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Pakistan's new cabinet took their oaths in a ceremony on Tuesday, state television reported, according to Reuters. The new cabinet, made up of allied political parties, was sworn in over...
The International Monetary Fund will consider providing quick financial assistance to debt-burdened Sri Lanka following representations by India, Sri Lanka's finance ministry said on Tuesday. A delegation headed by Sri...
Three explosions rocked a high school in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing several people, according to Afghan security and health officials. Many residents in the neighbourhood belong to the Shia...
A number of US officials engaged in phone calls with Israelis, Palestinians and Arab representatives in the region over the weekend to see to it that tensions in Jerusalem do...
More firms in Shanghai are announcing the launch of "trial operations" on Monday, a cautious but optimistic move suggesting the beginning of supply chain recovery, as authorities unveiled a slew...
Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased its fuel prices from midnight Monday to a record high. With the latest price hike, the price of Octane 92 petrol...
Israel shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Israeli military said, the first such attack in months as tensions over a flashpoint Jerusalem shrine drew...
Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a $250 million financing agreement to support the country’s reform efforts to sustain growth following the pandemic and to enhance resilience to future...
Trading of the shares of Star Adhesives -- a concern of Star Partex Group -- will commence on the SME Platform of the Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange...
Fresh clashes have broken out between New Market store workers and Dhaka College students on Tuesday morning after the two sides were involved in a violent confrontation for two and...
Buyers around the world are lining up to purchase electric vehicles this year even with sticker prices surging, flipping the script on a decade and a half of conventional auto...
মধ্যরাতে আড়াই ঘণ্টার সংঘাতের পর থমথমে পরিস্থিতির মধ্যে সকালে আবার সংঘর্ষে জড়িয়েছে নিউ মার্কেটের দোকান কর্মচারী এবং ঢাকা কলেজের শিক্ষার্থীরা। ঢাকা কলেজের শিক্ষার্থীরা মঙ্গলবার সকাল সাড়ে ১০টার দিকে লাঠি, রড...
Stocks opened lower on Tuesday as the cautious investors kept their selling binge amid persistent volatility in the market. Following the previous two days’ steep decline, the market fell sharply...
Autorickshaws in Bangladesh have their side-view mirrors inside the vehicles while the rear-view mirrors are of no use because polythene sheets on the rear window blur the view and passengers...
ধর্ম অবমাননার অভিযোগ তুলে শ্রীলঙ্কার এক নাগরিককে হত্যার দায়ে ৬ জনকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দিয়েছে পাকিস্তানের আদালত। সোমবার একই মামলায় অভিযুক্ত ৮৮ জনের মধ্যে ৯ জনকে যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড ও অন্য আসামিদের দুই...
Dhaka College has suspended all classes and examinations in the wake of violent clashes between students and shopkeepers outside New Market in the wee hours of Tuesday. The decision was...
NARSINGDI: The weavers are now passing busy times for making attractive Jamdani saree at Doalotpur union of Monohardi upazila here before Eid-ul-Fitr The artisans generally make money before Eid as...
Sri Lanka's president acknowledged Monday that he made mistakes that led to the country's worst economic crisis in decades and pledged to correct them. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the admission...
A court sentenced six men to death on Monday in a mass trial for the mob lynching of a clothes factory's Sri Lankan manager in eastern Pakistan last year, the...
Thousands of South African soldiers will help with relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people have died in floods and mudslides and dozens more are missing. A...
For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy rethink. But Chinese President Xi Jinping, who doubtless would prefer...
PANCHAGARH: Farmers at Dandapal union in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh are worried as their paddy crop and variety of fruits including banana, mango, jackfruit, litchi and betel nut have been...
Flour became further pricier in the country amid gradual surge in its global market prices, raising sufferings of the commoners, who are already battered with the rocketing price trend of...
The Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning...
A new executive committee of Association of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh (AACOBB) for 2022-2023 has been elected unanimously at the CAMLCO Conference held in Cox's Bazar...
City Bank has recently arranged an ECA-backed long term financing of EUR 28.63 million to facilitate Western Engineering Limited, a local leading dredging solution provider, importing 10 dredgers from Royal...
হাসপাতালগুলোতে ফুরিয়ে আসছে ওষুধ, পর্যাপ্ত চিকিৎসা সরঞ্জামের সঙ্কট তীব্র হয়ে উঠেছে; সবচেয়ে খারাপ বিষয় হল, এসব রসদ কবে নাগাদ পাওয়া যাবে, তাও জানেন না শ্রীলঙ্কার চিকিৎসকরা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। তারা...
The outflow of migrant workers surged by more than double in the first three months of the current year, boosting the country's employment growth and remittance earnings. Official data showed...
Some 833 factories, including textile and readymade garment (RMG) units, across the country are under close monitoring by a law-enforcing agency and trade bodies, as they were yet to pay...
A reform panel recommends reinstating the once-discarded Advance Trade VAT (ATV) that taxes products at both ends -- production and import -- and refuses refund. Sources say if this system...
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in...
The securities regulator Monday asked nine brokerages to suspend their 15 trading operators for executing their clients' sale orders sans mentioning any market price of the securities--at a time when...
Global suppliers are eyeing a burgeoning Bangladesh fuel market and scrambling for long-term supply deals, either by lobbying government high-ups or through competitive biddings, market-insiders say. But energy experts and...
ইউক্রেনের বেশ কয়েকটি শহরের ওপর গত রাতে রুশ বাহিনী বোমাবর্ষণ করেছে। পশ্চিমাঞ্চলীয় লাভিভ শহরে ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র হামলায় অন্তত ৭ জন নিহত হয়েছে। খবর বিবিসি বাংলা'র। কর্মকর্তারা বলছেন, লাভিভ শহরে তিনটি সামরিক...
British police closed a road in central London near British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official residence on Monday. The police said they had arrested a man armed with a knife...
হেফাজতে ইসলামের প্রয়াত আমীর শাহ আহমদ শফীর মৃত্যুকে ‘হত্যাকাণ্ড’ দাবি করে এর পেছনে কাদিয়ানীদের ‘ষড়যন্ত্র ও অর্থ’ আছে বলে অভিযোগ করেছেন ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের মহাসচিব মুফতি ফয়জুল্লাহ। সোমবার চট্টগ্রাম প্রেস ক্লাবে...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has directed police officials to be on high alert to prevent incidents of crime during the holy month of Ramadan and the...
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in...
The new look of the famed lake of Hatirjheel in Dhaka is spectacular. In the recent years, it continues to change its overall look unabatedly. The authorities' efforts to transform...
Quoting exporters, a report carried in this newspaper on Sunday maintains that a mismatch between the enhanced capacity of the Chattogram Port and that of the busiest highway connecting it...
News about economic and political unrest in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal have been burning local media for weeks. Many worry if Bangladesh will follow suit. As a matter of...
The national budget of Bangladesh for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) is going to be proposed before the parliament amidst several emergent challenges. The country has been battling the intertwining...
A fall in paddy prices, compared to the previous year, has frustrated farmers in the haor region after flash floods forced them to harvest the half-grown crops. Farmers from Kishoreganj,...
ঈদে বাসা ফাঁকা রেখে ঢাকা ছেড়ে গেলে দামি স্বর্ণালংকার কাছাকাছি থাকা ‘আত্মীয়-স্বজনের’ কাছে রেখে যাওয়ার পরামর্শ দিয়েছেন ঢাকা মহানগর পুলিশ (ডিএমপি) কমিশনার মোহা. শফিকুল ইসলাম। সোমবার ডিএমপি সদর দপ্তরে মার্চ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been using drawings of children with special needs in her greeting cards on the occasion of different festivals since she assumed state power for the...
পানির প্রবাহ যাতে বাধাগ্রস্ত না হয়, সেজন্য হাওর এলাকায় নতুন করে আর কোনো সড়ক নির্মাণ না করার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে সরকার। সোমবার প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার সভাপতিত্বে তার দপ্তরে মন্ত্রিসভার বৈঠকে এ...
Banks have been asked to continue operation on April 29 and 30 to facilitate payment of garment workers' salary, Eid bonus, allowances and export-import activities. Bangladesh Bank (BB) gave the...
The High Court on Monday issued a rule questioning why the sentence of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman in a bribery case should not be extended. HC bench...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has expressed firm determination that their party will build a strong resistance if the BNP chooses the path of terrorism and destructive acts...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday accused Awami League of eliminating its political opponents through what he said enforced disappearances and political killings to establish one-party rule....
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