Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday lauded Russia's natural gas giant, vowing that Gazprom would thrive despite attempts by the West to cut its clout as demand for gas would...
No fresh case or death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Friday morning. Thirty-six dengue patients, including 16 in the capital, are now receiving...
Boeing said on Thursday it is merging its decades-old aircraft-financing arm with its commercial airplanes unit as part of a push to simplify its corporate structure. After the retirement of...
Twitter Inc has closed two of its three offices in India, a global media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social media company shut down offices...
A man, who passed highly sensitive information to the Russian state while working as a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin, was on Friday jailed for 13 years...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday asked the Bangladesh government to reconsider and if necessary cancel what it calls the vague and inequitable power purchase agreement with Adani Group. "TIB...
বৃহস্পতিবার ইস্পাহানি বিপিএল ২০২৩-এর ফাইনালে সিলেট স্ট্রাইকার্সকে হারিয়ে চতুর্থ শিরোপা জিতে নিল কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়ান্স। ফাইনাল জিতে চ্যাম্পিয়ন ট্রফি নিয়ে সংবাদ সম্মেলনে আসা কুমিল্লার নিয়মিত ঘটনা। ব্যতিক্রম ঘটেনি বৃহস্পতিবারও। অধিনায়ক ইমরুল...
The Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad has said that an attack on its members during a programme of the network’s fifth anniversary left at least 20 people...
Bangladesh will send another 10,000 tents to Turkey in addition to the 2,000 tents dispatched earlier to help the people made homeless by a massive earthquake, Foreign Minister AK Abdul...
The leaders and activists of BNP's Dhaka south and north city units on Friday brought out separate silent processions in the capital to press home the party's 20-point demand, including...
চাটার্ড লাইফ ইন্স্যুরেন্স কোম্পানী লিমিটেডের বিগত বছরের সেরা কর্মীদের পুরষ্কৃত করতে সম্প্রতি অনুষ্ঠিত হয়ে গেল ’চার্টার্ড লাইফ অ্যানুয়াল এ্যাওয়ার্ডস নাইট ২০২২’। গণমাধ্যমে পাঠানো এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে জানানো হয়, শ্রীমঙ্গলের গ্র্যান্ড...
তহবিল ঘাটতির কারণ দেখিয়ে বাংলাদেশের শরণার্থী শিবিরে আশ্রয় নিয়ে থাকা রোহিঙ্গাদের খাদ্য সহায়তা কমিয়ে দেওয়ার পরিকল্পনা করছে জাতিসংঘের সংস্থা ওয়ার্ল্ড ফুড প্রোগ্রাম-ডব্লিউএফপি। মানবাধিকার সংস্থাগুলো বলছে, সহায়তা কমিয়ে দেওয়া হলে বিশ্বের...
Bangladesh has recorded eight new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,738. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 over...
Indian tax officials on Thursday left the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, after a three-day inspection that involved the cloning of data from some digital devices, the tax...
Chinese social media company TikTok plans to open two more data centres in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday, a move that could mitigate concerns over the security of...
Negotiations will start in a week on extending an UN-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia after its invasion, a senior Ukrainian official...
Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter and Apple face stricter EU online content rules, based on monthly user numbers published by the companies, which exceeded an EU...
A staggering 78 million girls and boys around the world today “don’t go to school at all” because of conflict, climate disasters and displacement – while tens of millions more...
এক নজরে দেখলে একটা সাধারণ ভাতের হোটেল। ভর্তা, ভাজি, নানা পদের তরকারি। তবু অন্যান্য ভাতের হোটেল থেকে মামা হোটেল ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়-নীলক্ষেত এলাকায় একটু আলাদা। এক নামে সবাই চেনে। মামা হোটেলের...
The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition...
প্রাণীজ আমিষের সহজলভ্য উৎস হিসেবে পরিচিত ব্রয়লার মুরগির দাম চড়তে চড়তে ২৩০ টাকা ছুঁয়েছে। পাল্লা দিয়ে বাড়ছে ডিমের দাম; ঢাকার বাজারগুলোতে এক হালি ডিম কিনতে গুণতে হচ্ছে ৫০ টাকা। খুচরা...
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese weather balloon landed on one of its outlying islands, amid U.S. accusations that such craft have been dispatched worldwide to spy on Washington and...
South Korean and United States militaries will hold a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon next week to hone their joint response to a potential use of nuclear weapons by North...
International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and...
Senior politicians and military leaders from around the world meet in Germany on Friday with Ukrainian officials expected to address the security conference as they try to fend off Russian...
Portugal announced on Thursday a hefty package of measures to tackle a housing crisis, including the end of its controversial "Golden Visa" scheme and a ban on new licenses for...
China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing's data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রেসিডেন্ট জো বাইডেন বলেছেন, যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের উপকূলের কাছে কথিত চীনা নজরদারি বেলুনকে গুলি করে নামানোর ঘটনায় ক্ষমা চাইবেন না তিনি। ওই বেলুনটি নজরদারিতে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছিল, কিন্তু উত্তর আমেরিকার আকাশ থেকে...
Dhaka's air quality remained in the "hazardous" zone Friday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 335 at 9:10am, the capital ranked first in the list of world...
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter...
The United States is concerned about debt owed to China by Pakistan and other countries, US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said on Thursday during a visit to Islamabad as...
YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down from her role at the tech giant that started in her garage nearly 25 years...
The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to seven on Friday, and New Zealanders were told the number was likely to rise because emergency services have not yet made contact...
OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, on Thursday said it is developing an upgrade to its viral chatbot that users can customise, as it works to address concerns about bias in...
The authorities have set the target to complete the project work of the long-awaited deep sea port in Matarbari of Cox's Bazar by the year 2027. To this end, ground...
A seven-day Divisional SME Product Fair kicked off in Sylhet city on Thursday for showcasing and promoting products - produced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - in the local...
A majority of listed food makers gained double-digit profit growth year-on-year in the first half of the ongoing financial year even when inflation is sky high and all other indicators...
The government will provide rice for free to 10 million (one crore) ultra-poor people as food support during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder disclosed...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is planning to introduce a credit guarantee scheme (CGS) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and agriculture sectors to boost agriculture production through facilitating farmers with modern...
The authorities have decided to buy diesel AC (air-conditioned) buses in the first phase of the troubled BRT project as per its French funder's guideline. The Dhaka BRT Company earlier...
The government will reduce the use of single-use plastic by 90 per cent by 2026 to help protect the environment. It is also planned to increase plastic waste recycling to...
The government raised the jet fuel price by 5.35 per cent to Tk 118 per litre from the previous rate of Tk 112 per litre last week. State-run Bangladesh Petroleum...
Most necessaries cost higher and many drop protein from menu as prices rise capriciously above commoners' reach, market surveys show amid steep inflation at home. Consumers see little respite from...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday said the banks and financial institutions (FIs) can now sanction term loans to the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) from the Asian...
At least four people were killed and 30 injured after a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Habiganj's Bahubal upazila on Thursday evening, police said. The cause of the...
A view-exchange meeting organised by the FBCCI and attended by traders of all hues--- refiners, millers, wholesalers and retailers--- held last Sunday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan was...
It is public denouncement of the rice market in this country in the strongest of terms. More importantly, it comes from none other than a sitting minister. The minister concerned...
The UK-announced Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DTCS) due to be introduced soon is indeed a silver lining in the dim, if not murky, export prospect of most developing countries. Marking...
According to the new curriculum approved by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, five days of classes will be held in a week in school and colleges, Education minister Dipu Moni has...
মধ্যপ্রাচ্যে যাওয়ার জন্য কেবল নগদ অর্থের যোগান দিলেই রোহিঙ্গাদের পাসপোর্ট করে দিত চক্রটি; বিনিময়ে নিত কমপক্ষে এক লাখ টাকা। বৃহস্পতিবার ভোর থেকে দুপুর পর্যন্ত চট্টগ্রাম নগরীর বিভিন্ন স্থান থেকে চক্রটির...
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