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Bangladesh needs to make progress in five key areas in the coming days to attract both domestic and overseas investments, business leaders and economists say. The five factors are further...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will resume its trial proceedings today (Monday), after a halt of around four months, through videoconferencing. A bench of the Appellate Division (AD)...
BOGURA: Waterlogging has turned out to be a never-ending problem at Bhutbari village of Bhandarbari union in Dhunat upazila of Bogura district, especially during rainy season, in absence of a...
The continued rising of big rivers amid heavy rainfall and onrush of upstream water aggravated the flood situation in many districts in Bangladesh on Sunday. The Flood Forecasting and Warning...
The S. Alam Group, one of the country's leading business conglomerates, has paid the government a penalty of Tk. 2.0 billion to keep its deal on building a 1,224 megawatt...
IPDC Finance Limited and Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing (BACCO), have collaborated to facilitate the expansion of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) financing for the Business Process...
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organized a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme on "Finance Act 2020 and Its Impact on the Business” on July 11 on virtual...
Revered Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's daughter-in-law and granddaughter have joined him and his son in testing positive for COVID-19, the family said on Sunday, in one of the highest-profile cases...
Bangladeshi microbiologist Dr Senjuti Saha, who led research on genome sequencing of the novel coronavirus, has become a member of the Independent Monitoring Board of Global Polio Eradication Initiative to...
The government has urged the Muslims to offer Eid-ul-Azha prayers at their respective nearby mosques instead of Eidgah or open places to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The...
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain asked all Women and Children Repression Prevention tribunals, Chief Judicial Magistrate courts and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate courts across the country to receive filings of complaint...
Primark, the fashion retailer owned by AB Foods, said on Sunday it would not take advantage of a British government scheme to pay employers for bringing back staff from furlough,...
The World Population Day has apparently lost much of its appeal and significance not only to countries like Bangladesh but also to the international bodies dealing with population issues. Why?...
One has got valid reasons to be confused over the behaviour of the relevant policymakers in relation to containing the dreaded coronavirus infection. It has become truly difficult to keep...
After the reopening of the railway routes following a 66-day corona-prompted shutdown, the passengers' initial rush for the apparently safe mode of transport was viewed as encouraging. The service re-started...
Six officials of Central Medicine Store Depot (CMSD) were asked to appear before the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to give statement about their alleged involvement in various irregularities in the name...
Beijing reported no new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases Saturday, the municipal health commission said Sunday. This marked that the Chinese capital city had reported no new confirmed domestically transmitted...
A distinguished central banker, Allah Malik Kazemi, left us a few days ago for ever. The ravaging corona onslaught didn't spare him either. Not only the community of central bankers...
The evolving dimensions due to COVID-19 have brought to the forefront issues related to Eastern Europe-- particularly because of the Russian connotations. The Chinese factor has also led to questions...
World Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and trade suffered significantly as a result of the 2008 global financial crisis. There was some recovery during 2009-2012 but the world's export orientation has...
Customers have been enabled to pay Visa and AMEX credit card bills through bKash without any extra charge during the Covid-19 crisis. bKash has offered 1.0 per cent instant cashback...
Health ministry issued a show cause letter to the Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) regarding the latter’s press statement issued Saturday which stated ‘MoU was signed...
Flood situation in several districts across the country deteriorated due to the continuous swelling of major rivers amid heavy rainfall as well as onrush of upstream water. Flood Forecasting and...
The health ministry has suspended Sabrina Sharmeen Husain, a cardiac surgeon of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, hours after her arrest over a COVID-19 test report scam involving JKG...
The government on Sunday decided that all outbound Bangladeshi travellers must submit Covid-19 negative certificate. The certificate will be issued by the government-authorised Covid-19 testing centres. The government took the...
FE Report At least 368 people were killed and 518 others injured in 358 road accidents across the country in June, said a passenger welfare association on Sunday. Besides, the...
Vikram Doraiswami, presently Additional Secretary and head of International Organisations and Summits at the Indian foreign ministry, is selected to be the next High Commissioner (HC) of India in Dhaka,...
Bangladesh needs to quickly design and roll out policy actions and reforms on long-standing issues holding back private investment in order to effectively address the unfolding impacts of coronavirus-led economic...
Child abuse and child marriage amid the Covid-19 crisis increased alarmingly in June compared to May and April, according to a survey of the Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF). As many...
The emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought health challenges but economic challenges as well. The pandemic, which has ravaged various countries of the world, has forced countries...
Wildlife crime like selling of wild animals in open markets is a threat to both environment and human health as it can increase the transmission of diseases that spread from...
Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, a registrar of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and also chairman of JKG Health Care, has been arrested over the alleged involvement in a COVID-19...
A total of 180 educational institutions in the United States joined the lawsuit opposing the new visa policy for int'l students by the Trump administration. An amicus brief document filed...
Stocks surged on Sunday, extending the winning streak for the fifth straight session, as the buoyant investors continued their buying spree at the lowest possible prices amid the floor price...
Police have arrested three men on charges of trafficking women to Dubai on the pretext of getting them jobs before forcing them into 'sex work', reports bdnews24.com. One of them...
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday approved aid deliveries to Syria through one border crossing from Turkey, a day after its authorisation for the six-year-long humanitarian operation ended, leaving...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said people have got astonished at the fraudulence by two hospitals in coronavirus sample testing. He made the remark while briefing reporters...
League physicians and officials are concerned about the lingering health effects for NBA players who contract the coronavirus, ESPN reported Saturday. “There are unknown effects it has on lung capacity,...
The Rooppur nuclear power project has completed 30 per cent of work at a time when the coronavirus pandemic stalled other “megaprojects” in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reports. The government has increased...
Being one of the pioneers of online teaching, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the first-ever Online Orientation Workshop for its faculty members recently. More than 500 fulltime and adjunct faculty...
China’s Huawei Technologies has requested a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a deal to delay its potential removal from the country’s 5G phone network, the...
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 1,83,795 on Sunday as the country registered 2,666 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 47 more people died...
Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for...
The state gas transmission and distribution agency Titas has once again turned off the gas supply to Dhaka's Mohakhali and Banani for 12 hours, barely six days after conducting work...
Berger Paints Bangladesh is planning to introduce Berger expert sanitisation service as part of its business diversification. The service is expected to be launched in the fourth week of July...
Malaysia has cancelled the work permit of the Bangladeshi national featured in an Al Jazeera programme on migrants, online news portal Free Malaysia Today reports. “As far as I know,...
Travellers on Biman Bangladesh Airlines' flights to the UAE are required to have Covid-19 clearance certificates, the flag carrier has said. Only those who test negative for the coronavirus will...
Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 54,677 people in 40 working days from May 11 to July 9. Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of...
A suspected yaba trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) early Sunday in Keyali Canal area nearing No-14 Bridge in Teknaf of Cox’s...
India has started trade talks with the European Union (EU) and is open to dialogue with the United Kingdom for a free trade agreement, the trade minister said on Saturday,...
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