Jamuna Bank Limited has recently inaugurated a foreign currency exchange booth at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's International Arrival Concourse Hall, Terminal-1. Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation Al-Haj Nur Mohammed inaugurated...
As the schools in Bangladesh reopened after long Covid-induced shutdown last month, many girls in this coastal district were missing from classrooms with a majority of them lost to early...
India is set to resume tourist visa services for foreign travellers after an 18-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, bdnews24.com reports. Bangladeshi nationals will be able to visit India...
মহামারীর মধ্যে প্রায় দেড় বছর পর পর্যটকদের জন্য দুয়ার খুলতে যাচ্ছে ভারত। ঢাকায় ভারতীয় হাই কমিশন জানিয়েছে, আগামী ১৫ নভেম্বরের পর নির্ধারিত এয়ার বাবল ফ্লাইটে পর্যটক ভিসায় বাংলাদেশ থেকে ভারতে...
ঢাকায় জন্ম নেওয়া চারটি শিশুর সাধ হল লঞ্চ দেখবে, তারা গেল সদরঘাটে, একটি লঞ্চে উঠল; কিন্তু লঞ্চটি ছেড়ে দিলে তারা আর নামতে পারেনি। এদিকে তাদের খোঁজ না পেয়ে স্বজনরা ওঠে...
দুই ধরনের পানীয় জ্বর-ঠাণ্ডা-কাশির জন্য উপকারী। রোগ প্রতিরোধক ক্ষমতা বাড়ায় এমন পানীয় পান করাই ভালো। আর এই ক্ষেত্রে ‘ওয়েলঅ্যান্ডগুড ডটকম’য়ের আয়োজনে ‘ইউ ভার্সেস ফুড’ অনুষ্ঠানে নিবন্ধিত পুষ্টিবিদ ট্রেসি লকউড বেকারম্যান...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের একটি পারমাণবিক সাবমেরিন দক্ষিণ চীন সাগরের আশপাশের জলসীমায় পানির নিচ দিয়ে চলার সময় ‘অজ্ঞাত’ একটি বস্তুর সঙ্গে ধাক্কা খেয়েছে বলে জানিয়েছেন কর্মকর্তারা। এ ঘটনায় ১৫ নাবিক সামান্য আহত হয়েছে।...
ঢাকার বারিধারা ডিওএইচএস থেকে বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে একটি কোম্পানির ১৮ জন কর্মী গাজীপুরের পূবাইলের একটি রিসোর্টে যাওয়ার উদ্দেশে বের হয়েছিলেন। কিন্তু এরপর ফোন না ধরায় এবং বিকালেও তারা সেই রিসোর্টে না...
Both the working conditions and the living environment of female RMG workers of Bangladesh need to be improved as Covid-19 has impacted drastically, said speakers at a press conference on...
The UK has eased travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians who have received a UK-approved jab. Starting 11 October, they will not have to self-isolate or take a Covid test...
একজন মার্কিন কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ নারীর শরীর থেকে বিনা অনুমতিতে কেটে আনা কোষরাজি বিক্রি করার দায়ে মামলায় পড়েছে দেশটির জৈবপ্রযুক্তি কোম্পানি থার্মো ফিশার সায়েন্টিফিক ইনকর্পোরেটেড। ১৯৫১ সালে ক্যান্সার আক্রান্ত নারী হেনরিয়েটা ল্যাকস...
US remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc told Reuters it struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers to its plant in the southern Chinese city of...
NETRAKONA: More than two hundred families at Kothurikona village of Tiyashree Union in Madan upazila of the district have become self-reliant by hatching duckling with hurricane lamp heat. The village...
CHATTOGRAM: All is set for opening on trial basis the multilane Bangabandhu Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in the port city Friday. Planning Minister MA Manan has said that the...
The government's revenue earnings from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked a whopping 85 per cent rise in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year, compared to the same...
The social cost of female migrant workers is very high as they leave behind their families and children while going abroad for livelihood, said speakers at a consultation on Thursday....
The discussants at a webinar on Thursday focused on stakeholders' large-scale involvement to enhance investors' awareness along with reducing malpractices on the country's stock market. The Central Depository Bangladesh Limited...
Speakers at a virtual dialogue on Thursday urged the government to formulate policies on AI and IT-enabled services in line with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Bangladesh can step into...
A Norwegian-US joint-venture firm contracted by Bangladesh is arranging vessel to complete a multi-client seismic survey on offshore hydrocarbon reserves in the Bay of Bengal, officials said about the move,...
The price of onion shot up substantially in the city markets on Thursday allegedly due to short supply of the widely consumed spice item. Traders claimed that the supplies from...
The securities regulator has allowed Alif Group of Companies to acquire C&A Textiles Limited subject to complying with seven conditions, including resuming production of the ailing company. In a letter...
Bangladesh scores 61 out of 100 points in its first-ever homegrown business index called BBX, showing modest improvements in doing-business environment. The BBX (Bangladesh Business Climate Index), based on a...
Bangladesh may become a US$500 billion economy with the per-capita income rising to $3,000 by 2025-26 fiscal year on the back of a steady growth, Standard Chartered Bank predicts. The...
Local spinners on Thursday called on authorities concerned to address the barriers they are facing in importing cotton from US to help the smooth supply of the main raw material...
The Serum Institute of India has been allowed by the country’s government to send 1.0 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh, according to the local media. The...
The social cost of women migrant workers is very high as they leave behind their families and children when they go abroad for livelihood, said speakers at a consultation on...
If everything goes as planned, Bangladesh is set to gain the developing country status by 2026. The United Nations reportedly has again recommended the graduation. But the country has to...
A study titled "Secondary education programme: Governance challenges and way out" unveiled by the Transparency International, Bangladesh finds massive irregularities, particularly exchange of bribe money for teachers' appointment, transfer and...
Spurious drugs have reportedly started capturing an increasing chare in the pharmaceutical market. There are reasons to believe that in the pandemic time, due to increasing demand for some essential...
Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust has launched a drug rehabilitation centre to bring back the addicts to normal life with the healthcare of “international standards”. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan inaugurated the...
The mindless destruction of the village residence of the first female student of the University of Dhaka --- Lila Nag (1900-1970), may not surprise many. It occurred just over a...
The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic...
The Pandora Papers, a massive expose about the secret shell games and tax avoidance schemes of the world's ultra-wealthy, has hit headlines around the globe. This colossal undertaking involved 600...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for $8.0 billion to equitably vaccinate 40 per cent of people in all countries by the end of the year as the World...
Bangladesh reported hospitalised of 208 new Dengue patients across the country in 24 hours till Thursday morning. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged at 73 as no...
ব্রডব্যান্ড সেবায় বিঘ্ন ঘটলে গ্রাহকদের বিলে ছাড় দেওয়ার শর্ত যোগ করে ইন্টারনেট সেবাদাতাদের (আইএসপি) জন্য নতুন নির্দেশনা দিয়েছে টেলিযোগাযোগ নিয়ন্ত্রক সংস্থা বিটিআরসি। নতুন শর্ত অনুযায়ী, ইন্টারনেট সেবা টানা তিন দিন...
Students are returning to their residential dorms after 18 months of the closure of educational institutions. Now when they are leaving home after a long time, what possibly can they...
Investments made by public development banks around the world could destroy nature worth $800 billion each year, researchers warned on Thursday, urging greater testing and transparency of the institutions' lending...
During the Covid 19 pandemic, the advice that everyone heard the most is - ‘Eat more vitamin C-enriched foods." Anticipating that this vitamin will enhance the immune system, many people...
A Special Tribunal in Chattogram on Thursday sent former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case over acquiring wealth...
After becoming the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the third consecutive term on Thursday, Nazmul Hassan said he didn’t ask for votes from anyone in last week’s...
Kaushik Hossain Taposh, managing director of Gaan Bangla, has earned the International Ratna Award in India for his contribution to Bengali music. The renowned music director received the honour in...
Nazmul Hassan Papon will steer Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as its president for a new four-year term as he was predictably chosen by all the newly-elected directors on Thursday. He...
The Detective Cyber and Special Crime Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested five members of a fraud gang that lends money illegally at high interest rates using...
Shopping online can be effortless, convenient, and time-saving. Yet, frauds, scams or even hijacks have become frequent occurrences nowadays. Especially, after the scam of several big e-commerce services in the...
The International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) 2021, a three-day multidisciplinary design and building competition, will begin on October 8. For the first time, the virtual event will be held in Bangladesh....
Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 12 more lives and infected 663 others in 24 hours till Thursday morning. The single-day daily death toll is the lowest since March 17 this year...
সাহিত্যে এ বছর নোবেল পুরস্কার পেয়েছেন তানজানিয়ার ঔপন্যাসিক আবদুলরাজাক গুরনাহ, যার দরদি ভাষার দ্ব্যর্থহীন লেখায় ফুটে উঠেছে ঔপনিবেশিকতার দুর্দশা আর শরণার্থীর কষ্টের গল্প। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বৃহস্পতিবার সাহিত্যে নোবেল...
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. Gurnah, whose novels include "Paradise" and "Desertion", writes in English and lives in...
Bangladesh ranked 108 out of 116 countries in the strong passport index of Henley Passport Index-2021 and slipped two notches meaning the country’s passport weakens further. According to the latest...
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