Month: February 2023

Publishers sold books worth Tk 47 crore in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair till February 27 in this year.Muzahidul Islam, member secretary of Ekushey Book Fair Organising Committee gave this information at the closing ceremony of the book fair at Bangla Aca...

Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Forces Additional IGP M. Khurshid Hossain has been given promotion to grade-1 rank.Besides, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruk has also been given promotion in the same gra...

BNP on Tuesday voiced concern that the ongoing economic crisis and growing inflation have turned into a national crisis, leaving common people in the lurch.Speaking at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, party Secretary General ...

The government’s top policy makers on power have been briefed about the outcome of meeting the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board has recently held with a visiting team of Adani Group to discuss the coal pricing issue under its power purcha...

Electricity tariff was raised further in Bangladesh at both retail level with effect from Wednesday (March 1).The Power Division — through administrative order in a gazette notification — raised the tariff.“Power tariff was raised by 5 percent”, power ...

The White House is giving U.S. federal agencies 30 days to delete popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices amid growing concerns about security. Canada announced a similar ban.Congress, the White House its...

Swiss regulators have found that Credit Suisse made a “serious breach” of law in connection with a now-bankrupt firm linked to Australian financier Lex Greensill and have opened a probe that could lead to penalties against four former bank managers.Swi...

The European Union's (EU) apparel imports from Bangladesh saw 15.04 percent growth during July-January of fiscal 2022-23, $13.73 billion from $11.94 billion in July-Jan FY22, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).Germany being the largest Euro...

Dhaka ranked second in the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality as it registered an air quality index (AQI) score of 194 at 9:05 am today (February 28, 2023), which puts the capital in the "unhealthy" category.An AQI between 151 a...

The UN chief and agencies serving refugees and migrants urgently called for safer travel routes and bolstered rescue operations following the deadly shipwreck that left at least 60 dead on Sunday off the coast of Crotone, Italy.“Every person searching ...

Vowing to work together for the greater good of wildlife conservation, WildTeam’s two-day Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation workshop came to its closure on Monday at Cosmos Centre in the capital.The two-day workshop, an exclusive collaboration betw...

Argentina’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Santiago Andrés Cafiero today (February 28, 2023) hoped that the economic, trade and business collaboration between his country and Bangladesh will get a boost following the reop...