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Tulip Siddiq becomes British MP for 4th consecutive term
05:54 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayLabour party candidate Tulip Siddiq has been re-elected as a British MP for the fourth consecutive term in the UK general election...
Government Servants (Conduct) Rules being amended: Cabinet secretary
05:28 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayCabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain has said the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979 is being amended...
Samsung expects profits to jump by more than 1,400%
05:04 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridaySamsung Electronics expects its profits for the three months to June 2024 to jump 15-fold compared to the same period last year...
IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's term extended by a year
04:15 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayThe government has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun for another year. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification on Friday in this regard...
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania
02:45 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayNearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died and dozens more are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, the state news agency and a local official said on Thursday...
Light to moderately heavy rain likely over country
01:05 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayLight to moderately heavy rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over eight divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy at places over the country...
Four killed in Dinajpur bus-truck collision
12:40 PM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayFour people were killed and 28 others injured as a bus and a truck collided head-on in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur on Friday morning...
Keir Starmer's Labour wins UK general election
11:41 AM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayKeir Starmer on Friday will become Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. "The Labour Party has won this general election...
Emi Martinez stars as Argentina beat Ecuador on penalties
11:26 AM, 05 Jul 2024 FridayThe holders Argentina advanced to the Copa America semi-finals, beating Ecuador 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in Texas. Lionel Messi missed Argentina’s first penalty but was reprieved by goalkeeper Emi Martínez, who saved Ecuador’s first two efforts...
Protest against quota: Students lift blockade at Shahbagh
09:56 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayStudents against the quota system in the government jobs have lifted their blockade at the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka after around six hours...
Asian Skill Development Company launched for Bangladeshi Students to work in Japan
08:43 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayThe Asian Skill Development Company Ltd has started its journey with a mission to support Bangladeshi students aspiring to work in Japan through providing education in the Japanese language, culture, and manners...
PM seeks enhanced trade, business between Bangladesh, Spain
07:49 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for robust trade and commerce between Bangladesh and Spain for mutual benefits. "We want to enhance business between Bangladesh and Spain," she said...
EU slaps Chinese EVs with tariffs of up to 38%
07:13 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayThe European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" state subsidies, despite Beijing's warnings the move would unleash a trade war...
Hezbollah rains rockets on Israel
06:37 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayLebanon's Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on Thursday as tensions have soared amid the almost nine-months-old war raging in Gaza...
Court orders confiscation of customs official Enamul's property
06:17 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has ordered the confiscation of immovable property of Mohammad Enamul Haque, the commissioner of the Customs, Excise & VAT Commissionerate, Sylhet in a case filed for allegedly amassing illegal wealth...
Govt halts some operating, development budget expenditure
06:04 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayIn the wake of global economic condition, the Finance Division on Thursday issued a circular for pursuing austerity in the current fiscal year (FY25) by all the ministries, divisions, subordinate departments, directorates, offices, autonomous bodies, public sector corporations and state-owned companies...
Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support
05:54 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayOpen criticism of Hamas has been growing in Gaza, both on the streets and online...
SME Foundation, Oxfam join hands to empower SMEs
05:01 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayTo strengthen Bangladesh's Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) sector, which encompasses 90 per cent of all enterprises, the SME Foundation and Oxfam in Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
PM's Beijing visit will be milestone in Sino-Bangla ties: Chinese envoy
04:26 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayChinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Beijing will be another milestone in the history of China-Bangladesh bilateral relations...
Export earnings drop by 0.49% in FY 2023-24
04:01 PM, 04 Jul 2024 ThursdayIn the just concluded financial year 2023-24, Bangladesh earned $55.29 billion by exporting goods, which is 0.49 per cent less than the previous year. In the financial year 2022-23, the export income was $55.56 billion, marking a 6.67 percent growth compared to FY 2021-22...