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Experts and stakeholders have stressed empowering and grooming the next-generation farmers with policy support and equipping them with advanced technology for the development of the agriculture sector. They also suggested...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Tuesday reiterated its demand for stable policy supports for at least five years - mainly to help attract investment and create...
Most local firms and the Japanese companies operating in various sectors in Bangladesh are in favour of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries for maintaining competitiveness...
Recruiters have expressed their dissatisfaction and deep concern over the 'syndicate-based' mechanism for sending manpower to Malaysia. They have demanded the abolition of such an unethical system and keeping the...
CHATTOGRAM: The district administration has taken steps to control price hike of essentials during Ramadan, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammed Mominur Rahman said on Tuesday. He said a committee has already...
KUSHTIA: After a Covid-induced hiatus of two years, a three-day festival remembering the legendary Baul Lalon Shah began on Tuesday at Chheuria under Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district. The Lalon...
রাজধানীর মালিবাগ চৌধুরী পাড়ার আবুল হোটেল থেকে কাকরাইলের দূরত্ব তিন কিলোমিটার। এ পথে সর্বনিম্ন বাস ভাড়া ১০ টাকাই নেয় তরঙ্গ প্লাস। তবে কেউ কাকরাইল না নেমে এ বাসে ওই মোড়...
India's opposition Congress party on Tuesday fired the local chiefs of five states after humiliating losses in recent elections, as it tries to reinvent itself ahead of the next national...
The securities regulator will take stern action against the issuers who will fail to deposit investors' unclaimed or undistributed dividends into the capital market stabilisation fund (CMSF) by March 31,...
Animal feed has inflated in weeks locally amid a jump in corn and soya meal cost globally, thus marking a substantial surge in cattle, poultry and fish prices. Beef, mutton,...
The government now decides to lower value-added tax (VAT) on edible oils at import stage as part of market intervention to tame soaring prices of the essential item. Presently, there...
Up-and-coming business bosses suggest the revenue board to offer tax benefit on the basis of research to pass on its real outcome to where it's really due. They pledged to...
Suspicious financial transactions and activities increased significantly in the last fiscal in Bangladesh, mainly as "fraudulent activities" in e-commerce and multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses saw a spurt. Such irregularities are...
It is regrettable to note that there is no sign of any progress in negotiations over repatriation of the Rohingya ethnic minority of Myanmar from Bangladesh who were subjected to...
Dearth of data, let alone updated and accurate data, has often been cited as a problem by researchers critically impeding assessment of various socio-economic situations in the country. While there...
Its robust comeback after the pandemic notwithstanding, the country's flagship export, the Readymade Garment (RMG), is learnt to be up against new challenges. Mostly affecting the woven garment, rather than...
Russia on Tuesday sanctioned US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and ten other administration officials and political figures. Moscow has said that the...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Tuesday urged the government for selling essential goods to the garment workers at lower prices for their relief from the skyrocketing prices...
Mobile phone users in Bangladesh now can carry forward their mobile data while purchasing new data package in which they can use their unused data further. Posts and Telecommunications Minister...
[The first part of two-part write up] Monetary Conditions Index (MCI) is a way of measuring the changes in monetary condition that influences the economic activities. To assess the...
Christian Eriksen was called up to the Denmark national squad on Tuesday, the first time he has been selected since he suffered a cardiac arrest at the European Championship last...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson has said the United Kingdom (UK) is keen to expand its investment in Bangladesh. The UK envoy said this while visiting the...
Myanmar's military has engaged in systematic human rights violations, many amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the United Nations said on Tuesday, in its first comprehensive human rights...
Experts and stakeholders have stressed empowering and grooming the next-generation farmers with policy support and equipping them with advanced technology for the development of the agriculture sector. They also suggested...
Cross Border Electricity Trade (CBET) has been taking place between South Asian countries under bilateral Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) /Power Trade Agreement (PTAs) over the last decade. However, in a...
The International Development Association (IDA), a concern of the World Bank, will provide 120 million US dollars for the development of a 'climate-smart agriculture and water management project.’ Bangladesh and...
Opposition leaders led a march of hundreds of protesters through Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo on Tuesday as anger grows over a worsening economic crisis that has brought fuel...
Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approached 3 million on Tuesday, the United Nations said, as people escaped the fighting and Russian bombardment. About...
Speakers at a dialogue on Tuesday said that establishing a diplomatic mission of Romania in Dhaka will foster bilateral trade and investment as well as exporting of skilled workforce from...
A five-year initiative called Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) compiled and mapped export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) factory data across Bangladesh using the factory census approach. It has mapped 3,723 factories as...
Law enforcement authorities early Tuesday morning arrested a suspect in connection with shootings of homeless people in Washington, DC, and New York, the police department in Washington said in a...
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud arrived in Dhaka on a brief visit Tuesday evening. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen received his Saudi counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal...
The World Bank has expressed interest in providing US$5.0-8.0 billion dollars in the development of rural infrastructure in Bangladesh, said Local Government and Rural Development Minister Md Tajul Islam on...
The European Union (EU) has formally approved a new barrage of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, which include bans on investments in the Russian energy sector, luxury...
With housing demand skyrocketing along with purchasing power, it is no surprise that the demand for luxury homes is also at par with this trend. More and more people are...
ময়মনসিংহের তারাকান্দা উপজেলায় বাড়ির একটি গর্তে জমা পানিতে ডুবে দুই শিশুর মৃত্যু হয়েছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। মঙ্গলবার দুপুর ১২টার দিকে উপজেলার কাকনী ইউনিয়নের দুগাছি গ্রামে এই দুর্ঘটনা ঘটে বলে...
The Bangladesh team has held its own in the ODI format for the last few years. But in the T20I format, they are at the opposite pole. The team continuously...
করোনাভাইরাসের ওমিক্রন ধরনের দাপট পেরিয়ে এসে তিন মাসের বেশি সময় পর প্রথম মৃত্যুহীন দিন পার করল বাংলাদেশ। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, মঙ্গলবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় ১৪ হাজারের বেশি নমুনা পরীক্ষা...
‘ভাইয়েরা, ভাবিরা; কেমন আছেন আপনারা? মন আপনার, ভালো রাখার দায়িত্ব ভাইসাবের। এই প্রত্যয়কে বুকে ধারণ করে কচ্ছপের গতিতে এগিয়ে যাচ্ছে ভাইসাব।’ বিভিন্ন ভিডিওতে এই কথাগুলো বলতে শোনা যায় হাস্যোজ্জ্বল এক...
Bangladesh has recorded no new deaths from Covid-19 in a day for the first time since Dec 9, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,112. The government...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said 10 million people in the country will get special cards to buy daily essential commodities at fair prices. "We've targeted one crore (10 million)...
Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said on Tuesday Islamabad rejected a statement by India's defence minister on the accidental missile launch. According to Reuters, Qureshi told journalists the Indian...
Bangladesh resumed regular in-person academic classes at all of its educational institutions after 726 days of combating the coronavirus pandemic. In-person classes will be held every weekday on all subjects...
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were travelling to Kyiv by train on Tuesday to show support for the country on behalf of the EU, the...
Stocks witnessed another flat session on Tuesday as investors were active on both sides of the trading fence. After day-long volatility, DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
পরিশোধন পর্যায়ে ১৫ শতাংশ এবং বিপণন পর্যায়ে ৫ শতাংশ ভ্যাট প্রত্যাহারের পর সয়াবিন তেল ও পাম তেলের আমদানি পর্যায়েও ১৫% ভ্যাট তুলে নিয়েছে সরকার। অর্থমন্ত্রণালয়ের জনসংযোগ কর্মকর্তা গাজী তাওহীদুল ইসলাম...
The High Court has questioned a Bangladesh Bank (BB) circular that asked the Non Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) to adjust their capital market investment without providing any reasonable period of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to speed up the expansion work of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. She also asked to take required...
স্কুলে ভর্তি হয়ে অনলাইন ক্লাসেই কেটে গেছে দুই বছর, অবশেষে পরিচয় ঘটল ক্লাস রুম, স্কুল বেঞ্চ, ব্ল্যাক বোর্ডে আর বন্ধুদের সঙ্গে। করোনাভাইরাস মহামারীর মধ্যে দীর্ঘ দুই বছর বন্ধ থাকার পর...
Time travel is an intriguing concept since the inception of the Theory of Relativity. Almost every person who knows about time travel has a curiosity for knowing the future or...
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