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The commerce ministry has submitted a proposal with a framework and implementation method for introducing the proposed unique business identification numbers (UBINs) for all trading entities including online and e-commerce...
Highly Dhaka city-concentrated development and population share cast adverse impact on Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP), reducing its growth by 6.0 per cent or more, according to findings revealed Thursday...
A technical glitch in a server of the central bank hampered Bangladesh's foreign trade for nearly a week by slowing export-import operations, bankers said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB), however, was...
It is heartening to note that the government is actively considering inoculating the elderly people with booster Covid-19 vaccine doses. Health Minister Mr Zahid Maleque on Tuesday last disclosed this...
Under the principle of universal jurisdiction, the Argentinian judiciary has decided to hold a trial of the Myanmar military including army general Min Aung Hlaing and other senior officers, accusing...
It is indeed heartening that with the re-opening of exports of agro-products following the Covid-induced languor for around a year or so, exports have picked up significantly. The July-October export...
South Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 reinfections due to the omicron variant but symptoms for reinfected patients and those infected after vaccination appear to be mild, a scientist...
The investment proposals registered by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) grew by 46.33 per cent in July-September 2021. This is a marked improvement from the corresponding period of the previous...
At universities, more in colleges, economics students stare out at their teachers with wonder; outside the class they find little relevance of their theoretical learning with the ground reality. This...
When this writer turned to serious Bangla literature, especially fictions, he kept himself confined to West Begngal authors. For reasons unknown to even himself, he had still nurtured an aversion...
Here is a brief description of the latest incident of fire death of workers in Bangladesh-- compiled from several newspaper sources. Five workers died after a fire broke out at...
As the SME sector is struggling to survive amid the Covid-19 crisis, speakers at a discussion called for supporting the enterprises, particularly the women-led ones, for the national interest. Women-led...
কয়েক মাস ধরে কয়েক হাজার গ্রাহকের পাওনা পরিশোধ না করার অভিযোগের মুখে থাকা আলেশামার্ট কার্যালয় বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে। নিরাপত্তাহীনতার কারণ দেখিয়ে বৃহস্পতিবার রাজধানীর বনানীতে অবস্থিত ই-কমার্স প্রতিষ্ঠানটির অফিস বন্ধ করার...
Laboratory analysis of the antibody-based COVID-19 therapy GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is developing with US partner Vir has indicated the drug is effective against the new omicron variant, the British drugmaker said...
মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বাঙালির বিজয়ের সুবর্ণজয়ন্তীর ঐতিহাসিক লগ্নে আগামী ১৬ ডিসেম্বর সারাদেশের মানুষকে সঙ্গে নিয়ে একটি ‘শপথ অনুষ্ঠান’পরিচালনা করবেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। বৃহস্পতিবার সচিবালয়ে দুটি সভা শেষে জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর...
The price of private operators' liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been decreased by Tk 85 to Tk 1,228 per 12-kg container from Tk 1,313 with effect from 6 am Friday...
টানা পাঁচ মাস ধরে বাড়তে থাকা রান্নার কাজে ব্যবহৃত তরলীকৃত পেট্রোলিয়াম গ্যাস বা এলপিজির দাম কমানো হয়েছে। বাংলাদেশের জ্বালানি নিয়ন্ত্রক সংস্থা বৃহস্পতিবার ৭ টাকা ১০ পয়সা বা ৬ দশমিক ৪৯...
Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in South Asia need more growth capital to boost the sub-region’s resilience to shocks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
UCEP Bangladesh organised a programme on Thursday in honour of the development partners for their works in quality education, skills development and women empowerment of Bangladesh The programme titled “Thanks...
In a full text of a verdict, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court observed that in an organised society there can be no absolute liberty without social control. The...
Singapore has detected two imported cases of the Covid-19 omicron variant, both of whom have been isolated, its health ministry said on Thursday. Contact tracing was ongoing for passengers on...
Ahead of the Dhaka Test against Pakistan starting on December 4, ace Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has joined the national team on Thursday. Shakib started practising on his own...
The Metropolitan Session in Dhaka has sentenced seven years of rigorous imprisonment to five accused including three policemen in an extortion case with Daulatpur Police Station in 2014. The court...
Business leaders and policymakers on Thursday stressed the need for showcasing Bangladesh with vigour to lure more foreign direct investment. Addressing the 25th-anniversary celebration meeting of the American Chamber of...
The government will launch a long-term project on the supply of drinking water across the country through the use of internal sources of water, said LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam...
UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Myanmar's military chief to immediately halt ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions of informal settlements in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in the...
As many as 108 new dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours until Thursday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at...
রাজধানীর মোহাম্মদপুরে এক বাসযাত্রীকে ধাক্কা দেওয়ার ঘটনায় ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি করপোরেশনের (ডিএনসিসি) ময়লার গাড়ির এক চালককে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে পুলিশ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। মোহাম্মদপুর থানার ওসি আব্দুল লতিফ জানান, বৃহস্পতিবার...
India has detected two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in the southern state of Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday. "All primary contacts and secondary contacts...
ওমিক্রন সংক্রমণ ঠেকাতে দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকাসহ কয়েকটি দেশ থেকে এলে কোয়ারেন্টিন ইতোমধ্যে বাধ্যতামূলক করেছে সরকার; আর সেই কোয়ারেন্টিন থেকে কেউ পালালে ব্যবস্থা নেওয়ার হুঁশিয়ারি দিলেন স্বাস্থ্যমন্ত্রী জাহিদ মালেক। বৃহস্পতিবার ঢাকার শাহজালাল...
Bangladesh has registered three deaths from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the toll to 27,986. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,576,827 after 261 people tested positive for the disease...
ভারতের উত্তর প্রদেশ রাজ্যের আলিগড়ে পথ হারিয়ে কলেজে ঢুকে পড়া চিতাবাঘের হামলায় এক শিক্ষার্থী আহত হয়েছেন। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বুধবার স্থানীয় চৌধুরী নিহাল সিং ইন্টার কলেজে এ ঘটনা ঘটে...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hoped that the Armed Forces personnel would continue to work as "frontline soldiers" in implementing the Perspective Plan-2041. "I would like to say to the...
After receiving the award, Didier Drogba asked Messi to press a buzzer. Messi did so and on a giant screen, a video of the Eiffel Tower getting lit up started...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations of 2022 are expected to be held in the middle of the year, said Education Minister Dipu Moni. “As...
Stocks extended the rally for the second straight session Thursday following the news that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has called a meeting with the central bank and the securities...
Psychotherapy interventions can improve women's financial empowerment and increase both time- and money-intensive parental investment while it can also reduce maternal depression among women, according to a study. The paper...
The export earnings in November grew more than 31 per cent year-on-year to US$4.04 billion, riding on the readymade garments (RMG) sector in the pandemic. Bangladesh fetched $3.07 billion from...
Bangladesh has become the 8th largest remittance-receiving country and the 6th largest migrant-sending country globally, according to the World Migration Report 2022. The report focuses on developments in migration over...
Oxford may define insanity as seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society. But Vaas Montenegro has a different opinion. If you have played the game, you already...
A Dhaka court sentenced 13 people to death and another 19 to life in prison for beating six students to death on suspicion of robbery in Aminbazar in 2011. Dhaka...
র্যাবের কাছে একটি ফোন আসে মালয়েশিয়া থেকে, তাতে বেড়ে যায় উত্তেজনার পারদ। বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিমানবন্দরে শুরু হয়ে যায় নিরাপত্তা প্রস্তুতি; ডাক পড়ে বিমান বাহিনীর বম ডিসপোজাল ইউনিট, সন্ত্রাস দমন ইউনিট, আর্মড...
ঢাকার আমিনবাজারে দশ বছর আগে ডাকাত সন্দেহে ছয় ছাত্রকে পিটিয়ে হত্যার মামলার ১৩ আসামিকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড এবং ১৯ জনকে যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড দিয়েছে আদালত। ঢাকার দ্বিতীয় অতিরিক্ত জেলা ও দায়রা জজ ইসমত...
Beximco Synthetics has applied to the securities regulator to be delisted from the stock market. The company has applied to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) seeking its commission's...
Stocks dropped further on Thursday following a statement from the Bangladesh Bank, saying no decisions were taken at Tuesday’s meeting between the central bank and securities regulator. Following the news,...
Stocks dropped further on Thursday following a statement from the Bangladesh Bank, saying no decisions were taken at Tuesday’s meeting between the central bank and securities regulator. Following the news,...
A devastating fire has laid waste to several establishments, including three resorts, a restaurant and a home, at Rangamati’s Sajek Valley, a tourist haven. The fire broke out around 3.15...
About 1.4 million students from 9,183 institutions are taking their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations after a delay of nearly eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Square Hospitals Limited on Wednesday organised a programme for cancer survivors and caregivers to provide them a spiritual relief to get back into normal lifestyle. The privately-owned healthcare service provider...
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has adopted the best-practice policy under a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline in regulating toxic TFA or trans fatty acids in foodstuffs. As per policy,...
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