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A recent meeting in Dhaka, timely in nature, has laid special emphasis on the imperative of easing the access of small enterprises to the Tk 200 billion bailout package reserved...
Despite the immense importance of waste removal and safe disposal, the municipal cleaners have remained neglected professionally and socially neglected over the years. The cleaning profession should be recognised more...
The clock towards Brexit is running down and the world is closely monitoring how Boris Johnson will respond in the coming weeks to securing concessions from the EU at the...
104 World Leaders including 18 Nobel Laureates, 32 former Chief of State and Governments, Political Leaders, Artistes, International NGOs and Institutions have signed a call initiated by Yunus Centre to...
This year, the budget comes at a time when Bangladesh, indeed, the world is facing a crisis of such magnitude that the world has never seen in the past. The...
As many as 71 factories registered with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have not paid their workers for May. The coronavirus pandemic has forced as many as 348...
Tomorrow (Monday) is the sixth death anniversary of poet Abul Hussain, a pioneer of modernism in Bengali poetry. On this day in 2014, he breathed his last at the age...
Experts have said shortage of kit supply is continuing to hamper government’s efforts to enhance testing facilities amid the rising cases of coronavirus. They said the daily sample collection and...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found ‘illegal assets’ worth about Tk 40 million of disgraced Awami League operative Shamima Noor Papia. The commission is preparing to file a case against Papia,...
An initial report of “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA)” project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), under the ICT Division, was presented on Sunday through a webinar. The report,...
Local cattle rearers are in a fix this year ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as the demand for farm animals dropped markedly due to the coronavirus pandemic. Eid-ul-ul Azha is set to...
Environment rights groups on Sunday called on the government to ensure transparency and accountability in climate financing. They also called for ensuring fund for climate vulnerable communities on priority basis,...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government neither has any roadmap nor effective plan to prevent coronavirus. “The Directorate General of Health Services couldn’t...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) is set to pass the Finance Bill 2020 tomorrow (Monday) with some possible changes, including the withdrawal of the proposed supplementary duty on telecom services. Besides,...
Plying of all vehicles on Sherpur and Kagajpur bridges on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway will remain suspended for four days due to repair works, reports UNB. Ritesh Barua, executive engineer of Roads...
The government has decided to send about 25,000 workers of loss-making jute mills into early retirement under a programme known as golden handshake, reports bdnews24.com. Textiles and Jute Minister Golam...
Even as the COVID-19 caseload in the country keeps surging despite limited testing, the novel concept of social distancing remains the exception rather than the rule in capital Dhaka as...
Akramuzzaman, president of the Awami League's Feni unit, has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, reports bdnews24.com. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in...
A total of 1,14,697 students of 157 technical educational institutions across the country will receive stipend through bKash for purchasing educational materials. Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the programme of...
Some 105 global leaders, including 18 Nobel Laureates, have signed a call initiated by Yunus Centre to declare COVID-19 Vaccines as a global common good. Some 32 former chiefs of...
Bangladesh has finalised the policy on rapid antibody test kits amid rampant coronavirus cases, reports bdnews24.com. The Directorate General of Drug Administration will give the greenlight to the use of...
China National Biotec Group said on Sunday that early human test results for a coronavirus vaccine candidate suggested it could be safe and effective, the second vaccine candidate from the...
Daily trade turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) scaled a Tk 25 billion mark on Sunday, for the first time in nine and a half years, riding on the block...
Bangladesh has announced to contribute 50,000 US dollars, to ‘Global Citizen’ fund for supporting development and deploy Covid-19 vaccines in an equitable manner as well as rebuilding communities impacted by...
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 137,787 on Sunday as the country registered 3,809 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 43 more people died...
Quantum Foundation has inaugurated its own ambulances to further services for the Covid-19 dead in the greater Chattogram region. Organised by Quantum Foundation Chattogram Centre, the inaugurating ceremony took place...
France emerges from months of coronavirus lockdown to vote on Sunday in a delayed second round of municipal elections, with opinion polls suggesting a dire outcome for President Emmanuel Macron,...
In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learnt a lot about how to treat patients with Covid-19, the potentially...
The board of directors of two more banks - Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) and ONE Bank Ltd - have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019,...
The UN migration agency has inaugurated two new healthcare facilities for the Rohingya refugees and the host community in Cox’s Bazar. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the Severe...
A global fundraising meeting on Saturday raised 6.15 billion euros ($6.9 billion) from the United States, the European Commission and numerous countries to fight Covid-19, with many participants stressing that...
Pilots and test crew members from the US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co are slated to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the 737 MAX on Monday, people...
The local ceramic manufacturers are in a fix as the recent government decisions went against the interest of their industry amid Covid-19 pandemic, industry insiders have said. They said the...
Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker...
Bangladesh has registered the death of another police officer from Covid-19, bringing the body count in the law enforcement agency to 38. Md Atiar Rahman died while undergoing treatment at...
Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost...
Stocks remained almost flat in the early trading on Sunday as investors followed a cautious stance amid worsening pandemic situation in the country. Within 30 minutes of trading, DSEX, the...
Country's retail super shop owners have requested the government to extend opening hours across their retail shops to 8:00 pm aiming to facilitate purchase of different goods by consumers comfortably,...
Islami Bank Bangladesh’s net profit after tax fell 13.14 per cent year-on-on-year for the year ended on December 31, 2019 The board of directors of the bank in a meeting...
The securities regulator is scrutinising the IPO proposals very carefully for the sake of investors and the capital market. "Companies willing to go public have no scope of getting the...
Dr Gopi Patel recalls how powerless she felt when New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital overflowed with Covid-19 patients in March. Guidance on how to treat the disease was scant, and...
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has demanded reducing corporate tax for all the export-oriented sectors in the upcoming fiscal year (FY). It urged the government to consider the leather, plastic,...
The flash flood in the country's north-east may last for three more days while floodwaters in six districts are likely to swell for seven more days. Floodwaters in north-eastern districts,...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam proposed Saturday that the manpower, infrastructure and other equipment of the drainage circle of DWASA be handed over to the city corporation....
There could be a substantial rise in the number of dropouts in the educational institutions due to the reverse trend in the country's poverty situation, triggered by the ongoing pandemic,...
The government is trying to find alternatives to imposing complete lockdown in the 'red zones' in the capital with a view to striking a 'balance' between life and livelihood, officials...
The government is set to cut furnace oil price in the local market in a couple of days, a senior energy ministry official told the FE on Saturday. The decision...
Liverpool have condemned the behaviour of fans who gathered in Liverpool city centre for a second night on Friday to celebrate their team’s Premier League title win and urged them...
"The system was not built for families like mine to succeed, regardless of how hard my mum worked." This is a quote from the letter that Mr. Marcus Rashforrd has...
Bangladesh has been going through a period of continuous budget deficits for a considerable period of time. Available data indicate the budget deficit is hovering around 5 per cent of ...
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