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5601. বন্যায় শূন্য ভাড়ার ‘পূর্ণ’ হচ্ছে আমনেPublished: December 12, 2022 14:52:53

পাহাড়ি ঢলের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করে কোনোরকমে গোলায় তুলেছিলেন বোরো ফসল; কিন্তু শতাব্দীর ভয়াবহ বন্যায় সেই ফসলের একটা বড় অংশই গোলাতেই নষ্ট হয়ে মাথায় হাত পড়েছিল হাওরের কৃষকের। চলতি মৌসুমে সুনামগঞ্জ...


5602. চার ভিতে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ‘স্মার্ট বাংলাদেশের’ রূপরেখাPublished: December 12, 2022 14:40:53

বাংলাদেশকে ২০৪১ সালে উন্নত দেশের কাতারে পৌঁছে দেওয়ার যে লক্ষ্য ধরে সরকার কাজ করছে, সেই বাংলাদেশ ‘স্মার্ট বাংলাদেশ’ হয়ে উঠবে বলেই প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার প্রত্যাশা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। আর সেজন্য...


5603. Toyota to outline 3-year EV plan changes to suppliersPublished: December 12, 2022 14:13:54

Toyota Motor Corp is expected to outline adjustments to its electric vehicle (EV) strategy to key suppliers early next year, as it races to narrow the gap on price and...


5604. BNP to stage demonstration at Nayapaltan TuesdayPublished: December 12, 2022 13:46:29

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage a demonstration in the capital on Tuesday protesting the arrest of the party leaders and activists including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...


5605. PM Hasina unveils vision to build Smart Bangladesh by 2041Published: December 12, 2022 13:31:15

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled her vision to build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041 along with making it a developed country. “We will make Bangladesh a developed one...


5606. Iran carries out second execution linked to anti-government protestsPublished: December 12, 2022 13:16:17

The Islamic Republic hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, the second execution...


5607. Bali governor says new Indonesia laws pose no risk to touristsPublished: December 12, 2022 13:02:30

Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia's newly ratified criminal code, the island's governor said, dismissing concerns that revised laws which include articles criminalising sex outside...


5608. India's Tata Group to open 100 exclusive Apple stores: ReportPublished: December 12, 2022 12:52:03

Indian salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group plans to open 100 stores across the country that will only sell Apple Inc products, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing two people...


5609. Pedestrian hit by motorcycle dies in GopalganjPublished: December 12, 2022 12:37:04

A pedestrian has died after being run over by a motorcycle in Gopalganj's Tungipara. The motorcylist was also injured in the accident that occurred on Bashuria's Borni-Singipara Road on Sunday,...


5610. Stocks open higher with increased participationPublished: December 12, 2022 12:00:51

Stocks opened marginally higher on Monday as bargain hunters showed their appetite for buying sector-wise stocks amid eased political tension. Following the previous day’s upbeat trend, the market started on...


5611. Bangladesh may lose 6.0pc of potential trade due to restrictive data policiesPublished: December 12, 2022 11:55:18

Bangladesh is likely to face 6 per cent loss in its potential trade volume in five years due to ‘data localisation’ policies, according to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation...


5612. Saudi foreign minister: 'All bets off' if Iran gets nuclear weaponPublished: December 12, 2022 10:55:44

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Sunday that Iran's Gulf Arab neighbours would act to shore up their security if Tehran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Reuters reports. Indirect US-Iranian...


5613. রোমহর্ষক অপরাধ প্রবণতায় টিভি সিরিয়ালের দায় কতটা?Published: December 12, 2022 10:50:36

চট্টগ্রামের পাঁচ বছরের শিশু আয়াতকে অপহরণ ও হত্যার পর লাশ কয়েক টুকরো করে ফেলে দেওয়ার ঘটনায় পুলিশ বলছে, ‘ক্রাইম পেট্রোল’ ও ‘সিআইডি’র মত ভারতীয় টিভি সিরিয়াল দেখে উৎসাহ পেয়ে ওই...


5614. Murder confessions fuel debate over TV show influence on criminalsPublished: December 12, 2022 10:48:22

Indian TV shows, such as ‘Crime Patrol’ and ‘CID’, have on several occasions faced criticisms and calls for ban in Bangladesh when suspects revealed they planned gruesome crimes after watching...


5615. US inflation will be much lower by end of 2023, Yellen saysPublished: December 12, 2022 10:46:39

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday forecast a substantial reduction in US inflation in 2023, barring an unexpected shock. "I believe by the end of next year you will...


5616. ‘Won’t bend down to external pressure’: Shahriar warns diplomats against meddlingPublished: December 12, 2022 10:20:06

Shahriar Alam has said the government will not bow down to external pressure amid concerns of Dhaka-based foreign diplomats over reports of political violence and violation of human rights, including...


5617. Zelensky's talks with other leaders signal diplomatic flurry around UkrainePublished: December 12, 2022 10:17:04

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Joe Biden and with the leaders of Turkey and France on Sunday, an increase in diplomatic activity around the war started...


5618. Six Pakistanis, one Afghan soldier killed in cross-border clashPublished: December 12, 2022 09:46:13

Six Pakistani civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed on Sunday in cross border shelling and gunfire, according to officials on both sides of the frontier. The Pakistan army said...


5619. Low rights offering: Result of prevention of abusePublished: December 12, 2022 09:21:55

The seven-year-low fund raised via rights shares this year has been blamed largely on the tightening of regulatory measures, but experts believe the decline happened to the advantage of investors...


5620. NBR starts audit training for tax officialsPublished: December 12, 2022 09:20:20

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched a higher audit training programme for income tax officials to enhance their capacity in auditing complex tax returns of large corporate taxpayers....


5621. BSC no longer loss-making entity, says ministerPublished: December 12, 2022 09:19:23

CHATTOGRAM: Once a losing concern, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation had earned much more than spent in the last three consecutive financial years while its net profits also significantly rose in...


5622. Well-trained, they now bargain for a better dealPublished: December 12, 2022 09:17:50

Hundreds of underprivileged youths, who mostly lost their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh's north-eastern Sylhet region, are now being employed in various sectors after they received much-required skills...


5623. 10 more products come under BSTI's mandatory quality certificate provisionPublished: December 12, 2022 09:09:24

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) included on Sunday 10 new products under its mandatory quality standard-certificate provision. The products are disposable diapers, face wash, petroleum jelly, bread (flatbread...


5624. Two-day gas turbine tech seminar beginsPublished: December 12, 2022 09:05:32

A two-day gas-turbine-technology seminar organised by Mitsubishi Power kicked off at a city hotel on Sunday. The seminar aims at discussing the latest solutions and services in the power-generation industry...


5625. Chinese co appointed O&M contractor for Karnaphuli TunnelPublished: December 12, 2022 08:57:40

The government has finally appointed a Chinese contractor for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Karnaphuli Tunnel, revising a provision that 35 per cent of the five-year contract value of...


5626. Hydrocarbon reserve in Bay: Multi-client survey set to start in DecemberPublished: December 12, 2022 08:54:44

The long-awaited multi-client survey to delineate hydrocarbon (HC) reserve in the Bay of Bengal is all set to start, as the contractor concerned - a Norway-US joint venture (JV) -...


5627. No comforting prospect for frozen fish exportPublished: December 12, 2022 08:50:21

Signs of a possible recovery of the forex-earning sector during the last two fiscal years from a decade-long downturn are fading out as the exports of frozen-fish products and live...


5628. Parliament Secretariat publishes gazette declaring six seats of BNP MPs vacantPublished: December 11, 2022 23:10:22

The Parliament Secretariat has published gazette notifications vacating the parliamentary seats held by six BNP MPs who have resigned in protest against what they said was extreme authoritarianism of the...


5629. Tearful Ronaldo the lasting image of Portugal World Cup debaclePublished: December 11, 2022 23:04:11

Cristiano Ronaldo running to the tunnel in tears and as desolate as the football world has ever seen him will be the lasting image for Portugal fans looking back on...


5630. ১০ ডিসেম্বর নিয়ে বিএনপি অনেক কথা বললেও কিছুই করতে পারেনি: ওবায়দুল কাদেরPublished: December 11, 2022 22:51:34

‘১০ ডিসেম্বর’ নিয়ে বিএনপি অনেক কথা বললেও কিছুই করতে পারেনি বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন আওয়ামী লীগের সাধারণ সম্পাদক ওবায়দুল কাদের। সড়ক পরিবহন ও সেতুমন্ত্রী বলেন, “১০ ডিসেম্বর বিএনপি সব করবে, কী...


5631. We will try to stop Argentina as a team, not with man-marking: CroatiaPublished: December 11, 2022 22:43:42

Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilising the entire team in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday, they...


5632. Tourism banned indefinitely in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari, RumaPublished: December 11, 2022 22:30:31

As part of security measures in Bandarban, one of the three constituent districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the administration has imposed an indefinite ban on tourism at Rowangchhari and...


5633. বিএনপির ছয় সংসদ সদস্যের আসন শূন্য ঘোষণা করে গেজেট প্রকাশ, উপ-নির্বাচন মার্চের প্রথম ভাগেPublished: December 11, 2022 22:24:06

বিএনপির সাত সংসদ সদস্যের মধ্যে পদত্যাগ করায় ছয়জনের আসন শূন্য ঘোষণা করে গেজেট প্রকাশ করেছে সংসদ সচিবালয়। ফলে আগামী মার্চের প্রথম ভাগের মধ্যে এই ছয়টি আসনে উপ-নির্বাচন হবে। রোববার সকালে...


5634. ASK condemns ‘forcible checking of data on mobile phone’ of commutersPublished: December 11, 2022 22:12:30

Rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has condemned police and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League for carrying out “unlawful and unconstitutional” checking of mobile phone information to make sure...


5635. Two ministers say govt committed to holding free and fair pollsPublished: December 11, 2022 21:49:06

Apparently, in response to the recent call of the international community to ensure a free and fair election and to protect human rights, two ministers of Bangladesh on Sunday reiterated...


5636. When egos trudge bigger than the team, failure follows...Published: December 11, 2022 21:17:35

Cristiano Ronaldo was trudging high and mighty playing football at the highest level for 20 years. But his last walk out of field after losing to Morocco and by extension...


5637. সরকারকে পদত্যাগ করাতে এসে বিএনপির এমপিরা নিজেরাই পদত্যাগ করেছে: তথ্যমন্ত্রীPublished: December 11, 2022 21:12:40

দেশের গণতান্ত্রিক অগ্রযাত্রা ‘বাধাগ্রস্ত করতেই’ বিএনপির এমপিরা পদত্যাগ করছেন বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ম সাধারণ সম্পাদক ও তথ্যমন্ত্রী হাছান মাহমুদ। রোববার সচিবালয়ে সাংবাদিকদের সাথে মতবিনিময়ে তিনি বলেন, “বিএনপির সর্বমোট...


5638. Mounting adverse effects of illegal migrationPublished: December 11, 2022 21:10:40

Horror continues to cast its shadow as the trail of illegal migration and immigration winds its way through the Bay of Bengal to the Indian Ocean or pursues its path...


5639. BB's green refinancing schemePublished: December 11, 2022 20:47:40

The refinancing programme recently announced by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) could be singled out for its thrust on a critical issue --- greening of entrepreneurship. Clearly, the central bank's initiative...


5640. Coup plot to topple German RepublicPublished: December 11, 2022 20:46:34

A fringe group that believes in conspiracy theory and want to take their country back to pre-World War II era, more specifically, to the time of Second Reich in 1871,...


5641. Manipulative price rise is what hurts mostPublished: December 11, 2022 20:45:31

Even though it is still Agrahayan --- the last month of the season of Hemanta or late Fall or Autumn --- on the Bangla calendar, the air is ripe with...


5642.   সৈয়দপুরে বিমানযাত্রীর সঙ্গে নভোএয়ার কর্মীর হাতাহাতি, দুই যাত্রী আটক ৫ ঘণ্টাPublished: December 11, 2022 20:38:11

সময়মতো ফ্লাইট না ছাড়ায় সৈয়দপুর বিমানবন্দরে বেসরকারি বিমান সংস্থা নভোএয়ারের কর্মচারীদের সঙ্গে হাতাহাতির পর আটক দুই যাত্রীকে পাঁচ ঘণ্টা পর ছেড়ে দেওয়া হয়েছে। সৈয়দপুর বিমানবন্দর ব্যবস্থাপক সুপ্লব কুমার ঘোষ জানান,...


5643. UNICEF praises universal birth registration initiative in BangladeshPublished: December 11, 2022 20:23:50

UNICEF commends the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Sunday between the Office of the Registrar General, the Local Government Division, and the Directorate General of Health Services to accelerate...


5644. Resignation of BNP MPs nothing but just a drop in ocean: Obaidul QuaderPublished: December 11, 2022 20:16:56

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the resignation of five BNP MPs is nothing but just a drop in the...


5645. অভিযোজন পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়নে আন্তর্জাতিক সহযোগিতা চাইলেন প্রধানমন্ত্রীPublished: December 11, 2022 19:50:33

জাতীয় অভিযোজন পরিকল্পনা (এনএপি) বাস্তবায়নে আন্তর্জাতিক অংশীদারদের সহযোগিতা চেয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। তিনি বলেছেন, “আমাদের এনএপি বাস্তবায়নে অভ্যন্তরীণ ও আন্তর্জাতিক উৎস থেকে ২৩০ বিলিয়ন মার্কিন ডলার প্রয়োজন। অভিযোজন ও প্রশমনের...


5646. ডায়াপারসহ আরও ১০ পণ্যে লাগবে ‘মান সনদ’Published: December 11, 2022 19:43:15

রাষ্ট্রীয় মান নির্ধারণী সংস্থা বাংলাদেশ স্ট্যান্ডার্ডস অ্যান্ড টেস্টিং ইনস্টিটিউশনের (বিএসটিআই) বাধ্যতামূলক মান সনদের তালিকায় যুক্ত হচ্ছে আরও ১০টি পণ্য। রোববার সংস্থার সর্বোচ্চ নীতিনির্ধারণী পরিষদ বিএসটিআই কাউন্সিলের ৩৭তম সভায় মান সনদের...


5647. RAB informant stabbed in S Keraniganj dies at DMCHPublished: December 11, 2022 19:37:16

A 30-year-old man, stabbed by unknown assailants eight days earlier, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital on Sunday. Md Amin Hossain Asif, son...


5648. রমজানে দাম সহনীয় রাখতে আটটি নিত্যপণ্যের এলসি মার্জিন ন্যূনতম রাখার নির্দেশPublished: December 11, 2022 19:19:40

আসন্ন রমজানে পণ্যের দাম সহনীয় রাখতে ভোজ্য তেল, চিনি, পেঁয়াজসহ আটটি নিত্য প্রয়োজনীয় খাদ্যপণ্য আমদানিতে ঋণপত্র (এলসি) খুলতে ন্যূনতম নগদ মার্জিন রাখার নির্দেশনা দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক। এ হার কত হবে...


5649. 200 foreign artists pay tribute to BangabandhuPublished: December 11, 2022 19:05:36

As many as 200 foreign artists paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Sunday. Artists from 114 countries have come to...


5650. Banks asked to open LC for Ramadan importsPublished: December 11, 2022 19:02:06

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks to open letters of credit (LC) for importing essential commodities to ensure stable supply in Ramadan at a minimum margin. The banking regulation and...