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Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shirin Akhter, four family members and two caretakers of her residence have been infected with coronavirus. “Seven of the 12 people of the VC’s house...
India’s government has petitioned the Rajasthan High Court to stop any of the Chinese companies whose 59 apps it recently banned from obtaining an injunction to block the order, according...
President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he...
The government has withdrawn the special facility for the import of different milk food products, officials said. The office of the chief controller of imports and exports (CCIE) under the...
Abul Kalam Azad, director general of health services, claimed that he did not know Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed alias Shahed Karim before the signing of a contract for the...
The government is set to launch open market sale (OMS) of key essential items today (Sunday) to keep prices within the buying capacity of the common people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha....
Business associations in Cox's Bazar demanded a special incentive package in order to overcome the crises in the tourism sector of the country which emerged due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia in terms of active Covid-19 cases posing a challenge to the country's healthcare facilities, officials said. Active cases mean the patients who...
Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best known movie stars, has tested positive for Covid-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, they said late on Saturday. Both were admitted to...
Dhaka south would procure a pricier jeep, an ambulance and freezers in a project intended to repair potholes and improve signs on the roads, officials said on Saturday. The Dhaka...
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) deferred two thirds of its import cargoes in July as an attempt to arrange private tanks to store oil went 'abortive'. It will import only...
The government can finance its large development projects from foreign exchange reserves instead of borrowing from the country's banking sector, a think-tank suggested on Saturday. Since foreign exchange reserves are...
Experts at a webinar on Saturday said successful economic recovery would largely depend on transparent public finances, accountability and information accuracy. Professionals in the relevant fields have an important role...
A scientific session on modern approach of a 3-layered protection to combat the airborne infectious disease was held recently at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka. The session, organised by Integro Pharma...
Prices of spices have gone up due to a spike in demand ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims in Bangladesh. Cinnamon, cardamom and cloves became costlier...
India's Biocon Ltd has received regulatory approval for its drug Itolizumab to be used on coronavirus-infected patients suffering from moderate to severe respiratory distress. The biopharmaceutical company revealed the information...
Notices or adverts on the sale of business entities, plots or buildings are a common view in the country. But the notice for the sale of a whole school, including...
The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) industrial park is finally taking shape in Bangladesh more than a decade after the scheme was taken up by the government to facilitate a steady...
It is difficult to say as to what extent the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is able to influence the decision of the global apparel buyers. Yet the request made by...
In addition to the several reasons for the global trade slowdown discussed earlier (First-part of the article published in the FE on July 10, 2020), one major structural factor associated...
Economic uncertainties continue to constrain global economic growth. Late last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) further downgraded the global economic growth projection - a contraction by 4.9 per cent...
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the “highest bidder,” saying...
Kuwaiti authorities have detained Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry, over a scandal involving Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, reports bdnews24.com. Al Jarrah...
Bangladesh Postal Department’s digital financial service ‘Nagad’ has launched a new feature for Nagad’s mobile app that enables users to instantly add money into their ‘Nagad’ wallets. After the service...
Three ministers have bought cows by using an online marketplace, Digital Haat, for the Eid-ul-Azha. Dhaka North City Corporation, ICT Division, e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh or e-CAB, and Bangladesh Dairy...
TECNO Mobile, a premium mobile phone brand, has launched the groundbreaking Spark 5 Pro smartphone. Equipped with Five AI Cameras and a powerful 5000 mAh battery, the Spark 5 Pro...
China said on Friday it would take “reciprocal measures” against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim...
CanSino Biologics, a Chinese vaccine developer, is in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a phase III trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its co-founder said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Dhaka- OIC Youth Capital 2020 on July 27 with an aim to connect youth from the OIC countries and beyond virtually. Theme of...
Some 21 migrants’ rights organisations in Bangladesh expressed deep concern over harassment on journalists and migrant workers by Malaysian government recently following an investigative documentary published by Al Jazeera about...
Meat traders have urged the government to impose a ban on imports of cattle, buffalo and meat from India and Myanmar for the sake of domestic animal husbandry. Bangladesh Meat...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the print and electronic media in Bangladesh not to publish any news that may impact the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Italy without...
Chartered Accountants (CAs) can play a vital role in economic recovery by taking particular care in their conduct and judgments as fair information, accountability, and transparent public finance are important...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in coronavirus infections, but insisted the country's economy...
More focus needs to be given on sourcing funds from external sources, reducing dependency on bank borrowing, to mitigate the budget deficit, according to the experts and stakeholders. Suggesting reduction...
Low-lying areas in 23 districts are predicted to experience a month-long fresh flooding in the next week with the rise of water levels in major rivers due to onrush of...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said veterinary medical teams will work in the cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha aiming to prevent sick cattle from entering the market amid...
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has retained power in Friday's general election but with a reduced majority, final results show. The PAP, in power since 1965, won 83 of...
Flood situation turned severe in parts of the country on Saturday amid heavy rain and downstream flow from neighbouring India. The condition deteriorated further in 19 districts and another seven...
Awami League Presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, who died at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, was laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard in Dhaka on...
A man was killed in a road accident near Banani Setu Bhaban in the capital on Saturday. The victim was identified as Abul Hossain, a store keeper of an engineering...
COVID-19 pandemic is deepening existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and girls, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in a message marking the World Population Day on Saturday, “The...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in parts of the country in next 24 hours since 9:00am today (Saturday). “Light to moderate rain and thundershowers...
New cases of COVID-19 rose by nearly 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney...
The United Nations on World Population Day on Saturday showed in its world population trend that the number of global population stands at about 7.7 billion. “It took hundreds...
Bangladesh’s rural economy is going to be under pressure as a significant number of people from urban areas are returning to their respective villages losing the sources of their earnings...
Amazon says on Friday that it will not ask employees to remove the social video-sharing app TikTok from their mobile devices, and an earlier email asking workers to do so...
NOVOAIR will operate flights on Dhaka- Barishal route from Sunday. The daily flight will depart Dhaka at 3:15 pm and land in Barishal at 3:55 pm, UNB reported citing a...
Gilead Sciences Inc said on Friday an analysis showed its antiviral remdesivir helped reduce the risk of death in severely ill Covid-19 patients, but cautioned that rigorous clinical trials were...
The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday reported 12 new coronavirus deaths and 1,387 additional infections. In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths have increased to 1,372 while confirmed cases...
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