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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a three-member probe body to investigate the incident of explosion inside the Pallabi Police Station in the capital Wednesday morning. Md Walid Hossain, deputy...
The next Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) conference will be held in 2021 commemorating the ‘Mujib Borsho’ (Mujib Year). "Chair of the Global Centre on Adaptation and ex-UN Secretary General Ban...
Jhilimili, a social welfare organisation, is currently conducting its latest campaign to raise funds for street children seen around the campus of the University of Dhaka. They started this campaign...
As Covid-19 pandemic is forcing changes into every aspect of human life, people need to bring changes in the way of their thinking. Mohammad Saiful Islam interviewed Sarah Kamal, the...
In the office of Fazle Selim, a famous businessman and founder of Ranks IIT Limited, one could notice a map hanging on the wall with logos of all the big...
With the outbreak of Covid-19 throughout the country, the nation's healthcare services have come to the limelight again. The citizens are still being deprived of minimum standard services from most...
Ever since the monsoon began this year, there was a clear sign that it would be much wetter a season than the country experienced at least over the past couple...
Higher levels of corruption are often associated with large underground or black economies. A 2018 study by IMF estimated the size of the underground economy in Bangladesh to be around...
Almost four to five months on, yet the flurry of devastation from Covid -19 isn't over. Already lots of people across the globe have lost their jobs or are on...
The government has decided to allow traders to export rawhide and wet blue hide as part of efforts to keep supply and demand stable after cattle slaughtering during Eid-ul-Azha. The...
Flood conditions might deteriorate further in many northern districts and surrounding areas of Dhaka amid continued swelling of many major rivers on Wednesday. A total of 5.04 million people have...
The number of crimes across Bangladesh has been on the rise from June after a significant drop-off during the two months of lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. One-third of the...
Germany awarded grants to three biotech companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccine candidates, but the country’s Research Minister Anja Karliczek said any vaccine was unlikely to be...
Speakers at a webinar on Wednesday stressed the need for creating job opportunities at home to help combat human trafficking. To this effect, it is needed to ensure necessary investment...
Bangladesh has been at Tier 2 in the newly-released 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report of the US Department of State’s, up from the Tier 2 Watch List. The US...
Bangladesh Bank has asked the commercials banks to ensure smooth and uninterrupted transactions through the automated teller machine (ATM), point of sale (POS), e-payment gateway or internet banking and mobile...
Most of cottage, micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (CMSMEs) are yet to get the benefit of announced stimulus package, experts and stakeholders said on Wednesday. Existing complex documentation process and...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh, in association with National Board of Revenue (NBR) jointly hosted an introductory...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will purchase 150 metre-gauge carriages from South Korea to meet its growing demand for passenger trains by replacing old ones gradually. Bangladesh signed a contract of Tk...
The government has again extended the closure of all the educational institutions of the country until August 31 considering the coronavirus situation. Mohammad Abul Khayer, public relations officer of the...
Robi has become the first mobile operator to have on-aired more than 11,000 4.5G sites in the country which makes Robi the undisputed market leader in 4.5G network in Bangladesh,...
Stocks kept the gaining for the fifth straight sessions on Wednesday as the bargain hunters continued their appetite on selective issues amid gradual improvement of economic activities. DSEX, the key...
Aiming to lower the incidence of liver cancer among patients with hepatitis B, China has launched a research project on Tuesday, marking the World Hepatitis Day. It was sponsored by...
Streaming giant Netflix set a record of capturing 160 nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards on Tuesday, surpassing HBO's 2019 record of 137. Netflix's top-hitters were "Ozark" (18 nominations), "The...
China and EU Tuesday convened one of their most important meetings of the year, steering the vessel of bilateral economic ties toward a reassuring recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
The central bank unveiled an expansionary monetary policy on Wednesday for current fiscal year lowering borrowing costs to boost money flow for revamping the pandemic-hit economy. As part of the...
China should prepare for potential US sanctions by increasing use of its own financial messaging network for cross-border transactions in the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, according to a report...
In an effort to keep up food production target, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has formed a total of 12 committees to reinforce and supervise the rehabilitation programme aiming to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her greetings to the people of the country on the auspicious occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, to...
The Philippines has taken a big step towards tapping nuclear power, its energy minister said on Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency panel to study the adoption of...
Assembly and welding of spherical casings of reactor coolant pumps (RCP), and local heat treatment of bottom weld of one of the steam generators for Unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power...
France’s health minister urged the country on Wednesday not to drop its guard against Covid-19, saying it faced a long battle and that observing social distancing rules was vital to...
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday reported 35 deaths and 3009 new cases from coronavirus (Covid-19) in the 24 hours to 8:00 am today, 144th day of the...
As Indonesian Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival, farms are seeing a boom in online sales that limit the need for people to visit farms during the pandemic...
The export-import activities at Sonamasjid land port remained suspended for four days from August 1 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims. Toufiqur Rahman...
Turkey’s parliament passed a law regulating social media on Wednesday, that critics said will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, which has a...
About 1,000 pilgrims arrived on the Mina Valley outside Makkah on Wednesday to participate in this year’s hajj amid the coronavirus pandemic. This time, the Saudi government has imposed restrictions...
Bangladesh's hope for attracting 30 Japanese companies relocating from China has been dashed as these firms have already decided to move elsewhere. Experts said that strong political will from the...
The outlook for India’s reeling economy has worsened again as business activity slows and Covid-19 infections soar, and will probably prompt the Reserve Bank of India to cut interest rates...
Coronavirus cases have been detected in Vietnam’s two biggest cities Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and in the country’s central highlands coffee belt, due largely to increased domestic travel,...
The board of directors of Standard Insurance Ltd has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The final approval of the dividend will...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Wednesday as a section of investors continued their appetite on sector-wise issues amid expectation of improving economic activities ahead of Eid holidays....
Six people suffering from fever and cold-related problems died at Comilla Medical College Hospital in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. A total of 103 patients, including 45 Covid-19...
Human Rights Watch has called on the Malaysian authorities to release the Bangladeshi migrant worker who was arrested for criticising government policies towards migrants by appearing in an Al Jazeera...
The dollar languished near two-year lows on Wednesday as the United States struggled to contain a spike in coronavirus cases, dashing hopes for a quick economic recovery. The dour outlook...
Five policemen were injured as an explosion occurred inside the Pallabi Police Station in the city on Wednesday morning. The explosion took place around 7am when a weight-machine like object...
Thirty people, including the Deputy Commissioner and Civil Surgeon of Natore, have been found infected with coronavirus. According to sources at the Civil Surgeon's office, Civil Surgeon Dr Kazi Mizanur...
Global airlines cut their coronavirus recovery forecast on Tuesday, saying it would take until 2024 - a year longer than previously expected - for passenger traffic to return to pre-crisis...
Poachers still stalk the Sundarbans, but the rate of tiger death has decreased thanks to drives and patrols by law-enforcement agencies and government efforts. More recently, the coronavirus pandemic has...
Bata Shoe Company's revenue plunged drastically by 85 per cent year-on-year in April-June, 2020 quarter due to lower sales amid Covid-19 pandemic. The multinational company's revenue stood at only Tk...
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