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Corruption has long been recognised as a major impediment to development. From massive theft of state assets to the low-level corruption that erodes productivity and weakens service delivery, corruption steals...
Kuwait’s ruling Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah died at a hospital in the United States on Tuesday. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Sabah...
Bangladesh and India have ‘agreed in principle’ to go for the clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines in Bangladesh soon after India launches trials there. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S...
Bangladesh has been ranked fifth among 161 countries in creating employment opportunities in the solar power sector. Around 1,37,000 people in the country have got employment opportunity so far in...
Food Minister Shadhan Chandra Majumder on Tuesday lambasted rice millers and their allied traders by blaming them for the continuous rise in prices of the staple. Terming the current surge...
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of North South University (NSU) organised a webinar titled “Instructional Planning: Quality of Teaching Materials and Strategies” on Saturday, says a press release. A...
The government will formally announce the decision about reopening of schools and colleges, and holding examinations amid the coronavirus outbreak ‘very soon’. Education Minister Dipu Moni came up with the...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP’s politics is in deep crisis now as the party is getting isolated from the people day by day after failing...
Stating that the government has ‘got infected with various viruses’, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday suggested the ruling party leaders to ‘hide their faces behind masks to...
The High Court will deliver judgment on a rule on Wednesday on compensation to Jaha Alam who languished in jail for three years instead of the real accused in a...
A delayed move to hire a consultant has pushed back the process for selecting a qualified bidder for the country's maiden land-based LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal project at Matarbari...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh US$3.0 million in grant for procuring urgent medical supplies including vaccine for the Covid-19. To this effect, the Manila-based lender and the...
The High Court has formed a committee for a judicial investigation into the rape of a woman in Sylhet’s MC College allegedly by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists,...
In response to the crisis, the first consignment of 58 tonnes Myanmar onions were unloaded from the port on Monday night as Chattogram Seaport Plant Quarantine Centre issued a clearance....
Education Minister Dipu Moni has called a news conference to brief the public about the ‘overall situation’ amid concerns of students and parents over the coronavirus outbreak. She will hold...
India has agreed to omit discriminatory investment policy for Bangladeshis. The assurance came during the 6th Joint Consultative Commission meeting held virtually on Tuesday. Both the countries agreed to bring...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved four projects involving a total cost of Tk 7.96 billion, including a Tk 3.38 billion one to make...
The Education Ministry formed a three-member committee on Tuesday to investigate whether there was any negligence of the college authorities in the gang rape incident at MC College dormitory. The...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that one million deaths from COVID-19 was “a very sad milestone”, after many victims suffered “a terribly difficult and lonely death” and...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in a special drive, arrested three alleged robbers, including the chief of a robber gang from Kajla area under Jatrabari police...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of bilateral consultations has signed between the foreign ministries of Bangladesh and Nigeria. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Permanent Secretary...
Breast milk may help protect babies from being infected by the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests, reports Daily Mail. Researchers at a lab in China found that mother's milk...
The period January-August 2020 saw 983 alarming incidents of violence against children, with 465 dead, 415 sexually assaulted, 457 injured and 637 arrested, according to a latest report. A 17...
Stocks drifted lower on Tuesday after a single-day break as risk-averse investors opted for booking profits on quick-gaining stocks. The market opened on an upbeat note and the key index...
Ahmed Food Products (Pvt.) Limited, one of the biggest manufacturers of food products in Bangladesh, has been recently recognized as the “Fastest Growing Brand” in Bangladesh by AsiaOne, an International magazine, and United...
LankaBangla Finance Ltd (LBFL) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shinepukur Suites for its customer privilege. Under the agreement, LBF cardmembers will enjoy buy one get two...
European stock markets opened lower on Tuesday as a rebound in the previous session fizzled out, with investors remaining cautious ahead of the first US presidential debate. The pan-European STOXX...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,488 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 362,043, bdnews24.com reports. The death toll jumped to 5,219...
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden square off on Tuesday in their first presidential debate. With five weeks to go until the Nov 3 general election, the...
Walmart is in talks with Tata Group for a potential investment of up to $25 billion in the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate’s new “super app”, the Mint newspaper reported on Tuesday,...
Two people were killed and three others injured following a collision between a motorbike and a trolley on Satkhira-Jashore highway in Madhabkathi area in Satkhira district on Tuesday. The deceased...
Armenian and Azeri forces deployed heavy artillery on Tuesday in the latest fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, they both said. The Azeri defence ministry said the opposing forces...
A Bhola court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and minor daughter in Daulatkhan upazila of the district in 2017. The condemned convict is Md...
Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vital tourism sector battered by coronavirus travel curbs, a...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Md Abdur Razzak, chairman of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd, over allegations of corruption in supplying N-95 masks to some government hospitals. Confirming that...
Joe Biden’s campaign seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the Democratic presidential nominee’s first debate with President Donald Trump, accusing the Republican incumbent of gaming...
The securities regulator has revised the margin loan limit announced recently based on the movement of the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen earlier this month as part of what...
The board of directors of Apex Tannery Limited has decided to enter into a contract with three companies to sell its finished leather. The board has taken the decision to...
Police arrested another accused from Haripur of Jaintapur upazila on Monday night in connection with Friday’s gang-rape at Sylhet MC College. The arrestee is Mahfuzur Rahman Masum, a 4th year...
An accused in a murder case died reportedly under custody of Bagerhat Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Monday. The deceased was identified as Raja Fakir, 20, son of Babu...
Democrats from the US House of Representatives unveiled on Monday a 2.2 trillion US-dollar COVID-19 relief package, attempting to pressure the White House and Republicans to reach a deal before...
More than a month after the Beirut blasts, Emirates Contributions are continuing to pour in from Emirates customers around the world as cash or Skywards Miles, bolstering Emirates SkyCargo’s (Cargo...
US Embassy in Dhaka will host the largest ever virtual US college fair in Bangladesh on October 2-3 and 9-10. The EducationUSA South Asia Virtual Tour 2020 is a joint...
Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments...
Price-bidding for eligible investors (EIs) to fix the cut-off price of shares of Lub-rref (Bangladesh) Ltd, a local lubricant producer, will commence from October 12 at 5:00pm. The Chattogram-based company’s...
Most nations are failing to provide enough social and economic protection for women since the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, two UN agencies said on Monday. Tracking of government policies around the...
South Korea appealed on Tuesday for strict social-distancing despite a slight fall in the number of its new coronavirus cases, with millions of people set to travel for a major...
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes. The...
About 43 per cent ready-made garments (RMG) workers of Bangladesh are suffering from malnutrition, according to Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss-based International Organization. About 7.9 per cent...
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