to an evaluation report published on the Ministry of Education's website. Advanced vocational schools nationwide have seen improved conditions, with...
Bangladesh received $1,555.22 million in remittance in November of the current fiscal, which is apparently 31.75 per cent higher than that of same month of previous year, according to Bangladesh...
Hong Kong police aim to recruit 1,815 officers by March in a bid to better safeguard the city which has been troubled by six months of social unrest, and encourage...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an...
Democratic lawmakers in Congress of the United States will take a big step this week in what appears to be a now inexorable march toward impeaching US President Donald Trump,...
The number of registered motorised vehicles in the country stood at 457,598 from January to November 2019, as per official data. Of them, the mode of vehicles that had the...
BNP is likely to come up with simultaneous programmes across the country from December 5 in its efforts to mount pressure on the government to release its chairperson Khaleda Zia...
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has said though BNP is now talking much about political repression, it unleashed immense repression against Jatiya Party in the past. “Those who now talk...
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary Md Salim Reza on Monday said authorities in Saudi Arabia have assured that they will take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Bangladeshi...
The 22nd anniversary of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord is today (Monday). The accord was signed on December 2 in 1997 between the government and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana...
The government has decided to start registering the online news portal from next week after examining the related papers. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud gave the information on Monday at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the international community to initiate discussions on creation of an appropriate framework to address the need of the people who got displaced due...
The government plans to use environment-friendly bricks in construction instead of traditional bricks manufactured by burning the topsoil of the agricultural lands, in the next five years to curb air...
A woman was found dead, with her hands and legs tied up, at her own residence at Jhautala of Chattogram on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rozy Akter, 20,...
Stocks slipped into the red on Monday, snapping a five-day winning streak, as risk-averse investors went on selling binge on sector-wise issues. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
The board of directors of National Credit and Commerce Bank Ltd (NCCBL) has, in principle, decided to issue ‘NCC BANK Perpetual Bond’ for Tk 5.0 billion, said an official disclosure...
Petrol station owners in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions have suspended until December 15 their indefinite strike, which started on Sunday hitting hard oil-fuelled traffic movement in 26 districts. A...
For those planning their travel, be it for summer, over Eid, weddings, a first-time trip, an adventure or those important business meetings in 2020 can now take advantage of Emirates’...
Dipu Chakma has bagged the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the Taekwondo event of the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal. Earlier in the day, Humaira Akhter Antara won...
A trade deal between United States and China was now “stalled because of Hong Kong legislation”, news website Axios reported on Sunday, citing a source close to US President Donald...
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary Md Salim Reza on Monday said authorities in Saudi Arabia have assured that they will take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Bangladeshi...
Malaysia's immigration department barred 44,941 foreigners, including 3,155 Bangladeshis from entering the southeast Asian country during the January-October period for failing to fulfil terms of entry. "These terms include having...
The officer-in-charge of Khoksa Police Station was closed to district police lines on Sunday evening. OC ABM Mehedi Masud was closed following a series of clashes between AL factions over...
Hong Kong protesters geared up for a week of lunchtime rallies on Monday, a day after a mass demonstration showed the anti-government movement can still draw people to the streets...
US online shoppers spent 68.1 billion US dollars in November, with 7.4 billion dollars on Black Friday (Nov. 29) alone, data from the web analytics tool Adobe Analytics showed. US...
At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry said. The bus veered off a...
The sale of fuel oil has been stalled for a second straight day in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions after petrol station owners started an indefinite strike to press home...
Amazon has withdrawn a range of "Christmas ornaments" displaying images of a former concentration camp that sellers had posted on its website. The move followed a tweet from Poland's Auschwitz...
Highlighting Bangladesh’s tremendous development in the last one decade, prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has graduated to a developing country and is a role model of development in the...
Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour trading on Monday as investors are active both sides trading fence. Following the previous five days’ gaining streak, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange slumped 21 per cent month-on-month in November this year as trading volume was on the decline. Market analysts said sluggish trading...
Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head...
At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service at a church in Hantoukoura, in the...
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has said there was no 'syndicate' active behind the recent hike in rice prices in the country. Its latest findings have held natural...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Monday that its Board of Governors has "unanimously elected" Masatsugu Asakawa as ADB president. Asakawa, 61, currently special advisor to Japan's prime minister...
The deadline for submission of tax returns by individual taxpayers for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 expired on Sunday amid a heavy such of them at tax offices. Tax officials...
The parliamentary standing committee on the commerce ministry found no syndicate behind the abnormal surge in onion prices and said the importers were selling onion without making any profit. The...
Electricity tariff for retail consumers will not require any hike if the bulk level electricity tariff remains unchanged, power development officials told a public hearing on Sunday. But if the...
Nepal is set to launch an ambitious campaign next year to revive its tourism sector by raising the inflow of tourists in the Himalayan country which was hit by strong...
The official announcement on a US$ 1.3-billion financial agreement for building a mega urea fertiliser factory at Ghorasal was made at a ceremony held on Sunday evening in the city....
Former finance minister A M A Muhith has said Bangladesh's economic growth might be impacted by the slowing down of neighbouring India's economy. "To my mind, the ongoing sluggish trend...
SYLHET, Dec 01: Although the department concerned declared the structure of Krishnachandra Hostel of Sunamgaj Government College 'unfit for use' long ago, many students are still residing there amid risks...
In 2011, the governments of Bangladesh and India formally opened the first border haat at Kalaichar in the Indian state of Meghalaya and Baliamari of Kurigram district in Bangladesh. Later...
Crisis of onion is neither new in Bangladesh, nor is the ongoing crisis a sudden one. But there is no serious study on the issue. Bangladesh needs 2.4 million tonnes...
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