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The inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) had not improved in Bangladesh to a great extent. Inadequate infrastructure coupled with bureaucratic complexities and a wide range of corruption kept investors...
This year the theme of the World Tourism Day as designated by the UNWTO 'Tourism and Rural Development' is very appropriate for the rural-dominating countries of Asia, Africa and Latin...
Cleaners may work in hospitals, schools-colleges-universities, factories, office buildings, government offices, hotels-restaurants to make these places tidy and clean; street sweepers keep the footpath-streets-roads-highways free from rubbish and debris to...
Saudi-bound stranded Bangladeshi expatriates were subjected to various harassment regarding obtaining Covid-19 certificates as the first flight of about 260 workers is scheduled on Friday night. The coronavirus sample test...
A bold targeted fiscal expansion, led by the advanced economies, is the only way to build a fair and resilient economic recovery from Covid-19, according to United Nations Conference on...
Bangladesh's proposed Sri Lanka tour for a three-match Test series may have to be rescheduled once again as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) CEO Ashley Silva informed they are bound to...
Farmers in India blocked roads and railway tracks on Friday in a protest against new legislation that they say could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain...
Vodafone Group Plc said on Friday it had won an international arbitration case against the Indian government, ending one of the most high-profile disputes in the country involving a $2.0...
Prices of rice and edible oil recorded a further rise last week amid rocketing costs of essentials during the pandemic adding to the woes of consumers. However, prices of onion,...
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) has recently taken a special initiative to collect and preserve Bangladeshi folklore works in Dhaka division, reports UNB. The project has already started exploring folk songs...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologised on Friday for the shooting death of a South Korean man to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the South’s national security...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked diplomats of Bangladesh to strengthen economic diplomacy for expanding trade and business to achieve economic self-reliance for the country. “In today’s world, diplomacy has...
Httpool, the sales partner of social media titan Facebook in Bangladesh, has paid over Tk 17 million in VAT and fines for dues on being sued by the National Board...
The global economic outlook is not quite as dark as expected even just three months ago, a top International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday, citing better-than-anticipated economic data from...
The government has transferred 1,347 police personnel from Cox's Bazar in a major shake-up around two months after the shooting death of former major Sinha Md Rashed Khan at a...
The government plans to introduce a token fee to issue smart national identification cards for Bangladesh expatriates, reports bdnews24.com. The authorities are set to table its plans to the Election...
Celebrated Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam has died at the age of 74 in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment, according to the local media. SPB, as the...
A total of 2,191 people died with Covid-19 symptoms in the last six months from March 22 to September 19 across the country, according to a latest report. Of them,...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,383 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally to 356,767. The death toll jumped to 5,093 after 21 fatalities were...
The gas supply to households and establishments in Dhaka's Gulshan and surrounding areas will be turned off for three hours for repairs, bdnews24.com reports. The outage will start at 2...
Days after India and China agreed not to engage in escalatory behaviour along the Line of Actual Control, New Delhi said that the “way ahead” will be to refrain from...
Singapore’s population has fallen for the first time in 17 years as travel curbs and job losses brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic have pushed foreign workers from the...
India’s coronavirus case tally surged to 5.82 million after it recorded 86,052 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Friday. A total of...
Bangladesh called upon her fellow SAARC member states to work together to strengthen regional cooperation leveraging the SAARC mechanism to fight against the challenges posed by Covid-19. Foreign Minister A...
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no 3 as strong monsoon persists over the North Bay. A deep...
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans on Thursday repudiated President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, assuring American voters the lawmakers...
Flood condition in the low-lying areas of the country's northern regions deteriorated further on Thursday, as the Teesta and Dharala rivers started flowing over their danger level on the day...
Global coronavirus cases surged past 32 million on Friday, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The global case count reached 32, 136,...
People hold placards as they attend a protest organised by various trade unions against labour law changes and the disinvestment and privatisation of public sector enterprises, in New Delhi, September...
The United States has blacklisted several Iranian officials and entities over alleged gross violations of human rights, including slapping sanctions on a judge it said was involved in the case...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has identified challenges, including inadequate skilled manpower and limited access to finance, hindering growth of cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises. It...
The Bangladesh Railway's (BR) performance in implementing the projects under three Indian lines of credit (LoCs) has been recorded unsatisfactory even after a lapse of substantial time. Sources said the...
The disbursements of foreign aid declined by about 29.5 per cent to US$528 million in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) than that of the corresponding...
Walton Hi-Tech Industries, which made its trading debut on Wednesday, continued to soar, with its share price climbing 50 per cent-the highest allowable limit-for the second straight session on Thursday....
The tax authority has joined hands with the BIDA to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) helping investors obtain tax registration under a single roof. Both the state agencies have reached...
Representatives of the international community in Bangladesh conducted a two-day visit to Cox's Bazar and visited the Rohingya refugee camps. They reiterated their commitment to support Rohingya refugees in a...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will deliver vitamin-A capsules to 0.35 million children during a nationwide fortnightly campaign from October 04 to 17 at 1,427 centres. As many as 2,974...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Thursday challenging legality of the process for reappointing Engineer Taqsem A Khan to the post of managing director of...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday amended some sections of its earlier notice related to the formation of a special fund by banks for investments in the stock market. On...
The country's private sector-owned power plants, especially the oil-fired ones, bagged around Tk 86.09 billion from the government as 'capacity payment' in last fiscal year (FY), 2019-20. The plants got...
A Dhaka court on Thursday accepted charge sheet against brothers Enamul Haque Enu, Rupon Bhuiyan and 10 others in a money laundering case filed at Gendaria Police Station. Dhaka's Senior...
The content of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) report for the April-June (Q4) of the immediate past financial year, published on Tuesday, is not, to a large extent, palatable. It was...
The world or underworld of crimes is at its best grey and at its worst dark. How the pandemic-triggered economic downturn will ultimately impact crimes is a less discussed subject....
The Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) established around a decade back to help expatriate workers in difficult times has failed to rise up to their needs when it could have been...
Agriculture, the lifeline of Bangladesh economy has been affected by Covid-19 pandemic and livestock sector was badly hit. Coordinated efforts from public, private and non-government entities made it possible to...
The first study to analyse the structure of the novel coronavirus from two waves of infection in a major city found that a more contagious strain dominates recent samples, researchers...
Saudia has begun selling tickets in Dhaka, ending days of wait and demonstration by stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers, reports bdnews24.com. Biman Bangladesh Airlines has also announced two more special flights...
Since World War II, the global economy has performed beyond the wildest dreams of its post-war architects, yielding unprecedented gains in health, education, living standards, poverty reduction, and wealth. Central...
Higher education plays a key role in economic development. Accumulation of human capital stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship which lead to increase in productivity. Countries with higher human capital tend to...
There are different types of country classifications in the world. According to the United Nations, countries are classified as LDCs, developing and developed. On the other hand, the World Bank...
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