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Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat Covid-19 authorised for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies...
Kohl’s, one of the largest US clothing retailers, cancelled clothing orders worth $50 million from apparel factories in Bangladesh in March, according to a The Guardian report run by bdnews24.com...
The board of directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The...
The country's private jute millers have urged the authorities concerned to enforce the mandatory jute packaging act properlyand increase the use of jute bags to help the millers overcome the...
The securities regulator on Wednesday scrapped the IPO proposal of Delta Hospital as the company is unwilling to go public with 'insufficient' share price determined at the bidding. The decision...
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has not got any specific instructions from the government regarding zone-wise lockdown. It will implement such lockdown only after getting advice to do so...
Research on convalescent plasma therapy at Dhaka Medical College Hospital which started last month has lost momentum as the health ministry has not yet approved it and provided no funding...
Violence against women amid the coronavirus pandemic has witnessed a 174-per cent rise compared with April. According to a telephonic survey done by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), the number of...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to make mandatory the submission of income tax returns for all taxpayers having taxpayers' identification numbers (TIN) with few exceptions from the...
Land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury urged the land officials on Wednesday to continue providing hassle-free services to the people. He gave the directive at a video press conference from his Bangladesh...
The central bank issued a policy asking banks to waive certain portions of the interest accrued on the outstanding amount of loans during April and May this year, officials said....
The government has finalised the occupational safety and health (OSH) guideline for the country's industrial units and entities. It has adopted alternate work modality like work from home or shifting...
For the first time in the history of Bangladesh, the national budget for fiscal year 2020-21 is going to be placed in parliament today (Thursday) without presence of all its...
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has urged upon the government to revise the power and energy price downward for the sake of country's economy, which is facing serious trouble...
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will conduct judicial functions till June 30 through only virtual system, without physical presence, in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The Supreme Court...
A study has suggested the government work on three objectives simultaneously--enforcing strict physical distancing, increased entitlement support, and revamping public health system--- to help prevent the loss of life and...
The government unveils the budget for fiscal year 2021 today (Thursday) expanding the social safety-net, but the health sector, as indications are available, is likely to get scanty attention despite...
The government is likely to set its bank borrowing target at Tk 880 billion to partly finance the budget deficit for fiscal year 2020-21. A senior official familiar with the...
A personality test is a screening tool used to identify an applicant's personality or characteristics which are related to potential work results. The personality of an employee is likely to...
Social media is an amazing platform to learn, regroup and focus oneself by practising effective time management. Considering the Facebook Live as an intuitive medium to engage the audience in...
The restaurant industry is one of the most hyperactive industries in Bangladesh. This industry has become source of recreation for people-- specially for youths. As a result, for many youth...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government would continue to take measures to ease sufferings of the people by restoring their normal livelihoods alongside fighting the...
Lower subsidy demand for some cash incentives and lower utilisation of project aid in mega projects could help lower the overall expenditure at the end of FY20. However, a significant...
On a trip to a local pizza store just before the Covid-19 lockdown, one of us got an electric shock upon realising that a pizza whose menu price was Tk...
Women entrepreneurs have, indeed, come a long way despite facing social and economic barriers. Now they need policy support and more budgetary allocation, which will lead to development of entrepreneurship...
The global onslaught of Covid-19 pandemic continues as uncertainty swirls around the global economy. It is still uncertain how long it will take for everything to resettle and normalcy to...
The country's power sector is facing a crisis because of excessive reliance on imported fuel including coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG). As a result, the price of electricity for...
Now that the incidence of death from and infection of Covid-19 is on the rise, dedicated hospitals are stretched well beyond their capacities, so are the country's reliable facilities for...
City Bank entered into a 15 million trade finance line with ITFC, the trade financing arm of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to support private sector enterprises in Bangladesh. Jeddah-based International...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a public and welfare-oriented budget will be placed in parliament on Thursday, giving highest priority to saving the lives and livelihood...
BNP has urged the government to formulate next budget in the light of a three-year recovery plan to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak. Secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul...
Bangladesh’s export to Canada grew by 14.53 per cent in 2019 to 1.97 billion Canadian dollar year-on-year mainly due to the trade privilege provided by the latter. The country fetched...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae in 153 houses and establishments and fined Tk 250,000 on Wednesday, the fifth day of its combing operation. Earlier, DNCC launched a...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to unveil on Thursday the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21), which is expected to contain suggestive measures to offset the...
Singapore replaced the United States as India’s biggest overseas market for engineering parts in April, with exports rising 95 per cent to $553 million from a year earlier, as statistics...
European Central Bank officials are drawing up a scheme to cope with potentially hundreds of billions of euros of unpaid loans in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, two people...
The second budget session of the 11th parliament began on Wednesday afternoon with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudury in the chair amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Finance Minister...
‘Shohojoddha’ a plasma network has been initiated by the ICT division, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a2i Innovation Lab and eGeneration to facilitate the collection and distribution of plasma...
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police force on Wednesday began operations of the DNA Bank instead of DNA laboratory. Its official journey began with the final approval of the...
A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make...
The Dhaka metro rail company has appointed a Japanese joint venture company to carry out detailed design and supervision consultancy work of the city's third metro rail project, planned from...
Some 4.6 kilometre of Padma Bridge is now visible as the 31st span has been installed at Jajira side of the river on Wednesday. The latest span was placed on...
World's airlines industry is counting $230 million loss every day of this year as most of the world’s airliners currently parked, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Alexandre de...
Australia's years of effort to constrain investment from China with its "semi-decoupling" tactics have paid off, after a report by KPMG and the University of Sydney showed that China's outbound...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to announce an overhaul of the health sector overwhelmed by the COVID-19 epidemic, in the fiscal 2020-21 budget. In addition to an increase...
Global economic activity is expected to fall by 6.0 per cent in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). "Unemployment rate in OECD...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday said time will not be extended further after June 30 to pay delayed gas and electricity bills without...
The US-Bangla Airlines on Wednesday repatriated 45 Indian sailors, who had been stranded here due to ongoing flight suspension, to New Delhi by operating a special chartered flight. “Our chartered...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday said it is going to launch an investigation into alleged corruption in the procurement of N-95 masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare...
Vietnam's unemployment rate among those aged 15 and above stood at 2.05 per cent in 2019, with the figure in its urban areas almost double that of rural areas, the...
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