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India's foreign exchange (Forex) reserves have crossed the 500 billion US dollars mark for the first time, said the central bank - the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest weekly...
The British economy has seen nearly two decades worth of growth wiped out as a result of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for...
Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Saturday condoled the death of Awami League presidium member and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, reports UNB. In a condolence message, the...
Facebook fired an employee who had criticised its Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month, citing his tweet...
Bangladesh's economic impact due to COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in three main avenues-- a drop in domestic economic activity after announcement of shutdown, a decline in exports of ready-made...
They call one section of the stadium The Zoo, and it's easy to see why: thousands of university students in team colours standing on their seats, steadying trays of beer,...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 138 houses and establishments and fined Tk 509,500 on Saturday on the eighth day of its combing operation. During the operation,...
The International Monetary Fund expects its next economic forecast to trend lower as the world deals with new pandemic damage and a sluggish recovery. The organisation is slated to release...
Hundreds packed into a park in central Taipei on Saturday for a Black Lives Matter protest, with a group of indigenous Taiwanese given prominent billing to draw attention to discrimination...
Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has tested positive for COVID-19. “I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I’ve been tested and unfortunately I’m...
The closely watched arrival of Christopher Nolan's big-budget sci-fi espionage film ‘Tenet’ will finally happen on July 31, Warner Bros. announced Friday, reports AP. The studio said it would delay...
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said no new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Saturday. Currently, two dengue patients are being...
The government will announce a general holiday in areas with high concentrations of coronavirus infections which are set to go under lockdown to contain the spread of the disease, bdnews24.com...
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) Saturday urged the government to further reduce VAT on man-made fibre yarn and withholding tax to help face the challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic and...
Bangladesh has overtaken China in terms of the number of coronavirus cases to emerge as the world’s 18th largest outbreak after recording new cases on Saturday. China, where the deadly...
Police in Nepal on Saturday arrested 10 people, including seven foreigners, as demonstrations against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis continued with hundreds of protesters gathering in the capital...
The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and South America currently having four of...
India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking its total count to more than 300,000, according to data from the federal...
Pakistan on Friday announced its annual budget for financial year 2020-21, setting ambitious targets of 2.1 per cent GDP growth, a 7.0 per cent fiscal deficit and an increase in...
A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked...
Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced on Friday via her official social media account that she has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). "I feel good, but I...
The revenue of China's trust industry maintained rapid growth while its scale continued to fall during the first quarter of the year, according to a report from the China Trustee...
Mohammed Nasim, the Awami League stalwart who served Sheikh Hasina in four different cabinet roles, has died in hospital care at the age of 72. Nasim, who had been on...
Moazzem Hossain Nannu, senior reporter of the Daily Jugantor, has died after suffering fatal burns in a fire at his home in Dhaka. He succumbed to his wounds in hospital...
Bank depositors, mainly marginal taxpayers, are worried over a new budget proposal to make the submission of tax returns mandatory for most of the TIN-holders. A number of housewives and...
Honesty, transparency and skill will be necessary in implementing the proposed national annual budget. Chittagram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Mahbubul Alam made the remarks in his initial...
The government will create skilled workers for health and agriculture sectors to tap the overseas employment market in the post-coronavirus period. To this effect, the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment...
Bangladesh is set to overtake China in terms of Covid-19 infections, as the country registered the highest single-day spike in both confirmed cases and fatalities in the past 24 hours...
Russian firm Rosatom has begun welding of the upper semi-vessel of the reactor pressure vessel, or RPV, for Unit-2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in the Volgodonsk branch of...
Five more deaths were reported from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours in the district till Friday night. Besides, 222 new cases were detected during the period, said district...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said "expansion of tax net" and "easy and simple tax-filing system" would be the two main tools to boost tax revenue earnings in the...
Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections,...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has welcomed the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 as 'business-friendly'. The main bourse has expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finance...
Accountants have advocated financing the deficit in the budget for fiscal year 2020-21 from the money so that credit to the private sector cannot be squeezed. "We expect that government...
Stocks posted a marginal gain in the outgoing week as growing tension over the virus scare and the floor price mechanism kept the market almost dull. Week-on-week, DSEX, the key...
Hailing the proposed national budget, women entrepreneurs on Friday sought some measures like a rise in income tax threshold limit amid challenges in coronavirus pandemic to make it women-friendly. Bangladesh...
The government has exempted value added tax (VAT) on sales of newspapers, books, magazines, government gazettes and other publications. In the Finance Bill-2020, the finance minister has offered an exemption...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the industrial protection measures proposed in the newly announced budget will attract more private investment from home and abroad. "The higher banking interest...
The government looks to reduce the current expenditure in terms of percentage of the total outlay in the next three fiscal years as per the 'medium-term macroeconomic outlook' presented by...
When everyone across the globe is terrified of the coronavirus, Khabirunnesa, a one hundred and one-year-old woman from Gopalganj, has recovered from the pandemic. She returned to her village home...
Farmers in the district are unwilling to sell their harvested Boro paddy to the government warehouses as they are getting relatively fair price in the local markets. District Food Controller...
The proposed budget for the financial year 2020-21 is yet to make any impact on the essential commodity market, taking into consideration its imposition or withdrawal of taxes on many...
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) felt GDP growth target of 8.2 per cent would be highly challenging. considering the Covid-19 pandemic and the continuing uncertainty FICCI...
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) congratulated Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal for presenting his second national budget before the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday for the...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the government did not think about sources of funds for budget, because it proritised saving lives, amid the pandemic. "… Lives must...
Today's child is the future of tomorrow. Children are the artisans of building the country. Children constitute 45 per cent of the total population of Bangladesh. But they are crushed...
The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 has plunged the tourism industry of Bangladesh into a worst-ever evolving challenge. Like elsewhere of the world, the virus has already taken a great toll...
The world before Covid-19 looks very attractive right now. In light of the disease, mass unemployment and social distancing, a return to pre-pandemic normality seems appealing. Yet we should remember...
The goal of the budget for the next fiscal year (FY21) should be to tackle the unprecedented health and economic challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and restoration of stability...
To address how the healthcare sector in Bangladesh can thrive amid this global pandemic, eGeneration recently organised a webinar titled “Reimagine Healthcare: Save Lives with Innovation” powered by RTV and in partnership with two local dailies. The...
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