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A Russian official has confirmed the country is all set to register the world's first coronavirus vaccine by August 12. Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute and Russian Defence Ministry have developed...
Speakers at a panel discussion on Saturday stressed the need for better solidarity, forging unity, innovation and ensuring good quality information among people to cope with the challenges of Covid-19...
The government considers enhancing the skills of the country’s capable population and their productivity to fulfill the demand of the labour markets, both at home and abroad, aiming to face...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday congratulated her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on the victory of his party in the recently held parliamentary polls. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim...
Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s father Golam Mortaza and mother Hamida Mortaza were tested positive for COVID-19. Both of them gave their samples and found them positive for the...
The flood situation in 33 districts of the country started improving amid decline in rain and river current over last two days. However, outbreak of waterborne diseases has also increased...
Around 15 hectares of paddy fields were damaged by floods in Faridpur district, causing huge losses to 63,425 farmers. Dr Md Hazrat Ali, Deputy Director of District Agriculture Extension Department,...
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by nearly two years putting Bangladesh at the centre of threat, a new analysis of data from the Air Quality Life Index has found....
City Bank Ltd, one of the first generation PCBs faced challenges to grow its business during first half of year due to capping on lending rate amid the havoc like...
The overall status of business in the country in the last quarter (April-June, 2020) of the fiscal year 2019-2020 (FY20) was extremely poor due to negative impact of deadly coronavirus....
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other Chinese and Hong Kong officials, according to the US Treasury Department’s website. Meanwhile, Beijing’s...
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room, reports Reuters. The...
An approved coronavirus vaccine could end up being effective only 50 to 60 per cent of the time, meaning public health measures will still be needed to keep the pandemic...
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took a step to return to International cricket following his ban as he decided to start practice at BKSP from September. A member of Shakib’s family...
Seven people have died after a bus ploughed into a CNG run autorickshaw in Mymensingh's Muktagachha Upazila, according to a bdnews24.com report. The accident took place in the Upazila's Mankon...
Nokia’s new chief executive Pekka Lundmark said he will take time to re-acquaint himself with the Finnish telecom equipment maker as he works toward setting a strategy, as the company...
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Friday its investigation into the biggest blast in Beirut’s history would examine whether it was caused by a bomb or other external interference, as...
National Award winning music director and composer Alauddin Ali has been put on life support in a city hospital. His daughter Alif Alauddin, a singer and anchor, shared the information...
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the site of an Indian passenger aircraft crash in a southern state, a top official at the Directorate...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said Bangladesh's relations with India and China should not be compared saying Bangladesh emphasises on its development through cooperation and collaboration. "Bangladesh's...
Some 1,300 distressed women across the country on Saturday received gifts from the government as part of the celebration of 90th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. Prime Minister...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today (Saturday) ‘heard-in-part’ virtually a civil appeal filed regarding the mobile phone operator Grameenphone. The six-member Appellate Division full bench headed by...
Mentioning that her mother Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib could have taken right decision in any critical juncture of the nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her (Bangamata’s) decision...
India has witnessed 933 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours till Friday and fresh infections surged by another 61,537 cases to reach nearly 2.1 million. The Health Ministry says...
Police arrested four people in connection with the gang rape of a woman at Purandapur village in Jhikargachcha upazila of Jashore district. Police rescued the victim and arrested four youth...
Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) has begun work to bring high-speed internet through Bangabandhu Satellite to 31 remote islands where it is difficult to give connections through cable or...
The opportunity of instant money transfer service from banks’ app and internet banking to bKash account has been increased with the addition of seven new banks. The facility of transferring...
Emirates has resumed passenger services to Kuwait City on 5 August and to resume to Lisbon on 16 taking airline’s passenger network to 70 destinations in August, over 50 per...
Sarwar Hossain, a barber at Evergreen Gents Parlour and Salon in Dhaka’s Shewrapara, used to bag around Tk 1,200-1,500 a day before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But now...
Bangladesh registered 2,611 Covid-19 cases and 32 deaths in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Saturday. The new cases and deaths bring the total to 255,113 and 3,365 respectively, said...
Kazi Ashraful Azim, the superintendent of Sherpur police, has been infected with coronavirus (COvid-19). With this, so far 34 police personnel have been infected with coronavirus in the district, said...
Italy's foreign trade picked up in June compared to May, with imports rising by 16.1 per cent and exports by 14.4 per cent, the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) has said...
Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on...
The death toll from an Air India Express passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been severely injured, a senior government official said on Saturday. The...
Temperatures have reached 36.4 degrees Celsius on Friday in Heathrow and Kew Gardens in London, making it the hottest August day in Britain since 2003, the Met Office said. Thousands...
The 15th quadrennial ministerial conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15) will be held in Bridgetown of Barbados in April next year, according to a statement...
France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the...
Twenty six more people including Baliadangi upazila nirbahi officer have been infected with coronavirus in Thakurgaon district. The test results came on Friday, said Dr Mahfuzar Rahman, civil surgeon of...
Three villages of Deluti union in Paikgaccha upazila of Khulna district have been flooded following breakdown of a dam in a jalmahal due to tidal surge. Vast areas of Gewabunia,...
Bangladesh plans to review the number of coal-based power plants it hopes to build, with an eye to reducing its dependence on coal as costs for the fuel rise and...
Five people have died and four others are injured after a bus ploughed into a passenger van in Chuadanga Sadar Upazila. The incident took place on the Chuadanga-Jhenaidah road in...
Vegetables prices remained high last week increasing sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners, who had already been hit hard by series of price hikes of other essential food items...
The central bank has clarified its policy to ease the process of receiving refinance facility by the banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) under the large industries and services sector,...
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has welcomed the Bangladesh Bank initiative for introducing a Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) for the first time aiming to ease financing support for cottage, micro...
The first once-weekly injectable medication Trulicity, designed to improve blood sugar control in adults with type-02 diabetes, was launched in Bangladesh on Friday. Healthcare Pharmaceu-ticals Ltd, and Eli Lilly and...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the seventh consecutive week that ended on Thursday as enthusiastic investors showed their buying spree on sector-wise issues throughout the week riding on new...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed to spend Tk 0.14 million on installing each of 23 steel-made directional overhead traffic sign on a 76-kilometre road-widening project, insiders said...
The government has taken a move to build a new ferry ghat at Shimulia in Munshiganj to facilitate hassle-free movement of passengers and vehicles, an official said. As part of...
Two top specialised banks, which mainly deal with the agricultural sector, will distribute over Tk 18 billion under the government announced Covid-19 aid packages, sources said. According to officials, the...
At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the CoviD-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy...
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