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Tangail, Dec 30: The mustard cultivation has exceeded its target by 5,000 hectares of land in Tangail. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and the growers here are expecting a...
Speakers at a discussion on Thursday suggested Bangladesh's transforming into a 'skill- and productivity-based' economy instead of the current 'market access-based' one for competing in the global arena. They said...
Bangladesh's overseas employment is expected to increase 1.5 times in the outgoing calendar year (2021), said a RMMRU report on Thursday. It forecasts that the remittance income would climb by...
The country's communications sector witnessed a mixed experience of success and failure in the year 2021. The development projects have made some progress despite being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Bangladesh's apparel export boasts a 'turnaround' in 2021 with a considerable rise in earning, recording a 28-per cent year-on-year growth in eleven months. Data suggest that the whole-year readymade garment...
The country's capital market passed yet another eventful year with a 25 per cent return in the core index of the main bourse despite tussles between the two regulatory bodies...
Businesses will have to pay VAT amounting to Tk 5.0 million and above in a single challan through online mode on a mandatory basis from January 1, 2022 (Saturday). The...
Like any other country across the globe, Bangladesh bids farewell to 2021 with mixed feelings as an invasive pandemic upended life for a large part of time in the year...
The central bank relaxes further the loan-repayment policy for all the sectors to expedite Bangladesh's economic recovery from the fallout of Covid-19 pandemic. Under the relaxed stance, the borrowers will...
Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic, behind the United States, data from Russia's state statistics service and Reuters calculations showed on...
In March 2014, Malé decided to close its High Commission office in Dhaka because of the reduction in the annual budget. At that time, Dhaka offered to pay the rent...
As the curtain is about to fall on a year that has seen both unprecedented highs and lows in human spirit on account of the worst pandemic in history, the...
No wonder with the lingering of the covid-19 and its multiple variants emerging and spreading across the continents, the demand for medical and personal protection equipment (MPPE) is on the...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday urged the commerce ministry to simplify export procedures for the RMG sector to help address current challenges. The request was made ...
Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies Beximco and Eskayef have been given the green light to launch generic versions of US drugmaker Pfizer’s highly promising oral treatment for COVID-19. Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited said...
Youth unemployment is a burning issue for Bangladesh's economy. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2015/16, the youth unemployment rate stands at a staggering 8.7 per cent whereas the...
In the wake of an increase in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will make every necessary arrangement for the students to keep online education programmes...
Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday said no outdoor celebration will be allowed on New Year’s Eve like previous years. "No one can even...
Bilateral trade volume between Bangladesh and South Korea is expected to reach a record high this year, revealed statistics provided by the Korea Trade Association. Between January and November 2021,...
ঢাকার গুলিস্তানে দুর্ঘটনার পর পুলিশ একটি বাস জব্দ করে সরিয়ে নেওয়ার পথে ফের ঘটল দুর্ঘটনা, সেই বাসের চাপায় নিহত হলেন দুজন। বৃহস্পতিবার বিকেল ৪টার দিকে গুলিস্তান সার্জেন্ট আহাদ পুলিশ বক্সের...
Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a judge of the Appellate Division, has been appointed as the chief justice of Bangladesh's top court, a Bangabhaban official has confirmed. Justice Siddique, 65, becomes...
Detailed Area Plan (DAP), 2016-35 has been finalised and a gazette notification will be published upon approval from the Prime Minister, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md...
As the Omicron variant of Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire, the question on everyone’s mind right now is - will there be another lockdown? One of the worst sufferers of...
India wrapped up a 113-run win over South Africa just after lunch on day five of the first Test at Centurion. Needing 305 to win South Africa were bowled out...
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by...
European Investment Bank (EIB) provides Bangladesh $283.06 million (EUR 250 million) to purchase Covid-19 vaccine and strengthen the healthcare system. A finance contract (FC) was signed in this regard between...
Bangladesh has registered 509 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest since Oct 13, taking the total caseload to 1,585,027. The death toll rose to 28,070 as another seven...
The record pass rate in SSC and equivalent exams, which rose to 93.58 per cent for the first time in Bangladesh’s, was caused by three factors, believes Education Minister Dipu...
‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean’ is the fifth instalment of the JoJo anime series, released on Netflix on December 1, 2021. It is adapted from the sixth part of JoJo’s...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for income tax return submission till January 2.In a notification on Thursday, the NBR said as December 31 (tomorrow) is...
তাকে তাকে সাজানো বই, হরেকরকমের বই। প্রতিমাসেই একটা বা একাধিক ঝকঝকে বই না কিনলে যেন চলেই না অনেকের। কিন্তু নতুন নতুন বই যে ঘরে এসেই সোজা জায়গা খুঁজে নিচ্ছে শেলফে,...
The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar after a new escalation of violence by the army and is also urging an international arms embargo on the...
Stocks ended higher on Thursday, the last trading day of this year, as investors showed their buying interest on sector-wise issues amid high hopes in the New Year. DSEX, prime...
In the past few years, the increasing usage of fireworks during the new year celebration has been debated all over the world as well as the harmful impacts of explosives...
তুরস্কের প্রেসিডেন্ট রিযেপ তাইয়্যিপ এরদোয়ান বলেছেন, ইসলামকে তিনি মনে-প্রাণে বিশ্বাস করেন, তাই ব্যাংকের সুদের হার আর বাড়ানো তার পক্ষে সম্ভব নয়। ব্যাংকের সুদের হার নিয়ে তার এমন অনড় অবস্থানে তুর্কি...
‘সকল কাজের কাজী’ কথাটির মধ্যে খানিকটা নেতিবাচকতার ছাপ থাকলেও সতেরশো শতাব্দী থেকে এটি একটি বিশেষণ হিসেবে লোকসমাজে ব্যবহৃত হয়ে আসছে। কোনো একটি বিশেষ কাজে পারদর্শী না হয়ে বরং কমবেশি সকল...
Taking advantage of loopholes in the Smoking and Usage of Tobacco Products (Control) Act (2005), tobacco companies resort to ill tactics to display and promote their products at points of...
Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang on the anniversary of the day he learned of possible pneumonia-causing virus...
নতুন বছরে শিক্ষার্থীদের হাতে নতুন বই পৌঁছে দেওয়ার কার্যক্রমের উদ্বোধন করেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে গণভবন থেকে ভিডিও কনফারেন্সের মাধ্যমে এসএসসি ও সমমানের পরীক্ষার ফল ঘোষণার পর প্রাথমিক ও...
The pass rate in SSC and equivalent exams rose to 93.58 per cent in 2021, a record in the history of Bangladesh. The latest pass rate compares to the previous...
মহামারীর সঙ্কেটে বিলম্বিত এসএসসি ও সমমানের পরীক্ষায় এবার রেকর্ড ৯৩ দশমিক ৫৮ শতাংশ শিক্ষার্থী পাস করেছে। এই হিসাবে এবার পাসের হার বেড়েছে ১০ দশমিক ৮৭ শতাংশ পয়েন্ট। গতবছর মাধ্যমিক স্তরের...
Stocks opened marginally higher on Thursday, the last trading day of the year 2021, as bargain hunters were showing buying interest on sector-wise issues. Following the previous day’s modest correction,...
The share price of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company jumped 8.82 per cent on Wednesday after the news that the company is going to issue over 14.86 million shares to the...
Global Covid-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control and governments tried to contain...
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor will retire from test cricket after the two-match series against Bangladesh and play his last limited overs internationals against Australia and the Netherlands over the...
করোনাভাইরাসের দুই ধরন ওমিক্রন আর ডেল্টা বিশ্বজুড়ে কোভিড-১৯ এর সংক্রমণের যে ‘সুনামি’ বইয়ে দিয়েছে, তাতে উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করেছেন বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থার প্রধান। তিনি বলেছেন, “এই বিপুল সংক্রমণ ভয়ঙ্কর চাপ সৃষ্টি...
The Bangladeshi nationals who are planning to perform Hajj and Umrah will have to go through a biometric registration process for getting a Saudi visa. The biometric registration (fingerprints and...
The Supreme Court lawyers are widely congratulating Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the 23rd Chief Justice (CJ) of the...
The first year honours classes of Dhaka Universitry for 2020-21 academic session will be started from January 1, 2022. The departments under the Faculty of Fine Arts will start classes...
Manpower exporters on Wednesday laid blame on a racket of players in the manpower sector for such exorbitant airfares on Middle-Eastern (ME) routes from Bangladesh. Before the onslaught of coronavirus,...
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