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Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held...
Novak Djokovic said his controversial deportation ahead of last year's Australian Open proved an unlikely catalyst for success in 2022, allowing him to regroup on the practice court before bouncing...
England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain's environment department said on...
The Biden administration is nearing deals with two Pacific Island nations to extend ties that are considered critical to maintaining balance in the US-China rivalry for influence in a region...
Twitter Inc is offering free advertisements to brands that advertise on its platform, an attempt to woo brands back to the social-media platform, which has seen its ad business deteriorate...
The weather department has predicted drizzles in parts of the country in 24 hours, starting from 9am today (Saturday). “Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy skies over the...
A safety monitoring system flagged that US drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech's updated COVID-19 shot could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, according...
Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have to raise taxes if prices of crude fail to meet expectations this year. The price of...
New Delhi Television Ltd said on Friday that some more of its senior executives, including President Suparna Singh, had resigned, a move that comes less than a month after the Adani...
Tetulia of Panchagarh recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.7 degrees Celsius, in 24 hours till this morning (January 14, 2023) as a mild cold wave is sweeping...
এ বছর প্রায় ১০ লাখ টন তেজস্ক্রিয় পানি সাগরে ছাড়বে জাপান সরকার। ভূমিকম্প ও সুনামিতে ধ্বংস হয়ে যাওয়া ফুকুশিমা পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্রের তেজস্ক্রিয় পানিই শোধন করে সমুদ্রে নিষ্কাশন করা হচ্ছে।...
Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 251 at 8:55 am on Saturday, Dhaka...
The IPO subscription of Asiatic Laboratories -- the first initial public offering of 2023 -- will open on Monday (January 16), aiming to raise Tk 950 million from the capital...
Stocks bounced back in the outgoing week that ended on Thursday, with turnover gaining momentum as bargain hunters, buoyed by regulatory moves, chased sector-specific shares. As the two regulators concerned...
Audio streaming platform Spotify was down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports,...
Bitcoin rose on Saturday above $20,000 for first time in over two months. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, rose 4.6 per cent to $20,853 at 01:01 GMT on...
পৌষের শেষভাগে এসে শুরু হওয়া শীতের কাঁপুনি থামছে না; বরং গুঁড়ি গুঁড়ি বৃষ্টি যোগের আভাস জনজীবনকে আরও কাবু করে তোলার আভাস দিয়েছে। আবহাওয়ার খবরে তাপমাত্রা অল্প একটু বাড়ার তথ্য থাকলেও...
Production of ginger has almost been stagnant at around 80,000 tonnes for the last one decade, while demand for the important and herbal spice has surged five times by this...
A specialised type of SIM cards for tourists is going to be introduced by the end of next month to facilitate smooth staying of foreigners while visiting the country. The...
The prevailing dollar crunch, coupled with the recently increased regulatory duty, has stood in the way of importing many types of fresh fruits in recent times. Even after providing 100-per...
The government has decentralised the arbitration service at three districts so that outbound workers can receive legal support without hassle. Allegations have it that many workers face sufferings following malpractices...
CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) is going to impose toll on Bayezid Link Road which is now open to traffic, though with the work yet to be completed. Sources...
Government officials gear up for getting released foreign aid already committed by "development partners" for bankrolling different projects, but held back, as confirmation of budget supports is delayed, officials said....
Imports slumped in terms of value of letters of credit or LCs in the first half of this fiscal year as Bangladesh gets tightfisted to ease pressures on its foreign-exchange...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is one of the greatest sons of Bengal in its one thousand years of history. He was a fiery and charismatic orator in the world's history...
Scarless thyroid surgery was performed at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka recently for the first time in Bangladesh. Dr Mahbub Alam, a professor at the Department of Nose,...
খুচরা বাজারে কয়েক দিনের ব্যবধানে ডজনপ্রতি ডিমের দাম ১০ থেকে ১৫ টাকা বেড়ে ১২০ থেকে ১৩০ টাকা উঠেছে। আবার বাজার ভরপুর থাকা শীতের বিভিন্ন সবজির দাম কেজিপ্রতি বেড়েছে ১৫ থেকে...
Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, in what would be a rare success for Moscow after months of...
Members of the UK royal family appeared in public Thursday for the first time since the publication of Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, touring charities and a hospital as they got...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described the government's decision to hike the electricity tariff as 'anti-people'. In a statement, he demanded the immediate cancellation of the...
A court in the United States on Friday sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to...
Like healthcare facilities, medicine shops, suppliers of utilities including water and electricity, hotels and restaurants serving foods are also providing an essential service to the public. But before the gazette...
The state of the country's foreign exchange reserve usually holds the centre stage in most of the discussions about the country's economy these days. With a multitude of contentious issues...
Bangladesh may take pride in exporting pharmaceutical products to many countries. Though the amount of exports is still small, it has been increasing over the years. For example, in the...
জুলিয়া রর্বাটসের জন্ম-পরিচয় নিয়ে নতুন তথ্য বেরিয়ে এসেছে, যা এই অস্কারজয়ী অভানেত্রীর জন্যও বড় চমক। কিছুদিন আগে জানা গিয়েছিল, জুলিয়ার জন্মের সময় তার হাসপাতালের বিল মিটিয়েছিলেন মার্টিন লুথার কিং জুনিয়র।...
Central bank rate rises could land global borrowers with $8.6 trillion in extra debt servicing costs in coming years, S&P Global estimated on Friday, warning of a slowdown in economic...
Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country’s last remaining Covid-19 restrictions. Karl Lauterbach, the health minister of Germany, on Friday announced...
Bangladesh is on the way to becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2040 as revealed by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This speaks of Bangladesh's continued robust growth for over a...
Two Indian Coast Guard ships, named Shaurya and Rajveer, arrived at Chattogram port on Friday for a six-day visit as a part of the ongoing close cooperation between the Coast...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP had carried out grenade attacks on Awami League rallies but the AL...
বিদ্যুতের বর্ধিত দাম জীবনযাত্রার ব্যয় আরও বাড়াবে দাবি করে সরকারের এ সিদ্ধান্ত বাতিল করার দাবি জানিয়েছেন বিএনপির মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর। শুক্রবার এক বিবৃতিতে তিনি বলেন, ‘‘বর্তমান সরকার জনগণের...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the feasibility study on a metro rail project in Chattogram will be completed by January 31. The minister gave the information...
Without offering any apology for the “obscene language” used by his top aide Tarek Rahman to describe Hindu religious scripture, Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Parishad leader Nurul Haque Nur has rather...
Police recovered the body of a woman from a river near Putimari Bazar of Khulna's Batiyaghata five days after she went missing. The deceased was identified as Fatima Begum, 37,...
আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ম সাধারণ সম্পাদক এবং তথ্য ও সম্প্রচারমন্ত্রী ড. হাছান মাহমুদ বলেছেন, বিএনপি ক্ষমতায় থাকাকালে আওয়ামী লীগের ওপর গ্রেনেড-বোমা হামলা চালিয়েছে আর বর্তমান সরকার বিএনপির জনসভায় নিরাপত্তা দিয়েছে। এটিই...
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced that its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by 1.23 billion US dollars. During the week ending on Jan. 6, the total foreign exchange...
ছয় সপ্তাহ আগে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় এলাকায় যে শিক্ষকের গাড়ির সঙ্গে এক কিলোমিটার ছেঁচড়ে নিয়ে এক নারীর প্রাণ গিয়েছিল, সেই শিক্ষক আজাহার জাফর শাহ মারা গেছেন কারাবন্দি অবস্থায়। শুক্রবার বিকাল ৪টার...
চীনে ১১ জানুয়ারি পর্যন্ত ৯০ কোটি মানুষ করোনাভাইরাস সংক্রমিত হয়েছে বলে জানানো হয়েছে পেকিং বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের এক গবেষণায়। গবেষণা প্রতিবেদনে আনুমানিক শতকরা হিসাব দিয়ে বলা হয়েছে, দেশের জনসংখ্যার ৬৪ শতাংশ এই...
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was named the fourth richest actor in the world by the World Of Statistics recently. The recently-released data has kept American comedian and actor Jerry...
শ্রীলঙ্কা আগামী বছরের মধ্যেই তাদের সামরিক বাহিনীর সদস্য সংখ্যা কমিয়ে এক লাখ ৩৫ হাজারে এবং ২০৩০ সালের মধ্যে তা এক লাখে নামিয়ে আনবে বলে জানিয়েছেন দেশটির প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রী প্রেমিথা বান্দারা...
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