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The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $173 million in new funding to complement Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to respond to the...
The government will enforce a so-called general holiday in red zones, flagged as risky areas on the basis of mortality and infection rates of the coronavirus, to contain the spread...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under pressure on Monday to deliver action on racism after he launched a commission on the issue following Black Lives Matter protests, reports Reuters....
Thailand on Monday reported zero new case of COVID-19, as well as no new fatality as the country moves toward further easing restrictions on high-risk business and leisure activities. Thailand...
China's job market remained generally stable in May, with the surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas standing at 5.9 per cent, official data showed Monday. The figure went down 0.1...
The supplementary budget of Tk 465.1611 billion (Tk 46,516.11 crore) for the 2019-20 fiscal has been passed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday aiming to meet the increased expenditures of...
Two more members of the Bangladesh Police died due to COVID-19 infection while performing their duties. They are sub-inspector (SI) SM Mukul, 55, and constable Md Abul Hossain Azad, 51,...
The heat was already suffocating when Mohammad Aamir Khan woke up in his tiny, windowless room with only a sheer curtain for a door. He offered a brief prayer to...
India's wholesale price index (WPI) contracted by 3.21 per cent in May, data released by the federal commerce and industry ministry on Monday said. "The annual rate of inflation, based...
Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have agreed to bring back Bangladeshi workers home in phases ensuring their quarantine facilities upon return. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen...
Audi Bangladesh is set to launch three new model cars – the Audi A6, Q3, and Q8 – this June in the country. The new model cars will be available...
The government has extended the closure of all the educational institutions of the country until August 6 considering the worsening coronavirus situation. The decision has been taken considering the safety...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the second straight session on Monday as the proposed budget failed to meet investors’ expectations. The growing tension over the Covid-19 pandemic and floor...
Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) has issued a 13-point recommendation, including reduction of salary of its member banks’ staff for the next 18 months. The BAB, a forum of the...
On the 100th day of detection, the number of confirmed Covid-19 patients surpassed 90,000 in Bangladesh on Monday. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 38 deaths from the coronavirus...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon people to have confidence and trust that Bangladesh would not bow down to anything like the COVID-19 pandemic, BSS reports. “I talk to...
Indonesia's trade performance was back to a surplus in May as the plunge of imports exceeded the decline in exports when the novel coronavirus pandemic has depressed demands and weakened...
Beijing has recorded 36 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases, amid fears of a second wave in the Chinese capital. Another 36 cases were also recorded on Saturday. The city had previously...
Bangladesh has huge lapses in its preparation for fighting coronavirus, with only 22 per cent health workers having training in this regard, Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), has said in a...
As Bangladesh grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the arrival of the rainy season has given way to Aedes mosquitoes and dengue fever. Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has discovered the...
Meghna Cement Mills Ltd has said the securities regulator gave it the permission to raise a capital of Tk 1.0 billion through issuance of 100 million preference shares. Redeemable preference...
Stocks witnessed almost flat in early trading on Monday as the proposed budget failed to meet investors’ expectations. The growing tension over the Covid-19 scares and floor price mechanism also...
Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim, one of the country’s most popular sportsmen, has chosen to speak out and take a stand against racism. Mushfiqur is thus the first Bangladeshi cricketer to...
Most of the commoners in Chattogram, especially the low-income group or the commonest of commons, have no idea about the proposed national annual budget. They are worried about unusual hiking...
With 11,220 new COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths registered on Sunday, the total number of infections and the death toll in India reached 3,32,777 and 9,521 respectively, according to data...
The local plastic goods makers' body in its post-budget reaction has sought tax holiday to attract more investment in the sector. The Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA)...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to expand the coverage of an ongoing rural road network improvement project in Bangladesh, connecting the rural population to...
The onslaught of coronavirus is delaying drilling of an exploratory well by India's ONGC Videsh Ltd, or OVL, at Kanchan under shallow sea block SS-04. The Indian firm has already...
Stock exchanges have reset the lower price limit for the securities to be traded on block board to enhance turnover value without affecting the broad index. As a result, the...
Asian shares stumbled on Monday and oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in Beijing sent investors scurrying for safe-havens while underwhelming data from China...
Merchant bankers have made a set of proposals including the reduction of corporate tax for listed companies. Their proposals came following the government's budgetary measures proposed for the fiscal year...
A report submitted in the High Court by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) said that the United Hospital authorities did not take their permission to build the corona isolation unit in...
The implementation of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21 is a major challenge, said a senior minister of the incumbent government on Sunday. "I must say that the budget...
Lawmaker Shahid Islam, who is arrested by Kuwait authorities for money laundering and human trafficking, will be stripped of his Jatiya Sangsad (JS) membership if he is convicted. Several parliamentary...
The ride-sharing companies in the country are apparently in a crisis over recommencing their operation, as the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) remains strict to its decision in this regard....
The country's apex trade body has requested the central bank to extend the existing time for non-classification of loans by six months to December, 2020 considering the Covid-19 pandemic, sources...
The High Court on Sunday granted ad-interim bail to Sushanta Das Gupta, editor and publisher of local newspaper Dainik Amar Habiganj, in a case filed under Digital Security Act. The...
Four new fiscal measures, including taxes on cigarettes and mobile phone use, are expected to fetch nearly Tk 110 billion in additional VAT and excise duty in the upcoming fiscal...
Former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died from coronavirus infection at a hospital in the capital early Monday. He was 69. He breathed his last at...
Some areas of the two city corporations in Dhaka and Chattogram, as well as Narayanganj, Narshingdi and Gazipur district have been marked as ‘Red zones’ to contain the spread of...
Access Bangladesh Foundation on Sunday arranged a virtual meeting on the proposed budget for 20-21 fiscal year. The meeting titled “National Budget 2020-21: Status of persons with disabilities ”, was...
With the Covid-19 wreaking havoc the world over, lives perish in their thousands every day. Already the number is staggering and where the death toll will come to a stop...
The finance ministers in this part of the world have a habit of setting 'ambitious' revenue targets in the national budgets. No amount of criticism could deter them from doing...
Japan's decision to suspend flights from Dhaka to that country sometime ago created a degree of disquiet. According to a recent FE report, what triggered the Japanese measure was this:...
Migrant workers’ rights activists on Sunday expressed frustration over the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 (FY21) as no specific allocation for the migrant workers and their families were in...
International trade in goods is expected to continue its nosedive in the coming months as economies struggle to recover from lockdown measures used to slow the Covid-19 outbreak. New data,...
To help Bangladesh during this crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved emergency loans totalling around US$732 million. IMF Country Focus spoke with the IMF’s resident representative for Bangladesh...
The last few days have witnessed protests rage across US cities over the most unfortunate death of George Floyd. We have seen curfews and clashes as racial protests in the...
Budget 2020-21 has been placed before parliament in a grave situation of Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the country has taken 18th position in the cumulative number of coronavirus cases surpassing China...
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh on Sunday said that the negligence in duty by the DSCC officials won’t be tolerated. He made the statement at the inaugural...
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