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32651. PM pays rich homage to martyred intellectualsPublished: December 14, 2021 08:12:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here this morning, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day, BSS...


32652. Creatures of the voidPublished: December 13, 2021 23:05:41

'To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble', so goes the proverb. Humans' use of the tongue increased in direct proportion to their getting civilised. The...


32653. The 1971 killing of intellectualsPublished: December 13, 2021 22:32:06

The Pakistan occupation army's brutality in 1971has long found a permanent place in the annals of global war history. Due to the genocide they unleashed on the innocent Bengalees, they...


32654. Preparing for the 4IRPublished: December 13, 2021 21:57:37

In her virtual address at the closing session of an international conference on the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) arranged by the University Grants Commission (UGC) at the Bangabandhu International Conference...


32655. Time names Elon Musk ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021Published: December 13, 2021 21:50:56

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in...


32656. The nexus of trade and development: Bangladesh and East Asia in historical perspectivePublished: December 13, 2021 21:35:15

Throughout history, trade has been the lifeline of nations and communities. The modern interpretation of 17th century English Poet John Donne's "no man is an island" expression would be the...


32657. Momen unveils Bangabandhu’s sculpture in Ankara Published: December 13, 2021 21:17:38

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday unveiled a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Boulevard in Turkish capital Ankara.   “On behalf of...


32658. PSG face Real Madrid, MU v Atleti in revised CL last-16 drawPublished: December 13, 2021 21:15:50

Paris St Germain will face Real Madrid in a titanic clash in the last 16 of the Champions League while Manchester United take on Atletico Madrid after UEFA declared the...


32659. AIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond makes debut on DSE after hiatus of 14 yearsPublished: December 13, 2021 21:12:07

After hiatus of 14 years, AIBL Mudaraba Perpetual Bond made its debut on Dhaka Stock Exchange last December 05. The bond got approval under the new regulation, according to a...


32660. 16 killed in bus-truck collision in NigeriaPublished: December 13, 2021 21:11:06

At least sixteen people have been killed when a speeding bus ran into a truck on a highway in Nigeria's northeast Bauchi state, police said on Monday. The collision happened...


32661. Bangladesh gets over 4.0m doses of AZ vaccine from UKPublished: December 13, 2021 21:08:29

The United Kingdom has donated 4.0 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to help the country fight the coronavirus pandemic and make an economic recovery. The first batch of the...


32662. 'Govt committed to provide all-out support to promote MPPE industry'Published: December 13, 2021 20:45:00

The government is committed to provide all-out support to promote the Medical and Personal Protective Equipment (MPPE) industry in Bangladesh as an important sector for attaining export diversification and deeper...


32663. Afghan currency plunges to record low against dollarPublished: December 13, 2021 20:38:02

Afghanistan's national currency, the afghani, has dropped further recently amid economic woes, causing grave concern among the Afghan people. The afghani was traded at 112.60 for one US dollar on...


32664. Pakistanis squeezed by inflation face more pain from tax hikesPublished: December 13, 2021 20:17:36

When Pakistan's annual inflation rate hit 11.5 per cent in November, the statistics office put a number on a phenomenon that was already painfully clear to the poor and the...


32665. Dhaka tribunal rejects case against Murad over comments on Zaima RahmanPublished: December 13, 2021 20:06:23

A Dhaka court has rejected a plea to admit a lawsuit against sacked state minister Murad Hassan for making "vulgar, obscene and misogynistic" comments about Zaima Rahman, daughter of BNP's...


32666. বাংলাদেশকে ৪০ লাখ ডোজ অ্যাস্ট্রাজেনেকার টিকা দিচ্ছে ‍যুক্তরাজ্যPublished: December 13, 2021 19:58:30

মহামারী মোকাবেলায় বাংলাদেশকে ৪০ লাখ ডোজ অক্সফোর্ড-অ্যাস্ট্রাজেনেকার টিকা অনুদান দিচ্ছে যুক্তরাজ্য সরকার। টিকার প্রথম চালান সোমবার ঢাকায় পৌঁছেছে বলেও এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে জানিয়েছে দেশটির হাই কমিশন। টিকা আদান-প্রদানের বৈশ্বিক প্ল্যাটফর্ম...


32667. PM orders preparations for booster doses as omicron emergesPublished: December 13, 2021 19:31:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed health officials to make preparations to administer COVID vaccine booster doses, or third doses, amid the emergence of the ‘omicron’ variant in numerous parts...


32668. যুক্তরাজ্যে ওমিক্রনে প্রথম রোগীর মৃত্যুPublished: December 13, 2021 19:18:09

করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরন ওমিক্রনে আক্রান্ত হয়ে যুক্তরাজ্যে প্রথম এক রোগীর মৃত্যু হয়েছে। সোমবার এ মৃত্যুর খবর নিশ্চিত করে জানিয়েছেন যুক্তরাজ্যের প্রধানমন্ত্রী বরিস জনসন। স্কাই নিউজ এ খবর দিয়েছে। জনসন জানান,...


32669. First person dies from omicron variant in United KingdomPublished: December 13, 2021 19:06:32

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that at least one patient has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the omicron variant of the coronavirus. "Sadly at least one...


32670. সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়নের পতনে ট্যাক্সিও চালাতে হয়েছে পুতিনকেPublished: December 13, 2021 19:03:30

১৯৯১ সালে সাবেক সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়নের পতন নিয়ে নিজের দুঃখের কথা জানিয়েছেন রাশিয়ার প্রেসিডেন্ট ভ্লাদিমির পুতিন। বলেছেন, সেই সময় বাড়তি আয়ের জন্য তাকে ট্যাক্সি চালক হিসাবেও কাজ করতে হয়েছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ...


32671. High Court orders to stop production of illegal cigarette factoriesPublished: December 13, 2021 18:55:12

The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to take appropriate measures immediately to stop and seize production of all kinds of illegal cigarettes and bidis...


32672. Pakistan reports first Omicron casePublished: December 13, 2021 18:29:03

Pakistan has confirmed its first case of the omicron Covid-19 variant, in the country's most populous city of Karachi, the country's National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Monday. "The...


32673. ব্যাংক লেনদেনে অনিয়মে ৫ বছরের সাজার বিধান হচ্ছেPublished: December 13, 2021 18:16:47

ব্যাংক লেনেদেনে অনিয়মের জন্য সর্বোচ্চ পাঁচ বছরের কারাদণ্ডের সঙ্গে জরিমানার বিধান রেখে নতুন আইনে সায় দিয়েছে সরকার। প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার সভাপতিত্বে মন্ত্রিসভা বৈঠকে সোমবার ‘পেমেন্ট অ্যান্ড সেটলম্যান্ট সিস্টেমস আইন, ২০২১’...


32674. US sanctions will not affect next election, Obaidul Quader saysPublished: December 13, 2021 18:06:15

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the recent US sanction on seven former and incumbent officers of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will not put any impact on the...


32675. Mithila, Sabnam Faria get anticipatory bail      Published: December 13, 2021 18:03:08

The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail for eight weeks to actors Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria in a case filed by one of the customers of the...


32676. The Salt in Our Waters - Nonajoler KabboPublished: December 13, 2021 18:01:38

- What are you making? - Houses of sand - But the water will sweep it away - So what? We’ll build it again Such is the depth and strength...


32677. 42 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrsPublished: December 13, 2021 17:56:43

Forty-two new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged in the current year at...


32678. Omicron poses a ‘very high’ global risk, WHO saysPublished: December 13, 2021 17:47:22

The omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a ‘very high’ global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity...


32679. Quazi Anwar Hossain not writer of 260 books of ‘Masud Rana’ series: HCPublished: December 13, 2021 17:41:42

The High Court has rejected the writ petition of Qazi Anwar Hossain owner of Seba Prokashoni claiming the copyright of 260 books of the popular thriller series ‘Masud Rana’. The...


32680. যৌন নিপীড়নের অভিযোগকারী নারী কর্মীকে  বরখাস্ত করলো আলিবাবাPublished: December 13, 2021 17:39:55

চীনা ই-কমার্স জায়ান্ট আলিবাবা এমন একজন নারী কর্মীকে বরখাস্ত করেছে যিনি কিছুদিন আগেই তার এক জ্যেষ্ঠ সহকর্মী এবং প্রতিষ্ঠানটির একজন মক্কেলের বিরুদ্ধে যৌন নিপীড়নের অভিযোগ তুলেছেন। বিবিসি’র বরাত দিয়ে বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...


32681. এক সপ্তাহে করোনায় শনাক্ত বেড়েছে ১৩.৪%Published: December 13, 2021 17:22:01

দেশে গত এক সপ্তাহে শনাক্ত কোভিড রোগীর সংখ্যা এবং মৃত্যু আগের সপ্তাহের তুলনায় বেড়েছে। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, সোমবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় দেশে ৩৮৫ জন নতুন কোভিড রোগী শনাক্ত হয়েছে;...


32682. One Zoom call and 900 employees fired: The Vishal Garg sagaPublished: December 13, 2021 17:18:56

Tech CEOs and startups rarely make the headlines. When they do, it’s either for something exceptional or all the wrong reasons possible.  Vishal Garg and his company Better.com made the...


32683. Bangladesh logs three new Covid deaths, 385 casesPublished: December 13, 2021 17:16:17

Bangladesh has recorded 385 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,579,710. It also registered three new deaths from the disease, taking the total toll...


32684. Forty companies receive ICSB awardPublished: December 13, 2021 17:09:52

Forty companies listed with Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchange have received the eighth ICSB National Award for excellence in corporate governance. Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) honoured the...


32685. Omicron spreading at ‘phenomenal rate’ in London, accounts for 40pc infectionsPublished: December 13, 2021 16:40:33

Britain said on Monday that the omicron variant of coronavirus was spreading at a "phenomenal rate" and accounted for about 40 per cent of all infections in London so people...


32686. Stocks extend losing streak with thin participationPublished: December 13, 2021 16:31:55

Stocks extended the losing streak on Monday, as the cautious investors continued their sell-off on sector-wise issues amid fears over the possible impact of the new coronavirus strain Omicron. Investors...


32687. Five years in prison, a Tk 5.0m fine, or both for fraud in digital transactionsPublished: December 13, 2021 16:27:30

The Bangladesh cabinet has given its final approval to a draft of the ‘Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2021’, which specifies a maximum of five years in prison, a Tk...


32688. ষাটোর্ধ্বদের বুস্টার ডোজ দেওয়ার পরামর্শ জাতীয় পরামর্শক কমিটিরPublished: December 13, 2021 15:12:53

যাদের বয়স ৬০ বছর পেরিয়ে গেছে, এবং যারা কোভিডের বিরুদ্ধে লড়াইয়ে সম্মুখ সারিতে আছেন, তাদের করোনাভাইরাসের টিকার বুস্টার ডোজ দেওয়ার পরামর্শ দিয়েছে কোভিড-১৯ সংক্রান্ত জাতীয় কারিগরী পরামর্শক কমিটি। পরামর্শক কমিটির...


32689. নতুন মিস ইউনিভার্স হারনাজ সান্ধু, ভারতে মুকুট ফিরল ২১ বছর পরPublished: December 13, 2021 14:37:23

বিশ্বের বিভিন্ন দেশের ৮০ প্রতিযোগীকে পেছনে ফেলে ২১ বছর পর ২১ বছর বয়সী ফ্যাশন মডেল ও অভিনেত্রী হারনাজ সান্ধুর হাত ধরে মিস ইউনিভার্স প্রতিযোগিতার মুকুট ফিরল ভারতে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...


32690. CIU holds Open Day-Spring 2022 Published: December 13, 2021 14:20:27

Chittagong Independent University held Open Day-Spring 2022 at its campus on Saturday. The event was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor Dr Mahfuzul Hoque Chowdhury. Deans, Advisors, faculty members, registrar, staff members of different departments...


32691. UK PM warns of omicron 'tidal wave'Published: December 13, 2021 14:02:27

Britain faces a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday, as...


32692. Man held for murder of wife, infant child in NarsingdiPublished: December 13, 2021 13:49:19

A Narsingdi man has killed his wife and infant child after he began suspecting that his wife was involved in an extra-marital affair, according to police. Police arrested the suspect,...


32693. ‘মাসুদ রানা’র ২৬০ বইয়ের স্বত্ব আবদুল হাকিমের: হাই কোর্টPublished: December 13, 2021 13:38:15

সেবা প্রকাশনীর পাঠকপ্রিয় স্পাই থ্রিলার ‘মাসুদ রানা’ সিরিজের ২৬০টি এবং ‘কুয়াশা’ সিরিজের ৫০টি বইয়ের লেখক হিসেবে মালিকানা স্বত্ব শেখ আবদুল হাকিমকে দিয়ে কপিরাইট অফিসের দেওয়া সিদ্ধান্তই বহাল রেখেছে হাই কোর্ট।...


32694. China's artificial intelligence firm SenseTime postpones $767m Hong Kong IPO after US banPublished: December 13, 2021 13:17:20

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group postponed its $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on Monday after being placed on a US investment blacklist. SenseTime said it remained...


32695. South Africa's Ramaphosa catches Covid-19Published: December 13, 2021 12:41:09

South Africa's 69-year-old President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, though is showing only mild symptoms, the presidency said. "The President started feeling unwell after leaving the State...


32696. Dhaka University brings out centenary processionPublished: December 13, 2021 12:35:06

The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) brought out a victory procession on the campus on Sunday, marking the centenary celebration of the university and the golden jubilee of the country's...


32697. 'Smart Fridge, Smart Maker' season-2 endsPublished: December 13, 2021 12:13:45

The authorities of Walton Refrigerator have awarded the top three video content creators among ten who participated in the final round of the second season of its video making contest...


32698. India’s Harnaaz Sandhu wins Miss Universe 2021 crownPublished: December 13, 2021 12:06:47

India’s Harnaaz Sandhu has won the 70th Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel. She took the crown for India 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000, bdnews24.com...


32699. Stocks slide at opening with sluggish turnoverPublished: December 13, 2021 11:54:42

Stocks opened lower on Monday as the cautious investors continued their selling binge on major sector issues amid fears over the impact of the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Bangladesh on...


32700. US crosses 50 million Covid-19 casesPublished: December 13, 2021 10:58:29

The United States crossed 50 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to Reuters tally, as the delta variant continues to threaten Americans and the newly discovered omicron variant spreads, reports...