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A cross the world, the most severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been observed on livelihoods. During such economic downturns, historically, migrant workers get disproportionately affected. Migrants, even if...
The trial of 25 accused in a case filed over the killing of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad has started in a Dhaka court. Barkat...
Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months of this year, data show while an...
India has become the world's new hotspot for the Covid-19 pandemic as infection cases have surged in recent weeks. On September 22, the total number of confirmed cases surged past...
The United Nations (UN) estimates that African countries will need at least $200 billion to cope with the socioeconomic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to emergency health spending....
The High Court on Monday ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove all the links of the recorded video clip of torturing a woman in Noakhali that sparked...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday removed around 1,090 illegal billboards and banners in the capital’s Uttara area on the second day of the drive. The evicted billboards were...
Being not able to see the world is such a curse which can't be expressed in words. Even in a digital world where services are offered to overcome such challenges,...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Monday fined two petrol pumps Tk 100,000 in the capital’s Mohakhali area for measurement manipulation of different types of fuel. A mobile court...
The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has taken initiative of dope testing to detect its drug-addict police members. “We have taken the initiative of bringing all the suspected policemen under dope...
Bangladesh has requested Qatar again to reconsider a downward adjustment of LNG, or liquefied natural gas, import price from the Qatargas against the backdrop of global coronavirus pandemic. State Minister...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md Jahurul Haque, along with 10 representatives of the regulatory body, visited the Walton factory at Chandara, Gazipur on Monday, said a press release....
The 1,320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant in Patuakhali district's Kalapara upazila is ready to operate at full blast. Officials said the second unit of the plant, a joint venture...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has started accepting interview-waiver visa applications of B1/B2 categories to visit the USA for tourism, business and medical purposes. “Individuals only with B1/B2 visas that...
Coca-Cola, Nestle and PepsiCo, the world’s top three plastic polluters according to a yearly brand audit by NGO Break Free From Plastic, have struggled for decades to increase the share...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new...
Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60 percent experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five...
Agrabad Corporate Branch and Khatungonj Corporate Branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) jointly organised a webinar on 'Compliance of Shari`ah in Banking Sector' recently. Meah Md Barkat Ullah, executive...
Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) leaders’ event on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the current President of the...
President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his condition remains unclear and...
The High Court has issued a rule questioning the legality of a water price hike made effective in April by the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Justice JBM Hassan and...
The overall flood situation in the Ganges basin has improved for the second consecutive day today as water level in many of its rivers and tributaries recorded a falling trend...
Nine champion teams and eight runners up teams will get opportunity to participate in the global space apps competition to be organised by US space research organisation NASA this year....
Businessmen and hawkers of Savar Bazar bus stand area on Monday morning blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway protesting rampant extortion. They blocked the highway from 10:00am to 11:00am, halting vehicular movement. They...
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years....
Two American and one British-born scientist won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work in identifying the Hepatitis C virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer, the...
A Kishoreganj court has sentenced four people to death and jailed four others for life for killing former public works employee Abdur Rahman in 2006. Kishoreganj Additional District and Sessions...
Nationwide protests against the recent violence against women and girls, including rape and tortures, held across the country on Monday. Participants in those protests demanded immediate actions from the government...
Associated Oxygen is set to hold IPO (initial public offering) lottery draw on Wednesday, aiming to allocate 15 million shares among the successful applicants. The lottery draw will be held...
Germany should not raise taxes during the pandemic, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday, adding that there was a case for lowering taxes in some areas, such as for...
Stocks plummeted on Monday, after remaining flat in the previous day, as risk-averse investors went on sell-offs on major sectors shares. The market opened on positive for a brief period...
Bangladesh on Monday registered 27 more deaths from Coronavirus disease, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,375 since the first deaths were recorded in the country on March 18,...
The Department of Statistics (DOS) of Singapore has announced that Singapore's retail sales decreased by 5.7 per cent year on year in August, an improvement from the 8.5 per cent...
Bangladeshi drug firm Globe Biotech has planned to release its homegrown coronavirus vaccine ‘BANCOVID’ in the country by early next year. To execute the plan, it sought necessary government supports...
Women Banking Division of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has introduced a new banking product- EBL Ovilashi for the women entrepreneurs of the country. This is an interest bearing business current...
People blocked Shahbagh intersection in the capital on Monday, protesting the horrific incident of Noakhali housewife’s molestation that has gone viral on social media. The protesters demanded resignation of the...
Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami arrived in Dhaka on Monday through Brahmanbaria's Akhaura International Immigration Checkpost. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly after handing...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government is careful so that prompt action can be taken against any kind of child oppression in the country. "We’re taking steps...
IPDC Finance Limited has launched 'Amader Gaan, a contemporary take on popular Bangladeshi folk music to mark the 50th year of independence of the country. The launching programme was held...
Nine US states have reported record increases in Covid-19 cases over the last seven days, mostly in the upper Midwest and West where chilly weather is forcing more activities indoors....
Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city's coronavirus alert to maximum following a sustained period of high infection rates. Full detail of...
The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a security alert for its citizens living in Bangladesh as about 10,000 migrant workers were demonstrating in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area on...
The people of Bangladesh have long been living with natural calamities that ravage lives and properties and cause immense sufferings to them. The most common among them is flood, which...
Global coronavirus (Covid-19) cases surpassed 35 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 35,008,447 with...
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead on Sunday evening near an Indian local police station. The deceased, Manish Shukla, was gunned down near the station, about 20...
As silly as it looks at first, you may find it quite amusing how Bangladesh played an interesting role in revolutionising modern cricket. How? Last year the world witnessed one...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested two more suspects from Dhaka and Narayanganj in connection with torturing a housewife after undressing her and filming the video of the incident...
Stocks posted a marginal decline in early trading on Monday as risk-averse investors opted for booking profit on major sectors issues. Following the previous day’s flat ending, the Dhaka Stock...
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse jumped 63 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) compared to the same quarter last fiscal...
An RMG factory worker was killed and another injured as a pick-up hit a motorcycle in Savar municipal area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 35,...
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