Ivory Coast on Tuesday demanded the release of 49 of its soldiers arrested in Mali, an incident that may worsen tensions between Mali's military rulers and other West African nations...
প্রেসিডেন্ট গোটাবায়া রাজাপাকসে পালিয়ে মালদ্বীপে চলে যাওয়ার পর শ্রীলঙ্কার ভারপ্রাপ্ত প্রেসিডেন্টের দায়িত্ব নিজের হাতে তুলে নিয়ে দেশজুড়ে জরুরি অবস্থা জারি করেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী রনিল বিক্রমাসিংহে। তার মুখপাত্র দিনুক কলোম্বেজের বরাত দিয়ে...
South Korea's central bank raised its policy interest rate by an unprecedented half point on Wednesday, aiming to pull inflation from 24-year highs while balancing fear of a sharp economic...
মোহাম্মদপুর টাউন হলের সামনে এলেই বিকেলের পর থেকে চোখে পড়তে থাকে সারিবদ্ধ বিভিন্ন দোকান। এখানে থাকা বেশিরভাগ দোকানই বার্গারের। আছে ডাউন টাউন বা নিউ সিঙ্গাপুরের মত ভ্যান দোকান। তবে এসবেরও...
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly offered his services to Paris St-Germain in an attempt to play alongside Lionel Messi, after saying he wants to leave Manchester United, according to BBC. But PSG have turned down the...
US President Joe Biden arrives in Israel on Wednesday to kick off a high-stakes trip to the Middle East dominated by efforts to persuade Gulf allies to pump more oil...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency as the acting president after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, leading to more protests...
After decades of work, the World Health Organization endorsed the first-ever malaria vaccine last year - a historic milestone that promised to drive back a disease that kills a child...
A fire broke out at a textile waste warehouse in the Majukhan area of Gazipur city early on Wednesday, gutting two adjacent houses. No reports of casualties were reported till...
Stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors were mostly cautious amid growing macroeconomic worries. Following the previous day’s modest fall, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
যেদিন পদত্যাগ করার কথা, তার কয়েক ঘণ্টা আগে সামরিক বিমানে চড়ে দেশ ছেড়ে পালিয়েছেন শ্রীলঙ্কার প্রেসিডেন্ট গোটাবায়া রাজাপাকসে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। বিবিসি জানিয়েছে, ৭৩ বছর বয়সী গোটাবায়া বুধবার প্রথম...
Last month, Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan celebrated 30 years in Hindi cinema. Shrayana Bhattacharya, who has written a book on the Bollywood actor's enduring popularity, explains why he is...
At least three people have died after a car veered out of control and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dinajpur Sadar. Two others were injured in the accident that...
Several Chinese cities broke new records for high temperatures on Tuesday as scorching heat and contrasting relentless rains wreaked havoc, with local forecasters expecting the weather extremes to linger for...
Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world's richest person...
The Rajapaksa dynasty dominated Sri Lankan politics until April when street protests against fuel and food shortages began to slip out of control. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early...
Eight candidates will compete to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, the committee in charge of organising the leadership contest said on Tuesday. The...
The stock price of newly-listed Bangladesh Paints is rising 'abnormally' since debut a month earlier as it created an 'irrational hype' among investors. Within a month since its debut, the...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters news agency, hours before he was due to step down amid widespread protests over his...
South Korea is unlikely to provide duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) market access to products from Bangladesh unilaterally after its graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status in 2026. The...
The tanners have collected rawhides of sacrificial animals this year at better prices than that of the last year, when people had to throw away the valuable raw material for...
Work gets underway to formulate LNG subsidy policy to make a stable funding arrangement for import of this expensive fuel to feed growing demand in Bangladesh amid a global crunch....
Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in...
Military delegations from Ukraine, Russia and Turkey will meet UN officials in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss a possible deal to resume safe exports of Ukraine grain from the major...
আমদানি দায় পরিশোধের পর বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের বৈদেশিক মুদ্রার রিজার্ভ প্রায় দুই বছরের মধ্যে প্রথমবারের মত ৪০ বিলিয়ন ডলারের নিচে নেমে এসেছে। ঈদের ছুটির আগে এশিয়ান ক্লিয়ারিং ইউনিয়নের (আকু) ১৯৯ কোটি...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has urged the BNP leaders to look into the world situation instead of confining themselves within the four walls of the party office and...
Newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday. The meeting was held at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office. BNP standing committee...
Two siblings spent 17 days on the branches of a tree as flood water washed away their house at Dhalagaon village in Sunamganj. The ill-fated siblings are Julekha, 22 and...
Abdur Rouf Talukder, the new governor of Bangladesh Bank, has said containing inflation would be his top priority. The new governor also stressed the need for bringing back stability in...
The greenish waters of the Tangaur Haor in Sunamganj are covered with all sorts of plastic waste, including disposable plates and bottles, as far as the eye can see. Locals...
State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman has said the government has stepped up its efforts to rebuild the lives and livelihoods of people in the flood-hit northern...
The US Supreme Court on 30 June seriously affected efforts aimed at combating climate action in parts of the world including the United States suffering from climate variability. This took...
The Eid-ul-Azha raw hide market appears to be faring better than the previous year. Reports say, at a raw hide hub of the country near the Savar area, raw cowhides...
There was a public perception, not long ago, that market scheming and price manoeuvring by syndicates could be largely contained had there been a Competition Law and a designated agency...
That almost seven million mobile phone users left Dhaka city during the holidays of this year's Eid-ul-Azha is no surprise. The absolute number of these holidaymakers would be much higher...
Three more deaths from the flood were reported in Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts within 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the total fatalities to 116. The latest victims drowned in...
The World Health Organization has stressed the need to ramp up trials for vaccines designed to fight antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens and maximise the use of existing ones to stave...
Rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet were restored Tuesday afternoon after 10 hours of suspension following the derailment of a bogie of a freight train near Mukundapur railway station in...
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Tuesday said former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe played a pivotal role in deepening bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Japan. The foreign...
Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves on Tuesday declined to US$39.77 billion, according to updated data from the central bank. This is the first time in two years that the reserve dropped...
The global price of oil could surge by 40 per cent to around $140 per barrel if a proposed price cap on Russian oil is not adopted, along with sanction...
Argentina is actively considering opening its diplomatic mission in Dhaka, said Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Undersecretary of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina...
Seven children died from drowning in Chattogram, Chapainawabganj, Sherpur and Brahmanbaria districts during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. In Chattogram, two children drowned in a canal in Kalpolok residential area in Bakolia...
Ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, kicked off his campaign on Tuesday promising "honesty", in an increasingly testy and divisive battle to succeed Boris...
London's Heathrow said it would cap the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to try to limit traveller disruptions as it struggles to cope with a...
Rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet have remained suspended since Tuesday morning as a bogie of a train got derailed near Mukundapur railway station in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. Saiful...
The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros ($13.83 billion) worth of assets held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for Moscow's war against Ukraine, the...
Bangladesh has recorded 656 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,991,031. The death toll from the disease climbed by nine in 24 hours...
People travelling by train are returning to Dhaka with relative ease at the end of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. Trains departing the capital were also crowded, but both incoming and outgoing...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has blamed 'mismanagement' of traffic by local authorities for the hold-ups on highways during the Eid-ul-Azha journeys. However, he believes a strong road...
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