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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week...
পেনশন থেকে মাইলেজ ভাতা বাদ দেওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত বাতিলের দাবিতে সারা দেশে ট্রেন চলাচল বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ের কর্মচারীদের সংগঠন রানিং স্টাফ কর্মচারী ঐক্য পরিষদ। বুধবার সকাল ৬টা থেকে সারাদেশে...
US President Joe Biden said for the first time that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, as President Vladimir Putin said Russia would "rhythmically and calmly" continue its operation...
After Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan, the next move of the joint Opposition is to appoint ministers. According to sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz...
Government's expenditure on fertiliser subsidy has increased four times to Tk 300 billion in the ongoing financial year (FY '22) amid a volatile global market. Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur...
ake steps for setting complaint box in every district and upazila for common people to submit objections about unauthorized financial institutions and individual moneylenders, the High Court orders Bangladesh Bank....
Country's apparel makers have demanded withdrawal of the decision of gas rationing in the industrial units for four hours a day for fifteen days. In a statement, first vice president...
Bangladesh will be able to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from spot market at lower rates if the government purchases the fuel through open-tendering method instead of the existing selective-...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the initiative of establishing a commodity exchange in Bangladesh is a major step, as the exchange will facilitate further growth of the national economy. The...
Questioning public expenditure on vaccine procurement and administration, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a study estimated the spending on the drive at a maximum of Tk 167.21 billion. But...
The central bank asks all the scheduled banks to follow a uniform policy for maintaining provision against classification of other assets for ensuring discipline in the country's banking system. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed taking foreign loans against standard benchmark like Bangladesh's present risk-free borrowing to avoid any future problem, officials said after a review meeting Tuesday. She also...
Cooling soaring prices should be prioritised in the upcoming budget, considering erosion of purchasing power of low-income people, says a think-tank and suggests tax breaks and currency stabilising as basics...
Most people refuse to believe humans are now living in the most peaceful era in the history of our species, argues Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker. Author of a 2011...
In post-Covid time, the country's key export earner readymade garment sector apparently has mixed fortunes--- a rebound on the one hand and a less visible downside on the other. The...
In line with 2008's election pledge of the ruling party, the government presented the outline of a Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) to the media two months back. Now as directed...
Taking a swipe at those who campaign that Bangladesh would face a crisis like Sri Lanka, Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus on Tuesday said the comparison is very...
শ্রীলঙ্কা থেকে বাংলাদেশ ‘বহু দূরে আছে’ জানিয়ে দেশটির সঙ্গে বাংলাদেশের তুলনাকে দুঃখজনক বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রীর মুখ্য সচিব আহমদ কায়কাউস। আর্থিক দুর্দশায় থাকা শ্রীলঙ্কার সঙ্গে তুলনা করে বাংলাদেশেকে নিয়ে বিভিন্ন...
Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed the lives of at least 20 people, according to local officials. The country’s military has been deployed to Durban and...
গবেষণা সংস্থা সিপিডির সম্মানীয় ফেলো মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান মঙ্গলবার এক অনুষ্ঠানে বলেছেন , শ্রীলঙ্কার অর্থনীতির সঙ্গে বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতি তুলনীয় না হলেও, এখান থেকে শিক্ষা নিতে হবে। আগামী ২০২২-২৩ অর্থবছরের বাজেট নিয়ে...
The national budget for FY2022-23 (FY23) is going to be placed before the National Parliament in the backdrop of a number of unprecedented challenges that reflect Bangladesh's macroeconomic management in...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP leaders went to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and staged a demonstration, which was just an ill effort to hide...
Alpana Akter, the daughter of a van driver who aced the MBBS entrance exam at Mymensingh Medical College, will not have to burden her father with funding her education as...
More than 22 per cent of the hospitalised Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh faced irregularities at the healthcare facilities, according to a study by Transparency International Bangladesh. They paid Tk 400...
কোভিড মহামারীতে আয় হারিয়ে দুর্ভোগে পড়া মানুষকে পরিত্রাণ দেওয়ার মতো বাজেট এবার প্রণয়নের আহ্বান জানিয়েছে গবেষণা সংস্থা সিপিডি। আগামী ২০২২-২৩ অর্থবছরের বাজেট নিয়ে নিজেদের সুপারিশ জানাতে মঙ্গলবার আয়োজিত এক অনুষ্ঠানে...
An elephant trampled to death a Colombian researcher who was studying chimpanzees in Kibali National Park in western Uganda, authorities said. Sebastian Ramirez Amaya, who was at Arizona State University...
The US inflation rate hit a fresh 40-year high in the year to March after fuel prices soared during the first full month of the Ukraine war. Consumer prices increased...
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Dhaka University is all set to welcome the Bengali New Year 1429 with the vibrancy and festivity usually associated with Pahela Baishakh...
BNP hosted an iftar party on Tuesday at a hotel in Dhaka in honour of foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh. Ambassadors, high commissioners, mission chiefs, charge d’ affaires and other envoys...
Telecoms equipment maker Nokia is pulling out of the Russian market, its CEO said, going a step further than rival Ericsson, which said on Monday it was indefinitely suspending its...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare...
The USA have been granted automatic qualification for the Men's T20 World Cup in 2024 as the co-host nation, along with West Indies. The 2024 edition is being held in...
Several people were shot and explosive devices were found in a New York City subway station in the United States on Tuesday. The incident occurred during the morning commute at...
Over a quarter of a billion more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, rising global inequality and the shock of food...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to receive fines for breaching strict coronavirus lockdown rules, a government statement said on Tuesday. Police have been...
With the trunk of her car filled to the brim with pet carriers, Yulia drives across the conflict-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to pick up cats and dogs abandoned...
নির্মাতা চয়নিকা চৌধুরীর একটি নাটকের শুটিং চলাকালে বিদ্যুৎস্পৃষ্ট হয়ে রাজধানীর একটি হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন লাইটম্যান সবুজ মারা গেছেন। রাজধানীর শেখ হাসিনা জাতীয় বার্ন ও প্লাস্টিক সার্জারি ইনস্টিটিউটে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় মঙ্গলবার দুপুর...
The government plans to have a new pot of money to pass out to farmers in the haor region after recent flash floods destroyed their crops. Floods in early April...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in the war and there has been an unconfirmed report of their use in the besieged southern...
ফসল রক্ষা বাঁধ নিয়ে আতঙ্কের মধ্যে হবিগঞ্জের হাওরে শুরু হয়েছে বোরো ধান ঘরে তোলার উৎসব। জেলার বানিয়াচং উপজেলার সুবিদপুর গ্রামের হাওরে মঙ্গলবার দুপুরে আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে এই উৎসবের উদ্বোধন ঘোষণা করেন হবিগঞ্জের...
The High Court on Tuesday observed that the Canadian citizen who is in her parents’ custody for over 10 months in Dhaka cannot be kept confined against her will as...
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at 8:30 am at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises in Dhaka on the Eid day. However, the jamaat will...
করোনাভাইরাসের প্রাদুর্ভাব অনেকটাই কমে আসায় এবছর ঈদুল ফিতরের প্রধান জামাত স্বাভাবিক সময়ের মতো জাতীয় ঈদগাহ ময়দানে অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। মঙ্গলবার দুপুরে ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী মো. ফরিদুল হক খানের সভাপতিত্বে ধর্ম বিষয়ক আন্তঃমন্ত্রণালয়...
A businessman misappropriated Tk 1.7 billion from investors using a fake advert in the name of a sham foreign company, according to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Zia Uddin Zaman, who...
A 15,000 square feet hi-tech park is going to be established in Keraniganj, southern suburb of Dhaka city. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid laid the...
Can you imagine going to a shop or a restaurant and simply placing your hand in front of the card reader and the payment is completed within a split second? ...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for global trade growth this year to 3.0 per cent from 4.7 per cent due to the impact of...
Bangladesh’s economy is relatively stable in almost all the indicators and its amount of foreign debt is still far below the risk limit. This observation came when Prime Minister Sheikh...
Though preparations for Bangla New Year festivities are proceeding at full steam, additional security measures are being taken for the event marking Pahela Boishakh at Ramna due to ‘tips on...
Muggers have been running amok in Dhaka for the past few days, with snatchers taking advantage of brisk Eid shopping. In a recent drive, the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested...
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