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A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames” the military, according to records posted on parliament’s website on...
The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a new UNICEF and Save the Children analysis...
Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing curbs on the firm’s access to US technology will soon cut off...
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely US voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump’s “law and order”...
The Dhaka University Authorities have decided to provide all of their regular students with institutional email addresses. The ICT cell of the university has already made all necessary arrangements in...
The Covid-19 pandemic has threatened hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds. It insists that...
Superb centuries from Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell inspired Australia to a dramatic three-wicket victory over England on Wednesday as the touring side clinched the one-day international series 2-1. The...
India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with the largest slump on record decimating millions of jobs. Its already fragile healthcare system is struggling. With more than five million...
The adverse events that led to a pause in trials evaluating AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate may not have been associated with the vaccine itself, according to a document outlining...
The securities regulator has approved the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of AFC Health which will raise capital worth Tk 170 million from the capital market. The approval came at...
Stocks on both the bourses witnessed a downward trend in the early trading on Thursday as investors were seen active on both sides of the trading fence. Following the previous...
New Zealand is in its deepest recession in decades, following strict measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic which were widely praised. The country's GDP shrank by 12.2 per cent...
About 97 per cent of the Bangladeshi women aspirants surveyed do not know about formal services regarding migration at community level in Bangladesh, a study revealed on Wednesday. Of the...
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in Asia, according to a latest US government report. The country received FDI amounting to US$3.6...
CHATTOGRAM: The seasonal traders who collected rawhide here during Eid-ul-Azha last month are suffering huge losses with 0.1 million pieces of unsold rawhide they are preserving in storages spending a...
The government has failed to meet the target of procurement of Boro rice and paddy for this season even after the procurement period was extended by 15 days. During the...
The VAT authority unearthed VAT evasion worth Tk 24.73 billion allegedly by three subsidiaries of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in a recent scrutiny. The Chittagong Customs, VAT and Excise Commissionarate...
A total of 1,695 sets of personal protective equipment (coveralls and shoe covers) have been damaged by rainwater due to negligence of duty of some staffers at the Central Medical...
BENAPOLE: Massive pest attack on Aman paddy fields has become a worrying concern for the famers in Jashare district this season. The pest infestation has created doubt among the Aman...
As Covid-19 pandemic raged through Bangladesh, the lack of affordable oxygen and ICUs (intensive care units) have left thousands to struggle to breathe at hospitals outside Dhaka. Many critical patients...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed in a verdict that the cheque drawer has no obligation to pay the money to a cheque holder if the promise...
As many as 65 per cent of the fund from the government's social safety net programmes (SSNPs) goes to non-poor owing to nepotism, corruption, political consideration and clientelism in selecting...
The third edition of the Bangladesh Economics Summit organised by the Economics Study Center (ESC) kicked off on September 12, 2020 with the theme "The Impact of COVID-19: Exposing the...
Since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, and non-essential workers were instructed to work from home, people skills have never been more important. Companies have now also realised that not all...
Diversity refers to the traits and characteristics which represent an individual's uniqueness, while inclusion or the lack of it is a result of social norms and behaviour. Inclusive diversity is...
Education Day enters 58th year today, September 17, amid the worldwide steps to manage the manifold crises due to the Covid-19, particularly in the transformation of the traditional education system...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would visit Dhaka early next year to join the D-8 summit. Erdogan gave the confirmation when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen called...
The US dollar fell across the board on Wednesday as expectations grew that the US central bank may hint at more policy action, while the Chinese yuan vaulted to its...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed the need for preparing a concept paper or guideline or framework for next generation to run the state towards advancement in future. “The...
Civil aviation and tourism ministry on Wednesday said that no person or organisation can register or fly drone until issuing the gazette notification. “On September 14, the cabinet approved ‘The...
Robi has launched a brand new customer loyalty program- “Robi Elite”. True to its name, the program is designed to make its valued customers feel cherished by Robi through aptly...
Covid-19 has not been an equal opportunity virus: it goes after people in poor health and those whose daily lives expose them to greater contact with others. And this means...
The government is committed to succeeding in overall environmental protection activities, including tackling the adverse effects of climate change and conserving biodiversity. Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab...
Ma-Telehealth Center, an initiative to deliver services to pregnant and lactating mothers and children,was launched recently to reach about 10 lakh mothers and is being piloted in 13 Upazilas. For...
Volatility of market is a common phenomenon in this country. At times there may be unavoidable genuine reasons behind market jitteriness but in most cases over the past decades, barring...
A panel of rights activists, academics and diplomats on Wednesday called for addressing economic, cultural and human rights issues affecting all nations on earth to regain dwindling global public confidence...
The cover-story of the September issue of 'Finance & Development' - the prestigious quarterly journal of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has attracted the attention of many. Titled 'Resilience: Healing the...
Youth unemployment in Bangladesh may be more than double this year if the country takes six more months to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused economic output and demand...
Reviewing the trend of economic growth of the last ten years, it can be said with certainty that the economy of Bangladesh is at a particular stage of development at...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will sell onion on the e-commerce platforms along with direct sales through dealers to cool down prices of the spice which shot up on...
About 97 per cent of the aspirant women migrant workers do not know about the formal services regarding migration at the community level in the country, a study revealed Wednesday...
The High Court on Wednesday summoned Faridpur's Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Mainul Islam for not following the rules in recording the confessional statements of three accused in a school student...
A Kuwait court will open trial against Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and eight others over the charges of human trafficking and money laundering on Thursday. Two...
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved a proposal for generating 6 megawatts of power from waste under private sector for the first time in the country with...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Wednesday that the government will consider a proposal over duty cut on onion import to lessen sufferings of people. “We don’t want people’s sufferings...
The government has named Sohrab Hossain, a former bureaucrat, as the new chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), reports bdnews24.com. In a notice issued on Wednesday, the public administration...
VAT intelligence has unearthed VAT evasion worth Tk 215 million by a human resources service organisation Frontdesk Bangladesh Limited. The intelligence wing filed a case on Wednesday against the organisation,...
China has successfully sent nine satellites into orbit in its first commercial launch of a rocket from a platform at sea. The satellites, one of which belonged to video-sharing platform...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her heartiest congratulations to Yoshihide Suga on his appointment as the prime minister of Japan, saying that she is looking forward to working in...
The annual holy Urs marking the 12th death anniversary of Alhaj Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah (RA) The programme will be held in Mia Shaheb's Maidan Darbar Sharif at Luxmibazar in...
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