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Myanmar authorities are forcing members of the Rohingya Muslim minority at gunpoint to accept identity cards that categorise them as foreigners, stripping them of the chance to become citizens, a...
Beauty parlour services in the country are expanding fast without proper regulations and monitoring by the government agencies, thus risking health hazards, insiders have said. As the services have become...
British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement, prompting the prime minister to...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn a 5.0-per cent advance income tax (AIT) on the import of edible oils, both crude and refined. The move has been made...
Most of the fund managers now prefer floatation of open-end mutual funds (MFs) to closed-end ones, as they consider options of the open-end ones more viable and investor-friendly than the...
Country's 45 non-life insurers have urged the authorities concerned to raise the cash transaction limit ten times from existing Tk 10,000. Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) in its circular...
Savers have resented the deduction of tax at higher rate on the yield of their government savings tools (Sanchayapatras) that had fallen due on or before June 30 last. Whims...
SYLHET. Sept 03: Plying of all modes of vehicles through the Keane Bridge in Sylhet city has been kept suspended since the early hours of Sunday. However, pedestrians will use...
The century-old canal in Tangail district town has turned into a mosquito breeding centre for lack of proper cleaning. The garbage-filled canal is the main outlet that connects all the...
In an overpopulous country like ours, many of the physicians try to deliver the best services possible despite their limitations. True, there are instances of wrong treatment. Acknowledging human errors...
The recent discontent, even uproar, over the alleged incompetence of the country's testing laboratories to conclusively determine the level of contamination in food products, especially the presence of harmful chemicals...
The government's work on a project to relieve the Sadarghat river port of workload by a sizeable amount is no doubt desirable as it has been a long overdue step....
The government has restricted telecommunication services in and around Rohingya shelters in keeping with its efforts to cut the refugees' access to mobile phones. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to formulate a guideline for 5G (fifth generation wireless) network by January next year. The decision came on Tuesday at a meeting of...
The world's high seas, which extend beyond 200 nautical miles, are deemed "international waters" to be shared globally- but they remain largely ungoverned. "It's a jungle out there", remarks one...
The prelude to the G-7 summit this year was full of dark forebodings, not the least from inside the alliance in Europe. It was apprehended that given the boorish and...
As many as 783 more people, infected with dengue virus, have been hospitalised in the past 24 hours across the country till Tuesday morning, according to government information. The Directorate...
What is the difference between aircraft accident on the one hand and bus, train or motorcycle accident on the other? All accidents are accidents. Every single accident is unfortunate and...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Tuesday said the international pressure should be mounted on Myanmar government for the safe repatriation of Rohingyas. The US envoy made the...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has not released any currency note with printed photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said a press release issued by the central bank. BB issued the release...
There are 743 illegal institutions in the country which are producing substandard products and cases have been filed against them, according to official data. This information was disclosed at a...
A large number of brick kilns are still operating across the country illegally due to lax monitoring and supervision by the authorities concerned, putting harmful impacts on the environment and...
Foreign direct Investment (FDI) has long been the most viable method of wealth and technological transfer between the developed and developing countries in the world. FDI has an important role...
Ayesha Siddika Minni was released from the district jail on bail on Tuesday in a case over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif, reports UNB. Mozammel Hossain, father of...
The government on Tuesday approved 10 projects involving Tk 63.26 billion including Tk 16.30 billion to set up axle load control centres on important highways. The approval came at the...
Hong Kong police detained 86 rioters carrying out acts of violence after violent protests on August 24 and 25, including a 12-year-old boy, the youngest person detained since the protests...
US presidential hopeful Cory Booker unveiled a $3.0 trillion plan to address climate change on Tuesday, vowing to reach a 100 per cent clean energy economy by 2045 by sharply...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will reportedly visit China from Friday to Saturday with a large delegation of German CEOs. Analysts believe a prime objective of the trip is to ensure...
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead and two others were injured in an attack by ‘miscreants’ at Jamaica in New York on Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahed Uddin,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed government agencies to impose tolls on highway users to raise funds for roadworks, reports bdnews24.com. The instruction was given at a meeting of the...
Four people have been killed and three seriously injured in a fire at an oil and gas processing plant on the outskirts of Mumbai run by India’s Oil and Natural...
Dutch prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a...
The proportion of China's rural population has been reduced by nearly 50 per cent since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, according to the National Bureau...
The conference on the Internet of Things (IoT) for Industry and Energy will open in the city of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on Sept 10. There are 12 exhibition...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said that Vikram Lander has successfully separated from India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. ISRO said in a statement that, "The Vikram...
A Dhaka court has sent Barrister Mainul Hosein to jail, turning down his bail appeal in a case over his remarks on defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti, reports bdnews24.com. Metropolitan Magistrate...
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world’s biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist,...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the fifth straight session on Tuesday as risk-averse investors continued their selling spree on large-cap stocks. DSEX, prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
Iran will never hold bilateral talks with the United States but if it lifts all the sanctions it reimposed on Iran it can join multilateral talks between Iran and other...
Malaysia's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 47.4 in August from 47.6 in July. IHS Markit who compiled the survey said in a statement, the PMI is broadly indicative...
Saad Ershad, the son of late Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, may seek the party nomination for the Rangpur-3 by-polls. The seat became vacant after the death of the former...
Plans announced by Myanmar’s military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority drew skepticism...
A motorcyclist was injured after a bus plying on the wrong side crashed into his bike on Chuadanga-Jhenaidah highway at Jhenaidah bus stand in the district town on Tuesday morning....
A woman died of dengue while undergoing treatment at a private medical college hospital in Khulna early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum, 58, wife of Yasin Ali...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and US-Bangla Airlines recently signed an agreement in the city. Under this deal, EBL cardholders will enjoy special offers on air tickets for traveling with US-Bangla...
Japan’s JERA has agreed to acquire stakes in a power project in Bangladesh now under development by Reliance Power. Under the agreement, signed with the India’s Reliance Power, it will...
China on Monday announced that it had filed a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States following its implementation of the additional 15-per cent tariffs imposed...
Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas on Monday, killing at least five people and inundating homes with floodwater ahead of its expected advance on the US coast, where more than a...
Confidence Cement has purchased 51 per cent stake of Chattogram-based Zodiac Power Chittagong Ltd and made it a subsidiary of the company. The board of directors of Confidence Cement has...
Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of...
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