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The BSCIC Chairman has said that they will provide necessary assistance and supervise the government’s stimulus package of Tk 200.0 billion for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. “Six...
The Maldives' government will lower rents for lands leased for tourism-related activities in order to boost investment, local media citing Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail has said. Ismail, who...
World shares and the euro hit their strongest levels since March on Tuesday after European Union leaders sealed a 750 billion euro ($857 billion) post-pandemic stimulus plan after a marathon...
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 210,510 on Tuesday as the country registered 3,057 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 41 more people died...
Emirates will resume passenger services to Stockholm with weekly flights from 1 August, expanding its network in Europe to 22 cities. The restart of Stockholm flights means that all Emirates...
The central bank has waived the requirement of submission of bill of entry (B/E) in hard copy by the importers aiming to facilitate business activities in Bangladesh. Under the...
The Dhaka University authorities have demoted Associate Professor Sabnam Jahan of the management department to assistant professor for her alleged involvement in irregularities during the DUCSU polls in 2019. The...
After Switzerland, Bangladesh has now started exporting mangoes to Italy's Milan while other consignments are going to the UK and Austria this week. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar...
The Covid-19 pandemic affects men and women differently, which is why it is so crucial to respond to the crisis using gender data to inform evidence-based solutions, says a report...
Passengers on flights arriving in China must provide negative COVID-19 test results before they board, the aviation authority said on Tuesday. The nucleic acid tests must be completed five days...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday forecast that rain or thundershowers may continue over the next 72 hours across the country. “Light to moderate rain, thundershowers accompanied by temporary...
Bangladeshi Architect Marina Tabassum's name was registered in the list of world's top 50 thinkers in 2020. UK-based magazine Prospect published the list on July 14. Prospect said there is...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors showed their buying binge on major sectors’ issues at the lowest possible prices amid the floor price system. Within...
Kay & Que, and Aziz Pipes Ltd back to the public market for transactions on Tuesday, after remaining two years in the spot market. The stock market regulator has allowed...
A female student of the Department of Public Administration of Chittagong University reportedly took her own life at her home in Dewanbazar of Chattogram city on Monday night. The...
The US Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with China’s treatment of its Uighurs in Xinjiang in western...
The board of directors of two more insurance companies have recommended dividends for the year ended on December 31, 2019, according to separate official disclosures on Tuesday. Islami Insurance: The...
The German Investment Corporation - DEG and Netherlands Development Finance Company - FMO will provide US$40 million credit to Bangladesh’s Eastern bank Limited for SME and green financing. In this...
European Union leaders reached a deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-blighted economies at a pre-dawn meeting on Tuesday after a fractious summit that went through the night...
Backlog in road maintenance budget of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) during the last five years has increased the agency's fund demand by nearly 1000 per cent this year to...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Faisal Al Islam, the managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital, after initiating a case against the institution on charges of running unauthorised...
Indian airline IndiGo has become the latest carrier to reveal how hard it has been hit by the collapse in demand for flights due to Covid-19. The country's largest airline...
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...
The state-owned Rupali Bank has taken a move to increase its authorised capital to Tk 25 billion aiming to make its capital base sound and strong, officials said. Besides, the...
CHATTOGRAM: Highway robbers have become active again on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway recently, leading to a rise in the incidents of looting of lorries and trucks carrying imported items and RMG...
The authorities have started taking samples for Covid-19 test from Bangladeshi citizens willing to go abroad. On July 20, samples were collected at a temporary Covid-19 isolation centre in Mohakhali...
More Bangladeshi nationals are willing to return home from Vietnam while flight operations remain suspended. Over a dozen Bangladeshis citizens rushed to Hanoi from Guntao and held a sit-in near...
Bangladesh has slipped four notches down to 119th position in the UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI) that measures the position of a country in terms of provision of online services,...
Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan on Monday said Bangladesh will get coronavirus vaccine on a priority basis and free of cost once it is invented. "Countries like United Kingdom...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) unveiled on Monday a budget outlay of Tk 45 billion, prioritising mosquito control, garbage management and development of the newly-added wards. The DNCC budget for...
Bangladesh should allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the apparel sector to help the industry weather the Covid-19 crisis, analysts and businesspeople said on Monday. They also said that over-concentration...
Six ministries and agencies could not spend even half of their development work in the last fiscal, in a blatant repeat of failure year after year, officials said on Monday....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities to ensure that there is no shortage of relief materials for the people affected by the floods in Bangladesh. Hasina spelt out...
State Minister Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian on Monday urged the owners of garment factories to pay Eid bonus to their workers by July 27 and half of the...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has postponed this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, which was scheduled to begin in Australia on Oct 18, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "At today’s meeting...
Sudden-onset disasters like tropical cyclones, tidal bore, tsunami, earthquake, landslide and volcanic eruption and slow-onset events like sea-level rise, river erosion, salinity, flood, and droughts are results of environmental conditions...
As seen during disasters, a section of people always bide time to swing into their evil activity of manipulating the woes of man. These unscrupulous people are found during almost...
Severe disruption of ferries on Shimulia-Kathalbari route across the Padma leading to long queues of vehicles on both sides of the river is nothing new. Usually, lack of navigability has...
The Election Commission (EC) has suspended the national identity card (NID) of Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed for changing his name fraudulently. Secretary of the EC Secretariat Md Alamgir gave...
Selection of beneficiaries of the country's social protection schemes may be improved if a quality national household database is used. Currently, the beneficiary selection for social safety net programmes is...
At least 4,024 people were affected by diarrhoea, skin disorder, eye inflammation and bronchitis during three weeks of flooding in the low-lying areas of Bangladesh. The Directorate General of Health...
Secretary of Health Service Division Md Abdul Mannan on Sunday said the country has a stock of 300,000 kits for COVID-19 test and the process of importing more kits is...
Continuous onrush of water from upstream as well as heavy rainfall further escalated flood in char and other low-lying areas in the northern and central regions on Monday. At least...
A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and trains the immune system, reports BBC. Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies...
The Ministry of Industries (MoC) has directed the authorities of BSCIC to increase the production of salt considering the growing demand during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Under the move, all the...
The Ballon d'Or will not be awarded this year for the first time in its 64-year history after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the football calendar, organisers France Football...
The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ keeping a provision of formation of one-man companies aiming to attract larger investment...
The government has estimated crop losses from flash floods at Tk 3.49 billion, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has said. "The floods have destroyed harvests of paddy, vegetables, jute and other...
The National Fisheries Week will begin across the country on Tuesday aiming at conserving and developing the country's fishery resources and creating awareness among the masses to boost fish production....
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday urged the government to ensure enforcement of existing laws and transparency in the appointments of all contractual posts including managing director of Dhaka WASA...
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