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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) comes as a farming model for sustainable agricultural production system aimed at food security even during climatic calamities in eight countries, including Bangladesh. Officials said the...
Industrial safety measures in non-RMG enterprises need to be similar to those in the RMG sector, in order to reduce accidents and casualties, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)....
Primary textile millers on Thursday expressed fear that the sector might face a crisis of cotton in March and onwards as the global shipping lines are showing unwillingness to carry...
Only 3.0 per cent of Dhaka's private-sector workers laid off during the corona onslaught could benefit from the Tk 1.28-trillion recovery packages, says a survey that found delivery disarray. A...
Coupled with the existing development challenges, five major issues, including gaping inequalities, are emerging as critical for advancing Bangladesh's human-development status. The government, in its course of steering the country...
The country's capital market on Thursday witnessed the debut trading of Beximco Green Sukuk Al Istisna'a (BEXGSUKUK), the first of its kind that closed marginally higher than its face value...
Electricity generation across Bangladesh now hovers over 'one third' of the capacity with many gas-fired power plants laid idle because of sagging winter demand. However, this winter scenario betrays a...
The SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron is wreaking havoc across the world, at least, in terms of infection rate. Bangladesh is no exception. The daily infection rate has more than tripled over...
Notwithstanding a very good Aman paddy harvest and plenty of rice import, the staple is becoming dearer in defiance of the demand-supply theory. The medium variety of rice registered the...
It feels good -- and so it should -- to see that overseas workers' migration has taken a momentous leap following a lull for around two years now. Reports say...
Buses will be allowed to take passengers on all the seats from Saturday, a transport owners’ leader has said, although the government has ordered them to operate at half capacity...
Shortly after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) had introduced a controlled interest rate policy, setting both deposit and lending rates for commercial banks which continued...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called on the country's apparel exporters to focus more on value-added, high-end apparel items as their demand is high in the...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh has tested positive for Covid-19. "The mayor has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and has been staying in isolation at his...
Vendor Mokhles was selling vegetables without a mask. His customer at Muslim Bazar in Dhaka’s Mirpur 12 had no face-covering either. “It’s no use wearing a mask. We’ll catch the...
The 20-acre permanent Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre has started hosting the DITF from this year, 2022. Opening at Sector-4, Purbachal on the Dhaka outskirts, the 27th Dhaka International Trade...
A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against popular singer Asif Akbar in a case filed under the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge Mohammad As-Sams...
Europe is nearer war than it has been in 30 years, Poland's foreign minister warned during the third round of diplomacy this week aimed at defusing tensions over Russia's demand...
Bangladesh has shown promise to embrace technology gracefully in recent times. Of the organisations that have been born in the era of digitisation, Go Zayaan has done wonders in revolutionising...
সস্ত্রীক করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হয়েছেন ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়র শেখ ফজলে নূর তাপস। বৃহস্পতিবার বিকেলে তার নমুনা পরীক্ষার ‘পজিটিভ’ফল এসেছে বলে দক্ষিণ সিটির তথ্য কর্মকর্তা মো. আবু নাছের জানান। খবর...
Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said...
Logic shapes every choice of our daily lives. Logical thinking enables someone to learn and make decisions that affect their way of life. People would all be running around like...
A new global study has revealed plastics pose a significant hazard to human health and ecosystems throughout the entire life cycle, prompting environment experts to call for immediate global action...
Nagad has launched a campaign that will allow customers to get a cashback up to Tk 100 on monthly vehicle rental from Nitol Motors Ltd. The campaign, started on Jan...
সোমালিয়ার রাজধানী মোগাদিশুতে একটি গাড়ি বোমা বিস্ফোরণে অন্তত আট জন নিহত হয়েছে বলে জানিয়েছেন দেশটির অ্যাম্বুলেন্স সার্ভিসের প্রধান। বার্তা সংস্থা রয়টার্স এর বরাত দিয়ে বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম এ খবর জানিয়েছে। বুধবার...
Bangladesh and Denmark have agreed to work together on climate change and infrastructural development issues for mutual benefits. Both the countries expressed their eagerness when Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen...
Bus owners in Chattogram on Thursday demanded a 60 per cent hike in fare to run buses at their half capacities as per the government's instruction to fight off Covid....
NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary...
নিষিদ্ধ জঙ্গি সংগঠন জামায়াতুল মুজাহিদিন বাংলাদেশের (জেএমবি) সঙ্গে জড়িত অভিযোগে এক ব্যক্তিকে আটকের পর পুলিশ বলছে, তিনি শিক্ষকতার আড়ালে ‘জঙ্গি কার্যক্রম’চালাতেন। গ্রেপ্তার ওয়াহিদুল ইসলাম (৩৮) দিনাজপুরের খানাসামার মন্ডলের বাজার কুমুড়িয়া...
ঢাকার হযরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে রাতে উড়োজাহাজ অবতরণের ক্ষেত্রে লেজার লাইটের উৎপাতে বিমান অবতরণ ঝুঁকিতে পড়েছে। খবর বিবিসি বাংলা'র। বিমান অবতরণের সময় সেটিকে লক্ষ্য করে লেজার রশ্মি নিক্ষেপের ঘটনা গত...
করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রনের দাপটে দেশে এক দিনে শনাক্ত রোগীর সংখ্যা সাড়ে চার মাস পর আবার তিন হাজারের ঘর পেরিয়ে গেছে, তিন মাস পর মৃত্যু বেড়ে পৌঁছেছে দুই অংকের ঘরে।...
The efforts to build Bangladesh Army as a world-class force through realistic and up-to-date training, will continue, said Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday. "Apart from...
Applauding the initiative for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Singapore, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said FTA would be mutually beneficial by further enhancing...
The Steam Hardware Survey is a very reliable way of getting an idea about what sort of PC components people are generally using all over the world. According to the...
In the glittery world of chic, bohemian and vintage fashion, we often crave to express ourselves. It’s done by wearing clothes that represent values tied to our identity. The ‘Manush...
Bangladesh has reported 3,359 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since Sept 2, taking the total caseload to 1,604,664. The death toll rose to 28,123 as 12 more patients...
As almost half of the Bangladeshi NGOs suffer fund crisis, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has sought government and donor support to help them undertake and operate Covid-19-related programmes to support...
Stocks rebounded on the gaining streak Thursday, after a single-day break, as the bargain hunters put bets on sector-wise issues, beating virus worries. The DSEX, the prime index of the...
AstraZeneca said on Thursday preliminary data from a trial it conducted on its COVID-19 shot, Vaxzevria, showed it generated a higher antibody response against the omicron variant and others, including...
Did you know, in the USA, there is a special day celebrated as national nut day? Not only that, when it comes to peanut butter, Americans spend about USD 800...
করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রন যে দ্রুত ছড়িয়ে পড়ছে, সে কথা মনে করিয়ে দিয়ে সবাইকে স্বাস্থ্যবিধি মেনে চলার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। তিনি বলেছেন, “এই ভ্যারিয়ান্টটা দ্রুত ছড়াচ্ছে। এবং একেকটা...
পছন্দের মানুষের কাছ থেকে একইরকম সারা না পাওয়া কষ্টের বিষয়। এমন ঘটনা মনের ওপর বিরূপ প্রভাব ফেলে। আর ছেড়ে যাওয়া ভালোবাসার মানুষের ওপর থেকে মায়া কাটাতেও বেশ কাঠ খড় পোড়াতে...
Growing up, most of the people around the world got familiar with the Arabian Folktales in some form or other. Ali Baba and Forty Thieves, Aladdin and his Magic Lamp...
The country’s capital market on Thursday saw the trading of the first sukuk through the debut trading of Beximco Green Sukuk Al Istisna’a. On the day, the trading of the...
Locals have beaten three youths to death on suspicion of being robbers in Narayanganj. The incident took place in the Ilmadi area of Arhaihazar Upazila at 5 am on Thursday,...
China's State Council on Wednesday rolled out a plan to facilitate the development of the digital economy in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). The country aims to raise the...
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was included in the Australian Open draw on Thursday (Jan 13), although uncertainty remained about whether the government would cancel the top seed's visa...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the unvaccinated people of the country to take the Covid-19 jab immediately to protect their lives from the new variant of the pandemic,...
The fresh 11-point restriction, imposed by the government to prevent the highly contagious new African COVID-19 variant Omicron, began today, BSS reports. On January 10, the Cabinet Division issued a...
Stocks opened higher on Thursday as the optimistic investors put fresh bets on sector-specific issues amid Omicron worries. Following the previous day’s correction, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
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