UNB, Bangkok: Bangladesh and Thailand have expressed willingness to work together to deal with the Rohingya issue as the two...
Day: April 26, 2024
UNB, Bangkok: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed her visit to Thailand a milestone in diplomatic ties between the two...
NN Online Report: A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) across the border in Patgram...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank has sold a substantial amount of US dollars from its foreign exchange reserves to...
Entertainment Report : Ekushey Padak and the National Film Award-winning living legend actress Dilara Zaman played the role of Shakib...
Entertainment Report : The Bangladesh Film Censor Board has given the final verdict that Raihan Rafi’s awaited movie ‘Omingmashito’ is...
Business Report : Domestic textile millers urged the government on Tuesday to revert the gas tariff to its pre-hike level, saying the sector is facing a severe gas shortage despite the price hike. They said the government increased the gas price in January last year promising uninterrupted supply of the energy. They also demanded that the concerned authorities address the crisis related to US dollar and take required measures so that businesses do not face any harassment by Customs officials....
AFP, San Francisco : Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter, but worries about the cost of artificial intelligence saw its share price take a hit on Wall Street. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg said that net profit in the January to March period rose to $12.4 billion with total revenue, mainly from selling ads, up an impressive 27 percent, at $36.5 billion. “We estimate that more than 3.2 billion people use at least one...
Business Desk : Using bKash app, customers are getting 15% instant cashback up to Tk. 200 on payment of selected courses of 10 Minute School, the leading online educational platform of the country. The offer can be availed by selecting ’10 Minute School’ from the ‘Suggestions’ section of bKash app’s home screen till June 30. bKash customers can take a variety of courses under this offer, including 10 Minute School’s Live Courses, Language Learning and Skill Development Courses like Spoken...
City Desk : The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh and Platform Doctors Foundation have called for raising the prices of all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 as the government spends more on treating diseases than it earns from the tobacco sector. They made this demand during a press conference titled ‘Demand for Increase in Tobacco Tax in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year Budget for a Tobacco-Free Bangladesh,’ held at Jahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall, on Thursday,...
Media reports, quoting Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), say the production of rice in the country will exceed four crore tonnes this year, which is at least forty lakh tonnes more than the country’s demand. So, there’s no need for rice imports. However, this additional production is not necessarily reassuring. It would not be able to reassure the consumers about the price of rice and that is the question. Along with the increase in the production of rice, its demand...