The cut-off price of initial public offering (IPO) shares of Techno Drug Ltd has been fixed at Tk 34 each through an electronic bidding process involving eligible investors. The determination of this price took place over a 72-hour bidding window from April 21 to April 24, as mandated by the book-
Stocks witnessed a downturn in the early hours of trading on Monday, after a single-day break, as risk-averse investors were mostly in selling mode amid the prevailing volatility in the market. The market failed to stay upbeat as the large-cap stocks such as BAT Bangladesh, GP, Power Grid, Walton,
India's Supreme Court will hear on Monday the pleas filed by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren challenging their arrests by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Both petitions have been listed before the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar D
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Monday wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying her and her entourage members departed Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok at 10:10 am local time and landed at Hazrat Shajalal In
The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) is going to start drilling a new gas well found at Ambernagar village in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali on Monday. On April 22, Bapex installed the drilling rig for the project named as ‘Begumganj-4 (West) Appraisal C
দেশজুড়ে চলমান তাপপ্রবাহকে স্বাস্থ্যঝুঁকির বিবেচনায় ‘জরুরি পরিস্থিতি’ মন্তব্য করে জনস্বাস্থ্য বিশেষজ্ঞ এ বি এম আব্দুল্লাহ বলেছেন, চলমান পরিস্থিতিতে শিশুরা সবচেয়ে ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ গোষ্ঠীতে রয়েছে। যে কারণে শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানে ছুটি নিয়ে নতুন মূল্যায়ন করা উচিত। রবিবার বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের সা
Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra. "My classmates called me a Pakistani terrorist," the nine-year-old told his mother. Reema Ahmad, an author and counsellor, remembers the day vividly. "Here was a feisty, lit
Israeli air strikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed 13 people and wounded many others, medics said on Monday. Hamas media outlets put the death toll at 15. In Gaza City, in the north of the strip, Israeli planes struck two houses, killing and wounding several people, hea
Dhaka ranked sixth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 152 at 9:00 am on Monday morning. Dhaka's air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index. Iraq's Baghdad, India's Delhi and Nepal's Kathmandu occupied the first three spots o
A Bangladeshi migrant worker has died after a forklift accident in the Sungei Kadut industrial estate in the northern region of Singapore. The 37-year-old deceased, Biswas Sanjay Kumar, was working at a salvage yard in Sungei Kadut. He was struck in the neck by a forklift around 10:00 am on April
China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon's far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a base on the lunar south pole. Since the first Chang'e mission in 2007, named after th
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $23.6 billion from its own resources in 2023 to help Asia and the Pacific progress on sustainable development. The figure includes $9.8 billion for climate action, according to ADB's Annual Report 2023 published on Sunday. The $23.6 billion comprised loa
