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Canada reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March 15, according to public health agency data released late on Friday. Canada’s death toll...
India’s drug regulator has asked Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment in its clinical trials of AstraZeneca Plc’s potential COVID-19 vaccine in the country until further orders. VG Somani,...
Jatiya Party on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-elections. The party nominated its presidium member Mir Abdus Sabur Asud and its Raninagar upazila unit...
China has announced new restrictions on the activities of US diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong, in what it called a justified response to similar measures imposed on...
A Dhaka court has sent Ivan Shahriar, an award-winning choreographer and dancer, to jail over his alleged ties to a human trafficking ring that smuggled women to Dubai. Metropolitan Magistrage...
The new taxpayers will enjoy a Tk 2,000 discount for submission of income tax returns through online. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made the decision to encourage online...
Popularising effective e-learning system in a new normal post-pandemic situation needs infrastructural development and policy revision, suggested experts and stakeholders at a function on Saturday. They also stressed the need...
Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari has been executed after being convicted of stabbing to death a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018, state media said on Saturday, reports Reuters....
State utility Titas has said it did not find any more leaks in a gas pipeline running next to a mosque in Narayanganj's Fatullah, the site of the near-simultaneous airconditioner...
BNP on Saturday alleged the government has been providing wrong information about coronavirus cases and fatalities. “How many people are dying of coronavirus and what information is being given about...
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said connectivity between Bangladesh and India directly and positively impacts both the Northeast and Bangladesh. He said four of the six pre-1965 rail...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,282 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, the lowest since August 02 2, taking the tally of infections to 336,044, bdnews24.com reports. Another 34...
Power supply across Mymensingh division has been restored nearly 40 hours after a fire broke out in the national grid substation in Kewatkhali, bdnews24.com reports. The power grid 'T1' transformer...
Russia’s efforts to mediate in the China-India border dispute show what is at stake for Moscow if the row worsens between the two nuclear-armed Asian neighbours, South China Morning Post...
The opening ceremony for talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, marking the start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of...
India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data from the federal health ministry showed. With total cases...
President Donald Trump’s administration has expelled about 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the US-Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus...
Incidents of violence along the country's borders increased during the period from January to August 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, according to a report of a local...
Malaysia has recently announced that it will allow expatriates and professional visit visa holders from Bangladesh and 22 other countries to enter, reversing a move criticised by employers, reports The...
US consumer prices continued to rebound in August with the reopening of the world largest economy, but the overall inflation is expected to remain subdued due to the pandemic. The...
A century stand between Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell and four wickets for spinner Adam Zampa helped Australia down world champions England by 19 runs in the opening clash of...
US Defence Secretary Dr. Mark T Esper has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone and assured her of continuing his country’s support in bringing a peaceful solution to the...
Twenty-nine BNP aspirants are now in the final race to get the party’s ticket to contest the upcoming by-polls to four parliamentary seats in Dhaka, Naogaon and Sirajganj, UNB reports....
Stock prices are soaring with the core index of the major bourse hitting a 12-month high in the outgoing week as investors put fresh stakes in stocks amid high expectation....
Onion, ginger, potato and lentil prices increased further last week compounding sufferings of the consumers who had to dig deep into their pockets to meet rising expenditures triggered by price...
The ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route was restored on Friday afternoon on an experimental basis after a suspension of over one week for safety reason, an official said. "Ferry services...
The agro-food processing and jute goods-producing industries inside export processing zones (EPZs) are losing traction in export competitiveness for not getting the existing cash incentive facility. To ensure equal treatment...
The country's current account balance registered a surplus of approximately US$2.0 billion in July last against a deterioration of over $100 million a year earlier. This is mainly because of...
Around 1,330 hectares of farmland in Kola union under Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district have been submerged by rainwater due to lack of a canal. Locals said the vast tract...
With expectations of a US government lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google within weeks, two progressive Democrats tweeted support for legal action against tech giants who break the law, in a rare...
After a two-phase of successful animal trials in the pre-clinical stage, Bangladeshi drug firm Globe Biotech is set to start clinical trials of the homegrown vaccine joining the global battle...
Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalise relations with Israel on Friday, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the...
The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to the country's ceramic goods manufacturing industry, which had been showing a remarkable prospect in the recent years. The industry is now...
The government is considering mandatory opening of irrevocable confirmed letter of credit (L/C) or advance recovery of proceeds against export of jute goods to avoid uncertainty over receiving payments from...
The first metro rail construction work has slowed as the fallout of COVID-19, making it uncertain for the authorities to launch by December 2021, insiders say. The Dhaka Mass Transit...
The Seventh Five Year Plan is due to come to a close this year and the Eighth Five Year Plan is to follow in its wake in what has become...
People like to express their views and opinions on different issues. It is one of the core characteristics of human beings and also a fundamental human right. Extended literacy and...
Already into the seventh month of our struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic, can we stand back and say: well, here we are, now? It has been a war that we...
Of late, the rate of recovery from Covid-19 and the rate of positivity (percentage of tests found to be positive a day) have marked a positive trend. For example, as...
Bahrain is going to normalise relations with Israel, the diplomatic correspondent for Israel’s public broadcaster Kan said in a tweet on Friday, without citing sources. Another Israeli reporter, Raphael Ahren...
Detectives of the National Board of Revenue have seized a truck full of mosquito coils in Narayanganj's Shiddhirganj on charges that the owners evaded paying taxes. The seizure took place...
The issue of killings on the border is likely to dominate largely the talks between Bangladeshi and Indian border guards as chiefs of the two paramilitary forces set for a...
Three construction workers fell to their deaths from two separate under-construction buildings in the city’s Bhatara and Malibagh areas on Friday. They were identified as Asadul and his cousin Khairul,...
Jewellers in Bangladesh have scaled up gold prices again after reducing them twice following a rise to all-time high rates. Unlike most of the times, when gold prices were hiked...
The lengthy spell of flood have severely been affecting early winter crop farming in many districts triggering fear of further hike in prices of vegetables including onions, said insiders. Although...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will launch a drive against illegal billboards, signboards, banners, festoons from September 15 in the capital. DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam gave the information at a...
Bodies of two people, who remained missing after a trawler capsize on Gumai River of Netrokona's Kamlakanda upazila, were found on Friday, increasing the death toll to 12. The deceased...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday urged all Bangladeshis at home and abroad to conduct a mass signature campaign as part of ongoing efforts to bring back fugitive...
Social media platforms are taking down online content they consider terrorist, violently extremist, or hateful in a way that prevents its potential use to investigate serious crimes, including war crimes,...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday that approximately 90 percent work of main part of the Padma Bridge was completed along with 81 per cent overall...
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