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Women Entrepreneurs have been playing a significant role in accelerating economic growth in Bangladesh by creating employment opportunities, reducing poverty, generating economic activities in scores of areas. Though women participation...
The Muslims in the country are set to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on May 24 or 25 subject to the sighting of Shawal moon on the previous evening. This is the largest...
The world remembers the Nakba day and the majority of global population recognises that injustice has been done to the Palestinians for seven decades. This geopolitical dimension has assumed more...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not face criminal action following allegations of misconduct over his relationship with a US tech entrepreneur but he might have had an intimate relationship...
Some popular species of fishes, especially Ruhi, Katla, Mrigel and Kaliboush released record quantity of eggs on Thursday night in the river Halda, the lone natural fish breeding sanctuary in...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called China’s proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favourable economic treatment...
University of Oxford researchers working on a vaccine to protect against coronavirus on Friday confirmed that they are moving to the next level as they begin recruiting over 10,000 people...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said rehabilitation activities in cyclone Amphan-hit areas have been started under the direction and close supervision of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. PM...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has continued to help the cricketers who are not under any contract offered by the board. In a recent move, BCB provided financial aid to 1,600...
Around 600,000 customers were left in misery without electricity on Friday as emergency crews were working to revive a substation that caught fire during cyclone Apmhan on Wednesday night. More...
A total of five Eid jamaats (congregations) will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. However, no Eid congregation will...
Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by US President Donald Trump, was tied to increased risk of death in a study in 96,000 COVID-19 patients, according to a paper published in the...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said foreign aid agencies are opposing relocation plan of Rohingya people to Bhasan Char for their own interests. “Bhasan Char is a nice place...
Mastercard Inc will not ask employees to return to its worldwide corporate offices until they are comfortable that the sometimes fatal coronavirus is under control with vaccines or other measures....
There are expected to be no survivors among those on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 99 passengers and crew that crashed into a residential area of Karachi...
Model Group, a RMG exporter and manufacturer has distributed gift hampers among 1750 freedom fighters in Narayanganj ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, as a small effort to fulfill their duties towards the...
87 per cent of the country’s returnee migrants- amid the COVID-19 pandemic - are still struggling without any source of income in their changed circumstances, according to a BRAC survey...
France said on Friday it regretted the decision of the United States to plan to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, even...
A large number of people gathered at Paturia-Daulatdia ferry ghat in their desperate bid to go home to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr amid coronavirus risk, thanks to slack monitoring by the local...
Britain put on trial a just-invented mechanism that could identify coronavirus infection in 20 minutes time on the spot, without sending samples to laboratories UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has...
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with around 100 passengers and crew crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern city of Karachi, with many feared dead, officials...
Supply chain disruption and temporary closure of businesses amid the government-announced ‘holiday’ to curb coronavirus transmission have pushed up meat prices by as much as Tk 250 per kg in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused by the most powerful cyclone to strike India and Bangladesh in more than...
The Eid-ul-Fitr prayer at Miya Saheb’s Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held at 7:00am at Luxmibazar of Old Dhaka, said a press release. At NuraniJame Mosque at Luxmibazar, the Eid...
A total of Tk 3.06 billion loss and damages was estimated in the fisheries and livestock sectors as the super Cyclone Amphan hit in Barisal and Khulna divisions. At least...
Amazon.com Inc’s India unit said it would hire 50,000 temporary workers to meet a surge in online shopping in the country, where customers have been stuck indoors for two months in...
Bangladesh is set to announce the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival in the country, on Saturday as Ramadan winds down amid a nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak,...
Begum Kamrunnahar Putul, a former Awami League MP, died at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital in Bogra district on Thursday night. The former MP (reserved seat), aged about...
Malaysia's latest data on Friday indicated that the country may be facing a sharp slowdown. According to Malaysian Statistics Department statement, the latest leading index (LI) which is compiled to...
China dropped its annual growth target for the first time on Friday and pledged more government spending as the COVID-19 pandemic hammers the world’s second-biggest economy, setting a sombre tone...
Bangladesh on Friday registered 24 fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus, the health directorate said, its biggest daily increase yet in deaths, bringing the total count to 432. Authorities also...
Nissan Motor is considering cutting 20,000 jobs from its global workforce, focusing on Europe and developing countries, Kyodo news reported on Friday, as the Japanese automaker struggles to recover from...
The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has risen to 50,694 with 1,067 deaths in Pakistan, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry Friday morning. A total...
Bangladesh has witnessed a massive shift from cash to digital payments within the space of one month in the RMG or ready-made garment sector, according to a survey. The survey...
India registered some 6,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, the country’s biggest jump in 24 hours, as New Delhi eases a nationwide lockdown and airlines prepare to...
Eid travellers are being allowed to travel in ‘private’ vehicles though the government has ordered the shutdown of public transport services asking citizens to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr in their respective...
The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi announced on Friday they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to the five government agents convicted of his murder...
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the United States on Thursday for sending back migrants infected with the novel coronavirus to his Central American country and straining its weak health system....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday phoned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and enquired about the damage caused by cyclone Amphan. "The Prime Minister phoned the West Bengal Chief...
Although millions of Muslims across the world, including those from Bangladesh, have eagerly been waiting to perform hajj in late July this year, uncertainty looms large over their largest congregation...
The coronavirus crisis may have dealt a lethal blow to the idea that the euro could one day replace the dollar as the world’s preferred currency, by exposing euro zone...
Dhaka’s air quality showed significant improvement on Friday morning as it ranked 69th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 27 at 08:48 am...
Facebook will permanently embrace remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday, accelerating the tech sector’s geographic diversification away from its home in Silicon...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a video message at the 76th Commission Session of UNESCAP on Thursday, stressed the regional cooperation for capacity building of developing countries for sustainable use...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to help creating awareness against the unfair action of cancellation of orders from Bangladesh by the Western brands...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered tax benefit to local elevator manufacturers in a bid to reduce its dependency on imports. Local manufacturers will enjoy waiver from payment...
The country's capital market has considerable opportunities to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19. In that case, potential policy measures will have to be adopted to increase investors' participations in...
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has pleaded with the government to cancel the rental power system immediately and reform the Power System Master Plan-2018. It made the call citing data...
The World Bank has warned that as many as 60 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty due to the impact of the deadly coronavirus. "Our estimate is...
The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1.0 billion doses planned for AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine by pledging up to $1.2 billion, as world powers scramble...
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