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The impact of Covid-19 pandemic will drive 16.4 million more people in to poverty this year, said the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICC,B) quoting a survey by the Bangladesh...
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) said Bangladesh and Qatar should look forward to enhancing diversified engagements in trade considering Bangladesh’s highly potential investment ecosystem including economic...
Bangladesh has registered 41 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,822. The tally of infections surged to 287,959 after 2,868...
UK has helped in reducing more than 31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions globally in the last nine years equivalent to taking 6.7 million cars off the road for...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to resume services of 14 more intercity trains from August 27 in continuation of its plan to gradually restart all intercity trains. With this, the...
A six-storey building in Chattogram's Patiya municipality tilted on Thursday, prompting the local authorities to evacuate the residents to avert accidents. Sixteen families lived in the building built by an...
Bangladesh economy grew by 5.24 per cent in FY20 despite COVID-19 pandemic against 2.0 per cent growth forecast by World Bank and IMF. The government has set the GDP growth...
Surging of water level in many of the rivers in Ganges basin has been continuing for the couple of days because of onrushing of floodwater from upstream hilly catchment areas...
Chittagong Independent University (CIU) opens admission for the autumn semester. Students seeking enrolment can take admission directly or via online. They are requested to contact the admission office of Jamalkhan...
A doctor, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Moulvibazar after being infected with Vocid-19, died on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Dr Syed Akter Hossain, deputy...
South Korea's foreign debt grew in the second quarter (Q2) as foreigners bought local state bonds, the finance ministry said Thursday. The country's foreign debt amounted to 503.1 billion US...
Stocks ended almost flat on Thursday amid choppy trading as investors continued to suffer due to slow load of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) new website. DSEX, the key index...
As the US-China “tech war” widens, investors are betting on China’s efforts to replace US technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector. In recent months, local...
Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on Thursday, ignoring US demands that Tehran...
The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition seeking action against two policemen who had posted Shipra Rani Devnath’s personal photos on Facebook with provocative comments. An HC bench...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal...
The district administration of Chandpur has sent a project proposal with an outlay of Tk 4.21 billion to the Ministry of Water Resources for its approval to protect the town...
A Chinese Commerce Ministry official said Thursday that talks with the US on a trade agreement that were postponed last week will be held “soon.” The unnamed ministry official said...
Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in its biggest market, according to sources with...
The country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) have extended the trading time by 15 minutes for today (Thursday). “This is to inform all...
The government received a record 1.98 billion US dollar in loans from donor countries and agencies in June amid the coronavirus (COvid-19) pandemic. The previous highest total foreign loans in...
Gmail users across the world have been left crippled thanks to an outage on the email service that is not allowing users to send attachments via mail. Gmail users took...
The United Nations (UN) has featured Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan as ‘Real Life Hero’ on its website, to appreciate his contribution in building a safe space for Rohingya women refugees....
Bidyanondo Foundation, a voluntary organisation, and Bangladesh Coastguard are jointly going to launch a floating hospital ‘Jibon Kheya’ to provide poor people living along rivers with healthcare services. Officials at...
Los Angeles resident Francisco Garcia tested positive for Covid-19 in April and says he doesn’t know how he caught it. Now recuperating, the 31-year-old had avoided leaving the house because...
Stock investors continued to suffer on Thursday as they are unable to access information on time as the website of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was slow to load. Investors...
Although Bangladesh is a densely-populated country with poor health infrastructures, it has low coronavirus death rate so far, shows worldometer data. As per the statistics compiled by the global corona...
Express Insurance Ltd will make its debut trading on August 24 (Monday) on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange under ‘N’ category. The DSE trading code for...
At least 45 migrants and refugees, including five children, have died in the deadliest shipwreck off Libya this year, the UN refugee agency says. They were among more than 80...
A total of 170,015 motorised vehicles were registered across the country in January to June 2020. Of the vehicles, 47,392 were registered in Dhaka during the period, according to Bangladesh...
India is staring at a protracted slowdown as coronavirus cases reach its countryside, with signs of recovery in the rural economy hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “at best a...
India reported a record daily jump of 69,652 coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 2.84 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. It reported...
US Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden in November and accusing President Donald Trump of failed leadership...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Thursday as the new website of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is hampering investors’ trading activities. The investors and stockbrokers have...
Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Ahmed Jamal on Tuesday said the banks have so far disbursed Tk 185 billion in working capital loans from the stimulus package meant for...
The government has taken a move to catch tuna and pelagic fishes from the Bay of Bengal as part of its attempt to explore marine resources under its blue economy...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell nearly 4.0 per cent in the first month of the current fiscal year, after hitting 10 years low in...
VAT intelligence team has intensified its crackdown against evaders across the country in a bid to offset the ongoing shortfall in revenue collection target. It has carried out drives in...
The chairman of Chittagong Stock Exchange & former president, DCCI Asif Ibrahim on Wednesday invited UK companies to invest in the Bangladesh capital market. He also urged more Bangladeshi corporates...
NAOGAON: Tariqul Islam, a youth of Shimuldanga village in Sapahar upazila of Naogaon district, has achieved self-reliance by rearing ducks on a commercial basis setting an example for others of...
The introduction of online train tickets which will be issued in the names of the passengers has put many people in trouble due to their inability to purchase tickets on...
The government has finalised a plan to reopen primary schools, but it will be implemented only when the intensity of the coronavirus outbreak reduces, bdnews24.com reports. The plan will take...
The government has asked the traders concerned to increase onion import from late September to avoid the repeat of last year's price debacle. It is keeping a close watch on...
Road transport owners have sought permission from the authority concerned to operate public transport at full capacity, saying that other modes of transport have already been doing so. Bangladesh Sarak...
The country lost a significant amount of money because of visa business in the name of labour migration to Brunei, insiders have said. A section of dishonest manpower agents charged...
Most of the large taxpayers are apprehending a sharp slide or poor growth in their sale and probable payment of consumption tax in the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21. They...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday neatly sidestepped a question of adjusting fuel oil price in the domestic market following its price slump globally. "There is a line ministry...
A group of Bangladeshi-American undergraduate students from New York were considering the idea of helping distressed people in Bangladesh. However, as much as they wanted to help, they were looking...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher educational institutions to shut down their campuses, move classes online and radically transform their teaching pedagogy. Many institutions are struggling to meet the moment....
The Founder Institute (FI.co), the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, announced on August 10 that its upcoming Bangladesh Virtual 2020 programme is now accepting applications, says a press release. In an...
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