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The European Union assures continuation of the duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) facility for Bangladeshi goods on the EU market even after its LDC graduation, says an official release. According to...
Bond-management automation could use hardly 7.0 per cent of allocated funds in four years, with the project apparently put on the backburner while some "unduly" enjoy duty-free buy. People involved...
Some macroeconomic and fiscal challenges surface on the Bangladesh economic front, including the fast-growing balance-of-payments (BoP) deficit, economists at a review meet Tuesday cautioned. A government minister echoed some of...
পৌষের শেষভাগে উষ্ণ দিনের পর হালকা বর্ষণে ভিজল ঢাকা, আর এমন বৃষ্টি আরও দুই-তিন চলতে পারে বলে আভাস মিলেছে। আর তা শীতের অনুভূতিও বাড়াবে। মঙ্গলবার সন্ধ্যায় গুঁড়ি গুঁড়ি বৃষ্টির পর...
The World Bank on Tuesday cut its forecasts for economic growth in the United States, the Euro area and China and warned that high debt levels, rising income inequality and...
একমাত্র আওয়ামী লীগ ক্ষমতায় আসলে দেশের মানুষের ভাগ্য পরিবর্তন হয় বলে মন্তব্য করে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বলেছেন, সামরিক শাসক জিয়াউর রহমান, এইচ এম এরশাদ ও খালেদা জিয়ার সরকারের সময়ে বিদেশ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has brushed aside criticisms, saying the international community sees Bangladesh as a development role model. She also said her government has established a Digital Bangladesh and...
That business is staging a comeback with renewed vigour after easing of pandemic-induced restrictions has been amply demonstrated by the energetic performance of the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) of the...
Terming illogical the restriction on public meetings and rallies in open space in the name of containing Covid transmission, the BNP standing committee has said it is an ‘evil’ attempt...
Islamic Front Bangladesh and Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) on Tuesday separately took part in the discussion with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the Election Commission. A...
Within five decades of its independence, Bangladesh has demonstrated impressive development performance, with multiple gains emanating from faster poverty reduction, robust economic growth, and sustained human development. The high share...
আজ ১১ জানুয়ারি। ২০০৭ সালের এই দিনে বাংলাদেশের রাজনীতিতে ঘটে যাওয়া পরিবর্তনের বিভিন্ন দিক নিয়ে বিবিসি বাংলা একটি প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করেছে। প্রতিবেদনটি পাঠকদের জন্য তুলে ধরা হলো: ২০০৭ সালের...
Unicef has said all-out efforts are underway from partners to ensure that the learning centres in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp destroyed by a recent fire can be resumed as early...
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Tuesday challenging the legality of an office order of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) that scrapped the power...
The country's readymade garment (RMG) industry is up for a leap as things seem better poised now for a thriving prospect. The pandemic did cause considerable damage by way of...
At least one short-cut solution to the crisis of education has been discovered at last! The Dhaka University authorities have concluded that allowing a fewer number of students to enrol...
The Malaysian government has advised the employers not to make any payment through intermediaries or third parties for the purpose of speeding up the application process as its Cabinet recently...
A number of major government websites, including that of the ICT Division, have been inaccessible for hours due to what an official described as a problem in the server of...
The entrepreneurs are showing interest to raise funds from the country’s capital market for expanding their business growth. Many big and profitable companies are preparing to come to the market,...
BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has said the initiatives of upgrading airports and increasing capacity of cargo handling will be instrumental in underpinning economic growth in the country. “The economy of...
Bhutan has expressed keenness in procuring 2.5 to 3 thousand tonnes of fertiliser from Bangladesh. Bhutanese Ambassador in Dhaka Rinchen Kuentsyl expressed interest while paying a courtesy call on Industries...
A senior economist has suggested reducing over-dependence on borrowed money for implementing the development budget, terming it a bad sign for the economy.“All the annual development programmes that are prepared...
Bangladesh has reported 2,458 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since Sept 9, taking the total caseload to 1,598,389. The death toll increased to 28,107 as two more patients...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the provision regarding MPs' non-participation in the campaign of local government elections is discriminatory. “Lawmaker Shamim Osman has declared that he would...
Salina Hayat Ivy, who is contesting the Narayanganj City Corporation mayoral poll as the Awami League candidate, has raised questions about the validity of Shamim Osman’s involvement in the campaign....
Bangladesh government has planned to produce Bangladesh's own brand motorised vehicles through Pragoti Industries Limited, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun. He said, "Plans have been taken to produce...
নতুন করে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ বৃদ্ধির ধারায় দেশে এক দিনে শনাক্ত কোভিড রোগীর সংখ্যা আরও বেড়েছে; দৈনিক শনাক্তের হার পৌঁছেছে ৯ শতাংশের কাছাকাছি। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, মঙ্গলবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায়...
North Korea appeared to test fire a ballistic missile on Tuesday that may be more capable than the "hypersonic missile" it launched less than a week earlier, South Korea's military...
A prominent Ugandan writer and critic of long-ruling leader Yoweri Museveni has been charged with communications offences related to tweets critical of the president and his son, the charge sheet...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will begin selling half of the total tickets on Saturday, keeping the rest of the seats empty, following a government order to ensure physical distancing amid rising...
Personalised smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to US consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and concerns they will usher...
For more than a year, Amazon.com Inc and India's Future Group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off that has stalled Future's $3.4 billion sale of assets to the...
Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence has launched a new hotline number to provide all kinds of fire-related information, including emergency services. The new number 16163 for its central control...
দেশে ওমিক্রনে আক্রান্ত রোগী বেড়ে যাওয়ার মধ্যে করোনাভাইরাস সংক্রমণের বিস্তার ঠেকাতে শনিবার থেকে ট্রেনে অর্ধেক আসনে যাত্রী পরিবহন করা হবে। বুধবার থেকে এজন্য শনিবারের (১৫ জানুয়ারি) যাত্রার জন্য ট্রেনের মোট...
ফায়ার সার্ভিস ও সিভিল ডিফেন্স অধিদপ্তরের ঢাকা কেন্দ্রীয় নিয়ন্ত্রণ কক্ষে নতুন হটলাইন নম্বর ১৬১৬৩ চালু হয়েছে। যে কোনো জরুরি সেবা পেতে সকল অপারেটর থেকে এই নম্বরে ফোন করা যাবে বলে...
Jackie Chan, the name evokes the image of a lean, stout Chinese man jumping, punching and kicking the bad guys relentlessly with his breathtaking Kung Fu skills. Hardly anyone can...
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is on track to infect more than half of Europeans, but it should not yet be seen as a flu-like endemic illness, the World Health...
Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges river this Friday and Saturday for a holy bathe despite galloping COVID-19 infections across the...
Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has ordered the closure of ‘Gates of Hell,’ a fire that has been burning for decades in a huge desert gas crater. Officially named the Darvaza...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum have contracted the coronavirus. Both of them have tested positive for the disease, said BNP Vice Chairman...
Nowadays, smartphones have become part of our lives. Without smartphones life would be locked into incognito. To incorporate our lifestyle and indulge our affinity towards smartphones, Samsung has recently introduced...
Pfizer Inc is likely to start the production of a redesigned COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in March after getting approval. Albert Bourla, the chief executive...
‘A Golden Age’ is the first novel written by Tahmima Anam, a renowned British Writer who has her roots in Bangladesh. The novel has received worldwide acclaim for being an...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Alikhan Smailov for prime minister on Tuesday, and the lower house of parliament swiftly voted him in during a session broadcast live on state television....
Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) authorities have decided to tighten health restrictions at the venue as the Covid-19 situation continues to worsen across the country. No visitor will be allowed...
There has been no decision yet over operating trains at half of their capacities, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon. “No decision has been taken yet over carrying 50...
করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ বাড়তে থাকায় বৃহস্পতিবার থেকে অর্ধেক যাত্রী নিয়ে ট্রেন চলাচলের নির্দেশনা থাকলেও অনলাইনে বিক্রি হওয়া অগ্রিম টিকেটের কী হবে সে বিষয়ে কিছু জানেন না রেলমন্ত্রী নূরুল ইসলাম সুজন। খবর...
An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens in the town of Mai Tsebri, two aid workers...
Professor Dr Md Forhad Hossain from the Department of Statistics of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Bhasani University of Science and Technology (MBSTU). This...
Through the years, Band of Brothers has maintained its status as a pop-culture touchstone. Based on the 1992 book of the same name by author Stephen E. Ambrose, it aired...
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