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29901. Explosion leaves 13 dead in Ghana mining regionPublished: January 22, 2022 11:10:05

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural community, the police said on...


29902. Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas welcome first child via surrogacyPublished: January 22, 2022 10:44:44

Actor-singer Priyanka Chopra and musician Nick Jonas have welcomed a baby via surrogacy. The couple, who got married in 2018, made the announcement on Sunday, on social media, reports The...


29903. Tearful Adele postpones showsPublished: January 22, 2022 10:28:06

A tearful and apologetic Adele on Thursday postponed a series of Las Vegas concerts due to start on Friday because half her crew was sick with COVID-19 and the pandemic...


29904. South Africa win ODI series win after Test victory against IndiaPublished: January 22, 2022 10:23:38

Opener Janneman Malan scored 91 as South Africa chased down a victory target of 288 for a comfortable seven-wicket win over India and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match...


29905. তবুও চলবে বাণিজ্য মেলাPublished: January 22, 2022 10:20:20

করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত রোগীর সংখ্যা প্রতিদিন লাফিয়ে লাফিয়ে বাড়ছে, চার মাসের মাথায় ফের স্কুল বন্ধ করে দিতে বাধ্য হয়েছে সরকার; তবে বাণিজ্য মেলা চালিয়ে যাওয়ার কথা জানিয়েছেন আয়োজকরা।  খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...


29906. Data paints encouraging scenario as Covid-19 cases falling in USPublished: January 22, 2022 10:16:54

New coronavirus cases are falling in parts of the United States hit hardest by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, according to a Reuters analysis of public health data, offering an early...


29907.  সেন্ট মার্টিন দ্বীপ নিয়ে পদক্ষেপে বাংলাদেশকে অভিনন্দন ডিক্যাপ্রিওরPublished: January 22, 2022 10:15:26

প্রবাল দ্বীপ সেন্ট মার্টিন ঘিরে প্রায় ২ হাজার বর্গকিলোমিটার এলাকাকে সংরক্ষিত অঞ্চল ঘোষণা করায় বাংলাদেশকে অভিনন্দন জানিয়েছেন হলিউড তারকা লিওনার্ডো ডিক্যাপ্রিও। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। পরিবেশবাদী এই অভিনেতা শুক্রবার নিজের...


29908. ঘোষণার আগেই সয়াবিন তেলের দামে ঊর্ধ্বগতিPublished: January 22, 2022 10:06:57

সয়াবিন তেলের বিদ্যমান দাম দুই সপ্তাহের মধ্যে সরকারের পক্ষ থেকে হেরফের না হওয়ার কথা বলা হলেও খুচরা বাজারে তা বাড়তে শুরু করেছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয়ের সঙ্গে ব্যবসায়ীদের...


29909. Airbus revokes Qatar order for 50 A321 jetsPublished: January 22, 2022 10:03:13

Airbus on Thursday raised the stakes in a dispute with major customer Qatar Airways over grounded and undelivered A350 jets by announcing it had revoked a separate contract for 50...


29910. Intel to invest up to $100b in chip plantsPublished: January 22, 2022 09:54:14

Intel Corp said on Friday it would invest up to $100 billion to build potentially the world's largest chip-making complex in Ohio, looking to boost capacity as a global shortage...


29911. Crypto giant Binance kept weak money-laundering checks, reveals Reuters special reportPublished: January 22, 2022 09:37:08

In the courtyard of a secluded limestone palace, Malta’s political elite welcomed a guest: Changpeng Zhao, chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. It was October 2018. Zhao...


29912. Patenga Container Terminal to start operation this yearPublished: January 22, 2022 09:27:07

CHATTOGRAM: Construction work of Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is going on smoothly with the target to start its operation in the current year. Around...


29913. Mamun Agro's share subscription begins SundayPublished: January 22, 2022 09:25:47

Subscription to the shares of Mamun Agro Products through qualified investor offer (QIO) will begin tomorrow (Sunday), as it aims to raise Tk 100 million under the fixed-price method. The...


29914. Bangladesh stocks rally as investors stay optimisticPublished: January 22, 2022 09:23:22

Stocks extended the rally for the fourth straight week that ended on Thursday as the investors continued to bet on major sector shares despite the rising Covid-19 cases. Week on...


29915. Crowd at subsidised sales centres rising notablyPublished: January 22, 2022 09:21:52

The number of beneficiaries of the open market sale (OMS) has risen significantly, as the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing more and more low-income group of people to buy commodities, sold...


29916. Huntsman Corp set to invest $20m in Bangladesh economic zonePublished: January 22, 2022 09:19:21

A US-based multinational Huntsman Corporation is set to invest $20 million in an industrial unit at a private economic zone (EZ) in Bangladesh, people familiar with the development say. It...


29917. 80,000 female Bangladeshi expatriates hired in 2021Published: January 22, 2022 09:16:56

More than 80,000 Bangladeshi women workers found overseas jobs in the past one year, contributing to the job sector and remittance income back home. Statistics available with the manpower bureau...


29918. BTRC set to auction 5G spectrum in MarchPublished: January 22, 2022 09:14:35

The country's mobile operators are required to provide fifth generation (5G) services to at least 50 per cent of the country's total population within five years from the date of...


29919. Returns on foreign loans may squeeze as Bangladesh's debt servicing liabilities surgePublished: January 22, 2022 09:12:17

Bangladesh's net foreign loans fell as repayments under debt-servicing liabilities surged year on year in the last fiscal, officials say as economists caution about its blowback impact. As government's repayment...


29920. Uber for women's safe commutePublished: January 22, 2022 00:06:42

Nabiha is a working woman. She often needs to go outside for urgent businesses. Today, the driver of her personal vehicle is absent, but she needs to leave now for...


29921. A weapon to combat violencePublished: January 22, 2022 00:07:44

Artistic and definitive factors laboriously impact how women are treated and considered in Bangladesh. Women, adolescents or girls, become the possession of the husband's family after getting married, which determines...


29922. A shift in food habitPublished: January 22, 2022 00:08:35

Apart from some common indigenous fruits, the Bangalees were hardly keen to grow and habituated to eating a variety of those. Even some of the local fruits were not cultivated...


29923. Improved storage system for rice neededPublished: January 21, 2022 22:31:31

Some 0.80 million tonnes of boro rice currently stored in various government-run warehouses across the country may turn non-consumable within a short period of time. The piece of news appeared...


29924. When will coronavirus complete its cycle?Published: January 21, 2022 22:27:23

When the first wave of the pandemic hit Bangladesh's shore, many thought, as it often happens, this calamity will also pass after running its course. Far from that, it now...


29925. Taking tourism business to the next level  Published: January 21, 2022 22:05:34

With an increased number of bookings at the holiday resorts, this sub sector of the country's tourism industry has reportedly been doing brisk business this winter. Spread across the different...


29926. JBN emerges as guide for thousands of entrepreneursPublished: January 21, 2022 21:48:00

Jabian Business Network (JBN), a platform of businesses of former and current students of Jahangirnagar University, has emerged as an attractive guide for hundreds of entrepreneurs since its inception in...


29927. Visitors, workers must show vaccination certificates to enter Book FairPublished: January 21, 2022 21:22:47

After deferring the Amar Ekushey Book Fair by two weeks, the authorities have now made it mandatory for everyone to show coronavirus vaccination certificates to enter the venue. Bangla Academy...


29928. We have evidence on BNP’s lobbying against country, Hasan Mahmud saysPublished: January 21, 2022 21:05:35

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the government has specific evidence of BNP appointing lobbyist farms abroad against the country. BNP made the agreement to appoint lobbyists...


29929. People will not accept gas price hikes in any way, Mosharraf saysPublished: January 21, 2022 21:00:20

BNP’s senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday strongly opposed the government’s move to hike gas tariffs and warned that people will not accept it in any way. “There's a...


29930. ‘Govt had to shut schools, colleges as Covid spread to children’Published: January 21, 2022 20:58:01

Education Minister Dipu Moni says they had no alternative to closing schools and colleges after the surging Covid-19 infections spread among children. While attending a meeting on the new board...


29931. Urgency of industrial safety for non-RMG enterprises, workersPublished: January 21, 2022 20:31:37

Although industrial accidents have escalated in number over the recent years, the matter of industrial safety in non-RMG businesses remains unaddressed. The recent tragedy at a food-processing plant in Narayanganj,...


29932. শিশুরা সংক্রমিত হওয়ায় শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান বন্ধ করতে বাধ্য হয়েছি: শিক্ষামন্ত্রীPublished: January 21, 2022 20:29:30

শিক্ষামন্ত্রী দীপু মনি বলেছেন, শিশুদের মধ্যে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ বেড়ে যাওয়ায় সরকার শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান বন্ধ করে দিতে ‘বাধ্য হয়েছে’। শুক্রবার জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ডের নতুন পাঠ্যক্রম নিয়ে এক পর্যালোচনা সভা শেষে...


29933. Bangladesh edges closer to vaccination targetPublished: January 21, 2022 20:27:08

The government is edging closer to its vaccination target, having administered at least one dose to over 92.42 million citizens through the nationwide campaign until Thursday. It makes up 77.53...


29934. তেল, ডাল, আটার দাম বেড়েছে, কমেছে পেঁয়াজ, মুরগিরPublished: January 21, 2022 19:55:45

রাজধানী ঢাকার খুচরা বাজারে নতুন করে আটা, ময়দা, ভোজ্যতেল, ডাল ও ডিমের দাম বেড়েছে। তবে আলু, পেঁয়াজ, রসুন, আদা, ব্রয়লার মুরগির দাম কিছুটা কমেছে বলে ক্রেতা-বিক্রেতারা জানিয়েছেন। শুক্রবার রাজধানীর কয়েকটি...


29935. India blocks 35 Pakistan-backed YouTube channelsPublished: January 21, 2022 19:31:37

India on Friday said that it has blocked as many as 35 Pakistan-backed YouTube channels with over 1.3 billion views "for spreading fake and misleading information on social media". The...


29936. It’s US that trained RAB, says FM MomenPublished: January 21, 2022 19:06:34

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that it is the United States that trained RAB on their rules of engagement how to behave with people and how to...


29937. IS gunmen mount attacks in Syria, Iraq killing dozensPublished: January 21, 2022 19:04:34

Militants from the Islamic State group launched sophisticated attacks in Syria and Iraq, including an attempt to break into a prison where suspected extremists are being held by US-backed fighters,...


29938. Delhi to stay under weekend, overnight curfew to curb Omicron spreadPublished: January 21, 2022 18:51:40

India's capital Delhi will remain under curfew over the weekend and overnight to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the city's disaster management authority said on...


29939. ‘Water now seen as strategic asset’Published: January 21, 2022 18:51:13

Shahidul Haque, professorial fellow, NSU, and former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, said water is seen as a strategic asset nowadays, not only as a resource. River influences geopolitics in South...


29940. 11,434 coronavirus cases, 12 deaths reported in 24 hoursPublished: January 21, 2022 18:51:05

Bangladesh has recorded 11,434 coronavirus cases in a daily count, the highest since Aug 9 last year, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,664,616. The death toll from Covid-19...


29941. Netflix's modest growth forecast casts pall over streamingPublished: January 21, 2022 18:46:47

Even as Netflix Inc executives sought to reassure investors in a Thursday video interview that its long-term prospects for streaming media remain bright, with its popular series "Bridgerton" returning for...


29942. এক দিনে শনাক্ত ১১,৪৩৪ জন, মৃত্যু ১২ জনেরPublished: January 21, 2022 18:41:45

করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রনের বিস্তারের মধ্যে দৈনিক শনাক্ত রোগীর সংখ্যা আর শনাক্তের হারে বাংলাদেশ ফিরে গেল ২৫ সপ্তাহ আগের পর্যায়ে। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, শুক্রবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় সোয়া ৪০...


29943. Dipu Moni speaks to agitating SUST studentsPublished: January 21, 2022 18:39:31

Education Minister Dipu Moni on Friday spoke to the agitating students of Sylhet’s Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) to try to end the impasse. She talked to the...


29944. মিয়ানমারের ভূমিকম্পে কাঁপল দেশPublished: January 21, 2022 18:39:11

ভারত সীমান্ত লাগোয়া মিয়ানমারের ফালাম এলাকায় মাঝারি মাত্রার ভূমিকম্প হয়েছে, যা অনুভূত হয়েছে চট্টগ্রাম, ঢাকাসহ বাংলাদেশের বিভিন্ন এলাকায়। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ভূতাত্ত্বিক জরিপ দপ্তরের (ইউএসজিএস) তথ্য অনুযায়ী, বাংলাদেশ সময় শুক্রবার বিকাল ৪টা...


29945. শাবির আন্দোলনকারীদের সঙ্গে বসবেন শিক্ষামন্ত্রীPublished: January 21, 2022 18:36:03

শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের উপাচার্য ফরিদ উদ্দিন আহমেদের পদত্যাগের দাবিতে আন্দোলনরত শিক্ষার্থীদের প্রতিনিধি দলের সঙ্গে আলোচনায় বসতে চান শিক্ষামন্ত্রী দীপু মনি। শুক্রবার জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ডের নতুন পাঠ্যক্রম...


29946. Bangladesh calls for joint efforts of range countries to save tigerPublished: January 21, 2022 18:31:11

Bangladesh has called for joint efforts of the 13 tiger range countries in the world to save tigers and nature. The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin...


29947. 230 police, RAB members win BPM, PPM awards for outstanding performancePublished: January 21, 2022 18:25:26

A total of 230 members of Bangladesh Police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have won the Bangladesh Police Medals (BPM) and President’s Police Medals (PPM) for their outstanding performance in...


29948. কল অফ ডিউটি প্লেস্টেশনে রাখতে রাজি মাইক্রোসফটের গেইমিং প্রধানPublished: January 21, 2022 18:15:29

এবার বুঝি হাঁপ ছেড়ে বাঁচলেন ‘কল অফ ডিউটি’র প্লেস্টেশন গেইমাররা। মাইক্রোসফট অ্যাক্টিভিশন ব্লিজার্ড কিনে নেওয়ার ঘোষণা দেওয়ায় জনপ্রিয় গেইমটি খেলার সুযোগ হারানোর আশঙ্কায় ছিলেন সনি’র প্ল্যাটফর্মটির গেইমাররা। তবে, আশার বানী...


29949. Chinese man ‘apologised’ after throwing money at traffic policemenPublished: January 21, 2022 17:53:15

A Chinese national has apologised for his behaviour after throwing cash in traffic policemen’s direction in Dhaka, police say. A video of the visibly angry man throwing cash indiscriminately after...


29950. Bangladesh issues five-point fresh restrictions to tackle Covid-19 surgePublished: January 21, 2022 17:50:59

As the country witnessed a sharp rise of Covid-19 cases in the past few weeks, the Cabinet Division on Friday issued five-point fresh restrictions to contain the deadly virus. The...