For the first time, a shipment of garments produced in Bangladesh has been shipped abroad from Mongla port, opening a new avenue for the export sector in the country, bdnews24.com...
After eight years, an election for a panel of three persons nominated by the Senate for the appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University will be held on August 12 (Friday)....
The Boys is an ongoing buzz and a major iconoclast series in the superhero genre shown on the OTT platform Amazon Prime. This show is mainly adapted from the comic...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has underlined the need for focusing on export to earn foreign currencies instead of depending on remittance, BSS reports. "We have to more focus on export...
The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) and Bangladesh Centre of Excellence (BCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for sharing knowledge....
রাজধানীতে চলন্ত বাসে এক ছাত্রীকে ‘যৌন নিপীড়নের’ অভিযোগে চালককে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে পুলিশ। বিকাশ পরিবহনের ওই বাস চালক মো. মাহবুবুর রহমানকে বুধবার রাতে আশুলিয়া থেকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয় বলে জানিয়েছে পুলিশ।...
Nurul Hasan Sohan’s appointment as the new skipper of the Bangladesh national T20I team did not come as a surprise, especially after Mahmudullah Riyad’s downhill performances for about a year....
The newly emerging and already existing char areas of Bangladesh can fruitfully contribute to the initiative of ecotourism – opening door to a potential industry – also in earning some...
সিরিয়ায় যখন কোনো এক শিশু জীবন মরণ লড়াইয়ে আছে, জানে না যে তার স্কুল এখন বোমা হামলার শিকার, তার ভবিষ্যৎ এখন অনিশ্চিত, তখন হয়তো যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মেরিল্যান্ড রাষ্ট্রের আরেক শিশু ভাবছে...
A tribunal has sentenced six people to death for murder, genocide and other crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War in Khulna. A three-member bench of the International Crimes...
একাত্তরে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় খুলনায় হত্যা, গণহত্যার মত মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধের দায়ে ছয় আসামির ফাঁসির রায় দিয়েছে আদালত। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। বিচারপতি মো. শাহিনুর ইসলামের নেতৃত্বে তিন সদস্যের আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ ট্রাইব্যুনাল...
Stocks slumped at opening on Thursday with the key index of the prime bourse slumping below the 6000-mark again, as the jittery investors went on sell-off again amid growing tension...
An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of men following an argument over jumping a queue at an NID centre in Dhaka's Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday....
রাশিয়ার গ্যাস সরবরাহ কমে যাওয়ায় জার্মানিসহ মধ্য ইউরোপের দেশগুলোতে গ্যাসের দাম লাফিয়ে বাড়তে শুরু করেছে। বার্তা সংস্থা রয়টার্স জানায়, বুধবার ইউরোপে গ্যাস সরবরাহ আরও কমিয়ে দিয়েছে রাশিয়া। সামনে শীত মৌসুমে...
Development partners and donor countries have released more than $10 billion in loans and aid to Bangladesh in 2021-22, a record for a financial year in the country’s history. Bangladesh...
অস্থির বাজারে ডলারের বিনিময় হার সামান্য কমলেও ক্রেতা সংকট দেখা দিয়েছে বিদেশি মুদ্রা ব্যবসার সঙ্গে জড়িত ঢাকার মানি এক্সচেঞ্জগুলোতে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। মঙ্গলবার দেশে খোলা বাজারে ডলারের দর রেকর্ড ১১১...
There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO declared the...
Top executives at US gunmakers testified on Wednesday that criminals, not their products, were responsible for mass shootings, as they faced questions from a US House committee investigating recent massacres...
It approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month, a lawmaker said, in a bid to get a grip on a political and economic crisis Sri Lanka's...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের দ্বি-দলীয় পদ্ধতির বাইরে তৃতীয় রাজনৈতিক শক্তি হয়ে ওঠার প্রত্যাশা নিয়ে আত্মপ্রকাশ করেছে নতুন দল ‘ফরোয়ার্ড’। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। রয়টার্স জানায়, রিপাবলিকান ও ডেমোক্রেটিক পার্টির কয়েক ডজন সাবেক নেতা বুধবার...
Some 250 families of Koyra upazila in Khulna will get potable water supply as another water treatment plant has been set up in the coastal area that faces a serious...
হুলিয়া নিয়ে বিদেশে পালিয়ে গিয়েও টেলিফোনে দেশে চাঁদাবাজির নিয়ন্ত্রণ করছেন চট্টগ্রামের আলোচিত সন্ত্রাসী সাজ্জাদ হোসেন। এমন কথাই বলছেন চট্টগ্রামের পুলিশ কর্মকর্তারা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। সম্প্রতি চট্টগ্রাম নগরীর বায়েজিদ বোস্তামী থানার...
More investments are needed from the private sector to capitalise the opportunities created through the construction of Padma Bridge. Prime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman said this at...
দেশে প্রথমবারের মত এক অর্থবছরে এক হাজার কোটি বা ১০ বিলিয়ন ডলারের বেশি বিদেশি ঋণ ও সহায়তার অর্থছাড় করেছে উন্নয়ন সহযোগী সংস্থা ও দাতা দেশ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। বিদেশি অর্থায়নে...
Bangladesh urgently needs to formulate a holistic national logistics policy to stay competitive in dealing with mounting volume of international trades in the coming years, experts said. They said the...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Wednesday proposed forming a 13-member working committee, comprising Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and all other stakeholders, to create an enabling environment for affordable housing....
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) suggested considering using a second currency, other than the US dollar, for international trading. The proposal came up following volatility in...
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is continuing regular import of petroleum products under contractual obligations amid austerity measures taken by the government to reduce fuel consumption. Although the government has...
Bangladesh's debt servicing crossed US$2.01 billion in the last fiscal year as payment for some previously borrowed big loans began, officials say, amid reported strains on the country's foreign-exchange reserves....
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal Wednesday admitted seeking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), although last week he denied any intention to take loans immediately. "If I...
An eventual policing drive against suspected manipulators brought down the overheating cash-dollar price on the open market that hit Tk 112 Tuesday amid growing concerns about Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves. Market...
BRAC A, a team from Bangladesh has clinched the title of World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC), otherwise known as the World Cup of debate. They are the first Asian team...
It started with a dream -- a dream to unite the whole nation under a single divisional national festival. Now that dream has become a reality for Chattogram, but all...
For most people, the first impression of a bank job is having to sit behind a cash counter, dealing with long lines of customers day in, and day out. For...
What do a Facebook meme, a good novel, and our textbooks have in common? We all have to read them. Reading has become an indispensable activity in our lives. However,...
The chief of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has dismissed news reports indicating that the government initiated a rationing system at the consumer level due to a shortfall. BPC is a...
A recent US study has suggested that top American apparel buyers are more interested in sourcing their products from Bangladesh than from Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Cambodia and other competitors in...
US President Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after coming down with the coronavirus last week and is ending his isolation period at the White House, his physician said...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday it would discuss with Bangladesh its loan request after the country became the third in South Asia to seek such support after...
The Bangladesh Bank has ordered all commercial banks to reduce development and operating costs, and stop buying cars in an effort to save precious US dollars and fuel. The central...
'Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation (BEST)' is a high sounding title of a project. One cannot be blamed if one thinks of a comprehensive project on a grand scale involving...
The government has gone for certain measures to ensure austerity in the way we conduct life in these fraught times. Steps to conserve electricity through a programme of load-shedding are...
Mavericks provide spice in the flow of the usual. The appeal comes as much from the thrill of everything unexpected as it does from the audacious. That could well explain...
Elected largely to deliver 'goods' (campaign promises), policy-makers in democracies often have to go beyond to strengthen their 'footprint': anticipating problems (which common citizens rarely have time to analyse after...
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday forecast revenue this fiscal year would grow by double digits, driven by demand for cloud computing services and sending shares up 5 per cent. The strong...
Consumer-focused firms are seeing no shortage of demand despite the soaring cost-of-living, prompting several to upgrade sales forecasts for the current year, though questions remain about how long that will...
The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old's...
Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus on Wednesday said the current foreign exchange reserve of the country can meet all types of import expenditures for more than five months. “We...
For the first time, the Agriculture Ministry gave away its ‘Agriculturally Important Person (AIP)’ awards to 13 individuals at a programme held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on...
China must focus on addressing "unbalanced and inadequate development" in the next five years, President Xi Jinping told senior leaders this week, indicating he wants to continue the economic priorities...
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