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The central bank has relaxed guidelines, allowing scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to provide loans under the financial stimulus package to large industries and services in phases within...
The government has moved to simplify the repatriation process of foreign investment and profit by removing the existing barriers for attracting the businesses being relocated by the global conglomerates amid...
Coarse rice prices have continued to trend higher even during this harvest season, adding to the woes of the low-income group amid the coronavirus pandemic. Coarse rice varieties such as...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passengers' welfare organisation, called upon the launch operators on Thursday not to increase launch fare on the pretext of having to maintain health rules...
Money deposited by Bangladeshis in Swiss banks fell slightly in 2019, according to the latest data released in Zurich on Thursday. The annual report of the Swiss National Bank or...
The High Court in a verdict said mobile courts do not have any jurisdiction to conduct trial of the children's cases. "We have not found anything in the Mobile Court...
Crest Securities Ltd, a member of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), has shut down its head and branch offices without informing the exchange authority. According to insiders, the officials of Crest...
It is not long ago when power outage, popularly known as load-shedding, had reached its extreme point. Industries, commercial establishments and residential houses had to go without power for a...
The piece of news that China has allowed tariff-free market access to 97.0 per cent of Bangladeshi product comes at a time when the country is struggling to intensify its...
To stretch the maxim, 'survival of the fittest' would be a gross injustice to the millions falling victim to the global pandemic and failing to make both ends meet. It...
Childhood is the most pleasant phase in one's life. It's accepted universally. Few of the adults hesitate to admit that they have passed their most enjoyable time during their childhood....
Professor AKM Maksud Kamal has been appointed the new pro vice-chancellor (Academic) of Dhaka University. Dr Kamal was appointed to the post on Thursday for four years. According to the...
About a dozen different vaccines of Coronavirus are in various stages of testing worldwide, including in Britain, China and the US. Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert,...
In the philosophical writings of Plato, Aristotle, Karl Max, and many others, Praxis referring to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realising, and practicing ideas has been a recurrent topic....
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters is going to be named after its first black female engineer Mary Jackson. Jim Bridenstine, an administrator of the NASA, said Jackson...
Judge of the Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Ferdous Ahmed, 58, died from Covid-19 virus infection. The judge, who holds district judge status, breathed his last at the...
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday called for strengthening social security supports to the country’s domestic helps who are badly affected by Covid-19 pandemic. They said about 95 per cent...
The National Committee for the Protection of Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources Electricity and Port, in a statement on Thursday, protested the move to empower the country’s energy regulator to change power and...
Power Division on Thursday took a decision to take punitive measures within the next seven days against those involved with making ‘ghost’ electricity bills. A taskforce headed by an additional...
The European healthcare regulator has recommended the conditional approval of Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral treatment, remdesivir, for use in COVID-19 patients, making it the first treatment to be on track...
Since schools have shut down, there has been a significant reduction in the total time students spend studying from 10 hours to merely 2 hours a day, a staggering drop...
The government has taken Grameenphone and Robi to task, asking the mobile telecom operators to explain why they were hosting "uncensored" and "indecent" video content on their platforms and networks,...
The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samityon Thursday protested possible move to hike the launch fares during the coronavirus pandemic. The passengers' welfare association, terming such move as unethical and torture to...
This year, permanent and makeshift markets of sacrificial animals will be arranged maintaining health guidelines and social distancing, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on...
The government has appointed Dr Satya Prasad Majumder as the new vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). The EEE teacher will serve in his new role...
Australia’s second most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a coronavirus testing blitz as the country recorded the biggest daily rise in cases in two months, reports...
Necessary instructions will be given to ensure that hygiene rules are followed at cattle markets amid the coronavirus outbreak, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh...
The number of novel coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states has doubled in a month to over 400,000, as the region's two biggest economies this week fully lifted...
Three new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Currently, six dengue patients are being...
Porsche (China) Motors Ltd will recall 199 imported vehicles from the Chinese market to prevent possible fires due to fuel leaks, according to the country's top quality watchdog. The recall,...
A fire broke out on the 2nd floor of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (Birdem) Hospital-2 in the city’ s Segunbagicha area on...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has introduced an app to monitor the health and mental well-being of the players during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The app, named as COVID-19 WELLNESS...
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) announced on Thursday the next step in the evolution of its skin care portfolio, with the rebranding of its flagship brand Fair & Lovely. Taking forward...
In a major reshuffle in the district level administration, the government on Thursday appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to nine districts. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will ground a third of its 434 pilots on suspicion they hold ‘dubious’ licences and flying certificates, a company spokesman said on Thursday, reports Reuters. The...
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Sivan has said that startups and private firms will be enabled to build rockets and satellites as well as provide launch services. The...
A total of 1,271 people across the country have died with Covid-19 like symptoms from March 22 to June 20, according to a report released on Thursday. A project styled...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said coronavirus testing facility will gradually be expanded to all the districts. He made the disclosure while speaking at a regular...
The death toll from coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh crossed 1600 mark and the country’s tally of recovery crossed the 50,000 mark on Thursday. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported...
Stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday with turnover remaining below Tk 1.0 billion-mark for the 13th straight session as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid worsening pandemic situation. DSEX, the...
China appears to have added new structures near the site of a deadly border clash with India in the western Himalayas, fresh satellite pictures show, heightening concerns about further flare-ups...
A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by some members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Shamsernagar bordering area in Patgram upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) of Canada's natural resources sector was down 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, the third consecutive quarterly decline, Statistics Canada said Wednesday....
Senegalese President Macky Sall is quarantining for two weeks after coming into contact with someone who has since tested positive for the coronavirus, state television said on Thursday. The measure...
The government needs revenue now, more than ever. In order to sustain the damage inflicted by the ongoing unprecedented-pandemic; the government is crying out for a significant increase in its...
Moody’s Investors Service has published their latest Credit Opinion on The City Bank Limited, recognizing both potential & challenges of the bank, said a statement. City Bank retained its issuer...
The Attorney General of Kuwait has decided to imprison Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul – accused in money laundering, human trafficking, visa trading and bribery...
The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$ 5 million to complement the government’s response to the people in need. Last month, Cyclone Amphan caused large scale destruction...
Seventy years after the Korean War began, prospects for a peace treaty to officially end the conflict appear as distant as ever, as the two Koreas held low-key commemorations on...
About 13 per cent people have become unemployed in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). The survey titled “Coping...
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