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Malaysian government is considering issuing temporary work permits to illegal foreign workers in the country to overcome the shortage of workers in the oil palm and rubber industries. Muhyiddin Yassin,...
Emerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing for much-needed gains in poverty reduction and life expectancy. The crisis now puts...
The Sammilito Islami Dal, an alliance of Islamist parties, on Friday staged demonstration after offering Jum’a prayer at Baitul Mukarram national mosque in Dhaka in protest against comments made by...
With a torch in one hand and an electromagnetic metre in the other, paranormal investigator Charles Goh scours some shrub land in suburban Singapore, looking for hidden graves that could...
Militants shot dead three young workers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kashmir late on Thursday, days after his government changed laws allowing people from...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused the government of "lying" about the country's economic condition and the GDP growth. “Even, India has admitted that their growth...
The Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), was observed across the country on Friday with due religious solemnity. On this day in 570 AD, the 12th of Rabiul Awal...
The United States has supported nearly one million American jobs and assisted over 12,000 US companies active in Indo pacific region that includes Bangladesh since July 2018. The information was...
A strong earthquake of a magnitude of up to 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Turkey and Greece, local and international observatories said. People...
After 22 days, three ferries have started plying on the Kanthalbari-Shimulia route on limited experimental basis. On Friday morning, the ferry Comilla and the ferry Faridpur left from Shimulia Ghat...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday denied promoting violence by saying that Muslims have a right to "kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past"...
Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Thursday suspended former leader Jeremy Corbyn in light of comments he made after a report said the party was responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination...
New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject law changes that would allow recreational marijuana use, the country’s Electoral Commission said on Friday. The...
China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) has partnered with North West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) of Bangladesh to invest, construct and operate Payra 2×660 MW Ultra Supercritical...
In late July, volunteers from a Bangladeshi charity started getting calls seeking support from people from the country’s vast coastal region that had been flooded for months during this year’s...
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it has recalled a total of 5.84 million vehicles for a defect in the fuel pumps that could cause the part to fail. The largest...
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin said the government is working to cover 25 per cent area of the country with trees. “To this end, 10 million...
A Feni court on Friday placed a man on a seven-day remand for allegedly hurting the religious sentiment of Muslims on Facebook. The accused was identified as Mithun Dey alias...
More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, according to a tally on Thursday from the US Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday handed over “Swadhinata Purashkar-2020” (Independence Award-2020), the highest national award, to eight distinguished persons including two posthumously and an educational institute. The premier attended...
The National Zoo will remain open for the visitors on the first Sunday in every month at free of cost to mark the birth centenary of Father of the Nation...
Dzekyid, a 54-year-old barley farmer, presents himself as a role model for his neighbours and for the success of China’s efforts to tie economic development to social control in Tibet. ...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will work with its partners to help recapitalise viable businesses aiming at a resilient recovery, the lending agency iterated on Friday. The IFC’s pandemic response...
The health ministry has initiated a departmental case against three Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital officials, including Director Uttam Kumar Barua, over irregularities in the procurement of medical equipment. They...
The Directorate of Posts on Friday released a postage stamp commemorating the recognition of the historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of the world’s documentary...
The Cable Operators Association of Bangladesh (COAB) has threatened to stop airing Star Group television channels from November 4 if Jadoo Vision Ltd does not re-establish the signal of the...
The German economy grew by a record 8.2 per cent in the third quarter as Europe’s largest economy partly recovered from its worst-ever recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, data...
Bangladesh on Friday recorded 1,604 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 406,364. The death toll climbed to 5,905 after 19...
Facebook Inc. has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2020, with net income growing 29 per cent to 7.85 US billion dollars for the quarter ending on...
Bangladesh sees a surge in violence against women and girls when it enters the final phase of its national plan to build ‘a society without violence against women and children...
Stocks slipped into the red in the outgoing week as shaky investors went on selling binge on sector-wise issues amid ongoing corporate declarations. Week-on-week, DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka...
Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 500,000 for the first time on Wednesday, a record one-day increase as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reported daily spikes. Global daily Covid-19...
Three members of a family, including a minor, were found dead at Jamshite village in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj district on Thursday night. The victims were identified as Asad Mia,...
If one looks up the phrase ‘City of Mosques,’ on the net, what is found is the name Istanbul, once known as Constantinople, the bicontinental city of Europe and Asia,...
Vietnam's export and import turnovers in the first 10 months of 2020 increased by 4.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent year-on-year respectively, according to the country's General Statistics Office...
A woman and her son were killed when a truck hit a motorbike on Godagari-Nachole road at Kazipara Sautalpara in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday night. The deceased...
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Major General (Retd) ANM Muniruzzaman has said Bangladesh needs to remain very careful keeping its national interest protected as the...
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the anniversary of birth and death of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him), is being observed in the country today with massive religious festivity and fervor,...
America’s biggest cities should brace for a chunk of families moving out because they prefer to work remotely from less crowded and less expensive areas, according to a survey by...
The intern doctors at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) have announced an indefinite work abstention demanding punishment of Assistant Registrar Masud Khan for irregularities. The interns locked the entrance of...
Bangladesh is one of the high volatile countries in terms of export, especially during the pandemic, according to an estimate of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)....
Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than Covid-19 without bold action to halt the habitat destruction that helps viruses hop from wildlife to...
Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday Muslims have a right to “kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past” but he did not approve of...
The securities regulator is seeking ways to get the multinational companies (MNCs) listed publicly in order to enhance the depth of the capital market. At a meeting on Thursday, the...
The condition to purchase 75 per cent materials from India for projects under the Indian Line of Credits (LoCs) is the main reason for delay in project implementation, according to...
About 35 per cent of 428 surveyed fashion brands failed to show any evidence of making regular payments to their suppliers during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent global...
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday stressed the need for more Chinese investments in the supply chain to slash trade gap by increasing Bangladesh's exports to the East Asian nation....
A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to...
'Pay as you consume or use' is the basic rule that the utility service providers are supposed to follow while offering goods and services to their respective consumers/subscribers. But, there...
With the unbridled price rise of the major essentials, the recurring issue of government intervention in market assumes a reinforced relevance. Only more so, because of the adverse impacts of...
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