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The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 183,020 in a 24-hour period. The biggest increase was from North...
A group of Supreme Court lawyers have made an appeal to Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to restart the regular activities in all the courts across the country, including the...
Export-oriented industries are set to enjoy a relief from furnishing declarations to the VAT authority on usage of raw materials for manufacturing the finished products. However, only the 100 per...
Dr Uttam Kumar Barua, director of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, and his wife Nibedita Barua have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus,...
Jamal M A Naser, chief executive officer of National Life Insurance Company Ltd (NLIC), has died of COVID-19. He breathed his last at United Hospital Ltd in the capital on...
Almost every country was struggling to ensure supply of essential products, especially cleaning materials at the beginning of corona outbreak. People hardly found items such as masks, hand gloves, hand...
Before the first case of Covid-19 was detected in the country on March 08 last, the stock market had been in a moribund state. All attempts to buoy it up...
The presence of a large volume of classified loans is seen as a major weakness of the country's banking system. In fact, the problem has pushed the sector into serious...
Recently it seems not a day goes by when we do not hear of a national figure or an acquaintance passing away. In the midst of this sadness, it is...
Despite all the different angles, one needs to admit that the government has tried to introduce several positive dimensions. One consequently now needs to wait and see how the socio-economic-health...
Covid-19 crisis has placed all the good achievements of the economy in jeopardy. All the economic indicators have been showing a downward trend. At this critical juncture, the Finance Minister...
The government is devising a set of plans to make up for educational losses inflicted by the shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports bdnews24.com. According to officials of the...
A group of Supreme Court lawyers on Sunday made an appeal to Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to restart the regular activities in all the courts across the country, including...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 shook the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday afternoon. The epicentre of the moderate earthquake was in the region of India-Myanmar border,...
Aiming to facilitate online education furthermore, DPS STS School has teamed up with Microsoft for a prestigious partnership. DPS STS School is the second organisation in Bangladesh to achieve this...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has allowed the country’s ride-sharing companies to resume their services with only 255 enlisted vehicles. The regulatory body, however, did not give permission for...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday resumed scheduled international flight operations on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route after almost three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. A release issued by Biman Deputy General Manager...
The visiting Chinese expert team expressed deep frustrations over the poor level of awareness of coronavirus among the people of Bangladesh. This was disclosed during a virtual interaction between the...
National Malaria Elimination and Aedes-transmitted Disease Control Programme under DG Health, International Health Regulations (IHR) and Migration Health and Emerging Disease started an entomological survey on Saturday within 400-yard of...
At least 10,000 primary and secondary teachers across the country are getting necessary training to continue with their classes online amid the Covid-19 pandemic. CodersTrust Bangladesh, an international ICT company...
The central bank has slashed cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 100 basis points to 1.5 per cent from the existing level of 2.5 per cent for non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs)....
Children living in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp are at higher risk of social menace including trafficking, child labour and marriage due to worsening socioeconomic conditions caused by Covid-19 pandemic, according...
Bangladesh Army will supervise the 1,000-bed isolation centre at the DNCC Market in Mohakhali, according to ISPR. COVID-19 patients without severe symptoms will be sent there from different hospitals for...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday warned Dhaka WASA of penalising the authorities along with taking legal action if they pile up garbage after...
The confirmed deaths from coronavirus cases reached 463,999 and the infection numbers are 8,768,285, globally, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Sunday. According to JHU...
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across the African continent reached 286,141 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC...
Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) said on Sunday, in...
Nearly 50,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Brazil, the world No. 2 hotspot, with 1,022 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. A...
Mentioning that many people, including a cabinet member, an MP and a good number of expatriate Bangladeshis, have lost their lives due to coronavirus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday...
The world is facing a severe and acute public health emergency and economic threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan Province of China in last December. The...
The daily turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) tumbled to a fresh 13-year low on Sunday, as the growing virus fears and the ‘floor price’ system kept the investors...
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 112,306 on Sunday as the country registered 3,531 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Besides, 39 more people died...
Kuwait’s Public Prosecutor has approached the Central Bank to freeze the bank accounts of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam and his company, according to Arab Times. Informed sources stated that the...
China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister of India has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained...
Although widespread testing to detect and isolate Covid-19 patients is crucial to combat the transmission of the disease, high testing cost at private hospitals has become a burden for many...
The board of directors of Berger Paints Bangladesh has decided to invest Tk 76.05 million in its associate company-Berger Fosroc Ltd. “The board of directors has resolved that the company...
As Bangladesh grapples with an unrelenting coronavirus epidemic, concerns over an explosion of Covid-19 cases in the densely populated Rohingya camps, the largest refugee settlements in the world, have been...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Sunday morning forecast that rainfall activity will decrease by the next three days commencing 9am. However, light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind...
British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new US sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firm’s ability...
Stocks remained almost flat in early trading on Sunday with sluggish turnover as growing tension over the Covid-19 pandemic and floor price mechanism kept the investors almost stagnant. Within 30 minutes of...
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is expected to receive planning permission this week to build a 400-million-pound ($494.24-million) research and development centre in Britain’s Sawston village, the...
NFL players should avoid engaging in group workouts as COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States, the medical director of the sport’s players association said on Saturday. Major...
Three people were killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is yet to launch the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) despite the gazette on the rules of this fund was published three years back. The DSE officials...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday said a partial annular eclipse of the sun will be visible from Dhaka’s sky at 11:23am. “Partial solar eclipse will be visible from Dhaka’s...
A doctor of Barishal General Hospital tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday night after his death with virus infection symptoms. The deceased was identified as Dr Md Emdadullah Khan,...
Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan, board member of ACI Logistics Limited and former president of Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), has passed away at the age of nearly 68....
South Korean oil and gas exploration firm Posco International might lose its contract for the maiden deep sea exploration job in Bangladesh due to its 'failure' to meet the contractual...
A total of 226 teachers, students and officials of different primary schools across the country have so far been infected with the coronavirus. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education...
Banks may have to verify inconsistencies in the information businesses will provide in VAT returns and financial reports before approving a loan application. The lenders may also have to notify...
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