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The United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, which President Volodymyr Zelensky described as "war crimes" demanding commensurate punishment,...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the second straight session on Tuesday, with turnover hitting nearly one-year low, as the risk-averse investors sold their holdings to avoid further losses. Turnover,...
Unemployment rate among the country's youth has reached around 28 per cent, according to a latest study. Apart from this, some 90 per cent of the employed youth are now...
The price of watermelon has climbed to an all-time high of Tk 60 a kg in Dhaka's retail outlets despite bumper production of the juicy summer fruit this year. An...
Bangladesh is not treading Sri Lanka's path as the country's socioeconomic fundamentals are on a better base, a government minister said Tuesday to dispel critics' foreboding over economic crisis. Planning...
Parliament passed on Tuesday the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Bill-2022, scrapping advisory council. The advisory council comprised local lawmakers and members of the port city's elite group. The bill incorporates...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has recognised the elite force RAB's counterterrorism role as important, but stated that lifting sanctions from it and resuming training with American forces may...
Natural gas supply situation did not return to complete normalcy until Tuesday evening, although Bibiyana's four gas wells -- of its total six wells -- which were forced shut on...
Government's net borrowing from the state-sponsored savings instruments dropped in February from January due mainly to cut in yield rates, officials said. The statistics of the Department of National Savings...
The Comilla Economic Zone (CEZ) is set to get the final nod from the government which will pave the way to attract more local and foreign investments, people familiar with...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi came under fire from the opposition lawmakers in the Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) over the government's 'failure' in controlling skyrocketing prices of essentials in the market. Lambasting...
The central bank has pumped over US$4.0 billion into Bangladesh's overheating foreign-exchange market in nearly eight months to check rise in the value of the US currency. Officials say the...
Owners of Banglalink, the third-largest telecoms operator in Bangladesh, are considering offloading bulk of their stakes in the multinational to improve its liquidity situation, insiders say. Apart from going public,...
ভারতের মেঘালয়ে বৃষ্টির কারণে পানি বেড়েছে নেত্রকোণার খালিয়াজুড়ী উপজেলার ধনু নদীতে। এর ফলে এখন পর্যন্ত মোট ১২৩ হেক্টর জমির ধান তলিয়ে গেছে। আর আনুমানিক এক হাজার মেট্রিক টন ধানের ক্ষতি...
The High Court on Tuesday directed the Officer in Charge of the Mugda Police Station of the capital to produce a Canadian female citizen in the court on April 10....
The inevitable has happened. With Dhaka coming to life from a sort of somnambulism in times of the pandemic restrictions, the city has also started witnessing a chaotic traffic. Dhaka's...
So long we have heard of recycling plastic waste to make low-end products. This, in other words, means making products similar to the original plastic products before those were trashed,...
The government's latest drive to sell some essentials during the month of Ramadan including meat, milk and egg at a subsidised rate is admittedly a welcome one. To be run...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United Nations to act and reform its system which gives Security Council permanent member Russia a veto. In an address to the United...
The United Kingdom has expanded the official list of Covid-19 symptoms, including another nine signs of coronavirus infection. The UK Health Security Agency's updated guidance now lists symptoms including a...
Amid the outbreak of diarrhoea in the city, the Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Taqsem A Khan has urged the users to drink water after...
Sri Lanka's central bank is set to name a new chief, as the nation faces its worst economic crisis in over 70 years. P Nandalal Weerasinghe, former deputy governor of...
All those in favour of rewinding economic theory run the risk of being labelled regressive. Ideas that challenge the status-quo thinking of progress have never been welcomed. Jules Verne was...
The election commission of Pakistan has expressed its inability to conduct general elections within three months, citing various legal hitches and procedural challenges as the reason. A senior official of...
Hosts South Africa will look to impose another trial by spin on seething tourists Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting at St George's Park in Gqeberha, formerly Port...
মৌসুমি বিক্রেতাদের হাঁকডাক আর চটকদার নামের ভিড়ে হারিয়ে যেতে বসেছে ঢাকার চকবাজারের ঐতিহ্যের ইফতার। রোজার মাসে বাহারি নামের নানা খাবার যারা তৈরি করছেন, তাদের পূর্বপুরুষদেরও কেউ ছিলেন না এ পেশায়।...
Natural gas supply is yet to back to normalcy until Tuesday evening although Bibiyana’s four gas wells, out of the six, that were forced shut Sunday on technical ground, came...
Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned until Wednesday a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan's blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led...
The Planning Minister has found “unacceptable” the comparison of Bangladesh’s economic condition with the failure that plunged Sri Lanka into a deep turmoil. MA Mannan’s remarks came amid a public...
A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers called Tuesday for the appointment of an interim government, warning that a failure to do so would lead to violence and anarchy,...
ঢাকা ওয়াসার পানিকে শতভাগ বিশুদ্ধ দাবি করে আসা সংস্থাটির ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক তাকসিম এ খান এবার নিজের বাসাতেই দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত পানি পাওয়ার কথা স্বীকার করলেন। মঙ্গলবার জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবে এক অনুষ্ঠানে তিনি...
দ্রব্যমূল্যের ঊর্ধ্বগতির মধ্যে ‘সিন্ডিকেট’ নিয়ন্ত্রণে ‘ব্যর্থতার’ অভিযোগে ব্যবসায়ী পরিচয় নিয়ে সংসদ সদস্যদের তোপের মুখে বাণিজ্যমন্ত্রী ট্পিু মুনশি বলেছেন, ‘ব্যবসায়ী বলেই আমার অপরাধ’। মঙ্গলবার জাতীয় সংসদে বিরোধী দল জাতীয় পার্টি এবং...
Over 7.1 million people have been internally displaced since the invasion of Ukraine, according to the second Ukraine Internal Displacement Report issued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This...
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup Axiom Space, the first all-private...
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would name top shareholder and Tesla boss Elon Musk to its board, a day after the billionaire disclosed a 9.2 per cent stake in...
Russia has lambasted "another attempt of shameless interference" by the United States in the internal affairs of Pakistan, adding that it sought to punish a "disobedient" Imran Khan. In a...
Italy has expelled 30 Russian diplomats because of security concerns, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday, and Russia was set to retaliate. A number of other Western governments...
চরম অর্থনৈতিক সংকটে গণঅসন্তোষের মধ্যে শ্রীলঙ্কার ক্ষমতাসীন জোটেও ভাঙন দেখা দিয়েছে, আর তাতে পার্লামেন্টে সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠতা হারিয়েছে প্রেসিডেন্ট গোটাবায়া রাজাপাকসের নেতৃত্বাধীন জোট। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। শ্রীলঙ্কার পত্রিকা আদাদেরনা জানিয়েছে, শ্রীলঙ্কা...
Along with whopping prize money, the most important thing a top four position secures for a Premier League side is a Champions League qualification. Nobody wants to miss out on...
India's government on Tuesday said it has banned 22 YouTube channels, including four of Pakistani origin, for disinformation on subjects concerning national security and public order, the latest such federal...
The government has tabled a new law to stamp out discrimination in all spheres of society and guarantee equal rights for all citizens, regardless of their gender, religion or ethnicity....
Unemployment rate among the country’s youths reached the highest 28 per cent, according to a study finding. Apart from this, about 90 per cent of the employed youths are now...
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain why the confinement of death-row convicts in death cells or condemned cells before attaining finality of their...
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Trade Organisation Bill, 2022 allowing foreign traders to form joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi moved the bill and it was passed by...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi faced harsh criticism from the opposition in parliament on Tuesday over price spikes in the country. Several members of the BNP, Jatiya Party and Gono Forum...
অর্থনৈতিক সঙ্কটে ধুঁকতে থাকা শ্রীলঙ্কার সঙ্গে বাংলাদেশের তুলনা চলে না বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন পরিকল্পনামন্ত্রী এম এ মান্নান। তিনি বলেছেন, “কেউ কেউ শ্রীলংকার জায়গায় বাংলাদেশকে বসিয়ে রায় দেন, এটা গ্রহণযোগ্য নয়।...
A virtual platform for the business community of Mexico and Bangladesh was launched on Monday night. The platform was launched during a webinar organised by Mexican Business Council for Foreign...
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Tuesday that there is a “total determination” from all 27 European Union countries for sanctions against Russia that could target oil and coal...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a total of 12 projects involving an estimated cost of Tk 120.17 billion during its meeting on Tuesday. ECNEC Chairperson...
এসএসসি (তৎকালীন মেট্রিকুলেশন) পরিক্ষার্থী এক কিশোর। বয়স মাত্র ষোল বছর। ঠিক করলো আর লেখাপড়া করবে না। মেট্রিক পরীক্ষাটা হয়ে গেলে এরপর ব্যবসা শুরু করবে। তার বাবা চাইতেন ছেলে কষ্ট করে...
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