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The USAID and a dozen of US-based retail, apparel and footwear companies teamed up on Wednesday to help and alleviate the hardship faced by the workers in the Asian supply...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved dredging of Rabnabad channel of Payra seaport by Belgium-based company Jan De Nul. The maintenance dredging will be done under direct...
The inflow of foreign aid to Bangladesh jumped by 55 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal after Japan released a big chunk of budget support to...
The central bank has slashed interest rates on loans under the Export Development Fund (EDF) to help exporters weather the pandemic-related disruptions. The revised rates will allow exporters to borrow...
The government expenditure fell significantly in the last fiscal year as the COVID-19 crisis impacted development outlays. The total budget outlay reached Tk 3.98 trillion at the end of June...
Investment in the capital market is often associated with some common perceptions, some of which have some ground, while the others are outright myths. Newcomers, hence, find it difficult to...
Every year, a good number of Bangladeshi students aspire to pursue higher studies abroad. Typically, the desired destinations for Bangladeshi students are North America, US, Australia or UK. While the...
With the goal of familiarising the graduates of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) to the corporate world, BUP Career Club just pulled off their first ever online career fest. Through...
Ghaashphoring Choir is gearing up for their first ever ticketed online concert to celebrate one year of their debut album release. Amidst this pandemic, live concerts are not an option. ...
United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale has asked Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to ensure voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingyas...
Noise pollution is an invisible danger. The most common health problem it causes is Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). Exposure to loud noise can also cause high blood pressure, heart...
A recent move to suspend some provisions of the multilateral agreement on the trade-linked intellectual property did not get the necessary support in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The move...
The arrest of four bird poachers with 32 indigenous birds they killed in a tea garden during an anti-poaching drive under an assistant range officer of the Satchhari Wildlife Range...
The goal of bringing the country’s neighbourhood shops and online sellers on a single digitised platform is one step ahead: ShopUp has raised the largest Series-A financing. The startup has...
Pharmaceutical imports into Bangladesh have been steadily on the rise over the last several years. In fact, in contrast to its export value of US$129.95 million, Bangladesh imported pharmaceuticals valued...
If you had to do all your daily works without using your one hand, one leg, and one portion of the face, you might be able to imagine how critically...
Rapid transformation of the young population, in particular, into productive forces is the crying need of the country. Unemployment rate among the educated youth has assumed an alarming proportion. The...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday started collecting data on the wealth statements of Irfan Selim, son of Awami League leader Haji Selim and suspended councillor of the 30th ward of...
The Maldives has expressed its keen interest to recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh. Outgoing Maldivian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Aishath Shaan Shakir conveyed the message of the island...
Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns on Wednesday as COVID deaths across Europe rose almost 40 per cent in a week,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the private banks to be more sincere in providing loans at low interest to small business enterprises to offset the Covid-19 fallout. "In...
The government will procure a total of 850,000 metric tonnes of food grains this year from the marginal farmers across the country. The decision was taken in an online meeting...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday sent suspended constable Titu Chandra Das to jail after conclusion of eight days of remand in two phases over the death of Raihan Ahmed at...
The construction work of the Bangabandhu Railway Bridge will begin on Thursday as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation-stone of the bridge on the day. Railway Minister Nurul...
The ongoing ‘Laptop Exchange Offer’, initiated by the country’s electronics and technology giant Walton, has been receiving huge customers’ response across the country as customers can purchase Walton brand’s laptops...
French drugmaker Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will supply 200 million doses of their COVID-19 candidate vaccine to a global initiative to ensure equitable distribution backed by the World Health...
Delhi University Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Tyagi has been placed under suspension on President’s orders, India’s ministry of education officials said on Wednesday, reports hindustantimes.com. Tyagi’s suspension by the President...
Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group, was the founding member and vice president of ICC Bangladesh and founding vice president of Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre until his sad demise on...
Edible oil prices in Bangladesh have been rising for a month. Palm and soybean oil prices have gone up by Tk 10-15 per litre due to a price spike in...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) the ‘2020 Leading SME Trade Bank’ for its contribution in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. Expressing...
MTB Foundation, in its effort to align its CSR initiatives with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recently extended support to Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) for their project titled...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Wednesday said that the government is formulating a policy to safeguard the poultry and dairy industries of the country. He made the...
Khanqueh-e-Shaheed (QuddsesaSirrahul Aziz ) Mia Saheb'sMaidan Khanqueh Sharif in old Dhaka will hold religious discussions, Hamd and Nat-e-Rasul (sm), milad and doa mahfil marking the 1450th Holy Eid-e-miladunnabi (sm) after...
A consumers’ association has urged the authorities' concerned for strengthening service security of interoperability facilities among Mobile Financial Service (MFS) and demanded withdrawal of service charges. The association titled 'Bangladesh...
France warned its citizens in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, and the head of Russia's Chechnya...
Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami has assured that the process of issuing of tourist visas to Bangladesh travellers will restart soon, as air connectivity between the neighbouring countries resumed after...
The land development tax management system will be fully digitised from July 1 next year, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said Wednesday. He made the announcement after inaugurating the first phase...
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI), a body of the Bangladesh Tea Board, has taken an initiative to widen the tea cultivation at the slope of Garo Hills in greater Mymensingh....
A court has granted permission to the police to interrogate suspended ward councillor Erfan Selim and his bodyguard Mohammed Zahid for three days in custody in a case over the...
India has amended a law in Jammu and Kashmir allowing Indian citizens to buy land in the disputed territory, said officials, sparking opposition criticism about a steady erosion of the...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the five consecutive sessions on Wednesday as shaky investors continued their sell-offs amid lower than expected earnings declaration of many companies. DSEX, the prime...
Bangladesh registered another 23 deaths from coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours to 8:00 am on Wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,861 in the country,...
Global tourism has witnessed a fall by 70 per cent in international tourist arrivals as the restrictions on travel introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have continued to hit...
Three men died at the Kushtia General Hospital early Wednesday after reportedly drinking copious amounts of locally distilled liquor. The deceased were identified as Ripon Kumar Ghosh, 32, son of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Army to be always ready for facing any threat from home and abroad to protect the sacred constitution and sovereignty of...
Train communication on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended for nearly two hours after a derailment at Dhirasram Station in Gazipur on Wednesday. Dhirasram Railway Station Master Helal Uddin said the...
Turkey on Wednesday handed over a good number of medical equipment to Bangladesh's foreign ministry in an effort to help the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance came...
Workers of a sweater factory in Gazipur blocked the road protesting the factory authority’s decision to retrench workers. Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway remained halted for more than an...
Mirza Maniruzzaman Bachchu, the chairman of Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur and also the president of upazila unit Awami League, died of coronavirus (Covid-19) early Wednesday. The Awami League leader breathed...
The air connectivity between the neighbouring Bangladesh and India was restored today (Wednesday) under ‘air bubble’ arrangement after more than seven months of flight suspension for containment of Covid-19 pandemic. The...
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