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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the policymakers to take effective steps to limit the coronavirus pandemic's scarring effects on women. Citing that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back...
Japan on Wednesday kicked off a national travel campaign aimed at reviving its battered tourism industry, but the effort has drawn heavy criticism amid a jump in new coronavirus cases....
Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early trading on Wednesday as investors mostly followed a cautious stance amid ongoing virus scare and the floor price system. Within 30 minutes of trading,...
The boards of directors of two more general insurance companies have recommended dividends for the year ended on December 31, 2019, according to separate official disclosures on Wednesday. The companies...
Bangladesh is one of the 18 countries primarily identified as a ‘Champion’ country for Global Compact of Migration (GCM) implementation. The identification was based on a number of criteria including...
Commerce ministry is set to establish four specialised technology centres (TCs) in economic zones (EZs) with an eye to boosting export earnings through adopting new technologies. Under a project, it...
The government has released a sum of Tk 18.31 billion in favour of the Bangladesh Bank for the payment of cash incentives/subsidy to local exporters, officials said. It is the...
The securities regulator has decided to freeze the shares of the directors of Shurwid Industries for submitting compliance reporting without completing the distribution of dividend for the year ended on...
About 86 per cent of women migrant workers who have returned to the country are facing uncertainty over their livelihood because of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a study. Worried...
The government has moved to bring the activities of the securities regulator and operations of the capital market under a single act to be enacted by the parliament on completion...
Dhaka Bank Limited (DBL) has planned to introduce diversified financial technology (FinTech) based-services to ensure uninterrupted banking services for their customers, the bank's top executive has said. "We're committed and...
A petition was filed on Tuesday with the Supreme Court seeking its directive on the government to form a commission to look into the irregularities in the banking sector. The...
US deaths from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) rose by more than 1,000 on Tuesday, the biggest single-day increase since early June, according to a Reuters tally. After weeks of declining...
Bangladesh Bank is going to announce a Tk 20 billion credit guarantee insurance scheme for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), said an adviser of the Prime Minister on Tuesday....
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has finally put off a plan of arranging private sector storage facilities on rental basis to store its oil. The state-run corporation planned to store...
Bangladesh is yet to take a final decision on its being a part of the phase-three trial of a Covid-19 vaccine, being developed by the Chinese company Sinovac. According to...
Manpower export to Kuwait is likely to face a blow as a consequence of the negative impact of human trafficking scam of independent lawmaker Shahidul Islam. Mr Islam, who was...
The revenue board has managed to collect Tk 30 billion more for the public exchequer in the last fiscal year, reducing the extent of shortfall it suffered due to the...
Naren Das, the secretary to the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, has died of COVID-19. He breathed his last at Bangabandhu...
Russia has reportedly claimed to get the first domestic vaccine against novel coronavirus ready. All the volunteers who received the vaccine have developed immunity against the deadly virus, Russian First...
There were few to catch up with Fahim Saleh in attaining remarkable entrepreneurial success and that too globally. The young man earned reputation beyond the land of his forefathers-- Bangladesh....
Workers' migration that has never been free from scores of unresolved problems is now faced with the most difficult challenges. In the wake of the covid-19, prospects of jobs abroad...
Although the country is already over four and a half months into the Covid-19-inflicted crisis, those engaged in salvaging the lives and the livelihoods of the people badly impacted by...
The European Union does not plan to crack down on planet-warming methane emissions from gas imports despite pressure from oil companies, activists and academics, according to its draught strategy and...
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 1 (Saturday), as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj was...
Malaysia should end the manhunt for Bangladeshi migrant worker Kabir, end its attacks on media freedom, and stop mistreating migrants and harassing those who defend them, said Human Rights Watch...
Expressing dissatisfaction for delay in implementation of development projects, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked different departments concerned to strengthen coordination among them to avert delay in project activities....
Banks provide short and long term finances to various organs of the economy. Banks are also supposed to get back the money with interest as profit as per the repayment...
The University of Oxford's possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said on...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has directed different entities in power sector to evolve specific working strategy to improve the consumers’ services. He gave the...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had directed to pay Tk 3.0 million to each of the families of four out...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to provide financial assistance of over Taka 281.8 million to the teachers and employees of the non-MPO educational institutions. “The prime minister took the...
Abul Kalam Azad has resigned as the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services, a key agency in the fight against the pandemic, amid a series of scams related...
Rwanda has spent 60 million US dollars within four months on different activities aimed at containing the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, Rwandan minister of health Daniel Ngamije said...
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 1,000 employees, approximately 6.0 per cent of its workforce globally, with unemployment in the US above 13 per cent and national economies from Europe and...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has fixed 11 spots to set up makeshift cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The DSCC authorities took the decision on Sunday, reports UNB agency citing...
The government on Tuesday ordered its citizens to wear masks whenever they go out of homes to limit the transmission of coronavirus. A circular was issued by the health ministry...
A Dhaka court has granted the police five days to quiz Faisal Al Islam, the managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital, along with two others in a case accusing...
Better Bangladesh Foundation in partnership with BBF Global concluded its flagship webinar, Global Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit 2020, says a press release. The session was hosted online on Sunday, and...
Early data from trials of three potential coronavirus vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed operational process for outward remittances of dividend to encourage foreign nationals to investment more in Bangladesh. Under the relaxations, authorised dealer (AD) banks are now...
Amidst heavy downpour and incessant onrushing of water from upstream over the past one week, water level in Ganges basin has increased further escalating a flood situation in char (riverbed)...
Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator issued a “final warning” to short-form video app TikTok on Monday over “immoral” content posted on the platform, while live streaming app Bigo Live was blocked in...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday cleared six development projects involving Tk11.37 billion. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held at NEC Conference room in...
Gold rose to a nine-year high on Tuesday as expectation of higher inflation from increased stimulus overshadowed the resultant gain in risk appetite, while silver breached the $20 level for...
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Tuesday said no arrangements have been taken to operate special trains ahead of Eid-ul-Azha this year, reports UNB. The government is discouraging people...
The Chattogram port has received the first shipment of goods from India as part of a 2018 agreement on using the ports and land routes of Bangladesh to transport goods...
Stocks extended the gaining streak for the second day in a row on Tuesday as the buoyant investors showed their buying binge on major sectors’ issues at the lowest possible...
Microsoft Corp’s professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6 per cent of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a...
City Bank has launched a collateral-free Digital Loan, whereby users can request and receive loans of up to Taka 10,000 instantly through bKash. This is a pilot initiative targeting a...
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