Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed to continue 1.0 per cent additional export incentive for the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector in the next fiscal year (FY22). The government...
করোনাভাইরাস মহামারীর মধ্যে গড় মূল্যস্ফীতি ৫ দশমিক ৩ শতাংশে রাখার লক্ষ্য ঠিক করে নতুন অর্থবছরের বাজেট প্রস্তাব সংসদে উপস্থাপন করেছেন অর্থমন্ত্রী আ হ ম মুস্তফা কামাল। বৃহস্পতিবার জাতীয় সংসদে ২০২১-২২...
Bangladesh has been able to achieve a real GDP growth of 5.2 per cent, which is the highest in Asia, in the outgoing fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021. Finance Minister AHM...
Online food delivery platform foodpanda has initiated a contest called ‘Petuk Olympics’ for foodies to eat and win exciting gifts by simply placing orders from restaurants on foodpanda. The campaign,...
Bangladesh aims to keep the average inflation rate at 5.3 per cent in fiscal 2021-22 as part of the efforts to prevent a price spiral amid the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Bangladesh plans to set aside Tk 100 billion in the coming fiscal year to meet expenses related to unanticipated emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount is consistent with...
মহামারীর বাস্তবতায় দাঁড়িয়ে মানুষের জীবন-জীবিকা বাঁচিয়ে অর্থনীতি জাগানোর চ্যালেঞ্জ সামনে নিয়ে নতুন অর্থবছরের জন্য ৬ লাখ ৩ হাজার ৬৮১ কোটি টাকার বাজেট জাতীয় সংসদের সামনে উপস্থাপন করেছেন অর্থমন্ত্রী আ হ...
The government has unfurled the national budget for the next fiscal year (FY) 2021-22. Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal placed the budget titled 'Jibon jibikar pradhanya diye sudriro...
Some 562 people were killed and 549 others injured in road accidents across the country in May this year. During the month, a total of 441 road crashes took place...
The Cabinet at a special meeting on Thursday approved the proposed 50th national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22, seeking to revive the pandemic-hit economy, UNB reports. Prime Minister Sheikh...
Bangladesh Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (BAAPA) has sought immediate decision from the government to reopen parks with less than 50 per cent of the parks’ capacity as per...
The ruling Awami League will start the sale of nomination forms for by-elections to the parliamentary constituencies of Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 from Friday. Aspiring candidates will be able to...
The border areas of Thakurgaon have been sealed off in the wake of a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Thakurgaon district, officials said on Thursday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top US official called...
A Class IX student allegedly committed suicide in Kurigram's Phulbari upazila after his parents refused to buy him a smartphone. Rana Mia (15), son of Nasir Uddin, a daily wager,...
দেড় বছর আগে আবির্ভূত হওয়া করোনাভাইরাস এখনও বিশ্ব শাসন করছে, মানুষ এখনও হাতড়ে ফিরছে টিকে থাকার কৌশল সন্ধানে; মহামারীর এই নজিরবিহীন অনিশ্চিয়তায় দাঁড়িয়েই আরও একটি নতুন অর্থবছরের জন্য বাজেট ঘোষণা...
India’s government said on Thursday it has inked a deal with domestic vaccine maker Biological-E for 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for 15 billion rupees ($205.62 million), the first such...
Bangladesh face Afghanistan in joint qualifiers of the world cup and the Asian Cup in Qatar today (Thursday). The 23 men squad, led by Jamal Bhuyan, the captain of the...
Thailand's House of Representatives on Wednesday approved in principle a 3.1 trillion baht (about 99.7 billion US dollars) budget bill for the 2022 fiscal year. Following a three-day debate, government...
In 2016, someone raised a question on Quora, a popular American Q&A platform, asking why educated Chinese hadn't started a colour revolution – a protest movement that gains its name...
Vietnam raked in over 12.2 billion US dollars from exporting textile and garment between January and May, up 15 per cent against the same period last year, according to the...
The market opened sharply higher on Thursday as investors are putting fresh bets on stocks amid budgetary expectations. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to unveil the national budget...
The government will observe the first National Tea Day tomorrow (June 04), recalling the contribution of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the development of the tea industry. Commerce Minister Tipu...
The centuries-old historic nine-dome mosque in Niamatpur upazila of Naogaon district, locally known as Bhanga Masjid, has fallen in dire state in the absence of proper care and renovation. The...
Around 40 per cent of the country's overall electricity generation will come from renewable energy sources by 2041, according to the Power System Master Plant. An estimated 2.0-million people have...
Sector insiders and migration experts suggested bringing Saudi-bound workers under Covid-19 vaccination on a priority basis so that they could go overseas without hotel quarantine hassles. If the vaccine course...
Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new...
Bangladesh's debt servicing to overseas lenders is rising year-on-year, as the government opts for higher hard-term borrowing in recent years, analysts said on Monday. The debt servicing against different medium-...
The government is going to ease the import of onion to help enhance its supply, in the wake of recent surge in the prices of the key spice in the...
Bangladesh's unemployment rate increased by 1.1 per cent to 5.3 per cent in 2020 mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic that created a labour market crisis globally, according to a...
The government is likely to set its borrowing target from the banking system at over Tk 760 billion to finance the budget deficit in the next fiscal year (FY), officials...
The government unfurls the national budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, today (Thursday), prioritising Covid-19, health sector, social safety-net and agriculture. Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal...
Syam Anupom is an experienced distributed systems engineer who previously worked at Netflix, Evernote, Disney and the MIT Media Lab. He co-founded TimeTackle that analyses the calendar data to match...
The word mentor comes from the character 'Mentor' in Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. Mentor was a trusted friend of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. When Odysseus fought in the...
It is said that student life is the best part of one's life. What made this life so interesting is the campus life, hanging out with friends during recess, gossips...
Forum of Entrepreneurship and Business, Jahangirnagar University (FEB-JU) brings an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs, career enthusiasts and case competitors of the university, to learn from some of the bests who...
বাংলাদেশে আসা ফাইজার-বায়োএনটেকের টিকার প্রয়োগ আগামী সপ্তাহের শেষ থেকে শুরুর পরিকল্পনার কথা জানিয়েছে স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বুধবার স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তরের সংবাদ বুলেটিনে অধিদপ্তরের মুখপাত্র অধ্যাপক ডা. নাজমুল ইসলাম...
Quantum Foundation has invited interested people to participate in essay writing, audio/video, photography and painting competitions on the occasion of World Meditation Day. The organisation made a last call to...
The recent appeal by the Department of Environment (DoE) as published in various daily newspapers for the rescue of the St Martin's Island could not be more welcome. In fact,...
হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশকে এবার রাজনীতিমুক্ত করার কথা বলে জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরীর নেতৃত্বেই এর নতুন কমিটি গঠন করা হচ্ছে বলে সংগঠনটির একাধিক নেতা জানিয়েছেন। তারা বলেছেন, হেফাজতের সাবেক যুগ্ম-মহাসচিব মামুনুল হকসহ যারা...
Global smartphone brand vivo launched its new V21 smartphone in Bangladesh. The device is the latest addition to vivo’s longstanding V-series smartphones, which is widely known for providing consumers with...
Lower-skilled and young workers were among the hardest hit from the pandemic, suffering job losses in record numbers last year. Some of those jobs may never reappear as economies readjust...
As evident from official statistics, the participation of women in the greater agricultural economy of Bangladesh is constantly on the rise. Women engaged in this sector have now crossed 10...
ফিলিস্তিনে ইসরায়েলি বাহিনীর হামলাকে অমানবিক উল্লেখ করে এ বিষয়ে আন্তর্জাতিক সংস্থাগুলোর নিরবতা নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলেছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। বুধবার জাতীয় সংসদে শোক প্রস্তাবের উপর আলোচনায় অংশ নিয়ে তিনি বলেন, “প্যালেস্টাইনে...
Denouncing the recent Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that Bangladesh is always with the Palestinian people and will continue to extend all sorts of assistance...
করোনাভাইরাস সংক্রমণ ঠেকাতে শুক্রবার থেকে আরও সাতটি দেশের সঙ্গে বাংলাদেশের বিমান চলাচল স্থগিত করেছে দেশটির বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ (বেবিচক)।খবর বিবিসি বাংলা’র। এর আগে চারটি দেশের সঙ্গে বিমান চলাচল স্থগিত...
Dozens of countries on Wednesday pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen the availability of COVID-19 shots to people in poorer nations who have so far...
চুরি, ছিনতাই কিংবা হারিয়ে যাওয়া মোবাইল ফোন খুঁজে পেতে প্রতিদিনই মানুষ পুলিশের দ্বারস্থ হয়। নিজের মোবাইল ফোন সেট ফিরে পেতে অনেকে থানায় সাধারণ ডায়েরি করেন। তবে চুরি বা ছিনতাই হওয়া...
The frontier districts of Bangladesh have adequate oxygen in their stocks to deal with Covid-19 patients, DGHS spokesperson Dr Nazmul Islam said on Wednesday. “Although the Covid positivity rate in...
As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to impact life and livelihoods at an unprecedented scale, devising a pandemic-responsive budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) will be critical to chart the...
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