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Boats will be plying waterways inside the capital as the government has recovered them from illegal encroachments, State Minister for Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said Thursday “We will make...
More than 2.4 million people, including around 1.3 million children in Bangladesh alone, are estimated to be affected by floods, UNICEF revealed the data on Thursday. Over 1.0 million (548,816)...
Flood situation in several parts of the country deteriorated further as new areas were inundated amid heavy rainfall and onrush of upstream from India leaving seven people dead in last...
The government has selected 65 industrial hubs across the country to provide uninterrupted and quality electricity supply and help boost their overall output and the country’s overall economic growth. State-run...
The government has appointed Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, a professor of surgery at Dhaka Medical College as the director general of health services, replacing Abul Kalam Azad, reports bdnews24.com....
Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen on Wednesday sought support of Saudi Arabia to create a voluntary OIC Covid-19 response and recovery fund for member countries. Momen sought the...
The central bank on Thursday has extended its policy supports for foreign trade transactions by six months for readymade garment and textile good exporters only. According to a notification issued...
Over 200 Japanese private sector participants expressed their interest to drive investment in Bangladesh through a webinar on Wednesday. The online conference titled ‘Dialogue to Drive Japanese Investments in Bangladesh’...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against three persons, including a bank official, for allegedly plundering money from BASIC Bank Limited. ACC assistant director Mahbubul Alam filed...
The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of Dr Abul Kalam Azad as director-general of health services amid a series of scams related to COVID-19 tests, reports bdnews24.com. “According to...
The authorities of Bangladesh and Japan today (Thursday) inked an agreement over the construction and renovation of 21 small and large bridges in the western region of Bangladesh with the...
The flood situation worsened in most places today (Thursday) as water levels of major rivers marked rise and were flowing above their respective danger marks (DM) at ten points in...
The mayor of the US city of Portland, Ted Wheeler, was stung by tear gas early on Thursday morning after he joined demonstrators protesting against racial injustice and police brutality,...
Covid-19 infection rate in Bangladesh on Thursday rose to 20.03 per cent as health authorities detected 2,856 more cases after testing 12,398 samples in the past 24 hours. Against 10,79,007...
Dr Farid Hossain Miah has been appointed as the new director (hospitals and clinics) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The Ministry of Health issued a notification in...
Stocks posted a modest gain on Thursday, after a single-day break, as bargain hunters showed their appetite on major sectors’ issues at the lowest possible prices. DSEX, the key index...
Police have placed disgraced businessman Mohammed Shahed alias Shahed Karim in the custody of the Rapid Action Battalion following his arrest in connection with a COVID-19 test scam involving Regent...
The US dollar hit four-month lows against a basket of peer currencies on Thursday, resuming its slide as investors took a wait and see approach to tensions between the United...
Amazon.com's Indian unit on Thursday said it will begin offering auto insurance, making India the e-commerce giant’s first market for the service. Amazon Pay, the India unit’s payments arm, has partnered...
Fish is an integral part of food habit of people in Bangladesh. About 19 million people are directly and indirectly involved in this sector. Contribution of the fisheries sector to...
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday hoped that the economy of the country will bounce back at the end of the year as some export products start seeing good demand...
Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the...
Bangladesh urged the international community in UN to work unitedly to make the Covid-19 vaccines available to the most needed countries in an equitable and affordable manner, a foreign office...
Australia reported its highest daily number of coronavirus-related deaths in three months on Thursday as new infections continued to climb in its second most populous state. Victoria state said it...
The death toll from coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh crossed the 2800 mark on Thursday, 138th day of the virus outbreak in the country. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported...
The import of fruits, particularly vitamin-C enriched ones such as orange, kinnow and apple recommended by health experts to ward off the coronavirus, has increased amid the pandemic. Although the...
Airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 45 people, including civilians and Taliban, local officials said on Wednesday. Ali Ahmad Faqir Yar, the governor of Adraskan District in the eastern Afghanistan province...
A mobile court has sealed off a diagnostic centre in Barishal and has sentenced three people to six months in prison over a medical report fraud, bdnews24.com reports. The raid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday opened special structures built under ‘Khurushkul Ashrayan Project’ in Cox’s Bazar for 600 climate refugees. The Prime Minister inaugurated the 20 five-storey structures constructed...
China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space and a display of its...
UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has said as many as 100 million people are expected to be pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020, the first rise in global poverty...
Daraz Bangladesh (daraz.com.bd) has launched dExports in order to support small-and-medium enterprises (SME) that have suffered significant losses due to the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. As...
A one-year-old child has died in a gas pipeline explosion in Old Dhaka’s Bangshal area. Three members of his family were hospitalised with critical burn injuries following the incident. The...
Huawei offers a chance to win a number of attractive gifts on buying smartphone and or tab ahead of this Eid. The list of gifts includes the popular nova 7i,...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Thursday as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector-wise issues amid ongoing virus scare and the floor price system. Within 30...
Six people died from fever and cold-related problems at Comilla Medical College Hospital in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning. A total of 106 patients, including 40 Covid-19 patients,...
India reported a record jump of 45,720 in coronavirus infections on Wednesday taking its total number of cases to 1.24 million, the health ministry said on Thursday. India also reported...
The board of directors of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited has recommended a 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The final approval of the...
South Korea plunged into recession in the second quarter in its worst economic decline in more than two decades as the coronavirus pandemic battered exports and social distancing curbs paralysed...
For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of...
The High Court has refused to pass any order on a writ petition, seeking directives on the government to stop allowing cattle markets in the coronavirus-affected areas including Dhaka, Chattogram,...
Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA) on Wednesday placed a six-point suggestion including allocation of Tk 300 billion under the government-announced incentive package for providing loans to pandemic-hit international hotels and...
The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Ltd has declared first interim dividend of 300 per cent cash for the three months financials that ended on June 30, 2020. The...
Following a rumour over reopening of educational institutions after Eid-ul-Azha, the Ministry of Education clarified that the government is yet to take any decision in this regard. The Ministry of...
RAK Ceramic's total sales plunged 32.5 per cent in January-June, 2020 compared to the same period of the previous year due to lower sales amid ongoing pandemic. The board of...
The Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement on Wednesday approved importing 730,000 tonnes of fertilisers at a cost of Tk 1.357 billion. Of the total quantity, 550,000 tonnes are urea fertiliser...
Bangladesh has started importing cleaner 0.005 per cent sulfur gasoil, or diesel, from this month instead of the previous 0.05 per cent sulfur gasoil to ensure better environment. The state-run...
A total of 25 banks have secured their boards' approval for investing Tk 2.0 billion each in the capital market. The banks have submitted their information about the formation of...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has formed a four-member committee in every divisional city and every district headed by the divisional directors (health) and civil surgeons respectively to...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has formed a four-member committee in each divisional city and district to probe the allegations that hospitals and clinics are refusing to treat...
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