Sri Lanka's new prime minister will address the crisis-hit nation later on Monday, as the country's power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanised...
Works on the pre-assembly outer containment dome of unit-1 have started at the Rooppur NPP. The dome is scheduled for installation in October of the current year. Assembly and subsequent...
Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast walls from Islamist insurgents whom he must...
Flood situation in some parts of the country may worsen further as the water levels in some major rivers of the northern region of Bangladesh along with the rivers of...
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization in the world. They work in more than 80 countries, with projects ranging from improving nutrition to deal with climate...
Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise distribution of COVID-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle on the country's first confirmed outbreak of the...
Ukraine counter-attacked Russian forces on the eastern front on Monday with fighting reported near its second-largest city of Kharkiv, after Western military agencies said Moscow's offensive in the Donbas region...
University College Bangladesh is a partnering academic institution of Monash University in Australia. It is the first and only international university in Bangladesh that has been approved by the Ministry...
Bringing together young and empowered women from 19 nations of Asia, the Asian University for Women (AUW) is the only leading liberal arts university in the region. In line with...
The exchange rate of Bangladesh taka (BDT) has dropped significantly against the US dollar (US$) mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations. The local currency lost...
The markets fell sharply at opening on Monday as the nervous investors kept their selling binge, fearing further fall, amid concerns over the country’s macroeconomic situation. Following the previous week’s...
Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the return of more normal life from June 1 and the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six...
The government has decided to launch countrywide truck sales of key essential items through family cards in June 2022 to keep the prices within people's purchasing power, according to a...
For construction worker Yogendra Tundre, life at a building site on the outskirts of the Indian capital New Delhi is hard enough. This year, record high temperatures are making it...
CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is procuring new equipment to modernise and increase the capacity of the Chittagong seaport. CPA procured a modern high-speed patrol boat from Italy which...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the businessmen to ensure the quality of domestic products in order to utilise the potential of global market...
Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd, a listed company, will sponsor an open-end mutual fund (MF) and an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) through an aggregate amount of investment worth Tk 50...
Leading listed power generation companies in the private sector saw their profit rise in nine months for the current fiscal year riding on significant revenue income from their subsidiaries. Out...
Price of farm egg, a key protein source for commoners, shot up as high as Tk130 a dozen and accordingly each egg was selling at a record high of Tk11...
The central bank has temporarily blocked the user identification (ID) of 25 exporters for their failure to report shipment-related information in time, sources said. The exporters failed to post the...
The government is likely to incorporate a new provision in the upcoming Finance Act-2022 to facilitate operations of the bonded warehouse electronically, officials said. To bring discipline in the bond...
Big-name global apparel buyers are lobbying for awarding the operation contract of the newly built Patenga Container Terminal to Denmark-headquartered logistic service-provider AP Møller-Maersk, better known as Maersk Line. Two...
Much-awaited trading in treasury bonds on the market may begin in June as the stakeholders will sign a key operational agreement later this month, according to sources in the know....
Sweden's ruling Social Democrats said on Sunday they backed the country joining NATO, abandoning decades of opposition in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and creating a large parliament...
This is crunch time. It has been made even more volatile by an outrageous profiteering motive of businesspeople the world over. The latest to join the agents of worsening situation...
A business firm needs recurring money for which it can arrange loans from banks or other sources. Owners can also inject money as capital to meet the requirements. In the...
It's nice to learn that the government has begun moving at full throttle to tame its foreign exchange spending. Any further delay would have spawned a plethora of woes for...
আগামী ২০২২-২৩ অর্থবছরের বার্ষিক উন্নয়ন কর্মসূচীর (এডিপি) আকার সংশোধিত এডিপির চেয়ে ১৭ শতাংশ বাড়িয়ে প্রায় দুই লাখ ৪৭ হাজার কোটি টাকা করার প্রস্তাব চূড়ান্ত হয়েছে; যার ৩০ শতাংশ বরাদ্দ থাকছে...
Fixed income groups and lower middle-class people are struggling to cope with soaring prices of edible oil, rice, flour, eggs, onions, sugar, lentils, meat and fish. Though the Directorate of...
India has resumed the Bangladesh Delegation Programme 2022 after interruptions of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud and Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the BNP leaders themselves do not know what they want regarding the election-time government. “It is now the question of...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded that a list of those who syphoned off huge amounts of money abroad and their abettors be made public. "Our...
Shireen Abu Akleh, the late Al Jazeera reporter, being mortal, was destined to die one day. But she did not deserve to die the way she did -- by the...
The world has observed Mother's Day the other day celebrating love and honour for all mothers all over the world, irrespective of ethnicity or religion. At the same time, groups...
We have celebrated the 50thanniversary of the recognition of the independence of Bangladesh by the Republic of Korea, on May 12, 2022. We recall with gratitude Republic of Korea's recognition...
আমরা করবো জয়! ঢাক ডুম ঢাক ডুম বাজে বাংলাদেশের ঢোল গানটা বেজে উঠল আর মঞ্চে আপন মনে, মুক্ত তালে নেচে উঠল কয়েকজন বাংলাদেশি শিশু। তেহরানের ইসিও মিলনায়তনে বাংলা নববর্ষ উদযাপনে...
ভারতের গম রপ্তানি বন্ধের সিদ্ধান্তে বাংলাদেশে তেমন কোনো প্রভাব পড়বে না বলে মনে করছেন খাদ্যমন্ত্রী সাধন চন্দ্র মজুমদার। রোববার দুপুরে সিলেট সদর খাদ্যগুদাম পরিদর্শন শেষে তিনি সাংবাদিকদের প্রশ্নের জবাবে বলেন,...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan on Sunday said that it will take three to six months to bring Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder back to the country...
The front lines in Ukraine had shifted on Sunday as Russia made advances in the fiercely contested eastern Donbas region and Ukraine's military waged a counteroffensive near the strategic Russian-held...
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said India would withdraw the ban on wheat exports at the non-government level after 15 days or one month as it must sell its...
Russian energy supplier RAO Nordic says it will suspend deliveries of electricity to Finland from Saturday, citing problems with payments. The company said it had not been paid for previous...
শ্রীলংকায় হামলা চালাতে আবার সংগঠিত হচ্ছে নিষিদ্ধ ঘোষিত লিবারেশন টাইগার্স অব তামিল ইলম (এলটিটিই) ক্যাডাররা। দেশটি তীব্র অর্থনৈতিক ও রাজনৈতিক সঙ্কটে হাবুডুবু খাওয়ার এই সময়ে এমন সতর্কবার্তা দিয়েছে গোয়েন্দা সংস্থাগুলো।...
A suspect on the run has chopped off a police constable’s left hand at the wrist in Chattogram’s Lohagara Upazila. Another constable was injured during the incident, confirms Chattogram district’s...
বাংলাদেশের সব বিমানবন্দরে রাষ্ট্রীয় সম্প্রচারমাধ্যম বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন (বিটিভি), বিটিভি ওয়ার্ল্ড, সংসদ বিটিভি এবং বিটিভি চট্টগ্রাম সম্প্রচারের নির্দেশ দিয়েছে সরকার। বিভিন্ন গণমাধ্যমে প্রকাশিত সংবাদে দেখা যায়, বেসামরিক বিমান পরিবহন ও পর্যটন...
Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday that Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorist groups in their countries, provide clear security guarantees and lift export bans on Turkey as they...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended heartiest felicitations to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his assumption of the office as President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on...
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin on Sunday said all the necessary steps will be taken to bring Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder back to the country and produce him...
হাজার হাজার কোটি টাকা অর্থ আত্মসাৎ ও অর্থ পাচারে অভিযুক্ত প্রশান্ত কুমার হালদারকে (যিনি পি কে হালদার নামে বেশি পরিচিত) বন্দি প্রত্যর্পণ চুক্তির মাধ্যমে আইনি পথেই দেশে ফেরানোর আশা করছে...
Somali parliamentarians met on Sunday in a heavily-fortified airport hangar to choose a new president in a vote required to keep foreign aid coming to the impoverished nation tortured by...
Supermarkets, malls and restaurants in Shanghai will be allowed to open in a limited capacity starting Monday, officials said, even while it remained unclear whether residents would be let out...
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