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Bangladesh has sought $500 million as support from the World Bank for procurement, preservation, transportation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine for the people of the country. The country sought the...
City Bank will work with World Vision Bangladesh (WVB) to facilitate access to banking service for financially disadvantaged people. Initially, City Bank and WVB made a bilateral agreement to reach...
For a country that has the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans, the good old port of Chattogram, sandy beach Cox’s Bazar, the beautiful Teknaf peninsula and eye-catching Saint Martin Island,...
Although one year has passed since a tribunal delivered its verdict in Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, her family’s wait to see the execution of the verdict...
Europe became the second region after Latin America to surpass 250,000 deaths on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with record numbers of daily COVID-19 infections reported in the past...
Health officials reviewing Gilead Science Inc's remdesivir against COVID-19 should consider all evidences, including a trial in which the medicine failed, before giving it the green light, the top WHO...
Operational activities of Sonamasjid Land Port remained suspended for five days at a stretch on the occasion of celebrating Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for the Hindu community, from...
Some 19 people died and 1,094 more were infected with Covid-19 in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday. The total number of infected people so far reached...
Members of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested another policeman, who was suspended over the death of Raihan at Bandarbazar police outpost, from Sylhet policelines on Friday night. The arrestee...
The World Bank and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Saturday to collaborate for improving road safety in Bangladesh. An online event titled ‘Road Safety Collaboration: Reducing road fatalities...
The worldwide confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have surpassed 42 million on Saturday, according to data by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Till now, 42,203,732 people have been tested positive for...
Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India...
Russia's Honorary Consul Architect Ashiq Imran was awarded the prestigious medal by the Russian government. He was awarded the medal in recognition of his contribution to the development of bilateral...
Sudan is to normalise relations with Israel - the latest in a series of Arab League countries to do so. At the same time, US President Donald Trump has removed...
US Embassy Dhaka has announced its call for applications for the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) 2021-2022. The YES programme, funded by the US Department of State, provides scholarships...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of veteran lawyer and former attorney general Barrister Rafique-ul Huq. In a...
Bangladesh Bank has launched its newly designed website (www.bb.org.bd) with a better look and communication flow. The redesigned site appears soothing and clean compared to the previous one. The old site is...
The Least Developed Countries’ (LDCs) request to extend the transition period of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) didn't get full support from the members of the World Trade...
“A man with new ideas is a madman, until his ideas triumph,” is Marcelo Bielsa’s favorite quote that perhaps best describes him. Add Mourinho's madness, Pep's whining and Ancelotti's swagger...
US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that if elected, he will make coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines free for all Americans. "Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it...
Members of the Coast Guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of four people, who went missing after a speed boat capsized in Agunmukha river in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali on...
Today (Saturday), October 24, marks the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations (UN). The day is known as United Nations Day. The global accord which greeted...
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 68 gold bars from a flight which returned from Abu Dhabi on Friday. Acting on a tip-off,...
AstraZeneca has resumed the US trial of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine after approval by regulators, and Johnson & Johnson is also preparing to resume its trial on Monday or Tuesday,...
Eminent lawyer Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq has passed away while undergoing treatment in ICU at Ad-Deen Hospital in Dhaka. Senior Supreme Court (SC) lawyer and former Attorney General of Bangladesh breathed his...
Post and telecommunications ministry has made a fresh move to fix tariff for nationwide telecommunication transmission network (NTTN) operators. Telecoms ministry at a meeting on Thursday instructed Internet Service Providers...
Vegetables, which already witnessed a series of price hikes in the last couple of months, became a bit more costly on Friday compared to that in the last several days...
CHATTOGRAM: Around 4.0 million (40 lakh) people of coastal belt in Chattogram and Cox's Bazar are living in high risk of natural disaster as the two districts and the port...
Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has suggested imposing a single-stage VAT and tariff on edible oil instead of existing three-tier structure aiming to stabilize the prices of the key...
Dhaka bourse in last week posted a marginal rise in broad index and a moderate rise in turnover as major sectors performed mixed following investors' stance of diversifying portfolios. Dhaka...
Work on the Nalka-Dhanua-Elenga gas transmission pipeline installation is not over yet even after a lapse of almost two years since the elapse of the December 2018 deadline. Millions of...
Bangladesh has sought US$300 million budgetary support from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to facilitate providing working capital to its cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), affected by...
A health ministry probe committee unearthed serious financial irregularities amounting to more than Tk 64 million at Shahid Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. Hospital director Dr Uttam Kumar Barua and five...
Open account financing has the potential to boost the country's exports, but higher pricing compared with LCs may erode competitive edge of exporters, bankers say. The views came at a...
Increased money supply in the last six months following a substantial growth in high-powered money has helped Bangladesh avert possible recession, but economists say inflationary pressure is building up. High-powered...
Financial or current account in an economy indicates the state of total export earnings along with inward foreign remittance and the import payments. Ultimately, the current account surplus helps the...
The global pandemic has changed nearly everything for chief marketing officers (CMOs), forcing them to scramble as consumers shift even more to online shopping. Meanwhile, CEOs are pressuring their marketing...
Here in the birthplace of American democracy, election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis. Philadelphia’s Board...
The attack on an anti-rape rally in Feni last week is a disturbing development to different parts of the country to vent anger over growing heinous crime, rape to be...
With the death toll from the Covid-19 already crossing 1.1 million and over 40 million infected, the world is now witnessing a race to produce a vaccine aimed at protecting...
The nation's ability to beat all odds and bounce back with renewed vigour is proverbial. And it has again been vindicated as the economy has been returning to normalcy by...
Bangladesh has experienced heavy rains since Thursday due to a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that crossed Khulna and India’s West Bengal coast between 12 noon and 6pm...
Covid-19 has not just put the economy in a momentary crisis; it has forced the people to rethink the entire paradigm of progress. The issue of post-pandemic recovery calls for...
It has taken four years, but US President Donald Trump's tax avoidance and deep indebtedness are finally being exposed, as are his many acts of self-dealing and efforts to benefit...
Singapore-based Inter-Asia Group Pte Ltd will develop the Sabrang Tourism Park in Cox's Bazar. The Inter-Asia Group signed a land lease agreement (LLA) with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) in...
The sixth episode of IPDC OGROJ was held recently by IPDC Finance, the country’s first private sector non-banking financial institution. The episode, which was aired live on IPDC's official Facebook...
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on Thursday was the second highest on record, coming in just short of a midsummer peak as the spread...
Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia face with Covid-19 a public health emergency unlike any seen in our lifetime, along with an unprecedented economic downturn. The pandemic is...
The coronavirus virus is spreading more quickly than during its initial outbreak in the spring, French government scientific advisor Arnaud Fontanet said on Friday, in one of the starkest warnings...
The following article appeared on indiaspend.com on October 20, 2020 India’s gross domestic product will contract by 10.3% and per capita income by 11.2% in 2020-21, while Bangladesh’s GDP...
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