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September sees 6.78% rise in export earnings

09:13 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The country’s export earnings rose by 6.78 per cent to $3.52 billion in September, which was $3.29 billion in the same month of last year...

Configure GA4 with Magento - Step-by-Step Guide

08:27 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Integrating Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with your Magento store is crucial for tracking user behavior, optimizing marketing strategies, and improving overall sales performance...

After playing Test for 24 yrs, still talking about improvement not pleasant: Tamim

07:34 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Tamim Iqbal, once one of Bangladesh’s most successful captains, faced a challenging period last year after being dropped from the ODI World Cup squad. Despite the setbacks, the dynamic batter has embraced a new role as a television commentator...

H&M Group partners with Chorka Textile

06:43 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

H&M Group is taking a leap forward to pilot European Plan Zero members Revozona AG, Imogo AB and Pluvia’s new technologies at Chorka Textile Ltd., one of the group’s long-standing partners in Bangladesh...

Statement of Pran-RFL on ‘barring staff from practicing religion’

06:09 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Recently, a small group gathered outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, alleging that Pran-RFL Group has been "indirectly" obstructing its employees from practicing Islam...

400,000 trapped by Israel’s latest Gaza offensive

05:58 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza remain trapped by the latest Israeli offensive centred on Jabaliya refugee camp, according to UN agencies and human rights groups...

Salehuddin urges public not to be ‘impatient’ as inflation lowers

05:06 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has urged the public to remain patient, noting that inflation has officially decreased to 1%.

Floods in 3 districts affect 2.38 lakh people, 10 dead

04:49 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Floods in three northeastern districts of Bangladesh have affected 238,391 people and claimed 10 lives.

ACC sues ex-home minister, wife, children

04:47 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has filed separate cases against former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife, and their children on allegations of misusing power, recruitment trade, money laundering and graft...

Iran FM to Saudi for talks on Gaza and Lebanon

04:24 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is heading to Saudi Arabia Wednesday for talks on efforts to end Israeli attacks on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, his ministry said...

Yunus seeks more Russian investment

04:19 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged Russian entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh. He made the call when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on him at his Tejgaon office.

Nobel in chemistry goes to three protein pioneers

04:11 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 has been awarded, with one half going to David Baker ‘for computational protein design’ and the other half shared by Demis Hassabis and John Jumper ‘for protein structure prediction’.

Ex-planning minister MA Mannan gets bail

03:41 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

A Sunamganj court has granted bail to former Planning Minister MA Mannan in a case over the attack on the protesters during the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement in the town...

NBR halves duty on sugar imports

03:37 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced a 50% reduction in the regulatory duty on both refined and raw sugar imports to stabilise local market prices.

Mobasser Monem new PSC chairman

03:20 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Dr Mobasser Monem, a professor of public administration at Dhaka University, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Public Works Commission (PSC).

Govt to develop effective early disaster warning system: Rizwana

03:11 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said the government is working to develop effective early warning system to minimise loss of lives and livelihood of the people in the natural calamities.

Jamaat for proportional representation in parliament

02:37 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed the introduction of a proportional representation system and the abolition of the electronic voting machine (EVM) system in parliamentary elections.

US weighs breaking up Google to curb search monopoly

01:25 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

The US Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business to break up its online search monopoly.

Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to global disarmament

01:02 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

Bangladesh has urged for decisive global action against nuclear threats, while promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy for agriculture, healthcare, and power generation.

Woman killed by bus in Badda, protesters block road

12:55 PM, 09 Oct 2024 Wednesday

A 24-year-old woman, Irene, was killed by a bus in a tragic accident on Pragati Sarani in Badda, Dhaka, on Wednesday morning (October 9). Irene was an employee of fintech company Next Venture. The bus responsible for the accident, belonging to Akash Paribahan, has been seized by the police.