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Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said 60 per cent dedicated beds in hospitals for coronavirus patients are still vacant due to proper measures taken by the...
A Dhaka court has granted the police 14 days to grill the three men who were carrying an explosive device which went off at Pallabi Police Station, leaving five people...
Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has provided medical services for 81,168 cattle and 4,13,634 poultry birds through 249 veterinary medical teams in flood-affected areas across the country, according to a...
Detectives in separate drives arrested 59 members of ‘dope gangs’ from different parts of the capital on Thursday. Police also recovered foods mixed with sedatives and knives from their possession,...
China’s ambassador to London said on Thursday that the United States was trying to trigger a new Cold War with the Communist state because it was searching for a scapegoat...
The Ministry of Commerce has opened a control room to monitor preservation, buy and sale of rawhide of the sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. For taking necessary support,...
With priority to infrastructure development, waste management and mosquito control, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has announced a budget of Tk 61.19 billion for...
Yes, it's possible. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently acknowledged the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions. Recent COVID-19 outbreaks in crowded indoor settings...
Kuldip Kumar, a farmer from northern India, sold his only cow to buy a smartphone so his children could keep up with lessons that shifted online when the coronavirus lockdown...
Jesmine Ara Begum, an executive officer of a private insurance company, became apprehensive about going home after hearing about the community transmission of COVID-19 at her village in Cumilla. She...
The Eid-ul-Azha prayer at Miya Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held at 7:00 am at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka, said a press release. The eid prayer will be held...
The Austrian economy shrank 10.7 per cent in the second quarter, marking its biggest contraction since the data series began after World War Two, as the coronavirus pandemic hit both...
Uber Technologies on Thursday halted a plan to move its Asian headquarters to Hong Kong in another business blow for the Chinese-ruled city, choosing to extend its stay in Singapore...
It’s dog eat dog in the world of Covid-19 vaccines. That’s the fear of global health agencies planning a scheme to bulk-buy and equitably distribute vaccines around the world. They...
Bangladesh is the fourth most-seriously hit in terms of the number of children affected as lead poisoning is affecting them on a massive and previously unknown scale in the world,...
Fortify Rights on Friday said Myanmar authorities should immediately release Myat Hein Tun and Kyaw Lin, two student leaders of the Rakhine Students’ Union imprisoned for protesting internet restrictions in...
Indonesia reported on Thursday 1,904 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s total tally to 106,336 cases, Health Ministry data showed. The number of deaths in the Southeast Asian nation related...
The new National Education Policy (NEP) announced by the Indian government Wednesday brings in multiple reforms, including doing away with the MPhil in higher education, that are expected to overhaul...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to pledge to work for inclusive societies and economies that leave no one behind. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to pledge...
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 234,889 on Thursday, a rise of 2,695 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 48 to 3,083; according to data...
Vietnam has had one of the world’s best records in containing the coronavirus despite bordering China, its biggest trading partner, where the virus was first reported. But after more than...
Spikes in novel coronavirus infections in Asia have dispelled any notion the region may be over the worst, with Australia and India reporting record daily infections on Thursday, Vietnam fretting...
Three members of a family were killed after a private car crashed into the railing of a railway flyover on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district on Thursday...
Ehsan Aleem Avee, a resident of Mirpur, purchased a series of products online on Apr 28 as he chose to stay indoors in the coronavirus pandemic. Some products arrived in...
India's health ministry has said 775 new deaths due to Covid-19, besides fresh 52,123 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of...
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would not hesitate to act to...
The board of directors of IFIC Bank Ltd has further decided to revise the ratio of right shares subject to the approval of the shareholders and the stock market regulator....
Stocks witnessed a positive trend in early trading on Thursday as investors continued their appetite for sector-wise issues following the central bank’s expansionary monetary policy statement. Today is the last...
Six Eid-ul-Azha congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque from 7am on the Eid day. This year there will be six jamaats on the Eid day at...
Dhaka International Youth Film Festival-2020 began virtually on the website and Facebook page of 'Step for Cinema', a youth-oriented organisation of young filmmakers on Wednesday. With an aim to provide...
Australia recorded its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday with at least 13 deaths and more than 700 new infections mainly in Victoria state, where the government ordered...
Vietnam's national index of industrial production advanced 2.6 per cent year-on-year in the first seven months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office on Thursday. The main driver...
Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically...
California, Florida and Texas, the three largest US states, all set one-day records for fatalities from COVID-19 on Wednesday, a Reuters tally showed, and the Miami-area school district said students...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has planned to launch real time online investment banking riding on the latest financial technology (FinTech) by the end of this calendar year, the bank's...
Kuwait will allow citizens and residents to travel to and from the country, starting August 01 (Sunday), the government communication centre tweeted on early Thursday, citing a cabinet decision. The...
China’s Huawei overtook Samsung Electronics as the world’s biggest seller of mobile phones in the second quarter of 2020, shipping 55.8 million devices compared to Samsung’s 53.7 million, according to...
The government is set to rationalise motorcycle registration fees keeping conformity with the trend of neighbouring countries with an eye to attract more foreign direct investment in the sector, an...
All commercial wings under Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve their respective export targets for the last fiscal year due to the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh, in association with National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Wednesday jointly hosted an introductory event and awareness session on the...
Outgoing airline passengers will have to pay 15 per cent VAT on the newly imposed airport development and passenger security fees, effective from August 01. The Civil Aviation Authority of...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has said coordinated initiatives should be taken to enhance the market capitalisation through the listing of companies having good fundamentals. The BB laid emphasis on listing of...
Industrial units have been instructed to make sure that no worker leave his or her respective dwelling places near workstations during Eid to help contain coronavirus transmission. The government has...
The securities regulator has taken stern actions against three listed companies and some market operators by imposing an aggregate amount of penalty worth around Tk 248 million for their unlawful...
Cattle markets in the city have started seeing scattered buy and sell activities on Wednesday afternoon, but the traders had a look of utter disappointment on their faces while the...
The monetary policy released by the central bank on Wednesday for the current fiscal year is towards the right direction, economists say warning of the possible abuse. The policy for...
The country's investment promotion agencies are pulling their socks up to improve the country's investment climate, a prerequisite for snaring foreign investors. Analysts are of the opinion that the country...
In care of health and wellness of its employees, Prime Bank Limited recently organized a Healthcare Talk on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 with special focus on hygiene during Eid-ul-Azha....
India is going to allow foreign universities to open campuses in the country as part of efforts to boost education to strengthen the economy as it struggles with the impact...
Rights activists demanded immediate release of Rayhan Kabir who was arrested by Malaysian law enforcers recently for speaking in a documentary broadcasted by Al Jazeera. They also urged to stop...
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