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The government has allocated a significant amount of fund in the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 to recapitalise the state-owned banks at a time when budget financing remains...
Participants at a webinar on Friday stressed the need for ensuring IT-based market operations and coordination among the regulatory bodies to keep pace with the markets of developed countries and...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, MP proposed allocation of a significant amount of fund in the budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 to face the challenges posed by the Covid-19...
The terrible condition of public transport in Bangladesh is one the most disappointing things that the country is yet to be rid of. Too much dependency on road where buses...
By the time Covid-19 reached South Asia, it had already penetrated most other regions of the world. Pakistan was one of the first in the region to be hit. In...
That rice market often gets fidgety in the country is nothing uncommon. What is unusual about the price hike of the staple now is that it happens right at a...
As the humanitarian community scales up COVID-19 health response in the Cox’s Bazar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started visiting Isolation and Treatment Centre (ITC) to improve the Rohingyas'...
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday's 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of them in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said,...
Import activities of perishable goods through Benapole Land Port resumed on Thursday night after three months. “Altogether 40 goods laden trucks entered through the port on Thursday night from India,”...
Bangladesh has resumed air connectivity with the United Arab Emirates after the civil aviation authority gave Emirates Airlines permission to operate flights to and from the country, reports bdnews24.com. Emirates...
Being in the corona war, policymakers worldwide are engaged in damage-control of the economic losses at the moment and preparing for confronting the upcoming economic crisis. In addition, there are...
Securitisation -- an alternative and inevitable modern structured finance instrument - can meet ongoing increasing financing needs of large state-run development projects and of both public sector and private sector...
The Great Lockdown is expected to play out in three phases, first as countries enter the lockdown, then as they exit, and finally as they escape the lockdown when there...
Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop selling skin whitening creams popular in Asia and the Middle East, it has said, after such products have come under renewed social pressure...
A total of 1,070 people across the country have died with Covid 19- like symptoms from March 8 to July 13, according to a report released on Thursday. A project...
Director-General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad has apologised for his comments on the likely duration of the ongoing coronavirus crisis which has caused a stir in many quarters. Azad...
As monsoon begins, many parts of Narayanganj City Corporation and Sadar upazila were inundated due to intermittent rain, causing huge sufferings to the locals, according to UNB. Locals, who are...
Most migrant Bangladeshi women domestic helps remain unpaid, even though they are being forced to take up extra workload amid the Covid-19 outbreak worldwide. According to a study by...
Awami League leader Obaidul Quader has chided the chief of the health services directorate for his “short-sighted and irresponsible” statements on the likely duration of the coronavirus epidemic, reports bdnews24.com....
A head-on collision between a cargo train and an onion-laden truck at Jhikorgachi in Jashore early Friday suspended train movement on the Jashore-Benapole route for 12-hours. According to Bangladesh Railway,...
Troops of India and Pakistan Friday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other's positions on the Line of Control (LoC), dividing Kashmir, officials said. The two sides exchanged fire on...
Former Bangladeshi cricketer Ramchand Goala passed away at his residence in Mymensingh. He was 79. “A prominent and popular player in the domestic circuit, especially of the Dhaka club cricket...
Britain, France and Germany will on Friday define their Iran strategy for the coming months amid talks at the United Nations and violations by Tehran of a 2015 nuclear deal,...
Dubai-based Emirates has added scheduled flights to 10 more cities, taking the total number of destinations on offer for travellers to 40. The newly included cities are: Colombo (from 20...
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 105,535 on Friday, a rise of 3,243 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by 45 to 1,388; according to data...
Former Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital after her condition deteriorated. Advocate Anisur Rahman,...
Doctors in Bangladesh are leaning toward using plasma therapy for treating the severe cases of Covid-19 as it proved 'fruitful' in most cases, bdnews24.com reports. Despite the increased use of...
Police authorities in Noakhali have removed Sonaimuri Police OC Abdus Samad after he went on a raid with a suspect despite being infected with Covid-19. The police officer was sent...
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday through virtual conference. Presided over by Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of the...
Two officials of Islami Bank tested positive for coronavirus in Satkhira on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the district to 87. Satkhira Civil Surgeon, said Dr...
Unilever Bangladesh donated BiPAP breathing machines to SAJIDA Foundation. Shamima Akhter, Head- Corporate Affairs, Partnerships & Communications of Unilever Bangladesh handed over the BiPAP Breathing Machines and COVID-19 testing kits...
Motorcycle Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (MMEAB) reiterated its demand to the government to continue its supportive policies for the development of the industry and its backward linkages. “Our...
The government has taken a move to reconvene a meeting of the Japan-Bangladesh Joint Platform (JBJP) virtually at the end of this month, officials said. They said the Public Private...
Experts in a post-budget discussion recently put thrust on increasing investment in health and education sectors which will help the country attain its desired growth. They were participating in an...
The total number of mobile subscribers reached 162.920 million at the end of April 2020, according to the data prepared by Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Of the total...
Asian shares and US stock futures teetered in choppy trade on Friday as lingering concerns about a fresh spike in coronavirus cases offset growing hopes for a quick economic recovery....
Renowned journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani has been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19). The former director general of Shilpakala Academy was admitted to the intensive care unit of Health and...
A total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis, including four doctors, have so far died of coronavirus or with its symptoms in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic yesterday (Thursday),...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the protection of jobs amid Covid-19. The pandemic has turned the world of work upside down. Every worker, every business, and...
A New Zealand police officer was killed and another seriously injured on Friday after they were shot during a routine traffic stop, the country’s police commissioner said, as officials urgently...
A head-on collision between a goods train and an onion-laden truck took place at Jhikargacha in Jashore early Friday, leading to the suspension of the train movement on the Jeshore-Benapole...
President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk...
Facebook said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organised hate. The ads showed a...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a young man from Gachihata Bazar in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj for derogatory posts on the Prime Minister and other ministers on...
China has granted zero tariff treatment for 5,161 more Bangladeshi products in the Chinese market effective from July 1. With the announcement made by the State Council of Ministry of...
India plans to impose higher trade barriers and raise import duties on around 300 products from China and elsewhere, two government officials said, as part of an effort to protect...
After the elapse of two weeks since the detention of Shahid Islam in Kuwait, the government is still in the dark about it as the Gulf nation is yet to...
Local cement manufacturers have sought reversal of a provision regarding non-adjustable tax at their import and supply stage for the sake of the industry's survival. They said the non-adjustable AIT...
The prices of all kinds of rice went up in the city market last week adding to woes of the consumers during the coronavirus pandemic. Prices of most rice varieties...
General Secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Chattogram unit Dr Foisal Ikbal Chowdhury declared that the telemedicine service has been stopped in Chattogram from Thursday. Mr Chowdhury said, "A total...
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