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Russia said on Wednesday it had signed a deal to supply Mexican pharmaceutical firm Landsteiner Scientific with 32.0 million doses of the Russian-produced COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik-V”. Deliveries of the vaccine...
At least six people have died after a head-on collision between an ambulance and a covered-van in Barishal’s Uzirpur Upazila. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in the Upazila's...
US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East for peace, reports AP. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian...
Some 30 per cent of women workers remain unpaid while 18 per cent cannot join work as their workplaces are closed due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of...
Pope Francis said on Wednesday no one should seek economic or political gain from the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine developers should not see it merely as a profit-making endeavour, reports...
Doctors and other employees of Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital in Dhaka have besieged the office of its Director Dr Md Morshed, demanding their back pay. As many...
Expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have pleaded not guilty and begged to be tried in an arms case against them. Dhaka...
Beijing has become the second city in China, after Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province, to achieve full coverage of 5G independent networking, according to a statement released by the...
The bidding for eligible investors (EIs) to discover the cut-off price of shares of Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd, a construction company, will commence from September 27. The construction and engineering...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided not to hold the income tax fair this year, in view of risks of corona infections in any public gathering. The NBR...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast light to moderate rain for many parts of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9:00 am Wednesday. “Light to moderate rain or thunder...
Bangladesh has registered 41 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the death toll to 4,593. The caseload surged to 331,078 after 1,827 people tested positive...
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, snapping a five-day winning streak, as risk-averse investors opted for quick-profit on selective issues. The market opened on upward trend and key index...
Safety of a prospective Covid-19 vaccine comes “first and foremost”, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a leading candidate from AstraZeneca was paused...
A Dhaka court has sentenced three policemen to life imprisonment for beating to death a driver, Ishtiaque Hossain Jony, at the Pallabi Police Station more than six years ago. Dhaka...
The 53rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings opened on Wednesday via video link under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Bangladesh has launched the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification in Bangladesh through an online program recently. Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 0.12 million pieces of Yaba pills worth Tk 36 million from near Naf River along the bordering area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s...
China's state media says Australian agents raided the homes of Chinese journalists in June, in the latest flare of tensions between the nations. The reports come a day after the...
The Parliament has passed two bills for setting up a science and technology university in Chandpur and a general university in Kishoreganj. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni moved the bills...
The High Court has ordered state utility Titas to pay on an emergency basis Tk 0.5 million (Tk 500,000) each to the families of the 37 victims of the deadly...
Noting that the culprits will be punished, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told Parliament that thorough investigation is being carried out to identify the masterminds of the attack on Ghoraghat...
The authorities have recovered the bodies of 10 people after a passenger boat collided with a sand-laden trawler on the Gumai river in Netrakona's Kalmakanda Upazila. The incident took place...
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, said his spokesman after the attack which killed and wounded at...
Veteran actor KS Firoz has died from Covid-19 at the age of 76. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka at 6:20 am...
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a...
Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday, joining Iran’s Ali Daei as the only male players to score 100...
Peter Szijjarto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, arrives in Dhaka on Thursday on a brief official visit as the two countries want to boost bilateral ties....
Violence and harassment are major factors in men and women workers leaving their jobs while pregnancy is a leading reason for women in the country's readymade garment industry, according to...
The World Bank (WB) has expressed interest to help the National Board of Revenue (NBR) modernise its customs procedure for promoting regional trade and investments, officials said on Tuesday. The...
Farmers are hopeful of reaping a bumper yield of the early winter variety radish in Cumilla in the upcoming season. The peasants who commercially produce vegetables cultivated the crop in...
Fire broke out at Greece’s overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos early on Wednesday, fire brigade officials said. There were no reports of injuries so far,...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) are jointly working to develop a Document Verification System (DVS) to authenticate the audited financial...
AstraZeneca Plc on Tuesday said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant. The vaccine,...
Possibility of cyber threats is disrupting banking services under alternative delivery channel (ADC) for particular periods in the last couple of days, thus causing inconvenience to many debit/credit card users....
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will complete installing 46,410 LED lights in the city streets by 2021 under the 'LED Light Supply and Installation in DNCC Streets' project. The...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has planned to distribute Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) to shops selling similar types of products in a bid to maintain uniformity. In the second...
The government has taken initiative to engage the line ministry/different state agencies in ensuring smooth supply of onion in the market, officials said. It has also asked the authorities concerned...
The High Court has issued a rule upon the respondents to explain why the inaction and apathy of the concerned authorities about streaming of immoral video content on various over-the-top...
The group of least developed countries (LDCs) has opted to request the rich nations for extending support measures, available to the graduating LDCs, for at least a period of 10...
Factoring can help businesses get payment of their invoices within short time cutting the overall cost of doing business, maximising profit and simplifying international transactions. Experts said this at a...
The tax authorities are hopeful about a substantial increase in corporate tax returns this year as they have put in place a number of measures to rope in the tax-evading...
The following is a rejoinder sent by the lawyer of Tiger IT against the news report dated 16/08/2020 under the headline “Smart Driving Card in two months” published by The...
The government is going to send foreigners, whose visa and passports have expired, back to their countries even if it means spending its own money for their return, a minister...
More than 11,000 out of 15,000 hospital beds meant for Covid-19 patients remain vacant whereas thousands of corona-infected people are struggling at home. This is a proof of the level...
It took rather too long for the government to finalise a plastic and packaging policy. Though still awaiting the government's nod, the draft appears to have addressed the key issues...
Over the past six months, farmers and their croplands have been subjected to more adversities than they possibly can bear up with. These include the recent floods, preceded by downpour...
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen has said the literacy rate in the country has risen to 74.7 per cent, which was 53.5 per cent in...
The Covid-19 Telehealth Unit served 3,04,042 persons between 18th June to 5th September. The Unit is working under the direct planning and supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services...
A legal notice was sent to Election Commission (EC) and Somoy Television over publishing a report over Dr Sabrina’s dual national identity card (NID) scam involving former National Human Rights...
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