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Zambia will start rationing electricity supply to domestic consumers from Dec 15 following a big drop in water levels in lake Kariba, threatening hydropower generation, Energy Minister Peter Kapala said...
A butterfly fair was held Friday at Jahangirnagar University amid festivity. JU pro-vice chancellor Prof Sheikh Md Munjurul Haque inaugurated the fair in front of Zahir Raihan Auditorium around 10:00am....
So teaching something to the tiny tots can be an arduous task in itself since it not only requires an extreme amount of patience to deal with the kids but...
Venezuela's oil minister and top representatives of state-run company PDVSA on Friday signed contracts with US oil firm Chevron Corp intended to help revive the nation's oil output and expand operations....
Pelé has a respiratory infection and will remain at the hospital where he's been since Tuesday. The 82-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, is being treated with...
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'unhealthy' zone on Saturday. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 177 at 8:40am, the metropolis ranked fifth in the list...
Fifteen people were injured in a clash between two factions of Chattogram University Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday night. SM Ziaul Islam, assistant proctor of CU, said supporters of...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe is too reliant on the United States for its own security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday. Speaking at a...
A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran's restive southeast in the third month of protests despite a violent state clampdown,...
Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout phase for the third straight time after prevailing 3-2 over Serbia on Friday to finish runners-up in Group G and set up a last...
The Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia on Friday said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after European Union members overcame resistance from Poland and hammered out a political agreement...
Lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections,...
A late goal by skipper Vincent Aboubakar ended Cameroon's 20-year wait for a win at the World Cup as the Indomitable Lions bowed out in style by beating a much-changed...
Stocks bounced back in the outgoing week to Thursday, snapping a three-week losing streak, as bargain hunters put fresh bets on some selective stocks, although investors' participation continued to decline...
The ten most-traded companies accounted for 37 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with Genex Infosys dominating the turnover chart for a...
Coal-supply shortage is affecting production of local brickfields, raising fear of further price surge of the key construction material, sector insiders said. According to them, the country's brickfields are facing...
Some 65 organisations have received the 'ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2021' for their outstanding performance to ensure corporate governance. The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) honoured...
Two power-distribution companies are found extravagant in their spending on development project-related land acquisition and procurement, overreaching government provisions, sources say. Bypassing the Rural Electrification Board (REB) instructions, two of...
The state recruitment agency has revised the cost of migration for outbound workers after almost six years to make it more worker-friendly. The Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL),...
A clarion call comes for channeling more concessional loans through multilateral development system into emerging and developing economies to finance inclusive and sustainable development. Speakers from regional countries in South...
Redrafting deal documents is underway as the government is set to sign sure-fire Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) treaties with countries to obtain information and retrieve laundered money, officials say. The...
Global rice prices continue soaring, raising concerns for local importers who are supposed to source 1.4 million tonnes of the staple within December this year amid a rocketing trend of...
Contract suppliers have refused Bangladesh government's call to increase the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet a mounting demand as the country runs short of fuels, sources say....
The FIFA World Cup Football has never seen upsets of this order before as the 22 edition now being held in Qatar is witnessing. Only three teams ---England, Portugal and...
A recent flagship report of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) said the global health crisis doubled the wealth of the 10 richest men in the world...
A woman has died after being dragged by a car for nearly one kilometre following her fall from a motorcycle in the Dhaka University area. Shocked bystanders watched and shouted...
When the authorities are harping on the stories of marvellous development in the country, they have also overlooked numerous social and civic problems. These social troubles, mainly spreading due to...
This year, the government has been facing an uphill task in procuring rice. On the one hand, rice harvest is less than expected for three crops. From what has been...
In a welcome move, the Foreign Exchange Policy Department of the central bank, the Bangladesh Bank (BB), did reportedly issue a circular on Tuesday (November 29) permitting the local mobile...
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni complained about the limited recovery time ahead of his squad's World Cup last-16 clash against Australia but promised his team would play out of their skins...
গুজরাটের বিধানসভা নির্বাচনের ঠিক আগে বিজেপির হয়ে প্রচারে নেমে বাংলাদেশি ও বাঙালিদের নিয়ে করা মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চেয়েছেন বলিউড অভিনেতা পরেশ রাওয়াল। মঙ্গলবার রাজ্যটির ভালসাদে ভারতের ক্ষমতাসীন দলের এক সমাবেশে...
Opener Liton Das will lead Bangladesh in the upcoming three-match ODI series against India after the regular captain Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the series due to a groin...
President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden...
তামিম ইকবালের অনুপস্থিতিতে শুধু ওপেনিংয়ে বাড়তি দায়িত্বই নয়, আরও বড় একটি ভার বাইতে হবে লিটন কুমার দাসকে। ভারতের বিপক্ষে তিন ম্যাচের ওয়ানডে সিরিজে বাংলাদেশকে নেতৃত্ব দেবেন এই কিপার-ব্যাটসম্যান। সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে...
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has called on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and major maritime partners to strengthen their support for Bangladesh's initiatives towards a greener maritime...
A day-long 'Butterfly Fair-2022' was held at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Friday amid festivity. JU Zoology Department organised the fair on the Zahir Raihan auditorium premises of the...
ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজের বিপক্ষে অস্ট্রেলিয়ার চলমান টেস্টের ধারাভাষ্য দেওয়ার সময় হঠাৎ অসুস্থ হয়ে পড়েন রিকি পন্টিং। সতর্কতার অংশ হিসেবে এই গ্রেট ক্রিকেটারকে পার্থের একটি হাসপাতালে নেওয়া হয়েছে। পার্থের অপ্টাস স্টেডিয়ামে অস্ট্রেলিয়া-ওয়েস্ট...
A top adviser to Ukraine’s president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country’s nine-month struggle against Russia’s invasion, a rare...
The country's business leaders have urged against lifting the cap on interest rate arguing that it will affect investment. They also agreed with the Bangladesh Bank governor who insists that...
An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a...
Bangladesh has recorded 15 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,612. The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours...
A plan to build the first fibre-optic cable across the Arctic has secured its first investment, the consortium behind the 1.1 billion euro ($1.15 billion) scheme said on Friday. The...
আন্তর্জাতিক মুদ্রা তহবিল (আইএমএফ) প্রধান ক্রিস্টালিনা জর্জিয়েভা বৃহস্পতিবার সতর্ক করে দিয়ে বলেছেন, প্রধান অর্থনীতির ধীরগতির কারণে বৈশ্বিক প্রবৃদ্ধি দুই শতাংশের নিচে নেমে যেতে পারে। যা সর্বশেষ দেখা গিয়েছিল করোনাভাইরাস প্রাদুর্ভাবের...
The presidents of the United States and France said they would hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine and the European Union reached tentative agreement on an oil...
Over a dozen parents are suing Indonesia's drug regulator and health ministry for allowing into the country medications linked to acute kidney injury that killed their children or damaged their...
ভারতের বিপক্ষে ঘরের মাঠে সিরিজে বাংলাদেশ দলের সঙ্গে দেখা যাবে না খালেদ মাহমুদকে। দুই টেস্ট ও তিন ওয়ানডের এই অভিযানে টিম ডিরেক্টরের দায়িত্ব থেকে বিরতি বিসিবির এই পরিচালক। সংযুক্ত আরব...
The United States has seen over 1.0 million firearm fatalities over the past 30 years, according to a new study. There were roughly 1,110,000 deaths related to firearms -- nearly...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে একটি নতুন সমীক্ষায় বলা হয়, দেশটিতে বন্দুক হামলায় গত ৩০ বছরে ১০ লাখের বেশি লোকের মৃত্যু হয়েছে। ১৯৯০ থেকে ২০২১ সাল পর্যন্ত যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র সংক্রান্ত ঘটনায় প্রায় ১১ লাখ...
Bangladesh earned over $5.0 billion from merchandise exports in November, a record income in a month thanks to a surge in apparel exports, according to official figures. The November export...
প্রতিপক্ষ হিসেবে অস্ট্রেলিয়াকে পেয়ে সাবধানী আর্জেন্টিনার কোচ লিওনেল স্কালোনি ও অধিনায়ক লিওনেল মেসি। শক্তিতে অনেক পিছিয়ে থাকা দলকে সমীহ করে কথা বলছেন তারা। তবে এসবের ধারই ধারছে না অস্ট্রেলিয়া। বরং...
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