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Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates and International Humanitarian City (IHC), the world’s largest hub for humanitarian aid, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on humanitarian...
Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid has issued an ordinance elevating the maximum punishment in rape cases to the death sentence from life imprisonment. Hamid on Tuesday signed the amendment to...
Turkish police detained dozens of people on Tuesday in a search for 167 suspects, many of them active duty soldiers, in a move against supporters of a Muslim preacher the...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is...
Despite widespread protests against rape and the government's plan to toughen the law in this regard, a teenager girl has reportedly been gang- raped at a residential hotel in Sitakundu...
Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen has been appointed as the chair of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana. Momen’s appointment received unanimous support from the seven-member group comprising Antigua and...
The total external debt of the world's poorest countries climbed 9.5 per cent to a record 744 billion US dollars in 2019, according to the World Bank Group's latest International...
Bangladesh is not willing to purchase arms under the proposed Indo Pacific Strategy alliance, led by the United States, the foreign minister said on Monday. Rather, he added, the country...
Walt Disney said on Monday it had restructured its media and entertainment businesses to accelerate growth of Disney+ and other streaming services as consumers increasingly gravitate to digital viewing. Under the...
The board of directors of Envoy Textile has recommended 5.0 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2020. The final approval of dividend will come during...
Shareholders in Unilever Plc have approved the company's plan to end its 90-year-old dual-headed structure in favour of a single London-based entity, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company said on Monday. The...
White House physician Sean Conley on Monday said that US President Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19), 12 days after the president tested positive with the virus. Trump...
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had temporarily paused its Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest...
The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, sale, marketing, preservation and transportation of Hilsha fish. The ban will come into effect from tomorrow (Wednesday), and will continue until...
The country has started developing herd immunity against Covid-19 as indicated by a new study on seroprevalence among the Dhaka city dwellers, including the inhabitants of slums. About 45 per...
The government is including topics on violence against women and sexual harassment in school curriculum to sensitise children about the dangers, Dipu Moni says. The education minister revealed the move...
The country's gold traders have alleged that they often face questions by tax officials on the gold they legalised through paying tax. Some VAT officials are seeking previous account details...
A significant number of returnee female migrant workers, especially those from the Middle-East (ME) countries, became victims of wage theft, as they failed to bring home their dues from employers...
A major portion of the stimulus package for large industries and services has been implemented while only 24.18 per cent was executed in another package for the CMSMEs until September...
The global COVID-19 pandemic can be overcome quickly if countries use the right tools, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, but warned that if those tools...
The World Bank in its last projection painted a gloomier global poverty picture than it did in its earlier August report. The report fears, globally, the Covid-19 pandemic might cause...
It's no other person than the country's Prime Minister who has lately alerted the people to the coming 'second wave' of coronavirus. She has sounded the alarm on several occasions....
To cancel or not the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations was a most critical decision. Finally, the decision came in favour of cancellation. No such decision can please everyone, particularly...
The High Court has directed the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to adjust the inflated electricity bill issued during general holidays due to coronavirus pandemic. A High Court division bench...
Traumatic deaths and injuries have become part of the work life of the ship breaking workers in Sitakunda. By dismantling around 47.20 per cent of world vessels, Bangladesh became the...
Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the southeast Asian country and other nations in the region, the British and Thai governments said on...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Dhaka will seek duty free access of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) products to the US market for the next three years. Dhaka will...
Newly-appointed Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Md Mominur Rahman Mamun has tested positive for coronavirus. He was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Monday morning, reports bdnews24.com....
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected developed and developing countries alike, despite vast disparities in initial response capacities. Global leaders were especially concerned about the disease's potential...
Despite the country's success in reducing loss of lives due to disasters over the decades, the economic losses caused by calamities remain the major threat to sustainable development. A key...
Global Reporting Initiative or GRI is the independent international organisation that supports businesses and other organisations take responsibility for their impacts on various aspects through providing them with the global...
Today is 12th death anniversary of ex VC of Chattogram University Dr Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury (RI Chowdhury), says a press release. His family has arranged recitation from the Quran and...
Uncertainty looms large over the timely execution of a slew of power transmission projects aimed at facilitating electricity evacuation from the upcoming 2,400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).The reason...
Protest against the recent rapes and violence against women rolled into the eighth day on Monday in Dhaka. Protesters, mostly leaders and activists of leftist student bodies, joined a 'cultutal...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday described Bangladesh and India ties as multidimensional saying if friendly relations and mutual understanding prevail among neighbouring countries, it becomes easier...
A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to interrogate two suspects in a case filed over allegedly raping a Dhaka University student. The suspects are: Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said inclusion of death sentence as capital punishment in the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance- 2020 would certainly bring down the occurrence of...
The board of directors of Olympic Industries has decided to import a brand new complete set of machinery, equipment and spares from China at an estimated total cost of US$...
Top US infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and his comments...
The government of Italy has turned down a request from Bangladesh to withdraw restrictions on entry of its expatriates into that country until December 31. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen...
A tribunal in Joypurhat on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a two and a half years old girl after abduction in 2015. Judge of Joypurhat Woman and...
The prices of potato have shot up to Tk 50-55 a kg, adding woes to the consumers who are battered with rocketing trend of other essentials. Stored potato of diamond...
US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the 2020 Nobel Economics Prize for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...
Monthly immunisation service uptake has surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels in Bangladesh despite the challenges faced by parents, communities and health services during the pandemic, according to new data. “This is a...
Bangladesh has registered 31 more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours until 8 am taking the tally to 5,555 since the first case of the coronavirus disease was...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish session on Monday, as shaky investors continued their sell-offs on major sectors issues fearing a further fall in prices. DSEX, the prime index of the...
A Dhaka court has sentenced expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to 20-year imprisonment in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge...
A large number of farmers in Narsingdi district are now growing chemical-free vegetables using compost instead of different chemical fertilisers and poisonous pesticides, reports BSS. The Department of Agricultural Extension...
Mumbai has faced a power outage due to grid failure on Monday morning with rail movement coming to a halt in several locations of India's financial capital. "Due to grid...
Locals blocked the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway for half an hour at Akhalia area after a young man died allegedly in police custody in Sylhet city on Sunday. The deceased was identified...
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