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The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sought issuance of an advance import permit (IP) worth Tk 11 billion with an eye to importing machinery for its transport aircraft. Officials concerned say...
The ten most-traded stocks grabbed more than 37 per cent of turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week while ONE Bank topped both the turnover and...
Stocks ended lower in the outgoing week, snapping a two-week winning streak, as investors were showing a lack of confidence amid concern over omicron and tussle between two regulators. Week...
The Bangladesh Teleco-mmunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to declare mobile tower company Edotco Bangladesh as a significant market power (SMP) soon. To this end, the telecoms regulator sent a...
Rights groups have called for ensuring zero-cost migration for Bangladeshi workers as they pay the highest among workers from different job-destination countries. The government should discuss the matter with its...
Prices of key construction materials like MS rod, brick and sand have shot up significantly in the country due to increase in cost of raw materials, higher demand and rise...
Over US$49.65 billion has gone out of Bangladesh through trade-based illicit financial flows (IFFs) only in six years, according to an international watchdog's findings on the money laundering between 2009...
A British biomedical firm, ViraCorp, has joined with leading local pharmaceutical company Incepta to develop a unique and needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, according to a press release. ViraCorp's new vaccine, which...
China expressed annoyance over 'distorted' media reports on China-funded projects that 'adversely affects' implementation of the government-to-government ventures, competent sources said. Referring to some reports published in a section of...
The local biscuit industry is growing fast riding on surging demand for diverse-packet snacks among the thriving middle-income group of consumers. The local manufacturers now produce items worth more than...
Exporters move for alternative options to break "cartel" of the owners of inland container depots (ICDs) which handle most of Bangladesh's outbound cargoes, as the latter raise charges "unilaterally" and...
Since August 25, 2017, more than 10,00,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh. This Rohingya refugee crisis is among the largest, fastest movements of people in recent history....
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) was observed on December 3 across the world, including in Bangladesh, to promote the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities and...
Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive/ But to be young was very heaven. This is how William Wordsworth was moved to pen his feeling, confronting the epical...
The history of Bangladesh's Liberation War is unique in many respects. For most nations which wrested their freedom from colonial powers have a day to celebrate as their Independence Day....
The news of electricity generation from municipal waste has been in the air for sometime now. There were reported moves for undertaking projects to achieve the dual objectives of raising...
বাজারে নতুন পেঁয়াজ ওঠায় কমতে শুরু করেছে দাম; তবে ব্রয়লার মুরগি হাঁটছে উল্টো পথে। ঢাকার বাজারগুলোতে শুক্রবার দেশি পেঁয়াজ বিক্রি হয়েছে ৬০ থেকে ৭০ টাকা কেজি দরে; গত সপ্তাহে যা...
Bangladesh plans to send as many as 800,000 workers abroad in fiscal 2021-22, as Malaysia is set to reopen the labour market to workers from the South Asian country. In...
Cox’s Bazar is buzzing with a stream of tourists as people have flocked to the beach city during a long stretch of vacation that combines Victory Day and weekly holidays....
Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit their bike on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway at Gucchagram area in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Yusuf,30,...
India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said their Border Security Force (BSF) will have an increasingly important role in facilitating the seamless movement of people and goods between India and...
World order is changing no doubt, but not always in an orderly fashion. Rather changes are occurring more as a result of spontaneous processes. Often the world is changing more...
At least 2,500 people including hundreds of children have fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels and have taken refuge across the border in...
South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high levels of prior COVID-19 infection were helping to keep disease milder in a wave driven...
Several leaders of India’s Congress Party have said the central government of their country did not recognise the role played by Indira Gandhi in the liberation war of Bangladesh. The...
Bangladesh has prohibited the use of airguns with some exceptions in a bid to protect bird species and wildlife. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced the new...
At least eight people have died and more are feared injured amid severe flooding caused by torrential rainfall in northern Iraq, Iraqi officials said on Friday. Omed Khoshnaw, governor of...
[German state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle published the following report on Thursday marking Bangladesh’s 50 years of a journey towards growth.] As Bangladesh marks the 50th anniversary of its victory, experts...
Clashes between herders, fishermen and farmers in the far north of Cameroon have driven at least 100,000 people from their homes in the past two weeks, creating a humanitarian emergency,...
ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) organised a friendly football match in a playground of Bashundhara Residential Area on Friday in partnership with Sports Bangla Foundation to promote sports among young girls. The...
Rab have rescued a teenage girl who was trafficked from Chattogram to Dhaka’s Fakirapul area and arrested three people in this connection, officials said on Friday. The girl was rescued...
As the omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are rewriting their expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic next year, reports Reuters. Just weeks ago, disease experts...
ম্যাচের শুরুতেই পেনাল্টি থেকে এগিয়ে গেল বাংলাদেশ। ভারতের বিপক্ষে শেষ পর্যন্ত গোলটি আগলে রেখেই দারুণ জয় তুলে নিল গোলাম রব্বানী ছোটনের দল। মেয়েদের সাফ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপে কমলাপুরের বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ শহীদ সিপাহী...
বিশ্বের দরবারে দেশের সুনাম বজায় রাখতে সবাইকে যার যার জায়গা থেকে অবদান রাখার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন শিক্ষামন্ত্রী দীপু মনি। রজতজয়ন্তী উপলক্ষে শুক্রবার ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের মার্কেটিং বিভাগ অ্যালামনাই অ্যাসোসিয়েশনের আয়োজনে প্রধান অতিথি...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained two drug smugglers including a Myanmar citizen with arms, crystal methamphetamine (Ice), and Yaba from Naf River of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. The...
The US military should be held accountable for its war crimes of killing innocent civilians worldwide, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday, reports UNB citing Xinhua. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin...
Fourteen new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Friday morning, health authorities said reporting no new death. Dengue claimed 101 lives so far this year, according to the...
অনুশীলন শুরু করতে বাংলাদেশের অপেক্ষা বাড়ছে আরও। অনুমতি দেওয়ার এক দিন পরেই তা প্রত্যাহার করে নিয়েছে নিউ জিল্যান্ডের স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রণালয়। কোয়ারেন্টিনের মধ্যে থেকে আগের কয়েকদিন জিম করার অনুমতি ছিল যাদের,...
Ten new cases of the Omicron variant were logged in India's capital Friday, taking the country's case tally of the new variant to 98. "Ten new cases of Omicron variant...
At least five people have died as powerful Typhoon Rai pounded the Philippines, according to authorities and local media. Ricardo Jalad, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
দেশে গত এক দিনে আরও ১৯১ জনের মধ্যে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ ধরা পড়েছে, মৃত্যু হয়েছে ২ জনের। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, শুক্রবার সকাল পর্যন্ত শনাক্ত নতুন রোগীদের নিয়ে দেশে এ পর্যন্ত আক্রান্ত...
সিরাজগঞ্জের তাড়াশ উপজেলায় এক আওয়ামী লীগ নেতাকে জোর করে বিয়ে দেওয়ার অভিযোগ উঠেছে। উপজেলার নওগাঁ ইউনিয়নের ৯ নম্বর ওয়ার্ড আওয়ামী লীগের সাধারণ সম্পাদক মহারম আলী এই অভিযোগ করেন। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...
খাগড়াছড়ির জনপ্রিয় পর্যটনকেন্দ্র আলুটিলার উন্নয়নে প্রায় পাঁচ কোটি টাকার প্রকল্প নিয়েছে সরকার, পরিকল্পনায় রয়েছে ঝুলন্ত সেতু, অ্যাম্ফিথিয়েটার, নন্দন পার্কসহ বিনোদনের নানা ব্যবস্থা। তাছাড়া আলুটিলা পর্যটন এলাকায় নির্মাণ করা হচ্ছে রেস্ট...
Bangladesh has recorded 191 cases of COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 1,580,750. The death toll climbed to 28,043 after two new deaths from the...
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the renovated Ramna Kali Temple in Dhaka, half a century after the historic religious site was destroyed by the Pakistani occupation forces during...
North Korea has banned its citizens from laughing, shopping, and drinking from Friday onwards as a part of the 11-day mourning on the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il....
Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a remarkably elongated blind millipede possessing the most legs -...
Americans face an uncertain and anxiety-filled holiday season for the second consecutive year, as the highly contagious omicron variant threatens to intensify an already alarming surge of COVID-19 cases. Public...
In Boeing Co's factory of the future, immersive 3-D engineering designs will be twinned with robots that speak to each other, while mechanics around the world will be linked by...
জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের ধকলে আমাদের পরিচিত দুনিয়া ধীরে ধীরে উষ্ণ হয়ে উঠতে শুরু করেছে। এ সত্য আজ আমাদের সবারই জানা। আগামী সেই উষ্ণ দুনিয়ায় খাদ্য সরবরাহ ব্যবস্থাকে স্থিতিশীল রাখতে সহায়তা করবে...
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