Schools to remain shut till April 27 due to heatwave
NN Online Report: The government has decided to keep all public and private schools — both primary and secondary — closed from April 21 to...
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Govt hikes bottled soya bean oil price by Tk 4 per litre
UNB: A day after edible oil refiners demanded an increase of Tk 10 against per litre bottle of soybean oil, Bangladesh government on Thursday fixed...
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum on Time’s 100 most influential list
News Desk:Noted Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been named in the Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for her contributions to the field...
Palestinian journalist featured on Time’s ‘100 influential people’ list
Dawn: Time said that “for 108 days, Motaz Azaiza acted as the world’s eyes and ears in his native Gaza. Armed with a camera and...
Climate change to wreck global income by 2050: study
Deutsche Welle: A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday claimed that climate change...
BB raises interest for safety retrofit facility
Time Business Report: Bangladesh Bank has issued a notice today raising the interest rate on a pre-finance facility under a support safety retrofits and environmental...
BASIC Bank employees want merger with another state bank
NN Online Report: The officials and employees of BASIC Bank have urged the banking regulator to merge the state-run financial institution with another state bank...
IMF lowers Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast
NN Online Report: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further revised down the growth forecast for Bangladesh’s economy to 5.7 percent for the current fiscal...
President urges universities to adopt world class curricula
UNB: President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged the universities to formulate world-class curricula so that the students can establish themselves as qualified at the national and...
Historic Mujibnagar Day on Wednesday
BSS: The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Wednesday marking the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh’s first government on April 17, 1971. Following the Pakistan...
No respite from heat wave in five days: BMD
UNB: Six divisions including Dhaka have been experiencing mild to moderate heat wave and it may continue for next five days commencing Monday, according to...
Israel, Iran trade accusations at Security Council meeting
AFP, United Nations, United States: Israel and Iran accused one another Sunday at the United Nations of being the main threat to peace in the...