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The main thrust of all discussions about the fallout from the pandemic has centred mostly on health and the economy. That is understandable because from the existential point of view...
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation's recent claim that the country has 800 potential tourist spots in total may fill many with incredulity. But the number should be recognised as being official. For...
Handing over 66,189 newly built houses to homeless people on a single day under a government programme is unique and perhaps unprecedented in the chronicle of governance anywhere in the...
BIMSTEC should pursue not only signing an FTA, but also interconnected agreements - including trade facilitation and cross-border connectivity. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...
Remittance is one of the key sources of foreign exchange for Bangladesh, accounting for 5.8 per cent of its GDP. The remittance inflow was approximately $18.20 billion in the 2019-20...
Britain will team up with Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, Saint Lucia and the Netherlands to help communities around the world that are threatened by climate change to adapt and build resilience....
Bangladesh and India will hold the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries on January 29 to have comprehensive discussions on the entire gamut of bilateral relations. Foreign Secretary...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started five cases against fugitive businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder and 32 others on charges embezzling Tk 3.51 billion in loans through five sham companies. ACC...
Bangladesh produced an impressive batting display to crush the West Indies by 120 runs in the final ODI in Chattogram to complete a 3-0 clean sweep of the series. After...
The Bangla Academy has planned to inaugurate the Ekushey Book Fair on March 18, after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We have decided to open the book...
Asia Cup 2020 was scheduled to be held in September last year in T20 format. Like many other bilateral series and international fixtures, the tournament was postponed due to COVID-19...
The government has prepared a software, Surokkha, to conduct the online registration for vaccination programme against the coronavirus pandemic. A team of ICT Division developed the COVID-19 vaccine management system...
As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a...
Hero Motocorp has surpassed the monumental 100 million cumulative production milestone, emerging as the only Indian automotive manufacturer to achieve the incredible landmark. The 100 millionth bike, the Xtreme 160R,...
The government will publish the results of last year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations after issuing the gazette on the latest amendment to the law which allows education authorities to...
Tata Group's healthcare venture is said to have started initial discussions with Moderna Inc for a partnership to launch its COVID-19 vaccine in India. Tata Medical and Diagnostics could team...
Superintendant of Police (SP) of Kushtia district on Monday sought unconditional apology to the High Court for allegedly misbehaving with a senior judicial magistrate during recent municipality elections in Bheramara...
The US Department of State has announced a free online course on business and entrepreneurship for non-native English speakers. “As part of its Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2020 programming, the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said there are 334,982 loan defaulters in banks and other financial institutions in Bangladesh at present. Kamal highlighted the steps taken by the government...
Eyeing a clean sweep of the ODI series against the West Indies, the Tigers rode on four half-centuries from the seniors to post a daunting 297 for 6 in the...
Singaporean movie producer and former television actor Ng Aik Leong, better known by his Chinese name Huang Yiliang, has been convicted of assaulting a Bangladeshi worker in 2018. The Singaporean,...
Stocks extended the losing streak on Monday, with the key index of the major bourse dipping below 5,800-mark, as cautious investors continued their profit booking on sector-wise issues. DSEX, the...
The parliament has approved an amendment to the existing law to allow travel agencies to shift their ownership and open branches at home and abroad. State Minister for Civil Aviation...
A new report by the Oxfam said on Monday that it could take more than a decade for the poor people across the globe to recover from the economic losses caused...
Bangladesh has recorded 602 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 532,401. The death toll climbed to 8,041 after 18...
Dutch authorities have arrested 57-year old Canadian national Tse Chi Lop at the request of the Australia Federal Police after a long probe into drug trafficking in the Asia-Pacific. Tse...
Trial courts in Bangladesh ordered the confiscation of assets worth Tk 30.03 million and slapped Tk 724.88 million in fines in corruption cases in 2020, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission...
Chinese rescuers pulled 11 gold miners to safety on Sunday with most of them in good condition after 14 days trapped underground after an explosion, but 10 colleagues were still...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund plans to double its assets to 4 trillion riyals ($1.07 trillion) by 2025, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Sunday, a move that would make...
The coming second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Republicans...
“The Marksman,” a Liam Neeson thriller from Open Road, held onto first place for the second weekend in a row, grossing just over $2 million. The film has grossed $61...
Five policemen were injured in an attack by some local people during a drive at Kumarkhali in Sadar upazila of Pirojpur district early Monday. The victims were identified as Sub-inspector...
As Bangladesh fights back the COVID-19 epidemic, a Bangladeshi biotech company OMC Healthcare (Pvt.) Ltd. develops COVID-19 RT-PCR testing kit to support the health sector in Bangladesh during this challenging...
The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the “Seleka” faction suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity....
The first shipment of five million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, imported from India, has arrived in Dhaka. Nine refrigerated vans will carry the vaccine doses to a warehouse in...
A veteran rocket from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the most spaceships deployed on a single mission,...
Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore...
Global inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) showed a steep fall of US$859 billion in 2020 from $1.5 trillion a year earlier as the fallout of Covid-19, says a UN...
The initial public offering (IPO) lottery draw of Taufika Foods & Agro Industries, which produces ice cream under the brand name of 'Lovello', to be held tomorrow (Tuesday). The event...
The Bangladesh Bank has selected a 'lead bank' for each district headquarters across the country mainly to expedite loan disbursement meant for cottage, micro and small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs)....
Welfare visions of the US administration led by President Joe Biden and the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are similar. So, the ties between these two countries are...
The prices of wheat flour have increased by Tk 2.0-Tk 3.0 per kilogram in the domestic market hitting people's pockets, according to trading sources. However, traders have attributed the hike...
Disagreeing with a recent survey that showed upper poverty rate reaching 42 per cent in the country in December 2020, Planning Minister M A Mannan on Sunday said current poverty...
The Bridges Division, failing to implement projects in time, has proposed to surrender more than 43 per cent of its fund allocations in the development budget, officials said on Saturday....
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has sought exemption from the payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) on the import of COVID-19 vaccine, its administration and distribution to supply to the consumers at...
More than 50 per cent of the active BO (beneficiary owner's) have no role in the country's capital market as those accounts have either 'zero' balance or 'never' been used...
The government will take a decision on reopening high schools and colleges after observing the coronavirus situation until February 4. Education Minister Dipu Moni revealed the plan at a virtual...
Bangladesh and India will pay the same price in procuring the COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, from Serum Institute of India, Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd...
A US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote "freedom of the seas", the US military said on Sunday, at...
Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages. "We are working so our...
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