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Ethiopia's government says it will free several prominent opposition figures as the country marks Orthodox Christmas. Speaking on Friday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the government was making the move...
Two people died after being run over by a bus in the capital’s Gulistan area on Saturday. A Meghla Paribahan bus ran over two pedestrians who died on the scene...
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic began a third day in Australian immigration detention on Saturday, joined by Czech women's player Renata Voracova as a blame game between Australian authorities...
Today’s workflows require a lot of versatile software and for a lot of people, paying for regular and expensive subscription fees can be difficult. Luckily, the internet has some good...
Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record set in January of last...
Despite having enormous potential for local manufacturing, the country's medical device market is heavily dependent on imports, insiders have said. Local manufacturing of such healthcare items could save huge foreign...
CHATTOGRAM: The government has declared the St Martin's island as a marine protected area to save its rich biodiversity and ecosystem. Eco-warriors have long been demanding such a state measure...
Stocks witnessed a sharp rise in the first week of 2022 with soaring turnover as buoyant investors continued pouring fresh bets on major sector issues, shrugging off Omicron worries. Week...
COX'S BAZAR: A household name in Bangladesh and beyond with a slew of consumer goods, PRAN-RFL group now unveils a massive Tk 17-billion investment plan to strengthen further its foothold...
The apex trade body recommends removing roadblocks like withdrawal of tax at source and advance income tax (AIT) from the local ocean-going ship business to promote the sector. It also...
Citigroup Inc staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 by January 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the...
Bangladesh has begun talks with the World Bank for budget support towards fighting climate impacts and forwarding various green-growth initiatives in a development-paradigm change, sources say. Last week, finance ministry...
The High Court has declared illegal the insurance regulator's appointment of administrator in Bangladesh's biggest private life insurer, Delta, and also ordered its previous board to be reinstated. The Insurance...
Many government ministries have sought lower foreign assistance than what is allocated in the development budget as they failed to complete the target project work in the first half of...
The government has decided to award licences for operating private satellites after launching a state-owned satellite in 2018. The Bangladesh Teleco-mmunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) approved the guidelines in this regard...
Production of wheat, Bangladesh's second staple, has declined about 20 per cent while its demand ballooned over 100 per cent, ballooning import expenses and food-security concerns. The gaping imbalance has...
After several hiccups, the much-hyped franchised bus service was finally launched in the last week of the last year on a trial basis. Branded as Dhaka Nagar Paribahon there are...
Bangladesh Volleyball Federation simultaneously organised "Bangabandhu Asian Central Zone Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup-2021" and "Bangamata Asian Central Zone Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup-2021" from 22nd through 28th December in Dhaka. Compared...
The New Year celebration has its specialty to different peoples and communities depending on their climes and cultures. This is more so because the year is also different: some have...
The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic propelled by its Omicron variant looks imminent. The damage to the global economy done by the first two waves is being calculated by...
Sidney Poitier, the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in ‘Lilies of the Field’, has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry...
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was joined in Australian immigration detention by Czech women's player Renata Voracova on Friday in a row over COVID-19 vaccines that could scupper the...
To switch from the existing analogue to digital taxation mode, the requirement for the government will be to invest substantially in the process When the middle-income people are increasingly becoming...
The district administration in Brahmanbaria has imposed Section 144 on Saturday to prevent any untoward incident after BNP and Chhatra League have announced to hold rallies at the same venue....
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has trashed the idea of the country not having any good players except the big guns. The allrounder talked to the media on Friday while...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, has completed all necessary investigations for a medical check-up and will be ready to be discharged from hospital within the next few days,...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), led by ASM Abdur Rob, has decided not to take part in the ongoing dialogue on the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) at Bangabhaban. JSD...
Loneliness and self-imposed solitude are the two states of the human mind. They are outwardly different from each other. But are intrinsically two sides of the same coin. The first...
Customers of Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) will now be able to pay their bills through Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was exchanged Thursday...
বাংলাদেশের অগ্রযাত্রায় ঈর্ষান্বিত হয়ে ষড়যন্ত্রকারীরা ‘বিভ্রান্তি’ ছড়াচ্ছে, স্বাধীনতাবিরোধীরা ‘ষড়যন্ত্র’ করছে, বিদেশি উন্নয়ন সহযোগীদের ‘ভুল বোঝানোর চেষ্টা করছে’ মন্তব্য করে এ বিষয়ে সবাইকে সজাগ থাকার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। খবর বিডিনিউজ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the current year, 2022, will be a milestone in the development of the infrastructure of the country. The prime minister expressed her optimism in the...
Aston Villa have signed Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho on a loan deal until the end of the season from Barcelona, the Premier League club said on Friday. He will be...
বাংলাদেশের মানুষের জীবনযাত্রা বদলে দেওয়ার স্বপ্ন দেখানো তিন মেগা প্রকল্পের কাজ যে এ বছরই শেষ হচ্ছে, সে বিষয়টি তুলে ধরে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বলেছেন, ২০২২ সাল হবে বাংলাদেশের জন্য ‘অবকাঠামো...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will provide Covid-19 vaccine doses for 10 million people every month, through a mass immunisation programme in January, as she warned of...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained the owner of a private hospital in Shyamoli in connection to the death of a child after “forcing a pair of twins out”...
The general rate of inflation surpassed 6 per cent in December, the highest level in 2021, propelled by the spiralling prices of food and consumer goods in the country. The...
An athlete in Chattogram died soon after completing a 21.1 km half marathon race in Patenga sea beach in Chattogram. The deceased was identified as Jamil Hossain, 45, son of...
পটুয়াখালী জেলার হয়ে হাফ ম্যারাথনে অংশ নিতে চট্টগ্রামে এসেছিলেন গহর জামিল হোসেন, ২১ দশমিক ১ কিলোমিটার দৌড় শেষে দুহাত তুলে জানিয়েছিলেন উচ্ছ্বাস, সেখানেই হল তার জীবনের শেষ। পুলিশ ও আয়োজনকরা...
বিশ্বজুড়ে করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রনের বিস্তারের মধ্যে দেশে ১৫ সপ্তাহ পর দৈনিক নমুনা পরীক্ষার বিপরীতে শনাক্ত কোভিড রোগীর হার আবার ৫ শতাংশের উপরে উঠে গেছে। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, শুক্রবার সকাল...
Bangladesh’s new Covid-19 cases have soared by 1,146 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest government data, taking the total caseload to 1,591,093. It is the highest in...
New Zealand's defeat in the opening match may have marred Ross Taylor's farewell Test series but the retiring stalwart believes Bangladesh's shock victory at Mount Maunganui was a massive boost...
RAB have arrested a person for allegedly raping his teenage stepdaughter in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong. The arrestee Ibrahim Hossain Parvez, 35, is the son of Nur Islam of Fatika...
সমুদ্র সম্পদের টেকসই আহরণের লক্ষে বঙ্গোপসাগরের ১ হাজার ৭৪৩ বর্গ কিলোমিটার এলাকাকে ‘সেন্ট মার্টিন মেরিন প্রটেক্টেড এরিয়া’ ঘোষণা করেছে সরকার। পরিবেশ, বন ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মন্ত্রণালয় গত মঙ্গলবার এ ব্যাপারে...
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday he had given shoot-to-kill orders to deal with further disturbances from those he called bandits and terrorists, adding that those who failed to...
ভারতের বড় শহরগুলোতে ডেল্টাকে পেছনে ফেলে আধিপত্য বিস্তার করছে করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রন; এক দিনে শনাক্ত রোগীর সংখ্যা পৌঁছেছে সাত মাসের সর্বোচ্চ পর্যায়ে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। দেশটির স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রণালয়...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening marking the completion of the third year of the current tenure of the Awami League government, reports BSS. "The Prime...
India's daily COVID-19 cases jumped to 117,100 on Friday, a five-fold increase in a week and on course to overtake its previous infection peak as the fast-spreading omicron variant replaces...
Broiler chickens, and both local and imported varieties of lentils have become costlier in Dhaka city’s kitchen markets, adding woes to common people. Prices of red eggs, and Pakistani and...
জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলামের অমর সৃষ্টি ‘বিদ্রোহী’ কবিতার শতবার্ষিকী উপলক্ষে ইতিহাস-ঐতিহ্য ও সংস্কৃতিবিষয়ক সংগঠন মুক্ত আসর আয়োজন করেছে এক বিশেষ অনুষ্ঠানের। রাজধানীর পরিবাগের সংস্কৃতি বিকাশ কেন্দ্রের ওয়াহিদুল হক মিলনায়তনে শতবর্ষে...
The government move to implement marketing of both palm and soybean oil in bottles by March next can lead to volatility in the market, edible oil refiners feared. To avoid...
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