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Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.The clip, which shows photos and videos...
Facebook said on Friday that it has not seen any foreign interference using its platform to meddle in the demonstrations across the country related to the death of George Floyd....
The Group of 20 rich and emerging economies has pledged more than 21 billion US dollars to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19), the group said early on Saturday. “The G20, with...
The 'Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project' of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division on Saturday inaugurated a training programme on Blockchain Technology. Aiming to improve the...
Member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or BIMSTEC have resolved to further strengthen cooperation to combat the impact of COVID-19 pandemic together....
Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association has demanded a reduction in Advance Income Tax (AIT) to 5.0 per cent from the existing 10 per cent in the next budget. “Due to...
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for coronavirus, received plasma therapy for the third time on Friday night alongside the regular kidney dialysis. “It seems Sir’s (Zafrullah’s)...
Bangladesh reported 35 COVID-19 deaths and 2,635 cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Saturday, a day after emerging as a global hotspot for COVID-19, the disease caused by...
Yabang Group is planning to invest in building a large scale industrial park in Bangladesh Chairman of Yabang Group Xiaochu Xu on Thursday met Bangladesh Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz...
Australian High Commission in Dhaka has arranged another special flight for its citizens which will leave Dhaka on June 10. Due to a change in the commercial flight schedule from...
Cambodia may lose about 3.0 billion US dollars in tourism revenue in 2020 as foreign tourists to the kingdom dropped sharply due to the impact of the COVID-19, said Tourism...
India has recorded close to 10,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Italy. The country now has the sixth-highest number of...
Lightning strikes claimed 36 lives with some injured in different areas of Myanmar in the first five months of this year, an official from the Disaster Management Department said on...
While people around the planet continue to grapple with the pandemic, there’s also a call to pause and reflect on another cause – Time for Nature, the theme of the...
European Union and British negotiators said on Friday they had made very little progress in their latest round of talks about a Brexit free trade agreement, with just weeks left...
Two pedestrian were killed after being hit by a pick-up van in in Khamar Kandi area of Bogura district town on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Dewar Hossain, 45,...
Thousands of Australians gathered in protests on Saturday embracing the cause of US protesters angered by the death of a black man in police custody, defying bans and police warnings...
The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been doubling every three weeks but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and South Asia region, the World Health...
The quality of Dhaka’s air showed signs of improvement on Saturday morning. It was categorised as ‘moderate’ and ranked 13th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with an AQI...
Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 6,542 people in the five days to Thursday (May 31 to June 04). Md Saifur Rahman, special officer...
Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Chattaogam- 16 MP of Awami League( Banshkhali constituency), and ten of his family members have been infected with coronavirus. His wife, three daughters, one son-in-law, one...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on wearing face masks and said people should wear fabric masks when social distancing is not possible, such as on public...
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation by June...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will bring back home some Bangladeshis from Italy and the United Kingdom on June 13 through its special charter flight. Biman officials said the special flight would...
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the government is set to earmark Tk 4.0 billion for the next fiscal year to meet interest payment of home loan meant for public servants. The...
Sustainalytics, a global leader in environmental, social and governance risks (ESG) and Corporate Governance research and ratings, published its latest LafargeHolcim ESG Risk Rating. Of all 101 construction materials companies...
In order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh, has released a smartphone app (beta) for the citizens of the country, said a...
Strict implementation of the existing laws, creating awareness among people, and devising long-term plans are crucial for protection of environment in the country, speakers opined in a virtual discussion on...
Stocks plunged in the outgoing week, the first week after two months break, as the growing tension over the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic and the new 'floor price' system. Both...
The government will launch a low-cost fund of Tk 2.0 billion in July for migrant workers who are returning home as part of the Covid-19 fallout, officials said. The loan...
With only 399 ICU (intensive care unit) beds available for critical Covid-19 patients, the country's health sector appears ill-prepared to deal with the rising number of infected cases, according to...
Despite the ongoing lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, some silk factories in Rajshahi have resumed production by following the health rules and regulations set by the government. However, most of...
Dhaka North City Corporation ( DNCC) will start a combing operation to prevent dengue fever by controlling Aedes mosquito in 54 wards for 10 days with support from DG health...
Bangladesh Society of Medicine (BSM) has recently launched a dedicated 24-hour telemedicine service for the Covid-19 patients, who are undergoing treatment at different healthcare facilities or from their respective abodes....
Allocation for the agriculture sector is set to rise by 10 per cent in the development budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21. The basic objective behind earmarking higher allocation...
Bangladesh on Sunday became the world's 20th worst-affected countries, making it the latest global hotspot for coronavirus pandemic, officials and physicians say. In the last 24 hours ending on Friday,...
The ministry of finance (MoF) has asked the state-owned banks (SoBs) to expedite steps to implement the stimulus packages that the government announced to help recoup the impacts of Covid-19...
The gross premium of 33 life insurance companies rose by nearly 7.0 per cent in 2019 before the arrival of the novel coronavirus in the country. The rate for 46...
Bangladesh, as a least developed country, enjoys a lot of facilities provided by the European Union (EU). These facilities came following the request made by our government to be promoted...
The gradual slowdown of manufacturing behemoth China, the spike in the values of inflation-hedged assets such as gold, and central banks around the world adopting lax monetary policies were not...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $16.56 billion in remittance until June 3 of the current fiscal 2019-20, which is all-time high of any fiscal. “As of June 30, in previous fiscal...
The decision to resume services of public transports, including buses, trains and inland water vessels, as an effort to bring back normalcy in the country amidst the relentless rampage of...
Covid-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing, but anxiety about the world's social and economic prospects is only intensifying. There is good reason to worry: a sharp economic downturn has already...
With the lifting of stay-home regulation and reopening of the public sphere for activities of all sorts, albeit on a limited scale, things are back to normal in the 'new...
Key aspects behind the Covid-19 exit strategy for Bangladesh Where to Open Each area to be categorised into four risk categories (or phases) with varying degrees of openness; need...
The unforeseen challenges and uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have taken a significant toll on people across the world. Critical decisions in this time of uncertainties are taken based...
During the last few decades, the linkage between economic growth and poverty decline has been usually positive. Both cross country and time series data for individual countries supported this observation....
The US labour market improved unexpectedly in May raising hopes that economic damage tied to the pandemic will be less harmful than feared. The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 per...
The local authorities have put Cox’s Bazar Municipality on lockdown declaring some areas of the district coronavirus red zone for maximum risks of infection. The rate of COVID-19 infection in...
British scientists halted a large trial on Friday that had been exploring the use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in patients with the pandemic disease COVID-19 after initial results showed...
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