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Fourteen people died in an armed dispute between small-scale miners in a remote gold-mining town in southern Peru, authorities said Wednesday. The violence was the latest incidence of unrest in...
পদ্মা সেতু চালু হলে যোগাযোগ সুবিধার কারণে মোংলা বন্দরের ব্যবহারকারীর সংখ্যা যেমন বাড়বে; ঠিক তেমনি এই অঞ্চল ঘিরে বিনিয়োগকারীরা নতুন নতুন শিল্প-কলকারখানা স্থাপনের উদ্যোগও নিচ্ছেন। মোংলা বন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ বলছে, গত...
Tesla was proceeding with an online hiring event in China on Thursday and added two dozen new job postings for the country, a week after Elon Musk threatened job cuts...
India's biggest dairy group Amul has written to the government urging it to delay a planned ban on tiny plastic straws, saying the move will have a "negative impact" on...
মহারাষ্ট্র ও কেরালার মতো রাজ্যগুলোতে সংক্রমণ বাড়তে থাকায় ভারতে একদিনের ব্যবধানে কোভিড আক্রান্ত বেড়েছে প্রায় ৪০ শতাংশ। বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে দেশটির স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রণালয় জানিয়েছে, পূর্ববর্তী ২৪ ঘণ্টায় দেশজুড়ে নতুন ৭২৪০ জন...
Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles a...
১৮৭০ সালের ৯ জুন প্রয়াত হন বিশ্ববিখ্যাত ব্রিটিশ কথাসাহিত্যিক চার্লস ডিকেন্স। তার সাহিত্যকর্মের মাধ্যমে তৎকালীন ইউরোপীয় সমাজকে যেমন তিনি তুলে ধরেছিলেন, তেমনি তুলে ধরেছিলেন সমাজে বিদ্যমান শ্রেণি বৈষম্য, খুলে দিয়েছিলেন...
People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to...
As a child growing up in Japan, things very rarely seemed to get more expensive. My favourite lunch was always available for a 500 yen coin ($3.90; £3.10) and it...
The United States and China are expected to use Asia's top security meeting this week to trade blows over everything from Taiwan's sovereignty to the war in Ukraine, although both...
The stock market opened higher on Thursday as investors kept their buying interest on sector-wise issues just ahead of unveiling the national budget. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will unveil...
বিপুল অংকের দেনার চাপে বন্ধ হয়ে যাওয়া রতনপুর স্টিল রি-রোলিং মিলের (আরএসআরএম) ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক মাকসুদুর রহমানকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে র্যাব। বুধবার রাতে ঢাকার গুলশান থেকে তাকে গ্রেপ্তার করে নিয়ে যাওয়ার সময়...
India reported 7,240 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, its highest number of daily cases since March 2. India's financial capital Mumbai,...
Ukraine hopes to make 1.5 billion euros from electricity exports to the European Union by the end of the year and earn more in the future after obtaining the right...
Parts of Shanghai began imposing new lockdown restrictions on Thursday, with residents of sprawling Minhang district ordered to stay home for two days in a bid to control Covid-19 transmission...
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mill Managing Director Maksudur Rahman in Gulshan on charges of loan delinquency. The elite force raided his house around 11 pm...
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped by 19 per cent month-on-month in May on the back of falling turnover value. The government collected revenue worth...
Bangladesh needs to be careful about imports and should impose more taxes on luxury items to save foreign-exchange reserves in the country, said former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman....
Navana Pharmaceuticals will raise Tk 750 million from the capital market under book building method. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Wednesday decided to approve the company's proposal...
The government has formed a high-powered committee to oversee the overall purchases and sales activities of rawhide and skins of sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha. Besides, it will prepare a work...
Traders at Moulvibazar in the city have urged the government to amend the age-old commodities law against the backdrop of changing global business environment. They made the call following rift...
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, as of this May, has implemented over 92 per cent of the projects under the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the fiscal...
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it was making substantial cuts to its business in Russia, joining a string of companies that are reducing their exposure or pulling out of the...
Bangladesh can't reap benefits of duty-free market access fully in China in the absence of its aggressive export-promotion measures. In addition, the country's large concentration on RMG items and failure...
মন্দা যেন পিছু ছাড়ছে না দুনিয়ার; মহামারীর দুই বছরে টিকে থাকার পরীক্ষায় উৎরে যাওয়া বাংলাদেশের অর্থমন্ত্রীকে এবার মধ্যবিত্ত গৃহস্থের মতই মন্দার শঙ্কা মাথায় নিয়ে নতুন অর্থবছরে সংসার সামলানোর কৌশল সাজাতে...
A proposal of Tk 5.0 per kilometre for a 20-kilometre metro ride from Diabari to Motijheel in Dhaka city awaits approval from the authorities concerned. Sources say an MRT fare-fixing...
A turnaround comes as the Bangladesh taka gained 50 paisa in its value against the US dollar Wednesday after a depreciation dive for four consecutive workdays. The US currency was...
Income inequality in Bangladesh goes gaping to worst level after the pandemic as government's direct-tax measure proves futile in addressing the disparity, experts say. Despite Bangladesh having amongst the highest...
Helping out marginalised people from price surges and economic-growth rebound top targets in a Tk 6.78-trillion new budget the government unfurls today (Thursday) at a worldwide crunch time. Agriculture, health,...
There is no way to ignore the rising trend in online delivery in Bangladesh. Be it food, parcels, or purchases from e-commerce sites, receiving parcels has become a part of...
Planting a seed is akin to starting a business. To foster a startup without expecting anything in return, utmost attention, endless labour, and money are required. When the business starts...
The young generation has made Bangladesh proud once again as seven Bangladeshis have made it to the prestigious 'Forbes 30 under 30' Asia class of 2022. Among the brainiacs who...
The Turkish national, who was admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on suspicion of having monkeypox, has been under observation a day after he was taken to...
Turkish efforts to ease a global food crisis by negotiating safe passage for grain stuck in Black Sea ports met resistance as Ukraine said Russia was imposing unreasonable conditions and...
সাড়ে চার বছর বন্ধ থাকার পর বাংলাদেশিদের ভিসা দিতে যাচ্ছে বাহরাইন সরকার। বুধবার এক ফেসবুক লাইভে মানামায় বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রদূত নজরুল ইসলাম জানান, করোনাভাইরাস মহামারীর মধ্যে দেশে এসে আটকেপড়া ১৬১ জনকে...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnessed the FIFA World Cup trophy during separate events at Bangabhaban and parliament complex respectively on Wednesday. The trophy arrived in...
That the country's leather sector despite its high potential of becoming the next growth driver of the economy is the victim of lacklustre moves is obvious to not only the...
Russia's economy will shrink 15 per cent this year and 3 per cent in 2023 as the hit from Western sanctions, an exodus of companies, a Russian "brain-drain" and collapse...
The re-excavation work of the Old Channel of the Buriganga River may start this month, said Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Fazle Nur Taposh on Wednesday. The mayor...
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday alleged that the government has inflicted ‘great misery’ on the country’s people by increasing the prices of all essential and food...
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said the historic six-point demand was a Bengali nationalist movement in the then East Pakistan spearheaded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which...
The ministry of commerce, financed by the World Bank Group (WBG), has organised a Training Of Trainers (ToT) programme for industry professionals in the country. The project, titled Export Competitiveness...
At least 22 people were killed, including nine members of one family when a passenger van fell into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday. The accident happened...
More than 1,000 monkeypox cases were reported to the World Health Organization in the current outbreak outside the countries in Africa where it more commonly spreads. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...
প্রথমে সতর্ক করে দিয়েছিল, তাতেও কাজ না হওয়ায় এবার কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন নির্বাচনের আগে স্থানীয় সংসদ সদস্য আ ক ম বাহাউদ্দিন বাহারকে এলাকা ছাড়তে বলেছে নির্বাচন কমিশন। আচরণবিধি লঙ্ঘনের অভিযোগ...
The 'Budget Framework Analysis on Challenging Fear of Violence 2022' aims to analyse the country context, policies, and budgets of the fiscal year against gender-based violence and the associated sense...
The national budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) will be critical to chart the recovery of the education sector that has suffered the adverse impacts of the pandemic manifested...
We are indeed a resilient nation. The proof of it is the Padma Bridge. There are many of us who recall being laid low by despondency when the World Bank...
Wholesale Spice Traders Association has said there is no possibility of price hike in spices as there is no shortage of spices in the market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Md. Enayet Ullah,...
The High Court has postponed the decision of the suspension of Prof Md Rahmat Ullah, President of the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA), from academic and administrative duties by the...
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