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Easy access to finance for smaller enterprises is required for employment generation and economic recovery during and after the pandemic, experts said on Saturday. They also called for creating a...
All international passengers from Bangladesh will have to show COVID-19 negative certificates from 16 institutes, recommended by the government, at the airports before leaving the country. The decision will be...
The worsening Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a world--wide economic breakdown accelerating the process of a general reshaping of international trade relations. The pandemic crisis is also leading to more aggressive...
Saying "we are at the breaking point," the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year's massive anti-racism protests and have been...
France will enforce mask-wearing in enclosed public spaces including banks, shops and indoor markets from July 20, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday, as part of efforts to curb...
Recent print media photographs of country-boats with colourful sails plying different river routes make many feel delighted. The panoramic spectacle reminds people of the times, when rivers in the country...
The economy of Bangladesh is growing rapidly and is booming due to the strong growth of its manufacturing, exports and foreign remittances. The country is also a major beneficiary of...
Work on construction of the deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar is progressing at a snail's pace. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic is responsible for such slow growth...
This time Bangladesh should not miss the opportunity to enter the African job market. It has been beckoning for two long years. Apparently now the authorities have turned their attention...
Testing of imported food for the novel coronavirus is pushing capacity at some major Chinese ports to their limit, major shippers told customers this week, warning of additional fees and...
Dr Sabrina A Chaudhury, currently in police custody over her alleged ties to a COVID-19 test scam, abused her credentials as a government doctor to carry out her fraudulent practices,...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam has said that a total of 13 banks have formed low-interest special fund to invest in the capital...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has called upon the authorities concerned to regain patients’ confidence in hospitals ensuring proper health environment during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. “Due to...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin on Saturday said that the government will gradually bring all underprivileged and needy people under the ambit of the social security net...
Bangladesh Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) has called for providing special focus on fast-growing trends in information technology to overcome COVID-19 impact. The chamber made the call at...
Ending a four-month long agonising break, cricketing activities in the country is set to begin on Sunday in a limited scale at four different venues across the countries. A total...
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it as Iran reimposed...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the mobile phone operators and other telecom service providers to stop totally or partially free internet data for social media use. The...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Saturday surprised Covid-19 patients in the city’s locked down Wari area with the gift of fruit baskets. Volunteers, guided...
Agriculture Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Saturday put especial emphasis on use of developed seeds to boost potato production and export of the country. The minister said it as...
Global businesses, workers and civil society organisations have called for comprehensive emergency debt relief to enable all countries in need to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The G20 finance ministers have...
The government has appointed Mohammed Shaheen Iqbal as the chief of Bangladesh Navy by promoting him to the rank of vice-admiral from rear admiral. His appointment will be effective for...
Saiful Islam cultivates jute on eight bighas of land. He and other farmers are now staring at heavy losses in the wake of the government's sudden decision to shut production...
Americans debated mask mandates and the reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday as state and local officials imposed conflicting orders and cases rose by more than 70,000...
Some 48 power plants with a combined generation capacity of 16,875 megawatts (MW) are under construction. “All the under-construction power plants will commence in phases as the government’s commitment to...
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Sheikh Fazle Fahim has expressed deep shock at the death of Abdullah M Hasan, news editor of The Financial Express....
Indonesia overtook China on Saturday as the country with the most confirmed coronavirus cases in East Asia with 84,882 infections, and authorities said the actual infection rate could be higher...
China's economic growth is likely to benefit Southeast Asian nations as the country commands a "lion's share" of regional exports, CNBC quoted an economist as saying on Thursday. Wellian Wiranto,...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a loan of up to $30 million to City Bank, a leading private commercial bank in Bangladesh, to financing small...
Bangladesh's coronavirus cases have surpassed 200,000 and deaths reached 2,581, as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 2,709 cases and 34 deaths on Saturday, the 133rd day of...
Firemen were battling a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning inside the cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, the local fire service said on Twitter. TV...
Counterterrorism police have arrested an Indian national from Sadarghat area in Dhaka for her involvement with militant outfit Neo-JMB. The woman was detained in the area on Thursday evening and...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to start holding its virtual hearing on different cases on a regular basis from Sunday. Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of...
State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk has recovered from coronavirus. The state minister returned to his residence in Baridhara from Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday morning after...
The metro rail company will seek cooperation from Japan in easing travel restrictions on Japanese contractors and consultants in Bangladesh to help continue its billion-dollar projects. As Japan imposed travel...
Former whip Md Ashraf Hossain passed away at a private hospital in the capital early Saturday. He was 79. Ashraf, former BNP joint secretary, who had been suffering from cancer,...
Global confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases topped 14 million on Friday, reaching 14,060,402 as of 10:35 pm local time (0235 GMT on Saturday), according to the Center for Systems Science and...
Senior journalist and news editor of The Financial Express Abdullah M Hasan has been laid to rest today. He was buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Dhaka around 12...
With the road network expanding, lower budgetary allocation for road development and maintenance work in this fiscal year is likely to put the authorities concerned in a fix. Although budgetary...
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous content” that goes against scientific consensus during the...
Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1.0 million cases in under 100 hours....
The securities regulator has extended the timeframe for keeping provision against unrealised losses in accounts of the stock dealer, stockbrokers, and merchant banks' own and their client portfolios until December...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been taken to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week. The Indian actress, a former Miss World and one of Bollywood's most famous faces,...
Stocks kept the positive trend for the fourth straight week that ended on Thursday despite the last four sessions of the week witnessed profit booking sell-offs. The week featured five...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse has been on a downward trend for the last 14 straight months as the overseas investors continued to pull out their fund amid...
A man has been charged with the murder of leading tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh who was found dead in New York on Tuesday, police say. The body of Saleh, 33,...
The government has taken decision to install central oxygen supply line and liquid oxygen tanks in 83 hospitals. Two contractors have been awarded the job installing Shortage of contractors has...
While top bosses of the health ministry and directorate general of health services (DGHS) are blaming each other over the corona test scam, government rules suggest the minister, secretary and...
Japan is set to relax conditions for its two-step loan programme aiming to extend credit facility for industrial units hit by Covid-19, officials have said. Usually, Bangladeshi companies that export...
The government has expedited the process of replacing more than 70-year-old foreign exchange regulations in order to attract investments while improving the ease of doing business. The foreign exchange policy...
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