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The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) is considering introducing QR code alongside its logo to help ensure quality and authenticity of consumer products, a top official has said. "We're...
Loose edible oil and fish witnessed further hike in prices last week, augmenting woes of the commoners. Potato price, however, showed a decline by Tk 5.0 a kilogram (kg) on...
The European Union wants to resume talks with Bangladesh on finalising labour rights roadmap as it plans to shape up the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) regulations by the end...
The confirmed global coronavirus cases surpassed 39 million as of Saturday, according to the latest tally of Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reached 39,247,785 while the fatalities from...
Bangladesh will request Japan to commence a joint feasibility study on the signing of a free trade area (FTA) agreement to help boost bilateral trade, officials said. The Ministry of...
Although overall life insurance income plunged in the April-June period as fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, some firms have recorded double-digit growth in business during the period compared with the...
With the Western powers attempting to host a conference to mobilise aid for Rohingya refugees later this month, Bangladesh has expressed its reservations about too many objectives of the initiative....
The freedom of art lies in its vastness. Art doesn't remain confined to a canvas. It spreads like a drop of water does, superseding all boundaries. Art can draw one's...
In recent times, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the world, predicting about the future trend of the pandemic's behaviour has become a serious issue. Experts in epidemiology are regularly...
Corruption in various forms particularly in foreign trade has long been in vogue. Reassuringly, of late, awareness against it has grown, thanks to the efforts of global graft watchdogs like...
A row broke out on Friday over a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical trial which concluded that the anti-viral drug remdesivir has little or no impact on a patient's chances...
4G coverage in Bangladesh is still not very satisfactory. The top four operators cover 65-80 per cent area of Bangladesh. The video experience is less than 50 per cent ,...
Four people were killed and two others were injured after a train ploughed into a car at a level crossing in Jashore’s Abhaynagar on Friday afternoon. The car was headed...
A newborn girl, who was declared dead by the doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, started moving before burial at a city graveyard. ‘Shahinur’, a resident of Gopalganj Sadar...
The battle against Covid-19 is often compared to real war. The analogy encourages a 'we are all in it together' solidarity and suggests that it is unpatriotic to criticise or...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued new instructions for visit and tourist visa holders flying into Dubai from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Nepal. The decision was taken on...
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday said the production of food grains (rice, wheat and maize) has increased to about 45.3 million metric tonnes in the current financial...
Some 83 per cent women farmers of 14 countries in Africa and Asia including Bangladesh reported a loss of livelihoods during the pandemic, with 65 per cent saying they are...
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be arranged at 30,225 puja mandaps across the country this year, reports BSS. In the wake of the...
Bangladeshi garment suppliers incurred at least US$724 million loss only in the US market in four months since Covid-19 hit the country in March, due mainly to cancellation of orders...
Millions of garment workers could lose their jobs as global brands are demanding price cuts and delaying payments to suppliers who are desperate for orders to survive the new coronavirus...
Malaysia will resume taking in workers from Bangladesh when the coronavirus pandemic situation improves. Malaysia’s human resources minister Saravanan Murugan gave the information in a virtual meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare...
Bangladesh has moved 13 notches up to the 75th place among 107 qualifying countries on the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI), well ahead of neighbouring India. The 2020 Global Hunger...
The IMF projects that China's GDP will grow by 1.9 per cent in 2020, up from 1.0 per cent in its last projection in June, citing a faster-than-expected recovery in...
The Election Commission has been taking last-minute preparation for holding the Dhaka 5 and Naogaon 6 by-polls. Electronic voting machines will be used in the polling booths, each equipped with...
An anti-rape platform has started a 'long march' to Noakhali with the aim of raising mass cultural awareness about rape and sexual violence against women across Bangladesh. Leftist student groups...
Onion traders at Hili land port in Dinajpur have said they are not interested in importing Indian onion through waterways as they are not familiar with the routes and it...
A total of 300,738 patients have so far recovered from the Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country after the recovery of 1,509 patients in last 24...
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticised what he called President Donald Trump’s “panicked” response to the coronavirus pandemic, while Trump defended his handling of a crisis that...
Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all the mobile financial service (MFS) providers to inform the customers about type and charges of the products in details in order to ensure...
European shares bounced from two-week lows on Friday but were still set for weekly losses after a sell-off that was marked by fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections,...
A total of 2,196 people across the country died with Covid-19-like symptoms in the last six months from March 22 to October 3, according to a latest report. The week...
The Bangladesh mission in Beijing has recommended that Bangladeshi exporters need to be more cautious about standards for exporting live crab and eel to ensure uninterrupted supply of aquatic products...
The total number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh doubled in the last five years thanks to the government’s commitment and push to digitise the country. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's (BTRC)...
A joint team of customs house, preventive team, and civil aviation on Friday morning seized 38,900 pieces of yaba pills from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). Mohammad Marufur Rahman, deputy...
The death of Raihan Ahmed, a resident of Sylhet, was probably caused by excessive torture, according to the chief of Forensic Department of Osmani Medical College Hospital. “His body bore...
A case has been filed over the murder of four members of a family in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira district. Moyna Khatun, mother-in-law of one of the victims Shahinur Rahman,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted the service sector from giving declaration their procurement to claim VAT rebate. The VAT policy wing of the board issued a clarification...
Oil prices slid on Friday dragged down by concerns that a spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Europe and the United States is curtailing demand in two of the world’s...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to invest in rural women and help them build resilience to future crises. "Together, we must invest in rural women so...
Gilead Sciences remdesivir had little or no effect on Covid-19 patients' length of hospital stay or chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found....
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus, is capable of infecting brain tissue and affecting the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory,...
Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly gang raping a housewife with his accomplices at Mirzapur village of Jhikargaccha upazila of Jashore district. The arrestee was identified as Rufi...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called the ongoing global economic recovery partial and uneven that is marked by significant uncertainty, as the pandemic continues to spread in places. An...
Safe food activists have urged the authorities to craft policies immediately following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on limiting trans fat to 2.0 per cent of total fat in...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has restricted the movement of people in its Dhaka and Chattogram offices due to the spread of Covid-19. The apex trade body...
Planning minister MA Mannan has called upon women entrepreneurs to be involved in diversified businesses with innovative ideas utilising digital infrastructure. The minister made the call while virtually inaugurating a...
The country's second-largest telecom and digital service provider Robi has reached a milestone of 50-million subscriber base. Robi's subscriber base swelled up quickly as the corona situation has eased out...
Amid massive uproar over skyrocketing potato price, the government is planning to suspend export of the key vegetable item for the time being to contain its price spiral, officials have...
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