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Stocks ended almost flat on Tuesday as most of the investors followed cautious stance amid the ongoing virus tension. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, went up...
The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on US companies doing business with China's Huawei to allow them to work together on...
Spain is considering imposing a quarantine on British travellers when it reopens its borders next week, the foreign minister said, in response to a similar policy at London’s end. Arancha...
The port city bourse, Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), has revised its Shariah index CSI based on the performance of the CSE listed companies. The revised Shariah index will be effective...
Uber has announced the launch of a new package delivery service called ‘Uber Connect,’ for Dhaka residents amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Residents will be able to send and receive parcels...
Bangladesh on Tuesday witnessed its highest single-day rise in both Covid-19 deaths and cases. A total of 53 people died of the deadly respiratory disease in the last 24 hours...
New Zealand on Tuesday said that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections...
Dr Mujibur Rahman, former director of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection. He lost the battle...
An Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” with Chinese troops on the contested border, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, reporting the first casualties in...
South Korea's foreign currency deposit kept rising for three straight months as companies secured the US dollar liquidity on worry about an economic fallout from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, central...
North Korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the South near the border town of Kaesong, South Korean officials say. The move comes just hours after the North...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorisation for hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19, but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump, who said only...
Flight operations on international routes from Bangladesh resumed on Tuesday after a suspension of more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. “International flights resumed today,” Group Captain AHM...
The Wold Health Organization (WHO) remains "the world's best hope for fighting pandemics," a New York Times opinion piece has said, calling for more investment than less. The article, titled...
The earnings per share (EPS) of Shasha Denim Ltd plunged more than 66 per cent year-on-year in nine months from July, 2019 to March, 2020. The company’s consolidated EPS stood...
A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines has brought back 158 Bangladeshi nationals who were stranded in Dubai due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The flight landed at Shahjalal International Airport...
Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8.0 million on Monday, as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China grapple with fresh outbreaks. The United...
The government has decided to deploy troops in the areas flagged as red zones to address the coronavirus outbreak. Members of the army are currently patrolling the East Rajabazar area...
The director-general of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing, amid accusations from the United States that...
Although 10 areas were identified as ‘Red Zones’ in the port city of Chattogram, the local administration put Uttar Kattali in Ward-10 under complete lockdown for the next 21 days...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Tuesday amid a thin participation of investors as growing tension over the Covid-19 scare and floor price mechanism kept the investors...
A mobile court has seized huge amount of duplicate medicines worth Tk 100 million from different local and Indian companies in Sagardi area of Barisal district town. Md Masum Billah,...
People traffickers holding hundreds of Rohingya refugees at sea are demanding payments from their families before they will release them from boats off the shores of Southeast Asia, relatives and...
Meghna Petroleum’s net profit after tax fell 8.58 per cent year-on-year in nine months for July, 2019 to March, 2020. The board of directors of the state-run company in a...
Beijing authorities imposed more restrictions to stop the spread of a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese capital to other provinces, banning outbound travel of high-risk people and suspending...
North Korea's army has warned it is ready to enter the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. The threat is partly in response to defector groups in the South sending...
The government has outlined the ways in which the restrictions aimed at strangling the coronavirus outbreak will be enforced in the three zones -- red, yellow and green -- divided...
The volume of loan taken by Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has hit a record high of around Tk 2.60 billion in the outgoing fiscal year, sources said. The state-run...
The prices of broiler chicken and coarse rice have increased in the city markets, hitting the commoners hard. The price of broiler chicken showed a downtrend after Eid-ul-Fitr festival last...
Widespread irregularities and management weaknesses have surfaced in the government's handling of the Coivid-19 pandemic in the country, according to findings of a research conducted by the Transparency International Bangladesh...
The renewable energy sector has received a 'very cold' response from the government in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, stakeholders say. Apart from granting value-added tax (VAT)...
Country's main bourse has taken a move to launch digital trading considering the safety and security of investors and other market stakeholders as the deadly virus goes virulent across the...
The government should negotiate with international financial organisations on low cost loans to meet the budget deficit for fiscal 2020-2021 instead of putting additional pressure on troubled local banks, analysts...
A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court seeking its directives upon the respondents on the decision of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to hike...
Individual taxpayers with gross assets lower than Tk 4.0 million will not be required to submit wealth statement in tax returns. The Finance Bill-2020, placed in parliament on June 11,...
Resource constraints in countries like ours led to innovating solution as required and seen in our agriculture through use of fallow land or cultivation in once barren char areas. Some...
The government has finally gone for a widespread lockdown. The aim is containment of the fast spreading Covid-19 virus. A total of 45 areas in capital Dhaka, 11 in Chattogramand...
Covid-19 pandemic has triggered once-in-a-century global crisis. It is more than a public health emergency; it has also disrupted international and domestic supply chains. Many believe this is not the...
The central bank has asked scheduled banks to keep open all branches located in commercial areas of both Dhaka and Chattagram from 10:00am to 3:00pm, even if the areas are...
Borrowers have been given until September to repay instalments to banks before their loans are classified as bad debts. Bangladesh Bank on Monday issued a circular extending the timeframe during...
Country's leading internet service provider, ADN Telecom Limited along with Chinese company, Genew Corporation has donated 12,000 face masks to protect the health of the officers and employees of various...
One thing that has become the most significant feature of our lives during the Covid-19 is the use of technology. It was far less common for citizens years ago to...
The High Court (HC) on Monday said that people’s deaths due to negligence in providing treatment is a criminal offence and directed the authorities concerned to take legal action if...
The main expectation with the budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) was that this budget would hold the rudder of the economy. We wished that the budget allocation and...
Sheikh Fazle Fahim, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has been elected the new Vice President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI)....
The government has extended contracts of ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Italy and Switzerland and the high commissioner to Brunei. The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order for...
The government allowed on Monday further functioning of public and private offices on a limited scale until June 30 by following the health safety guidelines due to the outbreak of...
Implementing a budget is always challenging, especially during this pandemic, and it is not possible to say yet whether the proposed budget for fiscal year 20-21 reflects the understandings, the...
The ongoing corornavirus pandemic has hit hard the women owned MSMEs with reduced demand, disrupted supply chains and worsening access to finance and marketing, speakers said. They suggested diversifying products...
Nearly 67 per cent of houses and establishments in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas were found suitable environment for the breeding of Aedes mosquito. Apart from this, the DNCC...
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