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Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka. Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Rehana...
দেশে গত এক দিনে আরও ২৯৭ জনের মধ্যে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ ধরা পড়েছে, মৃত্যু হয়েছে ৪ জনের। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, বুধবার সকাল পর্যন্ত শনাক্ত নতুন রোগীদের নিয়ে দেশে এ পর্যন্ত আক্রান্ত...
A search and rescue mission was underway for 25 Indonesians missing after a boat capsized off Malaysia on Wednesday killing 11 people, among them suspected undocumented migrants, maritime authorities said....
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to identify all illegal three wheeler vehicles running across the country and to remove them. In response to a writ petition,...
Stocks bounced back on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as bargain hunters put fresh bets on selective large-cap stocks. The market moved between positive and negative territory several times...
Imagine making an argument about the right to privacy for 7 minutes straight in front of your computer screen in your pajamas on a regular Saturday night. That's been the...
Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,038. The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,580,302 as 297 people tested positive for the...
At this point, when Barcelona is falling into a bottomless pit, it is really hard to say when their expected ‘New Era’ will begin. But as per the reports, it...
Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX programme at the start of 2022, a shift that shows the...
A fire broke out on Wednesday in Hong Kong's World Trade Centre, trapping about 150 people on its roof, and 13 people were injured before firefighters put out the blaze,...
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has framed LNG as a cheap, reliable “bridge fuel” to help countries reduce coal consumption and transition to cleaner renewable energy. For many project...
During the covid-19 pandemic, the world has seen the largest surge of demand for computers and laptops. The situation has affected Bangladesh quite similarly too; the demand for computers and...
Boli, OTT platform Hoichoi original TV series, is written by Naseef Faruque Amin, Jaheen Faruque Amin, Rabiul Alam Robi and Sardar Saniat, and stars Chanchal Chowdhury and Shohel Mondol in...
Covid-19 vaccines appear to have become slightly less effective in preventing severe disease and death but do provide "significant protection", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The omicron...
The IPO subscription of Union Insurance opened today (Wednesday), aiming to raise Tk 193.60 million from the capital market under the fixed price method. The general insurer’s IPO subscription through...
Around 7.0 per cent of families in Bangladesh have to borrow to send their children to school, according to a new UNESCO report. The UNESCO 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report...
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has arrived in Dhaka for a three-day visit to attend the celebrations marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's victory in its Liberation War and the...
বঙ্গবন্ধুর জন্মশতবার্ষিকী এবং মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বাঙালির বিজয়ের সুবর্ণজয়ন্তী উপলক্ষে বিশেষ আয়োজনে অংশ নিতে তিন দিনের সফরে ঢাকায় পৌঁছেছেন ভারতের রাষ্ট্রপতি রামনাথ কোবিন্দ। বাংলাদেশে নিজের প্রথম সফরে বুধবার সকাল সোয়া ১১টার দিকে...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in the early trading on Wednesday as investors were selling shares fearing a further fall. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ভ্যারিয়েন্ট ওমিক্রন গোটা বিশ্বেই অপ্রত্যাশিত গতিতে ছড়িয়ে পড়ছে বলে সতর্ক করেছে বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থা (ডব্লিউএইচও)। ইতোমধ্যে ৭৭টি দেশে ওমিক্রনের সংক্রমণ নিশ্চিত হওয়া গেলেও এর চেয়ে বেশি দেশে তা...
The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labour, part of Washington's continued pushback against Beijing's treatment of...
Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a near two-year ban on their entry, in a bid to boost an economy hit by stop-start...
Signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Nepal is in the final stage, as it is awaiting final nod from the Nepalese side, said Commerce Secretary Tapan...
Navana Pharmaceuticals Ltd has planned to raise Tk 750 million from the capital market through initial public offering (IPO) under the book-building method to expand its business. In this regard,...
Chinese investments in Bangladesh should not be a matter of concern for India, said Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam. He also said the bilateral relations between...
Speakers at a workshop have recognised the need for ensuring skills development of the people involved in every stage of food process and supply. They exhorted the government to take...
Bangladesh is on a diplomatic drive to reverse US sanctions against seven former and incumbent officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on allegations of human-rights violation, a charge Dhaka...
Speakers at a programme on Monday underscored the need for finalising the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Malaysia. They also said the investment climate in Bangladesh had...
Container deliveries on weekly holidays from Bangladesh's prime seaport in Chattogram go down drastically, creating stockpile of boxes and hindering trade handling, sources say. The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) reviewed...
Higher demand for clothing has helped augment both exports and imports of Bangladesh, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "In Bangladesh, exports and imports grew more than projected in...
The ongoing rebound in economic activities may continue in the current fiscal year, guided by continued expansionary monetary and prudent fiscal policies, as per a latest review, which, however, bears...
All the scheduled banks will have to keep additional 2.0 per cent special general provisioning instead of 1.0 per cent earlier against loans, which have enjoyed latest policy support of...
The hope for launching perpetual bonds by seven banks get deflated as the central bank disapproves of the securities regulator's consent letter over their requisite capital position, sources say. In...
Bangladesh's journey of independence for centuries until 1971 had never been easy. Alien rule and crisis in post-colonial state stood in the way of building institutions that could guarantee discipline...
The increasing expanse of solar-powered electricity in the country does not apparently seem to draw the attention of many. Occasional newspaper reports provide only a glimpse of what should be...
Little by little, the extent of the pandemic's real impact on the lives of the people in the low-income bracket of the economy is becoming evident. Though the pandemic control...
Japan's Digital Agency on Tuesday said that it will initiate an application software enabling visitors and returnees to go through simpler customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) procedures from next week....
Bangladesh needs imports for individuals, corporates and investment consumptions. Foreign currency is needed for settlement of import payments. Major sources of inflows are export of goods and services, and wage...
Turkish house sales to foreigners jumped nearly 50 per cent to a record level in November, data showed on Tuesday, bringing in billions of dollars in foreign exchange as a...
At least 50 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in a street in Haiti's second-largest city Cap-Haitien during the night, the city mayor said on Tuesday. The local...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has stressed for sustainable trading system and deeper buyers-suppliers relationship to perform well in the ‘new normal’ situation that emerged as a result...
ঢাকায় যুক্তরাষ্ট্র দূতাবাসের কর্মকর্তারা বলছেন বাংলাদেশের গণমাধ্যম ও সামাজিক মাধ্যমে ফুলব্রাইট স্কলারশিপ নিয়ে যে তথ্য প্রচার করা হচ্ছে তা সত্য নয়। দূতাবাসের একজন মুখপাত্র বলেছেন বাংলাদেশী শিক্ষার্থী ও স্কলারদের ফুলব্রাইট...
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday expressed discontent at job rejection to one Mim Akhter in the police department, despite qualifying in all the relevant examinations, as she has no...
Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said the final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill still showed around 89 per cent efficacy in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent...
চট্টগ্রামের পাহাড়ে বিদ্যুৎস্পৃষ্ট করে হাতি হত্যার ঘটনায় দুজনকে কারাগারে পাঠানোর আদেশ দিয়েছে আদালত। এরা হলেন- আব্দুল আলিম (৫০) ও তার ছেলে নিজাম উদ্দিন (২০)। তারা সাতকানিয়ার এওচিয়া ইউনিয়নের হালুয়ার ঘোনার...
Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has announced that it will soon open its first official visa application (VAC) centre in Kolkata. The announcement came to culminate a year of...
President Abdul Hamid will open a dialogue with the political parties as early as next week on the formation of a new Election Commission (EC). The dialogue will begin on...
Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said legal action will be taken against those involved in selling fertilisers at high prices after creating an artificial crisis. “Legal steps will be...
Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appear to have given 70 per cent protection against hospitalisation in South Africa in recent weeks, a major real-world study on the potential impact...
A Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Nepal is in the final stage, said the Commerce Secretary of Bangladesh Tapan Kanti Ghosh. Being present as the chief guest, he...
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