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In the second Test of the two-match series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first at Kandy on Thursday. In this game,...
CUMILLA: Matin Saikot, a college teacher from Adampur village of Elliotganj South Union in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila, has been irrigating his and others' agricultural land since 1997. In 1997, Matin...
Stocks opened higher on Thursday as bargain hunters showed their buying appetite riding on the regulatory move and expected corporate declaration by some listed companies. The market opened on a...
Food adulteration in Chattogram has increased alarmingly in the last few months. Basic food items adulterated with poisonous residues and manufactured food, including milk, butter, Ghee and soft drink, laced...
The securities regulator has moved to facilitate the renewal of the power purchase agreements (PPAs) earlier signed between the government and some listed power companies. The officials of the Bangladesh...
The government has selected 17 products to promote in the post-Covid era and to enhance their exports after Bangladesh graduates from the least developed country (LDC) to lower middle income...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has formed a high-powered committee to find out the possible challenges of the country after graduating from the least developed country (LDC) in 2026 and...
The government has allowed additional two hours' overtime for the country's export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) sector for six months amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said. According to labour law, a...
The board of directors of Standard Bank has recommended 2.5 per cent cash and 2.5 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. The final approval...
The government on Wednesday released Tk 13 billion to pay cash incentives on the export earnings. It is the 4thinstallment of cash incentives for payment during the April-June period of...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought to spend Tk 12.93 billion as tax and VAT for widening a 54km road with support from the Indian Line of Credit...
Road and transport sector has been brought under the digital security system for ensuring smooth highway connectivity and online payment system. The executive committee of the Digital Security Agency (DSA)...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will announce today (Thursday) the new retail prices of LPG for trading in domestic market for May. The commission held a public hearing with...
The Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) is expecting a significant surge in investment in the coming days with multiple foreign firms showing interest to invest here. Renowned Korean industrial conglomerate...
The board of directors of Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020, out of funds available for appropriation. The...
The central bank has relaxed rules, allowing all the scheduled banks to submit their audited balance sheets by June 30, mainly due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. The...
Police are still trying to unearth the motive and evidence behind death of Mosarat Jahan Munia, whose dead body was recovered from an apartment in Gulshan on Tuesday. Investigation supervising...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a proposal to produce Russian and Chinese vaccines locally. The Ministry Health and Family Welfare had placed the proposal. Following the...
The central bank has removed AKM Shaheed Reza from the post of director of Mercantile Bank board due to his alleged involvement in loan irregularities, officials said. In a further...
Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, yet, some people can use it more resourcefully than others. Now these people are not born with superpowers, they just happen...
"If I were to pick between having a bad day or bad fashion day I would definitely go with a bad day because bad fashion day is not even an...
The pandemic has had a drastic impact on the socio-cultural aspects of people's lives. The lockdown and this new way of life have forced people to adapt countless changes which...
The Islamic University of Technology Career and Business Society (IUT CBS), a student association of IUT, has successfully arranged its first ever gamified career fair 'Career Expo 2021' powered by...
A 10-member medical board was formed on Wednesday for the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda at Evercare Hospital in the capital. She was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night....
Yet another week's extension of 'hard lockdown' is more likely to be symbolic than substantial. When shops and shopping malls are kept open, it is worse than a partial lockdown....
The government has initiated an international tendering process to lease out the closed mills of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to the private sector at the earliest possible time. “Under...
Bangladesh is set to give emergency use approval to a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that will pave the way for import of the shots produced by state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group...
Migration of people to escape sea-level rise in Bangladesh will ultimately affect at least 1.3 million people across the country by 2050, according to a new study. A new mathematical...
As the richer nations engage in vaccine nationalism, many poorer countries are apprehensive about their prospects in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. A convenient solution to this huge challenge of overcoming...
With the outbreak of Covid-19 throughout the country, the nation's healthcare services have come to the limelight again. The citizens are still being deprived of minimum standard services from most...
গরম প্রচণ্ড বলে চাহিদা বেড়েছে, কিন্তু বৃষ্টিহীন অবস্থা প্রভাব ফেলেছে ফলনে, আবার লকডাউনের কারণে পরিবহনে খরচ বেশি- এসব মিলিয়েই এবার তরমুজের বাজারে আগুন বলে বিক্রেতাদের সঙ্গে কথা বলে জানা গেছে। খবর...
Producers and consumers seem helpless as food all over the world comes under fast growing corporate control. Such changes have also been worsening environmental collapse, social dislocation and the human...
Value Added Tax (VAT) law has been enacted to collect VAT from people. VAT is consumers' tax. Consumers i.e., purchasers of goods and services make payment to sellers against purchase....
Many courts are now closed and very few are operating virtually during the current pandemic. Because of court closure, many people are deprived of their fundamental rights, as they are...
Banks will remain open from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm until May 5 across the country for facilitating the financial transaction of their clients during the lockdown. The central bank...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rated the pitch used in the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as "below average." In a press release sent to the media...
এক কলেজছাত্রীকে ‘আত্মহত্যায় প্ররোচনার’ আসামি বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপের ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক সায়েম সোবহান আনভীর হাই কোর্টে আগাম জামিনের আবেদন করেছেন। বিচারপতি মামনুন রহমান ও বিচারপতি খোন্দকার দিলীরুজ্জামানের ভার্চুয়াল হাই কোর্ট বেঞ্চে বৃহস্পতিবারের...
সব মামলায় জামিনে নিয়ে কারাগার থেকে বেরিয়ে এলেন সংসদ সদস্য হাজি মোহাম্মদ সেলিমের ছেলে ইরফান সেলিম। ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি করপোরেশনের বরখাস্ত ওয়ার্ড কাউন্সিলর ইরফান নৌবাহিনী কর্মকর্তাকে ‘মারধরের’ পর গত বছরের...
President Abdul Hamid has expressed his hope that militaries of Bangladesh and China will continue to strengthen their practical cooperation in various fields, pushing for greater progress in their relations....
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase in a virtual meeting on Wednesday approved 5 proposals including one for setting up a 15MW Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO)-fired power plant in Hatiya...
An EU-accredited non-profit think tank has lauded Sheikh Hasina government’s “robust” handling of terrorism and religious extremism in Bangladesh while ripping into Pakistan, saying its Muslim-majority neighbour has "encouraged, sheltered...
Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) on Wednesday demanded measures for expansion of car market, and increasing the government’s tax collection by rationalising the import duty on reconditioned...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday said intelligence agencies are trying to identify the financers of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh. “Intelligence agencies are working to identify those who provide financial support...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh will soon sign a contract with China to import the coronavirus vaccine made by China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, commonly known as Sinopharm....
The government on Wednesday started the procurement of Boro paddy and rice across the country. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder inaugurated the nationwide procurement of Boro paddy through a videoconference...
Britain's political spending watchdog will launch a formal investigation into the funding of renovations to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apartment in Downing Street. The UK's Electoral Commission said in a...
বাংলাদেশের কর্মকর্তারা বলছেন, তারা তরমুজের 'ন্যায্যমূল্য' নিশ্চিত করতে বিভিন্ন স্থানে ভ্রাম্যমান আদালত পরিচালনা করছেন। সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে তীব্র গরম এবং রমজানের কারণে বাংলাদেশে মৌসুমী ফল তরমুজের চাহিদা বেড়েছে ব্যাপক। একই সাথে...
The grieving family of Musharrat Jahan Munia, whose hanging body was recovered from her rented flat in Dhaka, demanded exemplary punishment of those responsible for her death. Police on Monday...
ঢাকার নবাবগঞ্জ উপজেলায় অগ্নিকাণ্ডে দশটি বাসসহ কয়েকটি দোকান পুড়ে গেছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। উপজেলার বান্দুরা বাসস্ট্যান্ড এলাকায় বুধবার সকাল সাড়ে ১০টার দিকে অগ্নিকাণ্ডের এ ঘটনা ঘটে বলে নবাবগঞ্জ থানার...
Bangladesh, China and four South Asian countries have said “vaccine nationalism” will hinder the global efforts to defeat Covid-19, and underscored the need for avoiding the “immunity gap”. The six...
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