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India is preparing an economic stimulus package for the sectors worst affected by COVID-19, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The finance ministry is working on...
The Google Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd obtained VAT registration on Monday after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) amended provisions to remove obstacles. It has appointed a local VAT agent to...
As many as 27 scheduled banks have so far invested Tk 14 billion in the stock market under the special fund, formed under the central bank's initiative to support the...
Some major industrial goods including MS (mild steel) products, mobile phone, scrap and ship scrap are set to get waiver from payment of Advance Tax (AT) in the upcoming budget...
Carrier- or network-locked handsets are going to hit the country's market soon for the first time ever under a joint collaboration between mobile network operators (MNOs) and mobile handset manufacturers....
Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal has won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second One Day International of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National...
The UN migration agency and Rohingya community have jointly launched the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (RCMC), one of the first significant attempts to comprehensively document and preserve the heritage of...
Bangladesh has reported a patient who recovered from the coronavirus infection in Satkhira as the first case of mucormycosis or black fungus. The person was diagnosed with mucormycosis while undergoing...
The market opened sharply higher on Tuesday like the previous day as investors continued putting fresh bets on major sector stocks amid high expectations. Following the previous day’s big gain, the...
India on Tuesday posted 196,427 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in infections since April 14, while deaths from Covid-19 rose by 3,511. The...
Indian government leaders appealed to farmers to call off a mass protest this week for fear it could prove a viral "super-spreader" event as the country's overall death toll from...
Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a...
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely hold a summit in Geneva in June, US media reported on Monday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, several...
Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous...
Australia is to close its embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, where the Australian troops are scheduled to withdraw later this year. According to a joint media statement on...
A heavy bout of rainfall brought much-awaited relief in Dhaka city Monday night after a week of a heatwave that scorched parts of the country. Thunder and lightning started to...
The Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Mufti Amir Hamza, described as an "extremist" Islamic speaker, on charges of spreading extremism using the...
Habibullah Sirajee, an Ekushey Padak-winning poet and director general of Bangla Academy, has died in hospital care in Dhaka at the age of 72. He passed away at Bangladesh Specialised...
Myanmar's state television on Monday aired pictures of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time since a military coup nearly four months ago, showing her first in-person...
Labour migration has been integral to the economic and social development of Bangladesh since its birth. Initially, it was pioneered at the individual level who explored job opportunities at different...
As the world enters its second year of living with the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus has shifted from containing the spread of the disease towards recovering from socio-economic disruptions. Covid-19...
Palestine has requested the Bangladesh government to reverse the decision to redact 'all countries except Israel' from the Bangladeshi passport. “Bangladesh is a sovereign country and it has the right to...
‘ওয়াজের নামে তরুণদের উগ্রবাদে উদ্বুদ্ধ করা’র অভিযোগে বিতর্কিত ধর্মীয় বক্তা আমির হামজাকে গ্রেপ্তার করেছে ঢাকা মহানগর পুলিশের কাউন্টার টেররিজম অ্যান্ড ট্রান্সন্যাশনাল ক্রাইম (সিটিটিসি) ইউনিট। সোমবার বিকেলে কুষ্টিয়া থেকে তাকে গ্রেপ্তার...
While this write-up was being prepared in the midst of Israeli air attacks on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, with occasional landing of missiles on the Jewish cities,...
The nine-year long freeze on completion of the Jatrabari kitchen super-market as published in the media on Sunday cannot but be agonising and somewhat heart-breaking. The difference of opinion between...
In November 2015, this scribe wrote in the Daily Times, Lahore that Israel's continued expansion of settlements in occupied territories, the building of security wall in the middle of Palestinian...
With little more than two months on the job, US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai has already staked out the most ambitious pro-environmental trade policy in the United States (US)...
A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different COVID-19 vaccines for second doses amid supply delays and safety concerns that have slowed their vaccination campaigns. Several medical...
Automakers Renault, its alliance partner Nissan Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co face temporary factory closures in India due to growing unrest among workers concerned about rising COVID-19 cases. Workers...
নারায়ণগঞ্জের ঘটনা নিয়ে আলোচনার মধ্যে চট্টগ্রামের হাটহাজারীতে জরুরি সেবার হটলাইনে ‘অপ্রয়োজনে’ খাদ্য সহায়তার জন্য টেলিফোন করায় উপজেলা নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তার সতর্কবার্তা শুনতে হল এক তরুণকে। হাটহাজারী উপজেলা নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা (ইউএনও) মো....
About 600 kilometres from the Bangladesh coasts, Cyclone Yaas is hurtling towards India at a speed of four kilometres per hour in a north-northwesterly direction. Coupled with a heatwave, increased...
বাংলাদেশের উপকূল থেকে ৬০০ কিলোমিটার দূরে বঙ্গোপসাগরে পাক খেতে থাকা ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘ইয়াস’ ঘণ্টায় চার কিলোমিটার গতিতে এগিয়ে যাচ্ছে উত্তর উত্তর-পশ্চিমে, ভারতের ওড়িশা আর পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উপকূলের দিকে। এদিকে টানা কয়েক দিনের...
Students rallied and formed human chains in parts of the country on Monday to demand that the educational institutions, closed for the pandemic, are immediately reopened. The government shut down...
Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has expressed concern over the prevailing threat of Covid-19 in the country and said: "We will be wiped out if we can't control the virus...
Authorities here said Monday they have started preparations to protect the lives and property of the people as cyclone 'Yaas' may strike the south-western coast. Assistant Commissioner of Barishal District...
Indian authorities began evacuating thousands of people from coastal areas in two states on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on the country's east coast, complicating efforts to control...
মির্জা ফখরুল ফিলিস্তিন-ইসরায়েল সংকট সমাধানে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রেসিডেন্ট জো-বাইডেনের বক্তব্যকে ‘তাৎপর্যময়’ বলে অভিহিত করেছেন বিএনপি মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর। সোমবার বিকালে এক জরুরি সংবাদ সম্মেলনে বিএনপি মহাসচিব এই মন্তব্য করেন।...
তথ্য ও সম্প্রচার মন্ত্রী এবং আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ম সাধারণ সম্পাদক ড. হাছান মাহমুদ বলেছেন সাংবাদিক রোজিনা ইসলামের জামিন প্রসঙ্গে বিএনপি মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর যে বক্তব্য দিয়েছেন, তাতে মনে...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Land and Payment Gateway Channel Service Providers Upay, Nagad and Bkash, and Banking Services Providers United Commercial Bank (UCB)...
Indian authorities began evacuating thousands of people from coastal areas in two states on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on the country's east coast, complicating efforts to control...
A Nepali government official said on Monday that many foreign climbers were continuing their attempts to summit Mount Everest despite reports of a COVID-19 outbreak at the base camp of...
A rapid rise in cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has added to the challenges faced by India's healthcare system as it deals with a massive second wave...
করোনাভাইরাস শনাক্ত করতে সিঙ্গাপুরে এমন এক পরীক্ষার অনুমতি দেয়া হয়েছে, যাতে একটি কিটের মাধ্যমে নিঃশ্বাস নিয়ে এক মিনিটেই ফল জানা যাবে। এই 'ব্রেদালাইজার কিট' তৈরি করেছে সিঙ্গাপুরের একটি নতুন কোম্পানি...
Myanmar may not accept hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh from the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing gave the indication...
বেলারুশে রায়ানএয়ারের একটি উড়োজাহাজকে জোর করে নামানোর অভিযোগ ওঠার পর তীব্র প্রতিক্রিয়া জানিয়েছে বৈশ্বিক বিমান সংস্থাগুলো। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। রোববার বেলারুশে ঘটা বিরল এ ঘটনার তদন্তের আহ্বান জানিয়েছে তারা।...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,441 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 790,521. The death toll from COVID-19 rose by 25 in a 24-hour count to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the Commonwealth to play its crucial role in eradicating poverty and minimising climate vulnerabilities of the underprivileged segment of the population. “I strongly...
মহামারী নিয়ন্ত্রণের বিধিনিষেধে সাত সপ্তাহ বন্ধ থাকার পর সোমবার থেকে অর্ধেক আসনে যাত্রী নিয়ে আবারও গন্তব্যের উদ্দেশ্যে ছেড়ে যাচ্ছে ট্রেন। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। ঢাকার কমলাপুর রেল স্টেশন থেকে সোমবার...
Facebook announced the expansion of its third-party fact-checking programme with the addition of international partner AFP, as well as Bangladesh-based organisation Fact Check, as part of its ongoing efforts to...
লিথুয়ানিয়ার রাজধানী ভিলনিয়াসের দিকে যাচ্ছিল রায়ানএয়ারের ফ্লাইট ৪৯৭৮। কিন্তু হঠাৎ করেই পাইলটের ঘোষণা, পাশের দেশ বেলারুশের রাজধানী মিনস্কের দিকে ঘোরানো হচ্ছে বিমানের গতিপথ। গ্রিস থেকে লিথুয়ানিয়াগামী উড়োজাহাজটি এমন আচমকা ঘুরিয়ে...
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