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30201. Manifest: A cop drama with supernatural twistPublished: January 18, 2022 14:02:15

Imagine a group of passengers, onboarded on a plane, going back home; they reach their destination after facing some turbulence in the air.  Upon reaching, they realise that their flight...


30202. PM Hasina opens DC conferencePublished: January 18, 2022 13:15:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Tuesday) inaugurated the long-awaited three-day annual conference of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs). The prime minister opened the conference as the chief guest joining virtually from...


30203. Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says ministerPublished: January 18, 2022 12:55:51

Poland is experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister said on Monday, warning that the spread of the Omicron variant could send daily case numbers soaring to...


30204. More deaths feared in Tsunami-hit Tonga islandsPublished: January 18, 2022 12:45:20

Tonga's small outer islands suffered extensive damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, a Tongan diplomat said on Tuesday, raising fears of more deaths and injuries. "Alarming" images taken...


30205. বস্তার ভেতর অভিনেত্রী শিমুর খণ্ডিত লাশ, স্বামী গ্রেপ্তারPublished: January 18, 2022 11:27:42

এক দিন আগে কলাবাগানের বাসা থেকে বেরিয়ে নিখোঁজ চলচ্চিত্র অভিনেত্রী রাইমা ইসলাম শিমুর খণ্ডিত লাশ পাওয়া গেছে ঢাকার কেরানীগঞ্জের রাস্তার পাশে বস্তাবন্দি অবস্থায়। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। এ ঘটনায় সোমবার...


30206. Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron pushes up hospitalisation ratesPublished: January 18, 2022 11:12:34

Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly....


30207. Stocks open higher as investors active on sector-specific issuesPublished: January 18, 2022 11:09:42

Stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday with rising turnover as the optimistic investors continued to put fresh bets on sector-specific issues, beating Omicron worries. Following the previous three days’ positive...


30208. সম্পদ বিক্রি করে খরচ চালাবে ইভ্যালিPublished: January 18, 2022 11:00:45

গ্রাহকের টাকা আত্মসাতের অভিযোগে আলোচিত ই-কমার্স কোম্পানি ইভ্যালি আপাতত সাবেক এমডি মোহাম্মদ রাসেলের বিলাসবহুল গাড়িসহ অন্যান্য সম্পদ বিক্রি করে পরিচালন ব্যয় বহন করবে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। ইভ্যালির সম্পদ বিক্রি...


30209. CCC dismantles illegal structures in ChattogramPublished: January 18, 2022 10:30:46

CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) conducted a mobile court and demolished establishments built illegally on footpaths and drains at Muradpur in the port city today (Monday). Executive Magistrate of...


30210. Jobless to be higher this yearPublished: January 18, 2022 10:26:22

Some 3.6 million people in Bangladesh would remain unemployed in 2022, surpassing the pre-pandemic level by 0.5 million, necessitating prudent government policy interventions. The International Labour Organization (ILO) comes up...


30211. Credit Suisse boss resigns over Covid breachesPublished: January 18, 2022 10:18:19

The chairman of global banking giant Credit Suisse, Antonio Horta-Osorio, has resigned with immediate effect after breaking Covid quarantine rules, reports BBC. Mr Horta-Osorio, who was with the bank for...


30212. Major US airline CEOs warn 5G could ground some planesPublished: January 18, 2022 10:15:48

The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending "catastrophic" aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T and Verizon are set...


30213. Fortune Shoes' share keeps rising sans PSIPublished: January 18, 2022 10:09:36

Fortune Shoes, a listed footwear manufacturer, is witnessing an unprecedented price hike and increase in volume of shares despite no undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI). Within two weeks, the shoe...


30214. Jute millers fix maximum buying pricePublished: January 18, 2022 10:05:26

The country's jute millers, spinners and exporters have taken a decision of not purchasing premium quality raw jute at prices more than Tk 3,000 per maund. The Bangladesh Jute Mills...


30215. Industrial policy should have legal basis: FBCCIPublished: January 18, 2022 10:02:18

The upcoming National Industrial Policy-2021 should have a legal basis to make it purposeful, as entrepreneurs cannot reap all benefits of the current policy for some loopholes. Business leaders said...


30216. BB to tighten exposure to single owner of large loansPublished: January 18, 2022 09:32:15

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed banks' single borrower and large exposure lending limit to within 25 per cent of its capital, reports UNB. The central bank issued the policy with...


30217. City households suffer severelyPublished: January 18, 2022 09:30:56

Most households in Dhaka city suffer from an acute gas supply shortage due to a technical fault at an LNG terminal recently, according to stakeholders. Seeking anonymity, officials at Titas...


30218. AL proposes measures to make polls free, fairPublished: January 18, 2022 09:25:38

Bangladesh Awami League placed a host of proposals, including enactment of a law on the formation of the Election Commission, during a dialogue with President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on...


30219. Monthly import bill hits record $6.0bPublished: January 18, 2022 09:19:12

The single-month import payments hit an all-time high of US$6.0 billion in December 2021 following higher purchase of textile items from the global market to build a satisfactory stock of...


30220. Unruly inflation irks many, upends family upkeep accountsPublished: January 18, 2022 09:16:05

Bangladesh feels unrelenting inflationary pressure from price rises both at home and abroad and economists say the situation could slip out of control unless monetary-policy mechanisms are applied. Analysts say...


30221. Govt to stringently enforce health rules to contain Covid amid omicron surgePublished: January 17, 2022 22:52:06

The government is going to take act tough to make people follow the coronavirus restrictions amid a surge in infection and the spread of the omicron variant. “We will swing...


30222. Concord offers Xtreme Racing-Go Kart in Fantasy Kingdom  Published: January 17, 2022 22:10:42

Go kart is an innovation of the amusement and entertainment industry in Bangladesh by Concord Entertainment Company Limited, says a press release. The track is located inside Fantasy Kingdom Complex....


30223. Journalist Shakil gets interim bail in rape, feticide casePublished: January 17, 2022 21:50:07

A Dhaka court on Monday granted interim bail to Ekattor TV's head of news Shakil Ahmed in a case filed by a woman accusing him of having sexual relations with...


30224. Bangladesh approves draft to list wartime collaborators of PakistanPublished: January 17, 2022 21:48:18

The government has approved a revised draft of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act with a provision to make lists of people, including members of Razakar, Al Badr, Al Shams and...


30225. Myanmar junta's predicamentPublished: January 17, 2022 21:32:07

Myanmar junta's defiance of the international community's call for holding the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in the country's western state of Rakhine now seems to be more desperate than...


30226. The tannery relocation fiascoPublished: January 17, 2022 21:28:46

The entire efforts of relocating the over 50 years old Hazaribagh Tannery to Savar's Hemayetpur on the outskirts of Dhaka appear futile. Given the nonstop pollution of the Buriganga, and...


30227. No bank can lend more than 25pc of its capital to any company or groupPublished: January 17, 2022 21:24:15

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed banks’ single borrower and large exposure lending limit to within 25 per cent of its capital. The central bank issued the policy to strengthen credit...


30228. Brain drain vs. brain gain  Published: January 17, 2022 21:19:06

On the basis of a survey carried out by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in mid-January 2020, the non-profit international organisation claimed that 82 per cent of young people aged...


30229. BSF returns 29 Bangladeshis in last one yearPublished: January 17, 2022 20:56:26

Over the past one year, a total of 29 Bangladeshi nationals ‘inadvertently crossed’ the international border and all of them were handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh from India as...


30230. Financing under export credit schemePublished: January 17, 2022 20:46:06

To facilitate export trade, exporting countries arrange payments to exporters against exports before realisation of export proceeds. Basically, exporters' banks extend post shipment finance to exporters. Such finance is common...


30231. Awami League proposes increased use of EVMs in electionsPublished: January 17, 2022 20:29:33

Awami League (AL) placed some proposals – including enacting new law for the formation of an election commission and increased use of technologies in elections – during its talks with...


30232. BGMEA seeks govt support to address RMG sector challengesPublished: January 17, 2022 20:26:50

Leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have sought government support in addressing RMG sector's challenges. Leaders of BGMEA headed by President Faruque Hassan met with M Tofazzel...


30233. ASEAN members still struggling to unite their views on MyanmarPublished: January 17, 2022 19:24:37

Unresolved differences about engagement with Myanmar's military rulers are causing discord among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), diplomats and government officials say, as a ministers' meeting set for...


30234. Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic uncertainty, omicronPublished: January 17, 2022 19:21:25

The global job market will take longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment set to remain above pre-Covid-19 levels until at least 2023 due to uncertainty about the pandemic's...


30235. 80pc Covid deaths in Bangladesh were unvaccinated peoplePublished: January 17, 2022 19:14:16

Almost 80 per cent of people who died in Covid-19 in Bangladesh did not take the coronavirus vaccine, according to the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services...


30236. এখন সচিবালয়ের পিয়নও আমাদের দাম দেয় না, সাংসদ নাজিমের ক্ষোভPublished: January 17, 2022 19:06:33

আমলাতন্ত্র থেকে ‘রেহাই’ পেতে সংসদকে শক্ত হতে বললেন ময়মনসিংহের গৌরীপুরের সংসদ সদস্য নাজিম উদ্দিন আহমেদ। সোমবার সংসদে রাষ্ট্রপতির ভাষণের উপর আনা ধন্যবাদ প্রস্তাবের আলোচনায় সরকারি দলের এই সদস্য বলেন, এখন...


30237. Filing fictitious cases now a regular matter, says FakhrulPublished: January 17, 2022 19:06:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the filing of 'fictitious' cases against their party leaders and activists and arresting them by the government has now...


30238. যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের লবিস্টের জন্য বছরে দুই মিলিয়ন ডলার ব্যয় করেছে বিএনপি: শাহরিয়ারPublished: January 17, 2022 18:56:41

যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের একটি লবিস্ট ফার্মের পিছনে বিএনপি বছরে দুই মিলিয়ন মার্কিন ডলার ব্যয় করেছে তথ্য দিয়ে তার তদন্ত দাবি করেছেন পররাষ্ট্র প্রতিমন্ত্রী শাহরিয়ার আলম। সোমবার জাতীয় সংসদে রাষ্ট্রপতির ভাষণের ওপর আনা...


30239. UK households struggling with energy bills set to triplePublished: January 17, 2022 18:55:35

The proportion of British households struggling with energy bills will triple in April when regulated prices look set to rise by more than 50 per cent, the Resolution Foundation said...


30240. Three killed in UAE fuel truck blast, Yemen Houthis claim attackPublished: January 17, 2022 18:47:02

Three fuel trucks exploded, killing three people, and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on Monday in what Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said was an attack deep inside...


30241. মিষ্টি ও ফুল নিয়ে তৈমুরের বাসায় আইভীPublished: January 17, 2022 18:21:18

টানা তৃতীয়বারের মতো নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি করপোরেশনে মেয়র পদে জয়লাভের পর সেলিনা হায়াৎ আইভী মিষ্টি ও ফুল নিয়ে তার প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী তৈমুর আলম খন্দকারের বাসায় গিয়েছেন। সোমবার বিকেল ৫টার পরে নগরীর মাসদাইরে...


30242. Asaduzzaman Noor contracts Covid againPublished: January 17, 2022 18:18:59

Actor-politician Asaduzzaman Noor has contracted Covid-19 for the second time after giving a sample to join a parliament session. His test report came back positive on Sunday, said Ahkam Ullah,...


30243. AL joins EC formation talksPublished: January 17, 2022 18:11:16

A 10-member Awami League delegation, led by party President Sheikh Hasina, has gone to the Bangabhaban to discuss the formation of an Election Commission with President Md Abdul Hamid. Prime...


30244. শাহজালাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়: হল ত্যাগের নির্দেশ অমান্য করছে শিক্ষার্থীরাPublished: January 17, 2022 18:02:13

বাংলাদেশে শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে হল ছাড়ার কর্তৃপক্ষের নির্দেশ প্রত্যাখান করে আন্দোলনরত শিক্ষার্থীরা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়টির প্রশাসনিক ভবনে তালা লাগিয়ে দিয়েছে। খবর বিবিসি বাংলা'র। উত্তর পূর্বাঞ্চলীয় জেলা সিলেটে এই বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ছাত্রীদের...


30245. Bangladesh logs 6,676 new Covid cases, 10 deathsPublished: January 17, 2022 17:50:32

Bangladesh has reported 6,676 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the tally of infections to 1,624,387. The death toll from Covid-19 rose by 10 to 28,154 in the 24 hours...


30246. দেশে করোনা শনাক্ত ৬৬৭৬, হার বেড়ে ২০.৮৮ শতাংশPublished: January 17, 2022 17:47:50

করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রনের বিস্তারের মধ্যে দৈনিক শনাক্ত রোগীর সংখ্যা আর শনাক্তের হারে বাংলাদেশ ফিরে গেল পাঁচ মাস আগের পর্যায়ে। সোমবার একদিনেই রোগী বেড়েছে প্রায় দেড় হাজার, যা আগের দিনের...


30247. Police using drones to monitor Rohingya camps amid rising crimePublished: January 17, 2022 17:43:21

Bangladeshi police have started using drones to monitor Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar after a spike in criminal activity, according to a report published by Arab News. Bangladesh hosts over...


30248. দুই বিভাগীয় কমিশনার, ৫ ডিসি কোভিডে আক্রান্তPublished: January 17, 2022 17:40:23

জেলা প্রশাসক সম্মেলনের আগে দুই বিভাগীয় কমিশনার এবং পাঁচ জেলা প্রশাসকের করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হওয়ার খবর এসেছে। জেলা প্রশাসক সম্মেলনের প্রস্তুতি জানাতে সোমবার সংবাদ সম্মেলনে এসে মন্ত্রিপরিষদ সচিব খন্দকার আনোয়ারুল ইসলাম...


30249. SC suspends Monday’s judicial proceedings to mourn TH Khan’s deathPublished: January 17, 2022 17:27:55

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has suspended all the judicial proceedings of the High Court and the Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court to mourn the death of senior advocate...


30250. 22 lower court judges infected with Covid-19 during trainingPublished: January 17, 2022 17:24:24

At least 22 judges of lower courts were infected with Covid-19 during a training programme at Bangladesh Judicial Administration Training Institute, officials said on Monday. The infected judges were from...