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Australian researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities claim to have logged a data speed of 44.2 terabits per second – the fastest internet data speed so far, reports BBC....
A Bangladeshi man was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Jaflong of Gowainghat Upazila in Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kala Miya, 37, a...
A total of 1,364 members of Armed Forces both in-service and retired, their families, and civilians and others, who are employed in various organisations under the Armed Forces, were infected...
Indonesia confirmed on Saturday 949 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 21,745, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto reported 25 new deaths, taking...
Cycone Amphan, which made landfall in the coastal districts on Wednesday, has caused an estimated loss of Tk 4.0 billion in Bagerhat district alone. Md Mamunur Rashid, the deputy commissioner,...
UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with...
The death toll from Friday’s passenger aircraft crash in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has been confirmed at 97 with two survivors, while no fatalities were reported from the dense...
Some 154 more Thai nationals left Bangladesh for Bangkok on Saturday by a special flight. The Royal Thai Embassy in Dhaka arranged the third repatriation flight of the Thai Lion...
New arrivals to Britain must self-isolate for two weeks from June 8, with fines for anyone who breaches the measure designed to prevent a second wave of coronavirus from overseas,...
Russia said on Saturday that 9,434 new cases of the novel coronavirus had been reported in the last 24 hours, pushing its nationwide tally to 335,882. The country’s coronavirus crisis...
Twenty people died of coronavirus and 1,873 tested positive in the country in the 24 hours to 8:00am, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Saturday. With the...
New Chinese national security restrictions imposed on Hong Kong could draw a US revocation of the former British colony’s “special status” under US law, a move that would have far-reaching...
As the world grapples with a rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths with a vaccine still far off, researchers are now betting on Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for saving...
Four family members of former MP Begum Kamrunnahar Putul, who died from coronavirus in Bogura, have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). A total of 24 people, including the former MP...
If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through the doors of Serum Institute of India. Serum Institute, the...
Manufacture of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has recorded further development as the production of Core Barrel has been completed at the Volgodonsk Branch...
At least 34 Japanese companies operating in China have shown interest to relocate their units to Bangladesh. The embassy of Bangladesh in Beijing informed the development to the ministry of...
The government has moved to appoint a new director to the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) which came under scanner for delivering ordinary masks mislabelled as N95 masks to government...
It has been nearly two months since the government suspended inter-district transport services in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). And people still continue to take the...
A policeman died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Christian Mission Hospital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sub-Inspector Mosharraf Hossain, 57, hailing from Pabna. He was...
Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there, raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States...
The US government late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for US airlines to resume service to China and ordered four Chinese air carriers to file...
Sumon Mahmud, a former joint news editor at the daily Bhorer Kagoj, has died at a hospital in Dhaka. A former leader of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD), the septuagenarian...
CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has fully restarted operation at the country's prime sea after three days on Friday. The captains of CPA have taken ships to the jetties...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will spend its US $1.1 billion income from its hard-term window, the Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR), for the poor and developing countries this year. The...
The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of...
Leather goods exporters have sought cent per cent store rent charge waiver at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) during the COVID-19 pandemic, industry insiders said. Leather Goods and Footwear Manufacturers...
The net profit of RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) fell more than 18 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter (Q1) for January-March, 2020 due to lower sales amid ongoing pandemic. The...
Three more pharma & chemicals sector companies - Kohinoor Chemical, Orion Pharma and Orion Infusion- disclosed their third quarter (Q3) earnings for January-March, 2020 period. The companies' earnings per share...
Linde Bangladesh's net profit rose nearly 11 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter (Q1) for January-March, 2020 driven by higher income. However, the company's net operating cash flow per...
The prices of essential items including chicken, garlic, ginger, onion and potato showed a notable hike before Eid-ul-Fitr, hitting people's pockets during the coronavirus pandemic. Eid will be celebrated either...
The local apparel sector trade bodies have warned of blacklisting the brands and service providers of Edinburgh Woollen Mills (EWM) which were not paying the outstanding bills of local suppliers...
The state-run Zakat fund has hardly played any role in bringing equality and eradicating poverty in the society as it fails to collect a significant amount of Zakat over the...
Detached from income sources due to the coronavirus pandemic, many poverty-stricken people in Dhaka city have turned beggars as part of a survival strategy. For the last one month and...
Apparently sensing no immediate solution to the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh takes hard-line in this regard by urging the big countries to share the burden of the huge number of Rohingya...
The European Union is conducting an online survey to prepare a new trade benefit scheme for the poorer nations, including Bangladesh. The objective of the survey is to assess whether...
Covid-19 testing facilities and number of tests are still very low in the remote areas of the country with people heading towards their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. According to...
Today (May 23) marks the 47 years of Bangabandhu's receipt of the Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace, the first ever international award for Bangladesh. The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Bangladeshis like Muslims around the world are going to celebrate the largest Eid festival in an unprecedented lockdown aimed to thwart the spread of coronavirus pandemic. Depending on the sighting...
Women in Bangladesh's producer households were found to be more empowered than those in entrepreneur or wage-work households, according to a study of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)....
The government has slashed its non-bank borrowing target by half to Tk 150 billion to finance the budget deficit of the current fiscal year ending on June 30, officials said....
Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, authorities have announced. According to arabnews.com, the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia, meaning Saturday will be the last...
A coronavirus vaccine tested for the first time in humans is safe and induces a rapid immune response, researchers at China's CanSino Biologics Inc reported on Friday in The Lancet...
At least 66 people were killed in a plane crash that took place near an airport in Karachi, the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh, on Friday. However, Sindh...
Speakers at a virtual seminar have demanded to prioritise agriculture sector in the budget of 2020-21 fiscal year to minimise the economic impact during post-pandemic period. They also said the...
In the past decade, Bangladesh has seen salient improvements in health care. Bangladesh has significantly reduced child mortality rate and maternal death, and increased immunisation coverage and life expectancy of...
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people on board crashed into residential buildings in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday afternoon while approaching the airport. At least...
Amidst this coronavirus outbreak, the Government of Bangladesh has announced a number of stimulus packages for different sectors and beneficiaries. There are so far at least seven major stimulus packages...
The relentless rampage of deadly coronavirus has already made lives of millions of people miserable. Panic of infection coupled with fall in income turns their daily lives very uncertain. Now...
Even before COVID-19 began its deadly spread across their borders, developing countries were absorbing severe economic shockwaves emanating from China and advanced economies. And now, in addition to tumbling commodity...
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