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UN Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel's new far-right...
The consignment meant for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) that had to be turned away from Bangladesh shores due to being carried by a US-sanctioned vessel, may ultimately be...
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the ‘very unhealthy' zone on Friday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 209 at 9:20 am, the metropolis ranked third...
Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead...
A young man from an expatriate Bangladeshi community in the US has been gunned down by police at the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts, bdnews24.com reports. The Bangladesh Association of...
The government's tax revenue from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped 30 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,661 million in the first half of the current fiscal year, owing to...
Aamra Networks and Aamra Technologies received regulatory approval to issue stock dividends for the fiscal year 2022 based on their "good prospects". The concerns of Aamra Group will pay 5...
CHATTOGRAM: Escalation in cost of education materials as well as the admission fees of schools has turned out to be a worrying issue for the port city students and their...
The country's telecom regulator has warned internet service providers (ISPs) against illegal resale of internet services. In a public statement on Thursday, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it...
Kitchen commodities and stuff, including chicken, ginger, green chilli and garlic, have become pricier further in a week, adding woes to the commoners. However, tomato and onion prices dropped amid...
The import of fuel oils is estimated to increase by 18.30 per cent to 7.69 million tonnes this calendar year as the government is planning to offset the short supply...
Nepal has proposed that Bangladesh rationalise high tariffs and eliminate other duties and charges (ODCs) levied on Nepalese export products to Bangladesh. The Embassy of Nepal in a recent letter...
Persistent higher inflationary pressures, rising cost of foreign borrowing and debt burden overshadow Bangladesh's economic rebound, the central bank says. In its latest available quarterly economic review the Bangladesh Bank...
Discretionary authority of banks on loan write-off is broadened with the volume of elimination of receivable amounts from their balance sheets increased by 150 per cent. The central bank of...
Adani Power Ltd, a concern of the Indian business conglomerate Adani Group, is likely to start supplying 750 megawatt electricity to Bangladesh in March next from its Godda coal-fired plant...
A UNESCO research paper prepared with contribution from the BRAC titled, "Global Education Monitoring 2022" released on Tuesday last has focused primary on South Asia's expenditure on education with special...
দেশব্যাপী প্রথমবারের মতো পালিত হতে যাচ্ছে ‘টোটাল ফিটনেস ডে’। দিবস পালনের মূল উদ্দেশ্য টোটাল ফিটনেস নিয়ে মানুষের ভেতর যথাযথ সচেতনতা তৈরি করা। একজন মানুষের ভালো থাকা মানে সব দিক থেকেই...
That Bangladeshi households spend more money on children's education compared to those of the neighbouring countries may apparently give the impression of good parental attention. The reality, however, is that...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has sought "visible Indian cooperation" for importing hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan. He joined a bilateral meeting on electricity cooperation...
Three days into a standoff over who would lead the Republican-majority US House of Representatives, members of the party expressed anger that a small group of hardline holdouts were squandering...
Perhaps Bangladesh is the only country in the world today where children have their New Year's Day dedicated to new textbooks. To believe it, one has to visit the centres...
Banks can now write off agriculture and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) loans worth up to Tk 500,000 without prosecuting the defaulters, the Bangladesh Bank has said. Previously, the lenders...
A total of 31 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours till 8:00 am today (Thursday). "As many as 25 dengue...
মিয়ানমারের স্বাধীনতা দিবস উদযাপন উপলক্ষে সাধারণ ক্ষমার আওতায় ক্ষমতাচ্যুত নেত্রী অং সান সু চি সরকারের সাবেক এক মন্ত্রী, সুপরিচিত একজন লেখক, কিছু ছাত্রনেতা, আন্দোলনকর্মী এবং সাংবাদিকসহ ৭০১২ বন্দিকে মুক্তি দিয়েছে...
The press conference for revealing the title sponsor of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023 was scheduled to be held at 12 pm Thursday. But it took place an hour...
The government will sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia on January 9 on Hajj and it hopes that over 0.12 Bangladeshis will be able to perform Hajj this year if...
ছোট ঋণের মধ্যে পাঁচ লাখ টাকা পর্যন্ত খেলাপি থাকলে মামলা ছাড়াই তা অবলোপন করা যাবে বলে নতুন নির্দেশনা দিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক। এতদিন দুই লাখ টাকার খেলাপি ঋণ ‘অত্যাবশ্যকীয় মামলাযোগ্য’না হলে...
The country will observe 'Total Fitness Day' for the first time on Friday aiming at creating awareness among people on physical, mental, social and spiritual health to be totally fit...
The 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest officially began on Thursday, after a three-year hiatus due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Revered as Bangladesh's biggest event showcasing world literature and...
Over the last 40 years, the Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition (BWHC) has provided various health services to 78.8 million women and children, overcoming numerous challenges in breaking taboos and social...
Bangladeshi engineering student Noyon Ali, 22, serves ice-cream and fruit juice at a stall on a hot, dusty roadside to Russian customers, using a menu translated with an online app....
নতুন বছরের প্রথম অধিবেশনে বসেছে জাতীয় সংসদ; এটি চলমান একাদশ সংসদের একবিংশতম অধিবেশন। স্পিকার শিরীন শারমিন চৌধুরীর সভাপতিত্বে বৃহস্পতিবার বিকাল ৪টা ১০ মিনিটে সংসদের বৈঠক বসে। স্বাগত বক্তব্যে তিনি বলেন,...
Police in a drive arrested Mymensingh district Jamaat ameer Abdul Karim in connection with a subversive case filed under Special Power Act. Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Model Thana Shah Kamal Akand...
Remember that cute, innocent face, blessed with unworldly beautiful dimples – mesmerised millions of cine lovers on the big screen back in 2007? Can you guess the picture of one...
দেশের প্রায় সব এলকায় দিনের বেলাতেও চলছে কুয়াশার দাপট; ভরদুপুরেও মিলছে না রোদের দেখা। থার্মোমিটারের পারদ ১০ ডিগ্রি সেলসিয়াসের নেমে গিয়ে দেশের আট অঞ্চলে শুরু হয়েছে মৃদু শৈত্যপ্রবাহ। দিন ও...
The “Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (amendment) Ordinance, 2022” was passed in Parliament on Thursday which paved the way for the government to adjust the prices of gas and electricity without...
Vast swaths of Bangladesh were shrouded in dense fog as another day passed without a speck of sunshine. Temperatures remained low throughout the country, with a cold wave sweeping eight...
The High Court on Thursday sought explanation from the chairman of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) over an allegation against Poton Traders, a contracting firm, of embezzling 72,000 tonnes...
সুন্দরবন মানেই দারুণ পর্যটন কেন্দ্র আর নয়নাভিরাম দৃশ্য নয়, সুন্দরবন মানে জলে কুমির আর ডাঙ্গায় বাঘ। জীবন যেখানে অনিশ্চিত, রুটি-রুজির তাগিদে অনিশ্চিয়তার পথে পা বাড়াতে হয় এসমস্ত জনপদের মানুষকে। হয়...
More than 161,000 people in the country die every year due to tobacco use or smoking, increasing the risk of lung cancer by 20 to 30 per cent. Second-hand smoking...
১৩ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২২। ইরানের কুর্দিস্তান থেকে সপরিবারে রাজধানী তেহরানের দিকে আসছিলো ২২ বছরের তরুণী মাশা আমিনিদের গাড়ি। সন্ধ্যায় তাদের গাড়ি থামায় মোরালিটি পুলিশ বাহিনী। তাদের মতে মাশা আমিনি তার মাথার...
Bangladesh has recorded 22 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,230. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 over the...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi Thursday said that both financial literacy and good business organisations are must to boost investment in the capital market. The stock market is a crucial sector...
Sri Lanka will restart negotiations on trade pacts witha India, China and Thailand after a four-hear hiatus, an official said on Thursday, as the crisis-hit country races to seal deals...
Myanmar's junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country's independence...
'Digital twin' is one of the most frequently used technological terms nowadays -- a virtual model of a physical object or system that simulates its characteristics and behaviours. It is...
India detected a total of 11 subvariants of Covid-19 in international travellers who arrived in the country during Dec 24 to Jan 3, health ministry sources said on Thursday, adding...
Established in 1983, Nari Maitree (NM) is a leading NGO in the country, led by women. Vacancy: 01 Role: Programme Coordinator Responsibilities: The Programme Coordinator will be overall responsible for...
A private humanitarian establishment, Danish Refugee Council works in 40 countries globally. Their purpose is to protect refugees and internally displaced citizens. Vacancy: not specified Role: Gender Based Violence Officer...
- "How are you?" - "Not dead yet! How are you?" This is how Kulsum Begum (85) - a resident of Datinakhali village of Shyamnagar Upazilla, Satkhira, replied to an...
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