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The government was clueless about the abrupt potato price hike, agriculture minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque said on Tuesday, hinting at import to stop the market from getting overheated. "Our...
Only 0.4 per cent of the country's micro, small and medium enterprises (Msmes) received financing from banks and financial institutions under the government's packages to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic-induced...
Bangladesh will not get the 'Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)-Plus' facility until it implements the 27 core UN conventions on labour reforms, human rights and governance, says the European Union...
Assembly before classes is an exception to schooling these days. Students hardly see on-campus debate on contemporary issues. Playful joys have already disappeared from the lives of growing children even...
So, finally, what had been a cause for concern has come true. The government's stimulus package has seen little success in reaching out to small businesses. The case in reference...
The revelation that Bangladesh spends the lowest share in a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on social protection among the South and South-western Asian nations is certainly uncomfortable. If viewed...
Bangladesh's ability to come out of the Covid-19 dilemma and resume economic activities earlier than many countries has paid dividends, economists and entrepreneurs told a discussion held in Dhaka Tuesday....
Bangladesh garment factory owner Shahidullah Azim laid off 20 per cent of his workers in the wake of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Now watching the second wave...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said there will be no sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis in near future if the defiance, impunity and geopolitical appeasement of...
Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said the Agriculture sector of the country will be the worst sufferer if the second wave of Coronavirus outbreak hits the country in the...
Bangladeshi banks need to adopt an advanced cybersecurity system in line with the regulatory guidelines amid concern that the infrastructures in the country’s banking sector dangerously lags behind, experts told...
The US Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law in using its market power to fend off...
Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard have rescued 14 crew members of a lighter vessel, which remained stuck in the Bay of Bengal since Monday night. Lieutenant Commander M Hayat...
Published report suggests that uncertainty looms over the timely implementation of the power transmission lines for electricity evacuation from the upcoming 2,400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) as the...
Loading and unloading operations of consumer goods, oil and sand have been affected as water transport workers started a countrywide indefinite strike on Tuesday. They raised an 11-point charter of...
France is preparing to expel 231 foreigners on a government watch list for suspected extremist religious beliefs, a police union source said on Sunday, two days after a Russian-born Islamist...
The government has embarked on a project to develop a state-of-the-art memorial-cum-tourist complex in the historical Mujibnagar, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said on Tuesday. "Mujibnagar being one...
From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developing countries to maintain...
One in every six children, or 356 million globally, lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, as per a new World Bank Group-UNICEF analysis. The situation is set to worsen...
The central bank of Bangladesh has relaxed provisioning against unclassified loans of all categories under consumer financing, excluding house finance to expedite the flow of consumer loans in the banking...
Dhaka University will hold admission tests in divisional cities across the country this year to ensure the safety of admission seekers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The university also decided to...
Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Limited (BD Finance), one of the leading non-banking financial institutions (NBFI) in the country, organised an event titled ‘Scaling Up Bootcamp-2020’ recently. The event took...
The High Court on Tuesday granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to Faridpur-4 MP Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury in a case filed by the Election Commission (EC). The bench of Justice...
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets aside the $335 million...
Chittagong Independent University (CIU) held its 23rd Syndicate Meeting on Tuesday on a virtual platform. The syndicate members discussed the launching of supply chain management course and continuation of joint...
The list of freedom fighters will be published on December 16, the Victory Day. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque made the disclosure in Meherpur today (Tuesday). He said...
On the eve of this week’s donor conference for the Rohingyas, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, today (Tuesday) stressed the need for stronger international support and a redoubling of efforts...
The US Embassy in Dhaka is now accepting Concept Notes for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) of fiscal year 2021 competition, according to the embassy statement issued on...
The government reviewed the maximum retail price of potato at Tk 35 a kg on Tuesday amid urgency from traders. Maximum cold storage level price has been re-fixed at Tk...
The government has decided to develop three national airports as the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a project involving Tk 5.66 billion on Tuesday. Under the...
An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial in Brazil, preliminary results showed on Monday, reports Reuters. São Paulo's Butantan...
Senior officials at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have called for strengthening international cooperation to improve cross-border payments as many central banks are exploring the issuance of digital currencies. "Changes...
Britain said on Tuesday it would back “human challenge” trials, where young and healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with Covid-19, to accelerate the development of vaccines for the disease. The...
Bangladesh registered another 21 deaths from novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours to 8:00am on Tuesday, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,699 in the country, according to...
Argentina has become the fifth country in the world to exceed one million coronavirus cases, its health ministry said on Monday, making it the smallest nation by far to reach...
bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi has secured a bail order again, this time from a Dhaka trial court in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Senior Special Judge KM...
Bangladesh garment factory owner Shahidullah Azim laid off 20 per cent of his workers in the wake of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Now watching the second wave...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has moved to operate a flight from Dhaka to Rome from October 28. The decision has been made as Italy has withdrawn a flight embargo for Bangladeshis...
The Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) is considering to determine the budget for public universities after scrutinising their competency and efficiency from the next fiscal year. The UGC is also...
Insurgents from western Myanmar on Monday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last week of three ruling party candidates in conflict-torn Rakhine state, and demanded the release of detained student protesters...
Dhaka bourse on Tuesday opened on positive note and maintained the trend for more than two hours following investors’ increased participations. Traders’ participation was mostly concentrated on small-cap companies including...
Water transport workers have started a countrywide indefinite strike to press home their 11-point demand. They began their strike from Monday midnight, Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation (BWTWF) General Secretary...
Britain sees no basis to resume trade talks with the European Union unless there is a fundamental change in approach from Brussels, chief negotiator David Frost said on Monday, dashing...
The final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted, organisers said on Monday, looking to...
Cattle rearers are facing severe problems due to an acute shortage of feed for their animals after the floodwater has started receding in Bogura. They are being compelled to sell...
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for the area, the US Geological Survey said. The US Tsunami Warning...
Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL) will not resume this year, said Khaled Mahmud, chairman of the game development committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), report agencies. DPDCL, which is...
Four school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
The Indian army said on Monday that it had captured a Chinese soldier after he strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both countries...
A landscape policy has been drafted for the first time to protect national and regional highways from damage and prevent road accidents. The policy will help all concerned including Forest...
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