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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) sought robust Turkish investment in Bangladesh alongside cooperation in sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas, BSS reports. "I call for larger Turkish investment in Bangladesh,"...
The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 18, officials said on Tuesday, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support...
China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from January 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its...
দেশের অর্থপাচার প্রতিরোধ ব্যবস্থা কতোটুকু কার্যকর, অর্থপাচার বন্ধের উপায় এবং পাচার হওয়া অর্থ ফেরাতে করণীয় নির্ধারণে গবেষণা সেল গঠন করেছে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক। আর্থিক খাতের গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা বাংলাদেশ ফিন্যান্সিয়াল ইন্টেলিজেন্স ইউনিটের...
রাজধানীর যানজট এড়িয়ে নির্বিঘ্নে চলাচলের জন্য অনেকেই মুখিয়ে আছেন মেট্রোরেলের জন্য, ভাড়ার কথাও তারা জানতে চাইবেন নিশ্চয়। প্রথম ধাপে উত্তরার দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁও পর্যন্ত চলবে মেট্রোরেল, এ পথে স্টেশন পড়েছে...
Students will get no concession while riding on the metro rail, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), has said. However, MRT cardholders will receive a...
At least 20 Rohingya have died at sea in recent weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as boats carrying hundreds of the persecuted Muslims landed in Indonesia...
Government-sponsored 100 economic zones in Bangladesh are attracting more Turkish investment to come with their new investments, said outgoing Turkish ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan on Tuesday. He came up with...
Japan's jobless rate fell to 2.5 per cent in November, while the availability of jobs stayed at its highest level since March 2020, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, said a source familiar with her trials, wrapping up marathon proceedings that have been condemned in the West as a sham, Reuters...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday he would advance the creation of a military unit specialising in drones, criticising the military response to a border intrusion by North...
In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost...
Bangladesh Bank has formed a research cell to look into the effectiveness of the country's anti-money laundering mechanisms and ways to recover illicit funds, bdnews24.com reports. The nine-strong cell will...
The Annual Sales Conference-2022 of NIPRO JMI Pharma Ltd, a Japan-Bangladesh joint-venture company, was held at a seaside hotel in Cox’s Bazar on 25 December 2022. Mohammad Abdur Razzaq, managing...
রংপুর সিটি করপোরেশনের তৃতীয় নির্বাচনের নতুন জনপ্রতিনিধি বেছে নিতে শীতের মধ্যেই কেন্দ্রের বাইরে লাইনে দাঁড়িয়েছেন ভোটাররা। বেলা বাড়ার সঙ্গে সঙ্গে ভোটারদের উপস্থিতিও বাড়ছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। রংপুর সিটি নির্বাচনের রিটার্নিং...
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm's satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he...
Abdur Rahman Khan, a veteran journalist and former senior Vice President of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC), died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital early Tuesday. Khan,...
A three-day 'Non-fiction Book Fair' began on Monday on the premises of Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University (DU). The fair was jointly organized by the Daily Bonik Barta...
Voting in Rangpur City Corporation began on Tuesday morning using electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 229 centres. It began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:30pm, said Returning Officer Abdul...
Local refiners have suggested that sugar rates at the domestic level should be fixed based on the import price and other different components so that they do not face any...
A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Monday after weeks at sea, officials said....
The Mongla Port Authority (MPA) will get project management consultancy services from Egis India in implementing a major project to enhance capacity of the country's second-largest sea port. To this...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said he sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula" in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reuters reports. The conversation comes at a time when India is seeking to...
Dhaka ranked the worst world city in the Air Quality Index on Tuesday morning even though light rains drenched the capital and elsewhere.The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded scores...
A blizzard that paralysed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as crews struggled to dig out the...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) said the only goal of her party is to ensure that none can play ducks and drakes with the...
Taiwan will announce on Tuesday a plan to extend compulsory military service to one year from the current four months, according to a senior government official, as the island deals...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Ukraine an ultimatum on Monday to fulfil Moscow's proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide the issue, a day after...
রংপুর সিটি করপোরেশনের তৃতীয় নির্বাচনে নতুন জনপ্রতিনিধি বেছে নিতে ভোট দিচ্ছেন সোয়া চার লাখ ভোটার। নির্বাচন কমিশনের কর্মকর্তারা জানান, মঙ্গলবার সকাল সাড়ে ৮টায় নির্ধারিত সময়েই ভোটগ্রহণ শুরু হয়েছে, যা একটানা...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has given the green light to two textile companies -Desh Garments and Queen South Textile Mills -to issue bonus shares. In a filing...
Uber completed 150 million kilometres in total trips during 2022, marking the company's expansion to all the eight divisions of Bangladesh, according to its annual report - released on Monday....
Bangladesh is set to adopt a new national integrated rural and marginalised people development policy. Agriculture, fisheries, livestock and handicraft sectors will get priority for development through grooming the backward...
The government has no plan to allow the import of farm eggs with an eye to protecting the interests of the domestic poultry industry. It wants to market eggs at...
A massive US$2.47-billion programme with World Bank assistance is in the offing for recovery of education upset by the global Covid-19 pandemic, according to officials. The WB is likely to...
Phased lifting of the rate cap on lending is among some key remedies the World Bank prefers for its engagement with Bangladesh's capital-market development under a major recipe, sources say....
The Institute for Planning and Development (IPD) suggests reducing the metro rail fares by 30 per cent, in order for it to have the desired effect as a form of...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will provide security for the long-awaited launch of the Metro rail service in capital Dhaka, which is all set to open to traffic formally. Prime Minister...
The robbers of Sundarbans seem to have returned to their old profession. The Bagerhat police say they rescued at least 15 fishermen kidnapped between December 13 and 18 by the...
Unlike many countries, Bangladesh has no reliable statistics on its workers in the informal sector. It sounds incredible due to the fact that the developing countries are mostly in need...
The five-day Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) fair concluded yesterday on a mixed note. The number of prospective buyers of flats and plots visiting the fair at...
A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry said. The helicopter...
ঢাকার হযরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে নামার পর ৪ চীনা যাত্রীর র্যাপিড অ্যান্টিজেন পরীক্ষা করে ফল ‘কোভিড পজিটিভ’ পাওয়া গেছে। তাদের মহাখালীতে ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশনের আইসোলেশন সেন্টারে পাঠিয়েছে বিমানবন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ।...
Seven years ago, world leaders made a commitment to bring an end to global hunger by 2030, which at that time seemed practically rational and achievable. However, this objective is...
It's quite encouraging to note that both the USA and Bangladesh have shown renewed interest in improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) enrollment. According to a recent media report,...
The voting for the Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) Elections-2022 will be held on Tuesday amid tight security measures in a festive atmosphere as the authorities concerned have completed all necessary...
The revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy growth of 13.06 per cent in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year (FY23)...
প্রবীণ প্রকৌশলী ম ইনামুল হককে ঢাকার শাহবাগে প্রকাশ্যে চড় মারাকে ‘তুচ্ছ ঘটনা’ ভেবেছিলেন কৃষক লীগ নেতা বানি আমিন। তবে ‘নানামুখী চাপে’ এখন তার উপলব্ধি হয়েছে, একজন বৃদ্ধের গায়ে হাত তোলা...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against five people, including BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, for alleged plot fraud and defying plan while constructing Hotel...
A tourist has died after being pulled unresponsive from the water while taking a bath at Cox's Bazar sea beach. The incident occurred at Sugandha Point on the beach around...
তথ্য ও সম্প্রচার মন্ত্রী এবং আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ম সাধারণ সম্পাদক হাছান মাহমুদ বলেছেন, পঞ্চগড়ে বিএনপির গণমিছিলের নিকটস্থলে স্থানীয় বিএনপির নেতা আব্দুর রশিদের মৃত্যুর কারণ হৃদরোগ, পুলিশের আঘাত নয়। এ ঘটনাকে...
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