Showers are likely to drench all the eight divisions of Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, the Met office said on Friday.“Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogra…
Nordic ambassadors to Bangladesh have acknowledged the impressive development journey and growth of Bangladesh that they have witnessed throughout their steadfast relationships.”We are proud to have contributed to it,” Ambassador of Denmark Winnie Estr…
Asian shares gained Friday as investors cheered a strong set of earnings from retailers that has sent U.S. shares higher.Benchmarks were rising in early trading across the region, including Japan, China, Australia and South Korea.“Improved risk sentime…
The air quality in Dhaka has deteriorated again.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 166 at 10.45am on Friday, the metropolis ranked third in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.Russia’s Krasnoyarsk and India’s Delhi occupied the fi…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the Asian countries must combine their forces to help address their common challenges for betterment of future generations.“The Asian countries have common development challenges and should face them collecti…
A Bangladeshi national has been detained with 11 gold bars worth Tk 80 lakh at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport on Friday morning, Customs officials said.The detainee has been identified as Md Ali Ahmed, 35, a resident of Ujan Meherpur Dorgarbazar…
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen left here for Guwahati via Kolkata on Friday to attend the third edition of the Asian Confluence flagship dialogue NADI Conclave to be held on May 28-29.The two-day conclave will be inaugurated by foreign minister Momen,…
Advocate Gautam Chakraborty, a former state minister for water resources and two-time MP, died of cardiac arrest on Friday. He was 68.Gautam, also the BNP’s rural development affairs secretary, breathed his last around 1:30pm in the city’s Evercare Hos…
With barely 20 days to go for the Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) polls, the returning officer in the district has allotted electoral symbols to the candidates for the mayor’s post.Among the five CCC mayoral candidates, Awami League’s Arfanul Haque Rifa…
State Minister for Social Welfare Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru has urged the non-government development organizations to have greater coordination with relevant government agencies in implementing their programmes for the socio-economic development of the pe…
Portugal has attributed Bangladesh’s rapid rise in the economic and social sectors in recent times to the existing political stability under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Portugal also acknowledged Bangladesh’s continued regional coope…
Bangladesh Embassy in the Netherlands is convening the Bangladesh-Netherlands Agri-Business Conclave on May 30 in The Hague to forge result-oriented collaboration between the Dutch and Bangladeshi agripreneurs in horticulture, livestock, poultry, fishe…
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