When Shannon and Chandra LaNier showed their children the trailer for "The Little Mermaid" featuring Black American singer Halle Bailey as Ariel, they were met with screams of excitement and...
Kyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union....
A 17-year-old-Rohingya boy was killed and five others were injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at the Zero Point Rohingya Camp close to the international...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he had spoken to Nike Inc and thanked the US sportswear maker for making what he called the "right decision" to pull out...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Sept 2022) suggested that the Commonwealth should do something befitting in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II in remembrance of her dedicated services to...
Stocks slipped into the red in the outgoing week to Thursday, snapping a four-week gaining streak, as jittery investors rushed to lock in profits from large-cap issues that witnessed price...
Ten most-traded companies accounted for nearly 42 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with Beximco keeping its dominance on the turnover list...
The government is considering doubling the benefit amount on the mandatory insurance coverage and enhancing other facilities for outbound Bangladeshi workers, officials said. Currently, a worker receives Tk 400,000 from...
CHATTOGRAM: Almost 93 per cent of the construction work of 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' under Karnaphuli river in Chattogram has been completed. Already the government appointed a Chinese company...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has taken steps to deactivate more than 15 SIMs registered under one national identity (NID). The telecom regulator has identified a total of such...
A move is underway to integrate the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway (DAEE) with the airport's imposing third terminal which now sees significant construction progress with the development of major infrastructures. Sources...
Bangladeshi products will be transported to India on Indian container trains. After unloading their exportable items here, the trains will carry the Bangladeshi products on the return trip. The goods-carrying...
The government is not entertaining any proposal for raising expenditures of ongoing development projects rather asking the implementing agencies to spend from their own funds, if necessary, officials say. Now...
Private universities in the country are now under pressure to allow student politics on their respective campuses. The pressure is mounted by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing...
A five-year study done by the Department of Environment (DoE) between 2013 and 2018 found that seven cities of Bangladesh-Narayanganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Rajshahi, Chattogram, Khulna and Barishal-have the most polluted...
With the rise in the volume of import and export, the need for minimising the time and cost involved in the process of clearing goods from the land, sea and...
Bangladesh Bank has warned businesses against accepting export proceeds in cryptocurrency and retaining the funds abroad. Amid a dollar crunch, it also reminded people of the law that prohibits buying...
A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China's southern province of Hunan, on Friday afternoon. Dozens of storeys of the more than 200-metre tall...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced the discovery of new sites for gold and copper ore deposits in the Madinah region. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA),...
The government will publish the price list of nine necessities in the country in accordance with the world market in the next seven days, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi. This...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the Commonwealth must do something befitting for Queen Elizabeth II in remembrance of her dedicated service to the forum over the years. She...
Eminent economist cum historian, retired secretary, renowned academic and former adviser to the caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan passed away all of a sudden on September 8, 2022, --...
Eleven bodies from the BM Container Depot explosion and fire in Chattogram’s Sitakunda are still unidentified as the authorities are waiting for DNA reports. Meanwhile, the remains of 10 people...
Abdur Razzak, the director of Al-Arafah Islami Agent Banking in Kunjerhat and Shibpur Khasherhat markets in Bhola, has been killed in a lightning strike on Friday. The incident occurred at...
বান্দরবানের নাইক্ষ্যংছড়িতে মিয়ানমার সীমান্তে বিস্ফোরণে এক বাংলাদেশি যুবক আহত হয়েছেন। নাইক্ষ্যংছড়ি উপজেলা নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা সালমা ফেরদৌস জানান, শুক্রবার উপজেলার ঘুমধুমের বাইশফাঁড়ি সীমান্তে এই বিস্ফোরণ হয়। “ঘটনার পর থেকে সীমান্তে বিজিবি...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday invited UK businesses to avail of the investment opportunities in Bangladesh. She made the call while Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea, also President of...
ফার্মের মুরগির ডিমের দাম ১৫ দিনের ব্যবধানে ডজনে বেড়েছে ৩০ টাকা। গত সপ্তাহে ১৫ টাকা বাড়ার পর এই সপ্তাহেও আরও ১৫ টাকা বেড়ে প্রতি ডজন ডিম আবার গিয়ে ঠেকেছে ১৪৫...
The whole world is in a transition of production and use of energy at present. Depletion of significant reserves of fossil fuels, recent conflicts and wars disrupting energy supply and...
The Jashore Education Board has postponed the multiple choice question section of the SSC Bangla second paper exam. As a result, students on Saturday will only sit for the creative...
Garment workers, the foot soldiers of Bangladesh's economic success, have finally received some attention from the global community over the last few years thanks to their unsafe working conditions, low...
As a developing country, Bangladesh strives to improve the socioeconomic conditions of its vast majority of poor people. It is trying to free them from hunger, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and...
চলমান এসএসসি পরীক্ষায় যশোর শিক্ষা বোর্ডে শনিবার অনুষ্ঠেয় বাংলা দ্বিতীয় পত্রের বহুনির্বাচনী পরীক্ষা স্থগিত করা হয়েছে; এ বিষয়ের শুধু সৃজনশীল পরীক্ষা অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। শুক্রবার মাধ্যমিক ও উচ্চ মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা বোর্ড...
Indonesia's anti-trust agency (KPPU) said on Thursday it is investigating potential unfair business practices by Google over the use of proprietary payment services for its software distribution platform Google Play...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Friday said the demand of readymade garments (RMG) workers for salary hikes is logical in view of the rising commodity prices amid the current global...
The rate of disposing of cases in subordinate courts across the country has increased by 32.40 per cent, according to a report of the Supreme Court administration. In the first...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the BNP couldn't implement any megaprojects during their tenure due to inept economic management, and now feel pained at the success...
মূল্যস্ফীতির সঙ্গে লড়তে গিয়ে দেশে দেশে কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংকগুলো যেভাবে একই সময়ে সুদের হার বাড়ানোর পদক্ষেপ নিয়েছে, তার প্রতিক্রিয়ায় আগামী বছর বিশ্বে মন্দা পরিস্থিতি তৈরি হতে পারে বলে মনে করছে বিশ্ব...
A man has been run over and killed by a train in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar, reports bdnews24.com. The victim was identified as 60-year-old Brajendra Chandra Mondol, a businessman in the...
The BNP has announced nationwide demonstrations for Sunday protesting the attack on their programme in the city’s Mirpur. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement at a...
Barrister Abul Hasnat, the first mayor of Dhaka City Corporation and a founding member of BNP, passed away on Friday at his residence in London. He was 82. Hasnat breathed...
Bangladesh has recorded 363 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,016,946. The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,339 over...
A man was hacked to death allegedly by assailants in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, a resident of the municipality. He was...
ইউরোপ রাশিয়ার রপ্তানির ওপর আরোপ করা নিষেধাজ্ঞা আরও শিথিল করতে রাজি হলে মহাদেশটির বন্দরগুলোতে আটকা পড়ে থাকা রাশিয়ার সার বিনামূল্যে উন্নয়নশীল দেশগুলোকে দিয়ে দেওয়ার জন্য রাশিয়া প্রস্তুত বলে জানিয়েছেন প্রেসিডেন্ট...
US President Joe Biden announced a new $600 million arms package to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia, according to a White House memo sent to the State Department on...
Skipper Sabina Khatun continued her prolific form scoring the second hat-trick in the ongoing tournament as Bangladesh stormed into the final of the 6th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship...
Children and women are becoming more vulnerable as tens of thousands of people suffer from infectious and water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan, government data showed and UNICEF said on Friday,...
সেই ১৯৭৫ সালের ঘটনা। ‘দৈনিক বাংলার’একটি খবরে উঠে আসে এক ভয়ংকর তথ্য। যারা সেইসময় খবরটি পড়েছিলেন, তারা হয়তো খানিকটা আতঙ্কিত হয়েছিলেন এই ভেবে যে, “এই যুগে এসেও ‘নরখাদকদের’অস্বিত্ব রয়েছে, তাও...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping stayed away from a dinner attended by 11 heads of states at a regional security summit in line with his delegation's COVID-19 policy, a source in...
শ্রীলঙ্কার ৪৪ বছর বয়সী এক তামিল কৃষক জ্বলন্ত সূর্যের নিচে তার বর্গা নেওয়া এক টুকরা বাদামের ক্ষেতের পরিচর্যা করছিলেন, যে মূল্যস্ফীতির কারণে নিত্য প্রয়োজনীয় অসংখ্য জিনিস এখন নাগালের বাইরে তার...
Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) and Sinosoft Co. Ltd, a China-based company, have signed an agreement to develop the insurance industry in Bangladesh. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li...
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