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Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,”...
With brown white tipped hair, eyes pierced, lips and face covered with white sunscreen, he kisses the ball and starts running with the ball tightly pressed against the chest and...
Global cloud communications platform provider Infobip has recently inked a deal with Bangladesh's leading integrated financial service provider LankaBangla Finance Limited, aimed at strengthening transactional communication. Khurshed Alam, senior executive...
While theories about the gains from trade originated from the minds of thinkers and thought leaders in Europe and North America, the practice of leveraging international trade to transform poor...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York. She took a VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and...
All the existing companies will not be allowed to operate in the OTC (over-the-counter) markets of the country's two bourses after one month. Some of the companies will be shifted...
The latest adaptation of Cinderella demonstrates that Hollywood continues to struggle with the subtle differences between inclusion and diversity. The ubiquitous presence of social media scrutiny and entertainment industry members’...
এক দশক আগে সুদান ভেঙে স্বাধীনতা অর্জন করেছে দক্ষিণ সুদান। তারপর পরিবারের অনেককেই হারিয়েছে নতুন দেশটির ৫২ বছর বয়সী রোজা জাম্বা। নিহতদের সংখ্যা গুণতে ভুলেই গেছেন এই অভাগী ভুট্টাচাষী। দাঙ্গা...
জাতিসংঘের সাধারণ অধিবেশনে যোগ দিতে দুই সপ্তাহের সফরে নিউ ইয়র্কের উদ্দেশে রওনা হয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। করোনাভাইরাস মহামারীর কারণে গতবছর এই বিশ্ব সভা বসেছিল ভার্চুয়ালি। এ...
Rice, edible oils and chickens became costlier last week, increasing sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners whose income has declined notably amid the pandemic. Sugar price remained at its...
Many textile and spinning mills, operated with captive power plants, lost their production capacity by 40 per cent on an average due to shortage of gas supply, leaders of the...
The Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) signed deals with 19 financial institutions on Thursday to disburse Tk 2.0 billion credit among entrepreneurs under the government's stimulus package. As per...
British American Tobacco (BAT) and Nestlé Bangladesh Limited have together contributed to the Labour Welfare Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. BAT provided Tk 111 million to the...
Bangladesh Bank Thursday asked the banks to take measures for reinstatement of their sacked employees, following complaints about job cuts during corona crisis. Reports say many bank employees got the...
The securities regulator has approved 23 proposals of new TRECs (Trading Right Entitlement Certificate) to be issued by Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). To this effect, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
Grameenphone has launched the third edition of GP Accelerator, the flagship programme to co-create a startup ecosystem and accelerate the digitalisation journey in Bangladesh. Launched in 2015, the GP Accelerator...
The central bank Thursday fined NRB Bank Limited Tk 4.95 million for allegedly overreaching ceiling of investment in an individual share. The fourth-generation private commercial bank (PCB) has been asked...
Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams...
The country's apex chamber aims to brand Bangladesh as a 'New Bangladesh' at six-month-long Dubai Expo 2020 scheduled to begin on October 01 next. Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, a member of...
Some 49-66 per cent of Bangladesh's social-safety-net-allowance-and food-support beneficiaries are not poor, says the World Bank, indicating porous delivery system for the state annuity. It is one of the findings...
World Bank leaders, including then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva, applied "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking in the bank's "Doing Business 2018" report, according to an independent investigation released...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has ordered a sweeping review of the ethics rules governing financial holdings and dealings by senior officials at the US central bank, a Fed spokesperson...
A majority of football fans favour a change of frequency in the World Cup, according to a survey commissioned by FIFA, Reuters reports. Fifty five per cent of respondents from...
International investors that have been piling into China in recent years are now bracing for one of its great falls as the troubles of over-indebted property giant China Evergrande come...
British model Naomi Campbell is joining international development charity the Queen's Commonwealth Trust (QCT) as a global ambassador to support young leaders, Reuters reports. The trust, founded in 2018, supports...
A powerful mix of insecurity and traditional prejudice against more liberal female politicians put Awatef Rasheed off running for parliament when she returned to Iraq in 2014 after years abroad,...
A US-backed Uyghur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in Chinese-run camps in Xinjiang, China opened in Switzerland on Thursday amid high...
Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly made a lucrative offer last March that Sportradar Group AG (SRAD.O) founder and CEO Carsten Koerl could not pass up, Reuters reports. He proposed a merger...
A lack of coordination is one of the most discernible traits of government organisations. And the people have been suffering immensely since none has ever cared to eliminate or, at...
In a major reform of the academic curricula for primary, secondary and higher secondary classes, education in the country looks set to be transformed beyond recognition. The outline of the...
Automation of the taxation system, though recognised as a priority agenda of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), is still in the lurch. The NBR has been working on a...
US retail sales unexpectedly increased in August as a surge in online and furniture store purchases offset a continued decline at auto dealerships, which could temper expectations for a sharp...
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সব শিক্ষার্থীদের কোভিড-১৯ টিকার আওতায় আনতে ওয়েব লিংক চালু করেছে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মঞ্জুরী কমিশন-ইউজিসি। বৃহস্পতিবার চালু করা এই লিংকের (univac.ugc.gov.bd) মাধ্যমে শিক্ষার্থীরা টিকার জন্য নিবন্ধন করতে পারবে। করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণের কারণে...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has opened a new weblink to facilitate the vaccination of all university students against COVID-19. Students will be able to register for the vaccine through...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a young man with seven gold bars weighing 1.162kg on Thursday at Ukhiya-Marichya joint check post while smuggling them from Myanmar. The arrestee was identified...
Cross-border movement of passengers through land ports has been relaxed considering the improving Covid-19 scenario in Bangladesh and the region. With the lifting of the restrictions Thursday, passengers travelling to...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday directed concerned lawyers to settle the custodial dispute between Bangladeshi father Imran Sharif and Japanese mother Nakano Erico over their two daughters within 12...
China on Thursday denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensified arms...
The increasing speed at which the land, river and water body grabbers are having their field day is highly distressing. Not long ago, syndicates of these unscrupulous people would keep...
President Abdul Hamid has directed the Judicial Service Commission to take steps to improve information and technological skill alongside the appointment of judges. The President made the remarks on Thursday...
More than 634,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflicts in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said Thursday. A total of...
One of the major challenges Islamic banks face is to compete conventional banks in terms of offering retail banking products to attract customers. The conventional banking system has been offering...
After a chaotic, bloody and pathetic withdrawal of American troops, diplomats and American nationals in August, the Biden administration is faced with a dilemma on how to deal the with...
The electronic passport (e-passport) service has been launched at Bangladesh Embassy in Athens to ensure a hassle-free passport service for the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Greece. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan...
A joint communication on the "EU Strategy" for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific has been adopted saying the European Union (EU) is stepping up its strategic engagement with the Indo-Pacific region...
BRAC's Executive Director Asif Saleh has called for bringing dynamism to partner NGOs by increasing their existing capacities to improve the socio-economic conditions of disadvantaged people. It is also important...
দুই শিশু সন্তানের অভিভাবকত্ব ও জিম্মা নিয়ে একটি সৌহার্দ্যপূর্ণ সমাধানে আসতে শিশুদের মা-বাবাকে আবারও সুযোগ দিয়েছে হাই কোর্ট। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। শিশুদের মা জাপানি নাগরিক নাকানো এরিকো, বাবা ইমরান...
India's charismatic skipper Virat Kohli has announced that he would step down as the country's T20 international captain after the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup. The announcement comes just three...
এইডিস মশাবাহিত ডেঙ্গু জ্বরে আক্রান্ত হয়ে গত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় আরও ২৩৪ জন দেশের বিভিন্ন হাসপাতালে ভর্তি হয়েছেন। তাদের নিয়ে চলতি বছর হাসপাতালে ভর্তি হওয়া ডেঙ্গু রোগীর সংখ্যা ১৫ হাজার ছাড়িয়ে...
The government is encouraging climate-friendly alternative technologies in the hydro chlorofluorocarbon Phase-out Management Plan Stage-2 to protect the ozone layer. The implementation of the Stage-2 project will enable air conditioners,...
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