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The construction work of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge may be completed in 2022, finance minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday, blaming the virus outbreak and this year's...
The state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) will procure six more ships for bringing dynamism in its services, an official said. The BSC initiated the move to procure two bulk carriers...
Bangladesh will collect Covid-19 vaccines for 34 million people, which is 23 per cent of its total population, phase by phase by 2021, an official said on Thursday. These vaccines...
International relations experts have opined that the Rohingya crisis cannot be resolved without granting the full citizenship to the persecuted ethnic population by Myanmar. They were addressing a two-day international...
About 96 per cent of families with low socio-economic status experienced a reduction in their average monthly earnings during the 'lockdown' period, a new ICDDR,B study revealed on Wednesday. It...
Bangladesh is predominantly an agricultural country. But, to cope with the modern trend, the country is now trying to revolutionise through digitalisation. The previous decade saw Bangladesh focusing on information...
Chevening is an international talent-hunting scheme offered by the UK government to develop and foster global leaders. The award is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner...
Leadership is never easy, be it in the political arena or in the cricket field. Akbar Ali, the new sensation of Bangladesh cricket seems to enjoy this challenging role absolutely....
Ould Ne Salem, a nomadic pastoralist from southeast Mauritania, has been stuck in the country since the outbreak of Covid-19 earlier this year. Like many other nomadic herders in the...
James Anderson became the first seam bowler to take 600 test wickets but England had to settle for a draw against Pakistan after a rain-hit final day of the third...
The arrest of 11 members of a gang of muggers in disguise of DB (detective branch) police is an indication of the rising incidence of this particular type of crime....
Dhaka city makes the headlines for all the wrong reasons. In 2018, the annual global survey of the Economist Intelligence Unit listed Dhaka as the second least liveable city in...
Financial repression is defined as direct government intervention that alters the equilibrium in the financial sector. It is usually aimed at providing cheap loans to business firms and governments by...
The US federal debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio rose sharply during the 2008-09 Great Recession and continued rising thereafter, going from 62.0 per cent in 2007 to 90.0 per cent...
The current pandemic has brought us to a new reality in the culture of education - learning online,which has been a major trendin the past four months. Online classestranscend geographical...
BRAC Bank has announced to enable self-registration to its Internet Banking Service by using credit cards as well. Earlier, the sign-up process was open to the bank’s debit cardholders only,...
Huawei, the world's leading technology company, has officially unveiled new entrants of the latest Y Series smartphone Y5p and two versions of the Tab HUAWEI MatePad T 8, in...
Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin on Wednesday said the United States military presence in Asia is needed as rivalry between Washington and Beijing intensifies. The two powers are arguing over...
The election commission on Wednesday approved the draft of the Political Party Registration Bill, 2020 incorporating some articles from the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972. The commission gave...
Bangladesh Bank has extended a moratorium on the payment of loan installments to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) by three months to September 30, mirroring the facility given to borrowers from...
Facebook has shared data with United Nations investigators probing international crimes in Myanmar, after the lead investigator said the company was withholding evidence. A Facebook representative on Tuesday said that...
The government will allow people to enter into the public procurement data to ensure transparency in its purchases. The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division...
In its latest survey on garment workers in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) have found that among the 1,272 workers they had interviewed,...
A tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against lone accused Md Majnu in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in city’s Kurmitola area on January 5....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on the occasion of Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus. DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam gave...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis and addressing its root causes. He said conditions for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return...
The High Court has granted bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi an eight-week anticipatory bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. After bdnews24.com announced a Tk 500 million investment...
Bangladesh recorded 54 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,519 fresh cases in last 24 hours. The recovery count rose to 1, 90,183 after another 3,427 patients were discharged from the hospitals...
A violent flash flood killed more than 70 people and destroyed hundreds of homes just north of Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday. The floods swept through Parwan province, which borders Kabul,...
India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last...
The father of slain three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that “true justice” awaited him...
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries (BSCIC) said Tk 1.31 billion has been distributed under the government stimulus package announced during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the loan administrative division of...
Stocks extended the winning streak for another session on Wednesday with the key index of the prime bourse crossing the 4800-mark again. Investors continued their appetite for sector-wise issues riding...
Emirates will resume passenger services to Conakry, Guinea and Dakar, Senegal from September 3, taking the total number of cities served by Emirates in Africa to eight. Flights from Dubai...
Following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months, the UN health agency said the likely...
The US economy could degrade to "no growth at all" if Congress fails to pass the next Covid-19 relief bill, two renowned American economists warned on Tuesday. "If senators still...
Thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific stand to benefit from the first phase of Covid-19 crisis response funding from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the historic Six-Point Demand was solely the brainchild of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as no-one else was involved in formulating...
Authorities on Wednesday morning suspended launch services on the internal routes of Barishal due to inclement weather. Mohammad Shahidul Islam, assistant director of River-Safety and Traffic Management Department of Bangladesh...
The former president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said he had tested positive for Covid-19, as the tourist-dependent island nation reports a pick-up in cases since re-opening its borders...
The Met Office on Wednesday forecast rainfall and thundershowers over the next 24 hours commencing 9:0 am. According to a regular bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), light to moderate...
The confirmed global coronavirus cases neared 24 million on Wednesday, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Besides, over 819,554 fatalities have been recorded globally, JHU data...
Bonds sold off and stocks took a breather on Wednesday as investors waited to hear from the Federal Reserve about its next moves to support the US economic recovery, while...
The ridesharing companies have urged the government to allow them to operate the app-based ridesharing services using motorbikes in pandemic. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) imposed a ban on...
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said he is confident the current scheme of incentives will be enough to help the country’s agriculture sector get back on its fee, as...
Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her son, presumed murdered, from a home in Jamalpur's Madarganj. The dead have been identified as Moslema Akhter Shikha, 32, wife...
Gambia has said it will submit the first memorandum in the case of atrocities against Rohingya people of Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in October. “We are...
Twenty-nine people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Thakurgaon in the last 24 hours till Wednesday. The district’s confirmed coronavirus cases now stands at 850, said Civil Surgeon Mahfuzar Rahman....
The board of directors of Bay Leasing and Investment Ltd has recommended 7.5 per cent cash and 2.5 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019....
China has approved the human trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine produced by using insect cells, said Chinese officials. Vaccine developers at the West China Hospital of Sichuan University Monday...
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