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India said on Tuesday it would expel half the staff in Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi over alleged spying by officials there, prompting Islamabad to say it would respond in...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday denied bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under the Digital Security Act (DSA). The virtual court...
As many as 150 Indian trucks have remained stranded at Benapole port for the last three months due to the enforcement of lockdown in Indian parts, causing untold sufferings to...
An ambulance carrying a body fell into a pond at Bagatipara in Natore on Tuesday night leaving seven relatives of the deceased injured. Confirming the information, Nazmul Haque, officer-in-charge of...
The government has approved a new private university amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education issued the order approving the establishment of Microland University of...
icddr,b diagnostic centre will offer SARS CoV-2 test to patients suspected of having Covid-19 starting from June 26. Initially, the patient will be required to book an appointment through online...
Stocks inched up on Wednesday amid low turnover as investors mostly followed cautious stance due to worsening pandemic situation and floor price limitation. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka...
Information Secretary Kamrun Nahar has been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19). She tested positive for the infection on Jun 23, but she did not show any symptom, her aide Mohammed Enamul...
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 122,660 on Wednesday, a rise of 3,462 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 37 to 1,582; according to data...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed canceling the current flat income tax rate and introducing differentiated tax for richer people with the proceeds to be channeled for the treatment of...
Southeast Asian ride-hailing and payments company Grab said it had put a partnership with scandal-hit Wirecard on hold, days after the German payments firm disclosed a $2.1 billion financial hole...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve on Wednesday crossed the US$35 billion-mark -- for the first time in its history, following lower import payment obligations and steady growth of inward remittance,...
Australia’s second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus, the country’s first death from the virus in more than a month,...
North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a report suggested North Korean troops were taking down...
The World Bank (WB) has approved 500 million US dollar to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts. “The western region of Bangladesh is...
Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were thrown in the sea during a...
An international research team suggests the use of ultraviolet light indoors to reduce the transmission of coronavirus, the northern Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) said on Tuesday. The recommendation is...
Mashuk Chowdhury, renowned poet and Chief News Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Dhaka early Wednesday. The 73-year-old breathed his last around 1:30am at Rushmono...
The global death toll from Covid-19 reached 476,911 on Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the number of confirmed cases now...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 587 to 191,449, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The reported death toll...
Stocks nearly flat in early trade on Wednesday as worsening pandemic situation, floor price system, and disappointment over the proposed budget kept the investors away from the trading activities. Within...
An assistant sub-inspector of Barishal Metropolitan Police died after suffering from fever and cold at Rajarbagh Police Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 53,...
The younger brother of former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19). The development comes a few days after the former captain was diagnosed with the...
Income tax on the compensation amount of immovable properties acquired by the government is likely to be tripled in the upcoming fiscal year. In the proposed Finance Bill-2020, the rate...
The Bangladesh Safe Food Network (BSFN) has demanded direct cash subsidy for smallholder marginal farmers to boost crop production during the coronavirus pandemic. They said cash help is needed as...
The securities regulator has directed both the bourses to launch an integrated online platform for data gathering and information submission and dissemination. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has...
Fifteen Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) companies have submitted bids for getting work on setting up of a 50-megawatt (MW) state-owned solar power plant at Sonagazi in Feni district. The companies,...
Experts consider large-scale testing to detect coronavirus patients and isolate them as the most significant job in efforts to curb infection, but Bangladesh is suffering a woeful shortage of diagnostic...
Dhaka Bank Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The board of directors of the bank...
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday (local time), killing at least six people and seriously injuring others in isolated villages, while causing damage...
The hospitals in Sylhet division, both at the government and private levels, have not yet developed the full capacity to treat Covid-19 although the cases of infection of the disease...
BOGURA: Due to the steep slopes and rain water rolling down from the upper reaches, the water level of the Jamuna River in Bhandarbari Union under Dhunot upazila in Bogura...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Tuesday urged the city-dwellers to dispose of typical household waste and contagious waste separately to help minimise the risk of virus...
Bangladesh maintained a higher recovery rate of corona patients in the region despite controversy over the authenticity of statistics, officials and healthcare experts said. With 880 more people recovering from...
The government's revenue collection in the current fiscal year is likely to contract for the first time since the country's independence in 1971. The slump in tax collection as the...
Money changer (MC) firms can renew their licences without fulfilling their annual business target. Bangladesh Bank in a circular on Tuesday said that considering the business situation due to the...
The High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Md Farid Uddin, former manager of Rupali Bank’s Altafnagar Branch of Bogura, in a corruption case filed over misappropriating Tk...
A lot of people are left behind when the 'new real' demands ways of life they can not keep up with. Small traders, wage earners, vendors, freelancers and all such...
Now that many people across the globe tend to deny globalisation its efficacy in the covid-induced circumstances of global trade and economy, is it at all appropriate to be too...
The annual UN climate talks (Conference of the Parties, COP 25) closed in disappointment on December 15, 2019 in Madrid after two weeks of lengthy discussions. Countries failed to agree...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presented the 49th national Budget of Bangladesh on June 11. We have, in the meantime, received many responses on the various aspects of the budget,...
With the coming of rainy season, the inhabitant of the capital city would be swamped by a fright of waterlogged roads and avenues. The governmental body that looks after draining...
The United Nation weather agency has been investigating media reports suggesting the Arctic Circle has recorded a new record high temperature of over 38 degrees Celsius amid a heat wave...
A trial in pigs of AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine has found that two doses of the shot produced a greater antibody response than a single dose. Research released by Britain's...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday pubs, restaurants and hotels could reopen in England early next month when the social distancing rule is relaxed, easing the coronavirus lockdown...
East Rajabazar, a coronavirus hotspot in the capital, will remain on lockdown for a total of 21 days. Dhaka North City Mayor Atiqul Islam announced the decision at an event...
Malaysia will not go for fresh recruitment of foreign workers this year, said the country’s human resources minister to local media. However, such a move will impact Bangladesh’s overseas employment...
Doctor Md Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, the civil surgeon of Laxmipur, has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Besides, 12 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24-hour. With these,...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has termed an alleged involvement of a lawmaker in human trafficking and money laundering a disrespectful example of mischief in Bangladesh's politics and public representation. To...
Amid the worsening coronavirus situation, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is showing a surge on Tuesday in many countries including the US where lockdowns have been lifted. In parts...
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