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Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) on Sunday approved the icddr,b to conduct thephase-3 human trial of Covid-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company. "The approval to conduct the Phase-3 clinical...
President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday attended namaz-e-janaza of his younger brother and freedom fighter Abdul Hye at his ancestral home at Kamlapur village under Mithamain upazila in Kishoreganj district....
A total of 5,803 health workers and 625 newsmen have so far tested positive for coronavirus across the country. Besides, as many as 625 newsmen of some 148 national and...
The High Court has asked the government to submit report about steps taken in implementing Medical Waste Management and Processing Rules 2008. A virtual bench of Justice JBM Hasan passed...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has passed 14 million globally as of Sunday morning, the World Health Organization's dashboard showed. WHO has received reports of 14,007,791 confirmed cases of...
The government on Sunday waived surcharge for late payment of electricity bills by residential consumers in order to mitigate sufferings of the clients amid the ongoing coronavirus. The remission has...
The Rapid Action Battalion has raided Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital in Gulshan area of Dhaka and arrested an official over unauthorised coronavirus testing. The law enforcers also found evidence of...
The government on Sunday cancelled the accreditation card of Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim, who was arrested and put on 10-day remand on charge of issuing fake...
Beijing will lower its emergency response to COVID-19 from level II to III starting Monday, announced an official of the Beijing municipal government at a press conference Sunday. The city...
Bank Asia Limited and MoneyGram International have signed an agreement to offer remittance inflow services in Bangladesh from more than 200 countries of the world, says a press release. Md...
Bangladesh is likely to witness another spell of flood from July 20-21, warned the Bangladesh Water Development Board. This information was provided in a report published by the board on...
Bangladesh has extended its support to the UAE’s candidature for the post of the president in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended...
The government will establish three technology centres (TCs) and one specialised design and technology centre (DTC) aiming to adopt modern technology into the country's manufacturing sector for gearing up industrial...
Germany pledged 3.0 billion euros ($3.4 billion) at a meeting of G20 finance ministers to help the world's poorest countries. The funds will be made available as long-term loans for...
The government is set to start the process of enrolment to grade 11 in colleges on August 9 after deferring its plans to do so in June due to a...
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who is facing the death penalty in Bangladesh for war crimes, filed a case against British Home Secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 in libel damages. The war criminal...
Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) has said cattle smuggling on Bangladesh-Indian border takes place due to the failure of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF). The BGB came up with...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Sunday called for strong monitoring on health safety issues in cattle markets for the Eid-ul-Azha. The DCCI made the call at a...
Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam has filed a petition with the apex court, pleading to review its judgement that upheld his death sentence initially awarded by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a "generational opportunity" to build a more equal,...
China's embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of ‘outrageously smearing’ the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbours over the contested South China Sea...
Nearly four million people in India's northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at...
The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000, said the Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 14.2 million, out of which 3.7 million are...
Bangladesh on Sunday went past Germany in terms of confirmed Covid-19 cases to become the 16th worst-affected country in the world with 204,525 infections. At a press briefing, Additional Director...
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours, reports Reuters....
Temporary teachers and employees of five secondary schools funded by as many state-owned jute mills are staring at a bleak future as the government is now going to shut those...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the fifth straight session on Sunday as the risk-averse investors continued their sell-offs ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Market operators said some retail investors sold shares...
Turkish police said on Sunday they had detained 27 people with links to the Islamic State militant group whom they suspect were preparing for an attack. Police said they had...
While construction works at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) site is progressing as scheduled, manufacturing and testing of various equipment for the plant is running in full swing in...
The International Finance Corporation, or IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a loan of up to $30 million to The City Bank Ltd, a leading private...
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 204,525 on Sunday as the country registered 2,459 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 37 more people died...
Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 60,407 people in 45 working days from May 11 to July 16. Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of...
It was 10 years ago that she landed a job at BDF Security Service on a monthly salary of Tk 40,000. Unfortunately, Gazi Nasrin Akhter Naz only got paid in...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus “kill” and have “suffocated” the country’s economy. “Without salaries and jobs,...
Twitter disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s...
A glacier tour bus rolled over in Canada’s southern province of Alberta, killing three people and injuring several, CBC News reported on Saturday. The sightseeing bus overturned en route to...
As countries around the world struggle to strike a balance between lives, jobs and economies amid the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Managing Director...
Stocks witnessed sharp decline in early trading on Sunday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid ongoing virus fears. Within 30 minutes of trading, DSEX, the key index of DSE,...
The board of directors of Republic Insurance Ltd has recommended 7.0 per cent cash and 7.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The final...
The 8th death anniversary of eminent Bangladeshi writer, playwright, lyricist, academician and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed today. This time, Humayun's death anniversary is being observed by various organisations...
The third meeting of joint working commission on trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan is likely to be held here in October aiming to expand trade and commerce,...
Work on the country's biggest 718-MW capacity in LNG-fuelled combined cycle power plant gets momentum after roping the Japanese JERA in the project. The project, owned jointly by JERA and...
Despite potentials, Bangladesh could not attract the expected level of foreign direct investment due mainly to the regulatory and business hurdles, top corporate executives say. They said FDI is not...
US deaths from the novel coronavirus exceeded 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to rise in 43 out of 50 states over the past two weeks, according to a Reuters...
MAGURA: Corona incentive and adequate rainfall have helped the Magura jute growers achieve a bumper production. Jute is very close to be harvested in the district. Adequate rainfall in the...
Police are setting up a special station experimentally under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to deal with cybercrime cases, led by an additional deputy inspector general. The police are going...
Transshipment of goods between India and Bangladesh through Chattogram port is set to begin on Tuesday, customs officials said. As per an agreement inked between the two countries, the first...
Massive irregularities were found at a post office building construction project, insiders said. They said many new office buildings under the project had construction faults and mismatches in the procurement...
At least 790 factories that include textile and readymade garment (RMG) across the country, except for Dhaka metropolitan area, are 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival...
The readymade garment industry might fail to realise or face deferred payment worth US$3.0 billion because of the Covid-19 pandemic, exporters say. Local clothing exporters faced $3.18 billion work order...
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