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US President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits challenging the election results in an...
The people of Chattogram are well-known for their hospitality. They are foodies and do not shy away from entertaining others with foods. During the stagnant lockdown days when everyone was...
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday they will resign en masse in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues from the city assembly after Beijing gave...
Bangladesh has made great strides towards becoming a digital economy in the past few decades. Still, software piracy and intellectual property theft remain a vexing problem. Unlike the past when...
Bahrain’s Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister and a staunch ally of neighbouring Saudi Arabia and the United States, died on Wednesday. Sheikh Khalifa, a...
The United Kingdom (UK) said imports from 47 of the world’s least developed countries, including Bangladesh, will not face any tariffs – supporting their economic development through business and trade....
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 92 per cent effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country's sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Laxmipur-3 MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, his wife MP Salina Islam and two other family members on charges of...
Each of the three floors of Mind Aid has a soundproof room, in one of which Anisul Karim Shipon, a senior assistant superintendent of police, was allegedly beaten to death...
Bangladesh's forex-fetching readymade garment industry had begun to show signs of revival with expectations of a surge in foreign orders before the Christmas after a huge slump in export. But...
The United Nations' refugee agency said Malaysia has not allowed it to meet detained refugees and asylum seekers for more than a year as the country cracks down on undocumented...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the two straight sessions on Wednesday as risk-averse investors continued their sell-offs on sector-wises issues. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Bangladesh has reported 19 more coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths and 1,699 fresh infections recorded in the 24 hours to 8 am. With these, the total deaths and cases now stand at...
More than 300,000 people have died of Covid-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday, and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the...
Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday under a deal that halted six weeks of fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces, locking in place territorial gains by Azerbaijan....
UN Undersecretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesday. Dujarric told reporters at the regular...
Daraz Bangladesh, a concern of China-based Alibaba Group, is holding what is called the world’s biggest online sale 11.11 (Eleven Eleven) on Wednesday. Daraz (daraz.com.bd), which is Bangladesh's largest online...
A total of 1,012 journalists have so far contracted Covid-19 and 26 of them died from it in the country, according to a local journalists’ platform. Eleven journalists also died...
Dominage Steel Building Systems is set to hold its IPO (initial public offering) lottery draw on November 16, aiming to allocate 30 million ordinary shares among successful applicants. The company...
Madhumati Challengers have become champions in Walton Khulna Press Club Media Cup with an unbeaten record, beating Rupsha Tigers by five wickets on Tuesday. Walton Group announced this in a...
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has exceeded 51 million globally on Wednesday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. So far, 1,270,171 fatalities have been reported....
Joe Biden has said US President Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat in last week's White House election is "an embarrassment". But the US president-elect - who has been making...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early hours trading on Wednesday as investors mostly followed cautious stance after corporate declarations of most of the companies. Following the previous day’s negative...
The central bank has amended its instruction, allowing banks to provide their market disclosures within seven working days of finalising the annual audited financial statements, instead of March or September....
As the mercury has started falling at the advent of winter, winter cloth trade has gathered momentum in Dhaka city's dress markets. Talking to wholesalers on Monday, the FE found...
The government will finalise a plan soon to relocate dockyards from the bank of the River Buriganga at Sadarghat in the city, said state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury...
Eggplant cultivation by using the eco-friendly bagging method has gained widespread popularity in Betaga union of Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district to protect vegetable from infestation of pests. Most of...
The government plans to take up a project in a bid to prevent price debacle with improving the preserving process of rawhide (salted/non-salted) of cows, goats and buffaloes, sources said....
Manufacturing industries will have to pay VAT for transferring raw materials from one factory to another, according to a clarification of the revenue board. However, the manufacturing units will get...
A proposal to reduce Dhaka city's bus routes from 291 to 42 and divide its area into nine clusters for operating public transports under the company system has been submitted...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has selected 30 treasury bonds for benchmarking as part of its latest move to develop a secondary market for the government securities. It took the ones,...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has expressed Bangladesh's interest to work with Sweden in the clean and renewable energy sector. He conveyed such interest to...
Statistics of rates of unemployment or even a high number of unemployed youths have overshadowed the focus on the human face of the issue in Bangladesh context over the years....
Reports concerning a remarkable initiative currently under consideration of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) have drawn attention of many city dwellers. The recent unveiling of the plan by the...
Cooperative societies, when first introduced, were the only democratic entities in the colonial era rural Bengal. Constitutionally, those were farming people's voluntary associations owned collectively by members for their mutual...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to start direct flights on Sylhet-Cox's Bazar route from Thursday (November 12). The flight will leave Sylhet for Cox's Bazar at 11:45 AM every Tuesday and...
A strong and better economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic requires governments to make the services sector a key element in their policy mix. Services play a key role in...
Digitalisation has in the past few years enabled developing countries in particular to leapfrog on financial inclusion. Countries like Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania have made great advances in connecting...
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque Sunday said an international accredited laboratory and agro processing centre will be set up at Purbachal area in the capital to accelerate exports and...
The European Union has charged Amazon with damaging retail competition, accusing the US company of using its size, power and data to give it an unfair advantage over smaller merchants...
Pizza Hut on Tuesday launched two pizzas with plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat's sausage in the United States and the United Kingdom for a limited time, taking advantage of the...
The availability of a vaccine against the coronavirus would be a game changer for Germany’s economy, boosting growth significantly, the head of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine could be on the horizon outweighed the expected negative impact on fuel demand of new lockdowns to curb the...
Huawei plans to sell budget-brand smartphone unit Honor in a 100 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) deal to a consortium led by handset distributor Digital China and the government of its...
South Korea has provided $1.0 million to the UNICEF office in Bangladesh to assist UNICEF's activities in the country this year with a focus on gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies,...
When it comes to vegetables, the norm is that you need to pay less in winter than in summer. But this season, the drop in mercury has failed to cool...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described coronavirus outbreak as a wake-up call for constructive multilateralism as the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded that ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe’. "The...
Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20 per cent of those infected with...
PRAN-RFL Group’s Varendra Industrial Park at Godagari in Rajshahi, is collecting agro-based products including mango, tomato, olive and guava, based on season, from the local farmers and making pulp in...
With tropical heat, remote island communities and a dearth of ultra-cold freezers, many Asian countries aren't betting on Pfizer's experimental vaccine solving their COVID-19 crisis any time soon. The world...
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