People from all walks of life are paying their final respects to former Finance Minister AMA Muhith at Dhaka’s Central Shaheed Minar, bdnews24.com reports. The body was brought to the...
China's Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate using the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and targeting the Omicron variant has obtained clinical trial approval in the United Arab...
Bangladesh is alerted against botnet and malware infections of important data infrastructures, including in financial institutions, to forestall cyber-attacks on the sidelines of the Ukraine war. Officials say the government's...
Al-Haj Nur Mohammed has been elected as the board of directors’ chairman of Jamuna Bank Limited for the second time recently. He is a former Member of Parliament for Munshiganj....
After two years of celebrations muted by the pandemic, entertainment centres and restaurants in Dhaka are preparing for a return to normal this Eid, bdnews24.com reports. Thursday, Apr 28, was...
A fire broke out at a commercial building in the city’s Bijoynagar area on Saturday. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. The fire started around 11:40am at the multi-storey commercial building...
Russia has been forced to merge and redeploy depleted and disparate units from failed advances in northeast Ukraine, a British military update said on Saturday. "Shortcomings in Russian tactical coordination...
Monash University is one of the Top 10 universities in Australia for employability. It is one of the Top 100 universities in the world. Host Country: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Host...
According to ASD Market Week, a massive retail marketing trade show publication, the global self-care market has grown from USD 10 billion to over USD 450 billion in 2020. The...
Ukraine warned on Friday that peace talks with Moscow were in danger of collapse and said Russia was pounding areas in the east as US lawmakers vowed to swiftly approve...
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) will support Ukrainian athletes seeking to resettle in Australia on humanitarian grounds amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outgoing AOC President John Coates said on Saturday....
গাজীপুরে ঢাকা-ময়মনসিংহ ও ঢাকা-টাঙ্গাইল মহাসড়কে ঘরমুখো মানুষ ও যানবাহনের ভিড় বেড়েছে। শনিবার সকাল থেকে গাজীপুরের ঢাকা-ময়মনসিংহ মহাসড়কে যানবাহন ও গাড়ির চাপ বেশি থাকায় থেমে থেমে যানজটের সৃষ্টি হয়; তবে বেলা...
এবারের ঈদযাত্রা স্বস্তিতেই কাটবে বলে আশা প্রকাশ করেছেন সড়ক পরিবহন ও সেতুমন্ত্রী ওবায়দুল কাদের। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। শনিবার সকালে ঢাকার মহাখালী বাস টার্মিনাল পরিদর্শন শেষে সাংবাদিকদের তিনি এ কথা...
Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a key milestone in its battle to contain the virus, which has paralysed the...
FBCCI president Md Jashim Uddin on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, UNB reports. Mr Muhith passed away at...
Tanvir Hasan, a private firm employee, spent the last two years in the familiar confines of Dhaka due to the coronavirus pandemic. But with COVID cases trending down, Eid-ul-Fitr this...
বাংলাদেশে ঈদুল ফিতর সোমবার উদযাপন হবে, না কি মঙ্গলবার, তা জানতে রোববার পর্যন্ত অপেক্ষা করতে হবে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। রোববার সন্ধ্যা ৭টায় জাতীয় চাঁদ দেখা কমিটি বৈঠক ডেকেছে। চাঁদ...
Lifting sanctions imposed on Russia is part of peace negotiations between Moscow and Ukraine, which are "difficult" but continue daily, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published early...
The United States does not believe that there is a threat of Russia using nuclear weapons despite a recent escalation in Moscow's rhetoric, a senior US defence official said on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Saturday) expressed profound shock and sorrow at the demise of former finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. In a message of condolence, she prayed for...
ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের ছাত্র আবুল মাল আবদুল মুহিত বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসের পালাবদল দেখেছেন নানা ভূমিকায় থেকে, তবে ইতিহাস হয়ত তাকে দেশের উন্নয়নের অগ্রযাত্রার যুগসন্ধিক্ষণে টানা এক দশক অর্থমন্ত্রীর দায়িত্ব সামলানো একজন রাজনীতিবিদ...
Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus...
তার কাছে জীবন ছিল ‘মহাতৃপ্তির, মহাপ্রাপ্তির’, ৮৮ বছরের সেই কর্মময় জীবনের যবনিকা টেনে চিরবিদায় নিলেন সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী আবুল মাল আবদুল মুহিত। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। শুক্রবার রাত ১২টা ৫৬মিনিটে ঢাকার ইউনাইটেড...
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, the former finance minister who ushered Bangladesh into the era of trillion-taka budget and whose policies helped shape its economy to its current status, has died...
The 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited was held on Thursday on a digital platform. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Mohammed Younus...
Star-studded Bashundhara kings continued their winning run in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football as they dumped Uttar Baridhara Club by 6-0 goals in the one sided affairs held on...
KYIV (Ukraine): The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become "an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain" - a description underscored a short time later by the first...
The government of neighbouring Indian state Tripura has urged Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in its ICT sector, especially in data centre. Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb made the...
Summer or winter, air pollution trends across the seasons in Dhaka. This year-round air pollution is largely attributed to the same emissions -- construction and road dust. Construction dust is...
The government asked the vehicle operators to use Paturia Ghat to reduce growing pressure - created by cars and other vehicles on Shimulia Ghat (Mawa) - to facilitate hassle-free journey...
Uttara Bank Limited approved 14 per cent stock and 14 per cent cash dividend for the year 2021 in its 39th annual general meeting (AGM) held on Thursday on a...
Ten most-traded stocks accounted for nearly 32 per cent of weekly transactions on the Dhaka bourse in the outgoing week, with Bangladesh Export Import Company (Beximco) making its way to...
The board of directors of Peoples Insurance Company Ltd has recommended a 12.50 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2021, says a press release. The...
India has asked state-run energy companies to evaluate the possibility of buying European oil major BP's stake in sanctions-hit Russian firm Rosneft, two people familiar with the matter said, reports...
Boeing reported a wider loss and weaker revenue than analysts had expected for the first three months of the year amid higher costs and delays, including pushing back production of...
The US dollar touched its highest level since 2002 on Thursday while the devaluation of taka continued to hit Bangladesh's trade heavily, sending costs of import, and production and shipment...
With Eid-ul-Fitr only days away, clothing stores in Dhaka are abuzz with customers, but the owners are not fully happy as they bemoan that sales have not returned to the...
Beef prices have shot up to as high as Tk 760 a kilo in an unregulated market in the capital just a couple of days ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival....
Farmers have harvested 90 per cent of Boro paddy in haor areas, said AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, deputy minister for water resources, reports UNB. "The remaining ten percent paddy in...
Eid fervour is already in the air and hordes of holidaymakers are now heading home across Bangladesh to celebrate the festival with their kinspersons. With government offices closed after Thursday's...
The government will launch an online database of licensed manpower recruitment agencies next month (May) to help strengthen its monitoring system. The Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) has...
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge project will save about Tk 20.38 billion from the allocated funds and the bridge is likely to open in June, officials concerned reaffirmed Friday. With the...
In Bangladesh, people often complain about running out of places to visit, this is due to the fact that often the most renowned World Heritage Sites such as Mahasthangarh, the...
At last it has been once again Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who had to use her good offices for securing children's right to play at Tentultala playground in the city's...
A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan...
Given the rising demand for natural gas against the fast dwindling domestic gas reserve, Bangladesh's growing dependence on imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is simply unavoidable. Amid the supply crisis...
Millions of people are leaving the city of Dhaka to celebrate Eid holiday with their near and dear ones in different parts of the country. Some have already left to...
After a two-year halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia is once again allowing Hajj pilgrims from abroad. However, considering the health risks, people over the age of 65...
Britain will send investigators to Ukraine to help gather evidence of war crimes, including sexual violence, its foreign minister said on Friday. Both Ukrainian prosecutors and the International Criminal Court...
An investigation committee comprising three members has been formed by the Department of Shipping, Bangladesh regarding the sinking of Bangladesh flagged vessel MV Marintrust-1 at Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata....
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