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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments. The...
Deputy Minister for Water Resources Enamul Haque Shamim said on Wednesday that permanent embankment projects are being taken up in all risky areas in phases. He said this while inspecting...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Bangladesh and nine other Asian countries to ensure quality education for the out-of-school and at-risk children in the primary level. In its preliminary...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Thursday said about 1,200 medical teams will work in the cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha aiming to prevent sick cattle from entering...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a phone conversation on Wednesday, vowing that the two countries will firmly support each other in safeguarding sovereignty. Xi...
The parliament has passed a bill allowing Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir to continue the job until the age of 67 instead of 65. The amendment will allow Kabir, the...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Thursday said the government won’t allow import of sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. “Under no circumstance, it will...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday highlighted the need for decent jobs to fuel the COVID-19 recovery. In a video message, the UN chief told heads of state and...
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior says the reports of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam obtaining Kuwaiti citizenship are “incorrect”, reports bdnews24.com. The clarification came as the cases in which Shahid faces...
Italy has sent back 165 Bangladeshis who arrived in the country on two Qatar Airways flights without allowing them to disembark from the aircraft amid the scandal over fake coronavirus...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said action against the corrupt will continue irrespective of their identities as the government will not tolerate irregularities, reports UNB. “We won't tolerate these...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the four consecutive sessions on Thursday as the optimistic investors continued their appetite following the minimum shareholding ultimatum by the securities regulator. DSEX, the...
Sri Lanka’s central bank delivered an unusually large cut to two of its key interest rates on Thursday as it ramped up efforts to support an economy which has been...
Tokyo confirmed 224 new cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday, marking a record high for the Japanese capital in a single day as authorities focused testing on the city’s night-life...
European shares were rising again after a two-day wobble on Thursday as China’s markets continued their charge, and something between fear and greed propelled gold to a nine-year high. Chinese...
African countries urgently need to scale up coronavirus testing and the use of face masks, a regional disease control body said on Thursday, as the epidemic gains traction across the...
The former US police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to stop shouting and save his breath as he knelt on his neck and Floyd gasped...
A High Court bench has declined to hear a writ petition seeking cancellation of licences of those shipping lines that have been realising detention/demurrage charges from importers in an alleged...
The government has dismissed reports in the media indicating that students would be promoted to the next class without taking any examination in order to mitigate the impact of the...
The number of confirmed Covid-19 patients surpassed 175,000 in Bangladesh on Thursday, 124th day of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 3360 new...
Member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Tariq Shibli, the public relations officer of Dhaka's Regent Hospital which has been shut down for allegedly issuing fake Covid-19 test reports...
Human Rights Watch has urged the Bangladesh government to move 300 Rohingya refugees, including at least 33 children, from the silt island of Bhasan Char to the Cox’s Bazar refugee...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirus-ravaged country beat Covid-19. He has pushed his government to make the malaria drug widely available and...
A resurgent coronavirus pandemic in the United States and the prospect of improving growth abroad are souring some investors on the dollar, threatening a years-long rally in the currency. The...
China's consumer inflation remained generally stable in June under the country's continued efforts toward economic recovery, official data showed Thursday. Consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew...
Investors in China’s soaring stock market are increasingly turning to Hong Kong for bargains, egging on an investment boom on the back of large tech listings and shaking off fears...
The River Police have arrested Mosaddek Hanif Sowad, the owner of Moyur-2 launch that was involved in a fatal collision with another smaller vessel on the Buriganga River near Dhaka's...
Nine people who had been suffering from fever and cold related problems died at Comilla Medical College hospital in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning. Doctor Sajeda Khatun, assistant director...
The board of directors of the Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) has recommended ‘no’ final dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019 due to the worldwide as well as...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early trading on Thursday as optimistic investors showed their appetite following the minimum shareholding ultimatum by the stock market regulator. Within 30 minutes of...
More than 170 nonprofit groups on Wednesday called for Johnson & Johnson to stop selling its talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder world-wide, citing concerns that it contains cancer-causing asbestos, according to...
The economic zone dedicated to Indian investors is set to avail US$115 million under the third credit line from the neighbouring country, a top official said on Tuesday. "The Indian...
Though four months have elapsed since the detection of the first three Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, health experts are still divided over the coronavirus whether it is going through its...
Global coronavirus (Covid-19) cases exceeded 12 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as evidence mounts of the airborne spread of the disease that has killed more than half...
China’s factory gate prices fell for a fifth straight month in June as the coronavirus pandemic weighed heavily on industrial demand, although signs of a pickup in some parts of...
A Korean company has shown interest to import plywood and dried veneer from Bangladesh, officials said. Primarily, the company wants to import dried veneer, they added. The company named Yumok...
Electricity billing will be online in future as part of upgrading the system, which will help stop 'inflated' electricity bills', state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, or MPEMR,...
The government has reconstituted 28 teams aiming to monitor the price movement and deal with abnormal situation in the city markets, officials said. The government intends to closely monitor the...
Hospitals should provide treatment to all patients, regardless of Covid or non-Covid cases, to ensure people's basic right to primary health care, observed a noted physician. Health facilities should consider...
The 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited was held on Wednesday through virtual platform under the Chairmanship of Sayem Ahmed, Chairman of the board of directors of...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit more than 10 years low to Tk 1.04 billion in the just concluded fiscal year (FY) 2019-20due to bearish...
Rail cargo services have built up Bangladesh Railway's (BR) hopes to minimise its financial loss during the coronavirus pandemic when most of its services remained suspended. According to BR officials,...
Human traffickers are now presenting Vietnam as a promising job market to lure Bangladeshi nationals to go there. Recently dozens of Bangladeshis fell victim to the human traffickers, who took...
The leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday appealed to the chief justice to resume the regular court activities immediately after ensuring the health protection for the...
The government has again initiated a move to amend the Companies Act 1994 in order to make it more business-friendly. In February, it amended the companies' mother law by scrapping...
Most of the banks are moving carefully while implementing the government's stimulus package for industrial and services sectors to avoid being trapped into fresh defaulted loans. The lenders are scrutinising...
To become an entrepreneur, one does not need be an expert beforehand. Rather, most successful people out there begin their journey very early with whatsoever knowledge they possess and leverage...
The nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus brought economic activity to a standstill for nearly three months. This has impacted businesses of all sizes,...
BUP Global Affairs Council (BUPGAC) just finished their second online event called "Quaranteen Week" amidst this dreaded pandemic. The country, as of now, has been in a lockdown state for...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the leaders of the Democratic Party of wanting to keep schools shut for political reasons, despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the...
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