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The country's plastic manufacturing sector has been maintaining a steady growth over the years against the backdrop of growing demand for plastic products in domestic and international markets, according to...
The postal directorate has taken a move to change the charges and slabs of its express mail service (EMS) to streamline the service for making it customer-friendly, officials said. The...
A move is on to readjust upward the tariffs on services at Bangladesh's biggest port in Chattogram, which port-users say will impact the entire economy at a crunch time. Chittagong...
World Trade Organization (WTO) has postponed the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) for an indefinite period amidst the upsurge in Covid-19 cases. No date has been set for the rescheduling of...
Diabetes is a health condition in which the body faces difficulty with converting glucose (a type of sugar) into energy. In this condition, the glucose level becomes high in the...
A report released in June this year claimed that as many as 37 divorce petitions were being filed a day in the capital city during a few months preceding its...
The ongoing demonstrations by students demanding half fare in public buses indicate that there is a big flaw in the fare-setting mechanism. Following the hike in the price of fuels,...
Research in medical science, especially, when it is an emergency, motivates people from far afield to cooperate and collaborate for developing a treatment to save people. The COVID-19 pandemic created...
The report that the government has finally given the much-awaited ethical permission for the clinical trial of the home-grown anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Bangavax, on humans, is at the same time heart...
National Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam has been on life support since Thursday at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital, according to his family. “Our beloved Professor Rafiqul Islam was put on life support...
Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening border controls as researchers sought to...
Bangladesh has suffered tremendously while trying to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare system faced unprecedented challenges in adjusting to the increased demand for medical care of COVID-19 patients....
Oil prices dived more than 5 per cent on Friday, hitting a two-month low as a new COVID-19 variant spooked investors and added to concerns that a supply surplus could...
Though millions of customers of different e-commerce companies have been deceived and suffered big financial losses, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of Bangladesh Bank (BB) could not give any...
We very keenly observe that the Sixth plenary session holds great significance as the CPC embarks on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects. It...
চড়তে থাকা মুরগি ও ডিমের দাম কিছুটা কমলেও তাতে ক্রেতা সাধারণের স্বস্তি মেলার সুযোগ নেই। আটা-ময়দা ও আলুসহ বেশ কয়েকটি নিত্যপ্রয়োজনীয় পণ্যের বৃদ্ধির সঙ্গে আরও বেশ কিছু পণ্যের বাজার চড়াই...
On a day in Chattogram that began with an earthquake and then had smoke from a nearby fire billowing above the stadium, Pakistan blazed through the Bangladesh top order to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought investment from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partners in Bangladesh's long-term climate projects such as Delta Plan. "I invite all interested ASEM partners to invest...
A fire broke out in a garment jhut (waste fabric) godown at Kathaltola area of Konabari in Gazipur on Friday, fire service said. The fire originated around 4:30 pm from...
দেশে গত এক দিনে আরও ২৩৯ জনের মধ্যে করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ ধরা পড়েছে, মৃত্যু হয়েছে ৩ জনের। মঙ্গলবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় শনাক্ত নতুন রোগীদের নিয়ে দেশে এ পর্যন্ত শনাক্তের সংখ্যা...
Agriculture experts and researchers have unequivocally called for promoting jackfruit processing for its value addition and protection from being wasted after the best uses of modern technologies. There are bright...
Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it shipped the first batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, branded as Covishield, to the COVAX vaccine-sharing programme...
Merck & Co Inc said on Friday its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced the risk of hospitalisation and death by 30 per cent in a study, according to data from all...
১৯৮৫ সালে ন্যাশনাল জিওগ্রাফিক ম্যাগাজিনের প্রচ্ছদকন্যা হয়ে বিশ্বজুড়ে আফগান যুদ্ধের প্রতীক হয়ে ওঠা সবুজ চোখের সেই শরবত গুলাকে আশ্রয় দিয়েছে ইতালি। বৃহস্পতিবার ইতালির প্রধানমন্ত্রী মারিও দ্রাঘির কার্যালয় থেকে একথা জানানো...
Bangladesh has registered three deaths from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the toll to 27,973. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,575,424 after 239 people tested positive for the disease...
খালেদা জিয়াকে কারাগারের বাইরে থাকার সুযোগ দিয়ে প্রধানমন্ত্রী যে ‘মহানুভবতা’ দেখিয়েছেন তা বুঝতে বিএনপি ‘ব্যর্থ’ হয়েছে মন্তব্য করে তথ্য ও সম্প্রচার মন্ত্রী হাসান মাহমুদ বলেছেন, এখন তাকে আবারও কারাগারে পাঠানো...
Global authorities have reacted with alarm to a coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among those announcing stricter border controls as scientists seek to...
As the global debate over Covid booster shots gathers steam in wealthier countries, public health experts in Bangladesh contend it is still "premature" to roll out the third dose in...
আইন, বিচার ও সংসদ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় বৃহস্পতিবার পাঁচটি আলাদা প্রজ্ঞাপনে এই রদবদলের কথা জানিয়ে বলেছে, সুপ্রিম কোর্টের সঙ্গে পরামর্শ করেই জুডিশিয়াল সার্ভিসে এই নিয়েঅগ, পদোন্নতি ও বদলির আদেশ দেওয়া হয়েছে।...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Harun Mia, a cleaner sacked by the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), over the death of Notre Dame College student Nayeem Hasan, who...
India will lead demands for an intellectual property rights waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and supplies at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting next week, two government officials said. A year...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 200,000 pieces of Yaba worth Tk60 million during a drive at Teknaf, the force said on Friday. The illegal drug was being smuggled to...
Two refugees from the Rohingya community have died in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district. The dead have been identified...
রহস্যপত্রিকা ৩৮ বছরে পা দিয়েছে এ বছর নভেম্বর মাসে। এটা হলো দ্বিতীয় জন্মের হিসাবে। প্রথম মৃত্যু বা গভীর সুপ্তির আগে পত্রিকাটি প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয়েছিল ১৯৭০-এর নভেম্বর মাসে। বের হওয়া মাত্রই...
Fifty-eight new dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours until Friday morning, health authorities said. The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 98 in the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is inching closer to a consensus to negotiate an international agreement to prevent future pandemics, although Washington is so far reluctant to make the pact...
Malaysia has set aside the death sentence handed down to a Bangladeshi engineering student for trafficking 3.8 kg of cannabis in 2017 due to an 'error' by the trial judge,...
Indonesia's counterterrorism squad has arrested 24 people on suspicion of fundraising for Jemaah Islamiah, or JI, the Al-Qaeda linked extremist group accused of carrying out some of the country's biggest...
A night curfew will be re-imposed in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara after witnesses said Australian police began taking control of hotspots following three days of violent protests in the...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে আগামী মাসে হতে যাওয়া ‘গণতন্ত্রের জন্য সম্মেলনে’ বাংলাদেশকে আমন্ত্রণ না জানানো প্রসঙ্গে পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী এ কে আব্দুল মোমেন বলেছেন, বিভিন্ন দেশকে ‘চাপে রাখাই’ আমেরিকার রাজনীতি। শুক্রবার সকালে সিলেটের ওসমানী আন্তর্জাতিক...
Asian and European countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among those...
করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন একটি ভ্যারিয়েন্ট, যেটির উৎপত্তি দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা থেকে হয়েছে বলে ধারণা করা হচ্ছে, মারাত্মক হুমকি তৈরি করতে পারে বলে সতর্ক করেছেন বিশেষজ্ঞরা। বিশেষজ্ঞরা বলছেন, করোনাভাইরাসের এই ভ্যারিয়েন্টটি ব্যাপকভাবে মিউটেট...
শিক্ষার্থীদের আন্দোলনের মুখে সারাদেশে বিআরটিসির বাসে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের কাছ থেকে অর্ধেক ভাড়া নেওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে সরকার। আসছে ১ ডিসেম্বর থেকেই এ সিদ্ধান্ত কার্যকর হবে জানিয়ে সড়ক পরিবহন ও সেতুমন্ত্রী ওবায়দুল কাদের...
The government has decided to reduce state-owned bus fares for students by half in the face of mounting protests. The decision has been taken with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's approval...
A total of 52 people, including six rescuers, were killed after smoke occurred in a coal mine in Russia's Kemerovo Region on Thursday. It was the most deadly mine accident...
The 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited was held Thursday at CSE Conference Hall, Agrabad, Chattogram. Mr. Asif Ibrahim, Chairman, CSE presided over, said a statement....
The United Kingdom (UK) has recently contributed US$34.7 million to UNICEF through the British High Commission in Dhaka to ensure quality education for the most disadvantaged and out-of-school children in...
A fire has broken out at a chemicals factory in the BSCIC industrial estate in Chattogram's Sagorika. At least five units from Agrabad and Bandar fire stations are engaged in...
Dhaka bourse on Thursday saw another sharp loss in the broad index along with featuring a seven-month low turnover as downward trend persisted amid selling pressure executed by jittery investors....
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka has projected that some economic indicators of the country might see an upward trend next month. The country's export earnings, which...
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