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A mobile court on Friday sentenced five fish traders to different jail terms for selling piranha, Australian catfish and using harmful colours in the fish at Kawran Bazar in the...
The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to...
Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps,...
The United Nations independent expert on poverty is warning that the worst impacts from the coronavirus pandemic on poverty are yet to come, and that measures taken by governments to...
Bangladesh has logged 1,792 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 334,762. Another 34 people died from the disease in the 24 hours...
The a2i Programme has succeeded at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) awards for the 7th consecutive time as two of its projects were declared champions in two different...
German Federal Foreign Office has provided the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with 2.0 million euro in support for the latter’s Covid-19 response in Bangladesh. With this support, the IOM...
A total of 2,180 people across the country died with Covid-19-like symptoms from March 22 to September 5, according to a latest report. The week between August 30 and September...
Thousands of migrants remained stranded on Lesbos island for a third day on streets near Greece’s largest migrant camp on Friday, after fires burned the facility the ground. The Moria...
The government is falling behind its target in buying 2.1 million tonnes of Boro rice despite an extended deadline. Millers are refusing to sell rice to the government, breaching their...
The government has removed Ghoraghat Police Station chief Amirul Islam from duty for alleged negligence, nine days after assaults on UNO Wahida Khanam in Dinajpur. Dinajpur Superindent of Police Anowar...
About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical of the government as part of a widening investigation into...
A fire that broke out at an RMG factory at the Gulshan Shopping Centre on early Friday was extinguished in the morning. Rozina Akter, duty officer of Fire Service and...
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will import an estimated 1.25 million tonnes of refined petroleum products from January to June 2021. The amount is up 18.39 per cent from the...
Police have pressed formal charges against 15 people over the fatal mob lynching of Taslima Begum Renu in Dhaka's Badda in 2019. It paves the way for the initiation of...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has reopened three busy rail stations in and around Dhaka city more than five months after their closure. During the period, renovation and security fencing work...
Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has started an investigation to find out the source of 15.65-kilogram contraband amphetamine drug seized by aviation personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The...
China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in...
The government will set up 50 more industrial parks on 20,000 acres of land which will create jobs for five million people by 2030, said industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday said that expatriate workers serving with shipping or airlines owned by Bangladeshi or foreigners can enjoy cash incentives on remittance effective from July, 2019. The...
Synesis IT, Bangladesh's leading ICT and e-Governance, Tele-Health and Call Center solution services provider has recently achieved ISO 27001: 2013 certification. In many cases, users' personal information is used as...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for $35 billion more, including $15 billion in the next three months, for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “ACT Accelerator” programme to back...
The government servants, these days, are a pampered lot. The perks and privileges enjoyed by them are highly attractive compared to what their predecessors were entitled to during the period...
Although no decision has been taken yet to open primary schools shuttered since the pandemic began in early March, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has prepared a set...
The consumer-rights protection law, enacted in parliament way back in 2009, is still barely visible as an instrument to look after consumers' interest in the country. The law, an outcome...
Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effective, the European...
In a bid to dial down tensions on the Line of Actual Control, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi is set to hold a meeting...
A South Korean company has invented a battery-powered filtered face mask designed to reduce annoying problems associated with conventional designs, such as breathing difficulties and fogged-up glasses, reports Reuters. LG...
Covid-19 has had a profound impact on people, firms, and economies all over the world. While countries have ramped up public lifelines to individuals and firms they will face enormous...
Any person deeply delved into Bangladesh's macroeconomic health should hurriedly access the most recently released book: "Bangladesh's Macroeconomic Policy: Trends, Determinants and Impact". Edited by Monzur Hossain of the Bangladesh...
Construction of the iconic Bangabandhu Tri-Tower at Purbachal on the outskirts of capital Dhaka got underway with piling works for the mega project, reports UNB citing a press release of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first. "Different countries are trying to develop...
Like the seas or oceans, deserts have also long been fascinating man by their immense expanse. Undeniably, the desert sands lying infinitely for ages have beckoned a lot of humans....
The impact of climate change-- floods, drought, extreme weather, growing food/water insecurity etc., disproportionately affect the world's 1.3 billion poor, the majority of whom are women. 70 per cent of...
The death toll from the air-conditioner blasts at a Narayanganj mosque has climbed to 31 after two more victims succumbed to their injuries in a Dhaka hospital. Nazrul Islam, 50,...
A store of oil and tyres at Beirut port caught fire on Thursday, a military source said, a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port...
State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi said on Thursday that they want a global initiative on data security. He made his assertion while delivering a keynote speech...
The recovery rate from Covid-19 in Bangladesh reached 70.14 per cent on Thursday as 2,746 patients got cured from the deadly disease in the last 24 hours till 8 am...
Onion, ginger, potato and lentil prices witnessed a hike again last week adding more woe to the consumers. Garlic prices witnessed a slight hike while loose flour showed a nominal...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday confirmed US$50 million loans to promote, fund, and implement public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in Bangladesh. The Manila-based lender signed a loan agreement...
Migrant workers, who fall victim to any untoward situation, face obstacle in getting justice and necessary compensation following lengthy legal procedure, said speakers at a webinar on Thursday. They said...
The government is relying on its declared Tk 1.03 trillion stimulus packages for various sectors to offset the COVID-19 shock and bring back normalcy in overall economic activities for calculating...
A Bangladeshi young man was gunned down by some members of Indian Border Security Force along Beurjhari border area at Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon on Thursday morning. The deceased was...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday stayed for one month the decision of Copyright Office Bangladesh that gave copyright of 260 Masud Rana books and 50 books of Kuasha series...
More than 40 projects have been delivered during the United Kingdom’s leadership of the Commonwealth, a new report shows. The projects included providing antibiotics to more than nine million people...
Bangladesh and Hungary on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and required training for skilled manpower. The two countries also discussed the safe return of...
Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the "largest transport challenge ever" according to the airline industry, reports BBC. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed,...
Serum Institute of India has put trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate on hold until the British drugmaker restarts the trials, Serum said on Thursday. “We are reviewing the situation...
Mentioning that the government is dealing with crimes strongly, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that the law enforcers should not be criticised in a way that may crush...
The coronavirus caseload in Bangladesh has climbed to 332,970 after 1,892 positive tests for COVID-19 were confirmed in a daily count, reports bdnews24.com. The government said another 41 people died...
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