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The government has approved two packages to develop the road stretching from Ekatabazar to Bangladesh Navy Base Sheikh Hasina in Cox’s Bazar at a cost of around Tk 2.74 billion....
Kuwait’s parliament has approved a law to reduce the number of foreign workers in the country by one year, as part of efforts to ‘rebalance’ its population. The new legislation,...
Should Bangladesh worry about China's 'debt trap'? One needs to understand that to be a developed country by 2041, Bangladesh needs to continue and successfully complete the mega-development projects. The...
Loss of hundreds and thousands of jobs, if not millions, during the pandemic, is a cruel truth. Many of those who have survived in their jobs are apparently fortunate. They,...
At a meeting of the standing committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC), the Department of Forest informs that 287,452 acres of the country's total 4,646,700...
Managing Director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Kazi Sanaul Hoq has stepped down from his post citing personal reasons. Sanaul submitted the resignation letter on October 8, the DSE said in...
US President Donald Trump has a Chinese bank account, which is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015, the New York Times has...
The International Monetary Fund slashed this year’s economic forecast for Asia, reflecting a sharper-than-expected contraction in countries like India, a sign the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a heavy toll...
The government has decided to import 80,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of bulk urea fertiliser at Tk 1.74 billion. The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved three separate proposals...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to arrest Proshanto Kumar Halder, disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL), as soon as he returns...
The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started the open market sale (OMS) of potato at subsidised rate of Tk 25 a kilogramme in the city on Wednesday. TCB spokesperson...
Parliament will go into a special session (10th session of the current parliament) on November 8 for the first time in its history marking the Mujib Borsho on the occasion...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) opened its fifth sub-branch at Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) at Patenga in Chattogram on Wednesday. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed, EBL’s area head of Chattogram, inaugurated the...
Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday agreed to undertake 'special actions' in order to expedite the implementation of ADB-assisted projects in this country for promoting faster economic recovery...
HSBC Bangladesh in partnership with JETRO organised a webinar titled ‘Bangladesh-Japan Business Corridor: Stakeholders Dialogue and Way Forward’ in the city on Wednesday. The webinar was aimed at bringing the...
Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has assured that all workers of 25 shuttered state-run jute mills of the country will get their arrears within November. “We have received...
Berlin police are investigating an attack that caused extensive damage to works of art and artefacts displayed at three locations on the German capital’s Museum Island, reports Reuters. Confirming earlier...
A very large portion of Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be manufactured in India through the country’s strong and robust private sector partners, said Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO...
With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, former President Barack Obama makes his debut on the 2020 campaign trail to stump for his former vice president, Democrat...
The coronavirus will be around for "evermore" as it is unlikely it will be eradicated, a British scientist on the government's advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday, although...
Thailand received a group of tourists from China on Tuesday, its first such arrivals since commercial flights were banned in April to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the visitors seemingly undeterred...
‘Fortify Rights’ on Wednesday said donor governments seeking to raise one billion dollars in aid for Rohingya should acknowledge the crimes perpetrated against them in Myanmar as genocide and crimes...
The value of global trade is set to fall by 7.0 per cent to 9.0 per cent in 2020 from the previous year, despite signs of a fragile rebound led...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said that virtual courts will be used in special conditions based on necessity while regular court proceedings will resume after the Covid-19 pandemic elope....
Several hundreds of vehicles remained stranded at the Daulatdia end of the Daulatdia-Paturia ferry route in Rajbarhi district on Wednesday. Disruption in ferry services resulted in this situation, witnesses say....
Bangladesh registered another 24 deaths in coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours to 8:00 am on Wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,723 in the country, according...
The High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of former Awami League (AL) leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption...
As many as 230,749 garment workers did not return to their workplaces in Bangladesh despite reopening of the factories amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a latest report of ILO...
Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced. São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government had agreed to...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the government is working rapidly to ensure the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to all citizens once they are available. In his address to...
No annual secondary examinations will be held due to the coronavirus situation in the country this year, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said. The minister came up with the development...
Demonstrators blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka protesting against the attack on anti-rape long march in Feni in which 20 people were injured. A group of protesters belonging to various...
The United States has said China has done "very little" to help resolve the Rohingya issue and for whom much more should be expected, considering the proximity to China of...
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as a low has formed over the central part of...
The value of global trade is set to fall by 7 per cent to 9 per cent in 2020 from the previous year, despite signs of a fragile rebound led...
A Chinese soldier who had strayed across a contested de facto border with India in the Himalayas has been handed back by the Indian side, according to a report by...
A traffic sergeant was killed after a covered van hit him in the Jatrabari area of Dhaka city on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh, 55, a...
Cathay Pacific has announced it is closing its subsidiary Cathay Dragon and cutting 8,500 jobs. Cathay Dragon was a full service regional carrier flying mainly to mainland China and other...
Over hundreds of men, women, and young people walked along the beach of Cox’s Bazar with demand for climate and gender justice. ActionAid Bangladesh organised the event under a global...
Cumilla’s Lalmai Upazila has a good name for growing a variety of vegetables, particularly gourds, all the year round. The gourds grown here are supplied to Dhaka, Chattogram and other...
Language Movement veteran M Nurul Islam Dadu Bhai passed away at a hospital on Wednesday at the age of 91. Dadu Bhai, a former BNP MP from Khulna-4 constituency, breathed...
At least 15 Afghans were killed and more than a dozen injured in a stampede that occurred in an open ground where thousands of Afghans had gathered on Tuesday to...
Dhaka bourse on Wednesday made a positive start following investors’ increased participation, mostly on small cap companies including insurers. After one hour of the session, DSEX, the broad index of...
ShopUp, a Bangladeshi business-to-business digital commerce platform for micro and small entrepreneurs, has raised $22.5 million from foreign investors, several global media outlets reported on Tuesday. The amount is Bangladesh's...
Regent Textile Mills, a listed company, will acquire 99 per cent shares of Legacy Fashion at a value of Tk 830.115 million based on net asset value reported in the...
Tax revenue collection started gaining momentum gradually after the Covid-19 pandemic fallout, posting 4.11 per cent growth in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, compared...
The US sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the $1.0 trillion company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of...
The cultivation of olive, a seasonal but profitable fruit, is gaining popularity in many areas of Tangail district. Hundreds of farmers have attained financial solvency by cultivating the fruit. Sources...
Lead time and transport costs are likely to be reduced significantly as a new provision will allow investors at export processing zones to use same containers for export-import shipments. Investors...
The government has released more than Tk 2.75 billion as operating loan to pay workers' arrears of two closed state-owned jute mills, officials said. They are Crescent Jute Mills Co....
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