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The Chattogram Customs House has seized 42 tonnes of contraband poppy seeds hidden inside two mustard containers imported from Malaysia. The poppy seeds were brought in by Azmin Trade Centre,...
The onion market has become volatile again as prices increased by Tk 10-15 a kg just in the last two days across the country. Locally produced onion was sold at...
ফলের রাজ্যে একটি ফল আছে, যাকে চাইলে ‘সব কাজের কাজী’, বা আজকালকার ভাষায় ‘ফুল প্যাকেজ’ জাতীয় শব্দ ব্যবহারে সম্বোধন করা যায়। পোলাও-মাংস হোক, পায়েস, কিংবা লাচ্ছির মতো পানীয়, এই বিশেষ...
Myanmar pro-democracy supporters took to the streets on Tuesday in several districts, as fighting between the army and anti-junta militias raged in border areas, four months after the military ousted...
Signing the ILO Convention 190 is a must for ensuring the safety and economic wellbeing of the workers in the country, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has said. He...
Taufika Foods and Agro Industries Limited has reported a 154 per cent jump in net profit after tax (NPAT) in the third quarter of the current fiscal year as against...
The Netherlands says it is keen to continue its support for the sustainable development of the Bangladesh RMG industry. Ambassador of the Netherlands in Bangladesh Harry Verweij expressed the interest...
A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Qiu Ziming,...
Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek Alphabet in a bid to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma. The World Health...
মাঝ জ্যৈষ্ঠে ঢাকা ও আশপাশের এলাকায় চলছে ভারি বর্ষণ; আবহাওয়া অফিস বলছে, এটা বর্ষা আগমনেরই পদধ্বনি। রাজধানীতে বৃষ্টি শুরু হয়েছিল সোমবার গভীর রাতে। মঙ্গলবার সকাল থেক আকাশ ছেয়ে আছে মেঘে।...
সৌদি আরবের কর্তৃপক্ষ মসজিদের লাউডস্পিকারের আওয়াজের সর্বোচ্চ সীমা বেঁধে দেওয়ার ব্যাখ্যা দিয়েছে। গত সপ্তাহে দেশটির ইসলাম ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় এক ঘোষণায় বলেছে, সব মসজিদের লাউডস্পিকারের আওয়াজ সর্বোচ্চ সীমার এক তৃতীয়াংশে...
A woman has given birth to triplets, all girls, at a private hospital in the Brahmanbaria district town, doctors said on Tuesday. Sumaiya Akter, wife of Al Amin of Bijoynagar upazila's...
Saudi Arabia's Islamic Affairs minister on Monday defended an order to lower the volume on mosque loudspeakers, saying families had been complaining that competing speakers were keeping their children awake....
A 41-year-old man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China's National Health Commission...
জরুরি মেরামত কাজের জন্য রামপুরায় দুই ঘণ্টার জন্য গ্যাস থাকবে না বলে তিতাস জানিয়েছে। মঙ্গলবার বেলা ১২টা থেকে ২টা পর্যন্ত রামপুরা এলাকায় একটি গ্যাস লাইন বন্ধ রাখা হবে বলে এক...
The board of directors of Northern Islami Insurance has recommended a 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. The final approval of the dividend...
A deal on an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was no closer to acceptance on Monday despite Washington's backing, due to expected scepticism...
The 2021 Copa America will be hosted by Brazil, after Argentina was stripped of the tournament just two weeks before it starts. The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina...
The board of directors of Pragati Insurance has recommended a record high 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. It is Pragati Insurer's highest...
করোনাভাইরাসের নতুন ধরনগুলোর নাম নিয়ে জটিলতার নিরসনে গ্রিক বর্ণমালার শরণ নিল বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থা-ডব্লিউএইচও । যুক্তরাজ্যে গতবছরের শেষ দিকে এ ভাইরাসের যে ধরনটি ছড়াতে শুরু করেছিল, সেটির নাম দেওয়া হয়েছে...
The United States has welcomed the first shipment of 106,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh. The shipment was made possible through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a...
Stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday, after a single-day break, with the key index of the major bourse crossing the 6,000-mark again amid buying spree. Within the first 30 minutes...
A consignment of 100,620 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 doses has arrived in Dhaka, the first under the international vaccine-sharing platform COVAX. A Qatar Airways jet flew the Pfizer shots under the World...
Benapole Customs House could not fulfil the revenue collection target. In the first 10 months (July-April) of the current financial year, the revenue collection has decreased by Tk 17.34 billion...
Shuttle, a mass-transit startup based in Bangladesh, has raised US$750,000 in a seed fundraising initiative, led by Accelerating Asia. Robi Axiata Limited (r-ventures), Impact Collective (The Ventures, South Korea) and...
The metro rail line being developed from Uttara to Motijheel will be linked up with Kamalapur Railway Station as a feasibility study has finally recommended extending the elevated track by...
The central bank relaxed its policy allowing banks to remit outward payment through international card channels, as an alternative to traditional banking channels, to facilitate transactions, officials said. Under the...
The government is likely to offer fiscal benefits in order to attract investment in Sukuk, a bond-like instrument used in Islamic finance. The existing gain tax at a rate of...
Bangladesh's trade deficit widened by more than 21 per cent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, because of rising import payment pressure on the...
The revenue board is almost certain that the revenue receipt during the outgoing fiscal year (FY) will fall far short of the revised target because of the pandemic effect. The...
The government's efforts to mitigate public sufferings and overcome the adverse impacts of coronavirus on the economy have been marred by institutional weaknesses and inability to implement its reform agenda....
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an international treaty to boost pandemic preparedness, as part of sweeping reforms envisioned...
The UNHCR has expressed concern over the incident which took place in Bhasanchar during the visit of a UN delegation on Monday. “Following today’s visit of a UNHCR delegation including...
The number of bankruptcies fell in 2020 in many countries. At first glance, this is a strange occurrence as 2020 was the year of the Covid-19 outbreak that caused lockdowns,...
This will be our second budget during pandemic. We are still going through unprecedented uncertainty. Indeed, this is an unusual time. And we cannot expect a normal budget at this...
With no clear plan for mass-scale vaccination in sight, Bangladesh ranks only behind Panama and El Salvador in terms of the greatest number of days of full school closures during...
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh guarantees freedom of thought and conscience and of speech as fundamental rights. The present democratic government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
নেত্রকোণার কেন্দুয়া উপজেলার বলাইশিমুল ইউনিয়নের বালিজুড়া বাজার সহ তিনটি গ্রামের উপর দিয়ে বয়ে যাওয়া প্রলয়ংকারী ঘূর্ণিঝড়ে শতাধিক ঘরবাড়ি দোকান পাট ও গাছপালা লন্ডভন্ড হয়ে গেছে। সোমবার (৩১ মে) বেলা অনুমান...
History has long been about the history of the conquerors, heroes. What happened to the people so conquered after their kings were defeated by the more powerful invaders was not...
The Prime Minister's inauguration of the 14-storey new Postal Building at Agargaon in the city is not merely a case of the opening of a freshly built state-of-the-art government office...
Two webinars held in the capital city last Saturday brought forward some important issues that require serious introspection and follow-up by policy makers of the country. The first was organized...
The World Health Organization (WHO), at the heart of the world's sluggish handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, faces a potential shake-up to prevent future outbreaks as a top official warned...
চীন এক ঘোষণায় আগের নীতি থেকে সরে এসে প্রত্যেক দম্পতিকে তিনটি সন্তান নেওয়ার অনুমোদন দেবে বলে জানিয়েছে। এর মাধ্যমে দেশটির কঠোর দুই সন্তান নীতির অবসান ঘটল। বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম খবরটি ...
Light to heavy rainfall accompanied by temporary gusty wind occurred in the capital and most parts of the country on Thursday bringing relief to the people from the heatwave which...
The national budget for fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) should focus more on equity, redistributive justice, protecting jobs and saving lives, and less on economic growth, according to the Centre for...
রাজধানীর কলাবাগানে ধোঁয়া দেখে ঘরের দরজা ভেঙে এক নারী চিকিৎসকের মৃতদেহ উদ্ধার করা হয়েছে, যার শরীরে ‘আঘাত ও পুড়ে যাওয়ার চিহ্ন’ছিল বলে জানিয়েছে পুলিশ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। সোমবার দুপুরে...
Sylhet City Corporation shut six markets for 10 days in the city from Monday morning to avoid risks as several quakes hit the district on Saturday and Sunday. Buyers were...
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Finance Company Bill, 2021, keeping a provision of imposing a fine of Tk 10 million as the maximum administrative punishment...
Joe Lara who portrayed Tarzan in a 1990s television series died in the plane crash Investigators on Sunday continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the...
An eighth-grader allegedly killed himself on Sunday in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj as his parents stopped him from playing mobile games. The deceased student was identified as Rafi, son of...
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