Backpackers and holidaymakers in their thousands left the capital, Dhaka, on Thursday for village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones. Major bus terminals, Kamalapur railway station...
The sale of sacrificial animals is yet to get momentum in the city's 21 permanent and temporary cattle markets, frustrating thousands of traders and farmers whose investment increased notably this...
Aiming to start full-scale use of Bangladesh's Chittagong and Mongla seaports soon, India wants to conduct four trial runs of transhipment next month, officials say. Recently, the Indian High Commission...
Keeping inflation within a tolerable level and stabilising foreign-exchange rate would be the key challenges of the monetary policy for the current fiscal year (FY 2022-23), economists said at a...
Power outage is taking its heavy toll on trade, business and economy through squeezing industrial production, say businesses and economists who also appear concerned about Bangladesh's trade competitiveness being dented....
‘Ghar ki murgi daal barabar’ is an old Urdu saying, which means own possessions often are of little value to their owner/s. The saying seems to be true in the...
Socrates, the great philosopher-teacher of ancient Greece, was sentenced to death on charge of corrupting youths. This happened in 399 B.C.---only five years after the fall of Attica that began...
Load shedding is back in an intense form after many years. The residents of Dhaka city are a bit lucky as the power outage is not excruciatingly severe until now. But millions...
Households and businesses in capital Dhaka will soon be paying more for tap water amid surging prices of goods and services as the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or...
Nurses in Bangladesh play a vital role in delivering patient-care services and achieving desired patient-outcome measures in healthcare settings. Their roles, importance, and responsibility turned out to be particularly relevant...
PUMA, one of the leading sports brands in the world, is willing to increase apparel sourcing from Bangladesh, especially value-added sustainable products. Anne-Laure Descours, Chief Sourcing Officer of PUMA, expressed...
The government has instructed people to switch off all decorative illuminations at parties, community centres, shopping malls, shops, offices and houses to deal with the ongoing energy crunch facing Bangladesh....
The waste of sacrificial animals will have to be removed by 10 pm on the day of Eid-ul-Azha, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam. The...
বিদ্যুৎ সঙ্কটের কারণে সব ধরনের আলোকসজ্জা বন্ধ রাখতে বলেছে সরকার। কোরবানির ঈদের আগে ধর্ম মন্ত্রণালয়ও ঈদ উপলক্ষে কোনো আলোকসজ্জা না করার নির্দেশনা দিয়েছে। খবর বিডি নিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। রাশিয়া-ইউক্রেইন যুদ্ধের...
A two-day basic training on ‘First Aid’ for working journalists in Dhaka was held to make the newspersons capable of responding to humanitarian crises. A total of 20 reporters from...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the state-owned Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) signed an agreement to develop the skills of workers and mid-level managers working in the RMG...
Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the inevitable as...
No scope of treating any aspect of research unfounded, said TIB on Thursday while responding to Japanese Ambassador’s comments on a recent report prepared by the anti-graft watchdog. On...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the US and its allies to shun the path of sanctions imposition, saying that the world economy, already hard-hit by the pandemic...
Households in Bangladesh could be plagued by power outages until September amid a global energy crisis, according to Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the prime minister's energy adviser. Spiralling fuel prices in the...
A total of 1,739 veterinary medical teams have been deployed in cattle markets across the country to provide medical services to sacrificial animals and prevent the sale of sick and...
কক্সবাজারের টেকনাফে নতুন বউ সাজিয়ে মাদক পাচারের আয়োজনের সময় চার নারী-পুরুষকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয়েছে। বুধবার দুপুর ২টার দিকে পৌর এলাকার ইসলামাবাদ থেকে তাদের গ্রেপ্তার করা হয় বলে জানিয়েছেন টেকনাফ মডেল...
ঈদের ছুটির আগে পরে সাত দিন মহাসড়কে মোটর বাইক চলাচলে নিষেধাজ্ঞা বাস্তবায়নে বাংলাদেশ সড়ক পরিবহন কর্তৃপক্ষের (বিআরটিএ) কাছে ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট চেয়েছে পুলিশ। ঢাকা মহানগর পুলিশের অতিরিক্ত কমিশনার (ট্রাফিক) মনিবুর রহমান বৃহস্পতিবার...
জ্বালানি সংকটের কারণে বিদ্যুতের যে লোডশেডিং এখন হচ্ছে, আগামী সেপ্টেম্বর মাস পর্যন্ত তা চলতে পারে বলে আভাস দিয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রীর জ্বালানি বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা তৌফিক-ই-ইলাহী চৌধুরী। বৃহস্পতিবার প্রধানমন্ত্রী কার্যালয়ের সবগুলো বিদ্যুৎ বিতরণ...
চিকিৎসা ও পরিবারের সদস্যদের সঙ্গে দেখা করতে দুই মাসের জন্য যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে যেতে চান ঢাকা ওয়াসার ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক তাকসিম এ খান। তবে এ সময় তিনি ‘ভার্চুয়ালি’ দায়িত্ব পালন করার আগ্রহ প্রকাশ...
A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of...
Office hours may be rescheduled with the introduction of a provision to work from home for certain days in order to save electricity. Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury...
দলের ভেতরে বিদ্রোহ, একের পর এক মন্ত্রী ও আইনপ্রণেতার পদত্যাগের মধ্যে অনিবার্য পরিণতি মেনে নিয়ে শেষ পর্যন্ত সরে যাচ্ছেন ব্রিটিশ প্রধানমন্ত্রী বরিস জনসন। বিবিসি জানিয়েছে, বৃহস্পতিবার ক্ষমতাসীন কনজারভেটিভ পার্টির...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,790 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,986,490. The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours...
বিশ্ববাজারে দাম বেড়ে যাওয়ার পরিপ্রেক্ষিত দেশেও জ্বালানি তেলের মূল্য বাড়ানোর ইঙ্গিত দিয়েছেন বিদ্যুৎ ও জ্বালানি প্রতিমন্ত্রী নসরুল হামিদ। ইউক্রেইনে রাশিয়ার আগ্রাসনের পর থেকে বিশ্ব বাজারে জ্বালানির দাম বাড়তে থাকায় বিপাকে...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid says Bangladesh may have to 'adjust' fuel prices to better reflect the turmoil in the international market as the Ukraine...
Utrecht University is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. It has distinguished alumni, including 12 Nobel Laureates. Host Country: Utrecht, the Netherlands Host University: Utrecht University Name of...
Young people binge-watching sitcoms all day long – certainly not an uncommon scenario in urban Bengali domicile in 2022. However, most of the shows turn out to be foreign, as...
In 2018, a TV series took over the world by storm; this show was not even from Hollywood or in the universal English language. La Casa de Papel or Money...
The Kremlin said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't like Russia and that Moscow didn't like him either, reports Reuters. Speaking during a call with reporters, Kremlin...
Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, a government source said, after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said he...
Stocks finished almost flat on Thursday amid persistent bearish sentiment as investors mostly cautious to put fresh funds in stocks ahead of Eid vacation. This was the last trading day...
The National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB) is operated under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Its aim is to encourage and develop biotechnological research in the country. Vacancy: 14 Vacancy...
A private humanitarian establishment, Danish Refugee Council works in 40 countries globally. Their purpose is to protect refugees and internally displaced citizens. Vacancy: not specified Name of the Position: Programme...
Bangladesh National Cricket Team will tour Zimbabwe this August to play three ODIs and the same number of T20 internationals revealed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury. Initially,...
The world, after getting battered by the pandemic, supply chain chokeholds and leaps in prices, is now faced with worst human and economic catastrophe due to uncalled for Russia-Ukraine war....
A total of 37 Bangladeshi companies participated in the 9th Berlin Asia Apparel Expo, held in Germany from July 5-7. The expo was organised in joint collaboration with Bangladesh Embassy...
VLCC Health Care (Bangladesh) Private Limited is a beauty company offering holistic beauty and weight loss solutions. Vacancy: not specified Name of the Position: Sales Head (Female) Job Responsibilities: Performing...
Newcastle United is currently owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, whose net worth is reported to be 320 billion dollars, a sum which is far ahead of all...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) raised its key rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to tackle record high domestic inflation and to contain any build-up of...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the first and the oldest agency under the United Nations. It has 187 member countries. Its purpose is to advance labour rights and implement...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the US and its allies to shun the path of imposing sanctions saying that the world economy, already hard-hit by Covid and...
The DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (Master’s Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance - PPGG is for graduates who want to develop local governance and social justice in their home countries. This...
Cattle trading in the capital reported poorly on the first on Wednesday as traders sought high prices for sacrificial animals from prospective buyers. The FE visited makeshift markets at Kamalapur,...
Dhaka stocks opened marginally higher on Thursday while the Chittagong Stock Exchange saw a downturn in the early hour of trading. Market operators said most investors remained followed a cautious...
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