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Japan will provide 330 million US dollar to Bangladesh as an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan. In this regard Mr. ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Ms. Fatima...
The family of Sinha Md Rashed Khan has started a case against nine policemen, including two inspectors, on charges of shooting the former army major to death. Sinha’s elder sister...
The export-import activities at Sonamasjid land port resumed on Wednesday after four days of suspension due to Eid-ul-Azha holiday. Toufiqur Rahman Babu, general secretary of export-import association of the land...
Malaysian authorities conducted a drive at Kuala Lumpur office of Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera and seized two computers on Tuesday, as part of the ongoing investigation over a documentary...
Global current account surpluses and deficits narrowed in 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic could narrow the imbalances further in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its annual External...
Twenty-one members of Bangladesh Navy have been injured in Beirut after huge blasts in port warehouses storing highly explosive material rocked the Lebanese capital. One of them is in critical...
Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region with the highest coronavirus death toll worldwide, according to a Reuters tally. The region has now recorded more than 206,000...
People are returning to their homes as the flood situation gradually improves in Kurigram with major rivers flowing through the districts all flowing below the danger level. Brahmmaputra was flowing...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as optimistic investors continued their buying appetite on sector-wise issues. Within first...
The global death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities. Nearly 5,900...
Voting to elect a new Parliament was underway in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. It is expected to give strong support to the powerful and popular Rajapaksa brothers, reports the Associated...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has announced a free Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) for non-native English teachers and education professionals interested in developing an understanding of culture and tools...
Deadly Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power to millions on the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane. Two people died when a tornado struck...
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are...
The Armed Forces Division (AFD) has raised objection over the colour of uniform of the customs and VAT officials, after the agency has found that it matches with the colour...
The securities regulator has settled 90 per cent complaints filed by investors in last six months through online complaint module. Investors lodged a total of 167 complaints through Customer Complaints...
Former state minister and BNP vice chairman Abdul Mannan died at a hospital in the capital on Tuesday night. He was 78. Mannan, also former president of Dhaka district unit BNP,...
Bangladesh will initiate importing LNG, or liquefied natural gas, from the spot market from next month to reap the benefits of low price of fossil fuel in the international market....
Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 78 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll...
The government has issued a host of policy directives aimed at easing the business process involved in apparel exports in particular. The move is designed to help the industry cope...
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has advocated for quarterly announcement of Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). "The MPS should be announced quarterly in a precise format as fiscal year starts from...
A large blast has hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, causing widespread damage and injuring many people, officials say. It is not yet clear what caused the explosion in the port...
The future may be brighter, who knows! That's still hard to believe at least until a way out from the crisis at hand is visible. A Bangladesh youth can't tell...
One of the worst setbacks that the ongoing pandemic is likely to cause is a steep rise in school dropouts, particularly in the rural areas. This understandably would be a...
The ministry of food is reportedly awaiting government's nod on resumption of the special open market sale (OMS)-- a programme that got started following the Prime Minister's declaration in late...
The audited accounts of different commercial banks for 2019 started coming out in the newspapers in recent weeks. Usually, these are published earlier in the year during April-May. Dislocations related...
Most of the world thought that the EU leaders would be unable to reach a compromise with regard to finding a recovery solution in the post-Coronavirus world. However, such a...
It was an early spring evening. The sun was setting behind the trees on the bank of the river Shitalakkhya on the opposite side of Palash in Narsingdi. We all...
As if he is still with us, present very much in every activity of our lives in Dhaka. Journalist AHM Moazzem Hossain - our beloved Moazzem bhai - lives not...
It's COVID time. The world is almost upside down with everything in tatters. All heads, be they holding the rein of families or organisations, are finding it difficult to keep...
Fourteen people were killed and more than 1,000 people forced from their homes as 42 consecutive days of rain - South Korea's longest monsoon in seven years - triggered floods...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday assured the mother of retired Major Sinha Md Rashed of proper investigation into the murder of her son and the trial of his killers....
The government is working to diversify the use of jute and boost its production by taking effective steps to reform the sector eyeing global market, said Textiles and Jute Secretary...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday dismissed allegations from a players' body that its international cricketers have not been paid all their prize money. The Federation of International Cricketers'...
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday formally declared her intention to seek a second term in an election in November that is seen as a test of the...
The coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest disruption in education in history, with schools closed in some 160 countries in mid-July affecting more than one billion students, the United Nations...
Two motorcyclists were killed in a collision with a truck and a motorcycle in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Abu Saeed,...
Ferry services on Kathalbari-Shimulia route resumed on a limited scale since Monday. However, passengers and freight truck drivers have to spend longer time to cross Padma River due to limited-scale...
After strict lockdown measures pushed down infection rates, many European countries are now watching numbers creep back up, a consequence of easing curbs to try to limit economic damage and...
Authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai issued a red alert on Tuesday and warned people not to venture out after heavy overnight rain in the financial hub brought flooding...
Three siblings drowned while two others went missing as a boat sank in a waterbody during storm at Charmastul Charpara of Doulatpur upazila in Manikganj on Tuesday. The deceased were...
In a gesture of reconciliation, two prominent Muslims who lived through deadly riots following the razing of a mosque in northern India in 1992 plan to attend the foundation-laying ceremony...
Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Malaysian police had raided its office in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, amid an investigation into a programme it aired on the country’s treatment of undocumented foreign...
After the Eid celebrations, people from 21 districts of Southern parts of the country flocked at Kathalbari Ghat in Madaripur to join the workplace. Passengers started arriving at Shimulia Ghat...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Tuesday warned of stern action against any kind of corruption and irregularities in fisheries and livestock sector amid the Covid-19 crisis. The...
A Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Research and Development Co Ltd, a Chinese company, will be approved for use on Bangladeshi health workers after getting its satisfactory results, Health Services...
Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against the expelled general secretary of Jubo Mohila League’s Narsingdi district unit Shamima Nur Papia, and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon...
The country’s merchandise exports in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY21) posted a nominal 0.59 per cent growth over the same month of the past fiscal year....
Singapore researchers have developed ‘electronic skin’ capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a foundation-laying ceremony for a Hindu temple on Wednesday, organisers said, even though his interior minister has contracted Covid-19, reports Reuters. Amit Shah,...
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