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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to ensure the best treatment for the patients who suffered burn injuries in AC explosions at a mosque in Narayanganj....
A widely cited model from the University of Washington predicts worsening outbreaks as winter returns to many parts of the world, with daily deaths expected to reach as high as...
Hopes are fading in Beirut that anyone will be found beneath the rubble of a building destroyed in last month's explosion, following two days of search efforts. Rescue workers began...
Abu Osman Chowdhury, commander of sector-8 during the Liberation War, has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus infection. The 84-year-old passed away during treatment in...
Defence ministers of India and China have met in the Russian capital to try to solve rising tensions along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region, reports AP. India’s...
Facebook on Friday removed the pages of US right-wing group Patriot Prayer and its founder Joey Gibson, a company spokesman told Reuters. Patriot Prayer has hosted dozens of pro-gun, pro-Trump...
A total of 47 prisoners died in different jails across the country in the first seven months from January to July of this year, according to an independent rights body....
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Associated Oxygen Ltd will begin on September 10, aiming to raise Tk 150 million from the capital market. The IPO subscription for shares...
Dhaka has urged Tokyo to continue duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access to Japanese market for five more years even after it graduates from the least-developed country (LDC) status in 2024....
At least 11 people have died from the injuries sustained when six air conditioners exploded at a mosque in Narayanganj’s Fatullah. None of the hospitalised after the incident is 'out...
Many Bangladeshi workers, including the ones without valid documents, are willing to return home from Malaysia but cannot buy air ticket due to fare hike during the pandemic. A large...
The outstanding and classified loans of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to the public sector banks declined slightly in July compared to June, officials have said. At the end of July, the...
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has proposed a staggering Tk 28.5 million for building per-kilometre walkway along rivers around Dhaka city. According to insiders, the BIWTA has also...
The fate of the next Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is still uncertain as the venue at Purbachal is yet to be readied for use, sources said. The construction of...
Cheated by local agents and exploited and incarcerated abroad, 340 Bangladeshi workers have been detained again upon their return home recently in what rights activists cited a violation of rights....
Most of the inbound tour operators have been cutting jobs and shifting their offices aiming to slash operational costs, industry insiders say. They said though the overall hospitality, tourism and...
A large number of local corporate bodies who borrowed from foreign sources are now pushing for deferred payments and rescheduling. Officials at the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) said the...
At least 50 people have suffered burn injuries in an air conditioner (AC) blast at a mosque in Narayanganj sadar upazila. According to the locals, the incident took place at...
The Google Flood Forecasting Initiative has partnered with the Bangladesh Water Development Board to bring Google's warnings and services to Bangladesh, which experiences more flooding than any other country in...
It is learnt that there are half a dozen Asia-based regional platforms. The purpose of these platforms is to enhance solidarity among member countries. Besides, to keep peace and bring...
Lionel Messi ended intense speculation about his future on Friday by saying he will remain with Barcelona for another year. The Argentine six-time world player of the year had told...
As the country has been gradually regaining normalcy after three months of unofficial lockdown imposed to contain the deadly coronavirus, increased incidents of repression on women is also reported. Though...
The way it has brought us face to face with many new realities, the Covid-19 pandemic has also made us familiar with new terminologies to name those new developments. Reverse...
In the aftermath of the pandemic-induced lockdowns, the city has been witness to many unforeseen events. One was the so-called reverse migration. It was the sight of many city-dwellers bound...
The government of Myanmar should ensure all voting-age Rohingya, including refugees in Bangladesh, have the rights and opportunity to vote in the upcoming November elections, said Fortify Rights. Some 14...
Issuing a strong warning to illegal occupants, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam on Friday said the DNCC will conduct mobile courts and auction programme from September 7...
The arrested suspects have claimed during initial interrogation that they broke into the home of Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam Hussain with the ‘intent to steal valuables’. RAB-13...
Undeniably, there has been phenomenal progress in terms of agricultural growth and diversification. This can be attributed to farmers' untiring and uncomfortable toil, and the government-provided highly subsidised fertilizer as...
In 1950, the total global plastic production was 1.5 million tonnes, which increased to 365 million tonnes in 2019 and may double by 2050. Its advantages such as light weight,...
The Covid-19 crisis is pushing Africa to the financial brink. African governments are under pressure to continue servicing their external loans, leaving them with few resources to confront a historic...
The government has suspended punishment of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for six more months considering her health condition amid the coronavirus pandemic. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader gave...
National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) and BRAC jointly launched a high-tech mobile x-ray van to detect TB among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, reports UNB. To speed up the unique initiative,...
Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow...
Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom has said all services to and from the UAE can cross its...
Bangladesh will host the next FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific for the first time since its joining FAO in 1973. At the close of the 35th Session...
A Chilean rescue team said it detected signs of life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the massive explosion that tore through Beirut one month ago. A...
A total of 10,217 auto-rickshaws were registered across the country from January to June 2020, according to official data. Of them, only 68 received registration in Dhaka, according to Bangladesh...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has finally allowed the ride-sharing companies to resume their app-based motorcycle services, officials confirmed the FE. The development was made after the repeated calls...
At least 48 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first seven months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The...
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it will lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when...
The Kremlin said on Friday that it wanted dialogue with Germany over the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and that Russian doctors who treated him initially were much more...
The World Health Organization does not expect widespread vaccinations against Covid-19 until the middle of next year, a spokeswoman said on Friday, stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their...
Japanese manufacturers will now be eligible for subsidies if they shift production out of China to India or Bangladesh, in an expansion of a government programme aimed at diversifying the...
At least 7,000 health workers have died around the world after contracting COVID-19, said a new analysis by Amnesty International. At least 1,320 health workers are confirmed to have died...
The White House has asked US government agencies for extensive details of any funding that seeks to counter China’s global influence and business practices, or supports Beijing, amid growing tensions...
South Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun has said Bangladesh is among the priority partner countries for Korea’s official development assistance (ODA) cooperation. Korea was the ninth-largest ODA provider to Bangladesh in...
Bangladesh has registered 29 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, the lowest daily count since August 7, raising the death toll to 4,412. The caseload jumped to 321,615 after 1,929...
India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 3.94 million, health ministry data showed on Friday, as it closes in on Brazil as the world's...
Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and damages caused by recent floods, farmers produced an all-time record 0.18 million tonnes of clean Aush rice (0.27 million tonnes of paddy) this season...
The government has given permission to The Financial Express and 91 other daily newspapers to register their online portals. The list includes 57 newspapers published from Dhaka, 10 from Chattogram,...
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