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India's federal health ministry has said 87 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,604 positive cases were reported since Monday in the country, taking the number of deaths to...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite also reporting...
Eleven people including an Upazila Nirbahi Officer and an Officer-in-Charge were infected with coronavirus in Netrakona district on Monday night. Deputy Commissioner Md Moinul Islam said the samples of the...
The Japanese Health Ministry is set to approve antigen coronavirus testing kits on Wednesday, a ministry official said on Tuesday, in a move to boost the number of diagnostic tests...
The ministry of finance (MoF) released on Monday Tk 12.50 billion to provide cash support for five million poor families affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The beneficiaries will receive Tk...
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU has brushed aside reports that its Vice Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “[Prof Barua] is...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has started taking preparation to resume train service after withdrawal of the lockdown amid the challenge of checking the spread of coronavirus among passengers with its limited...
The 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IPDC Finance Ltd was virtually held on Monday through a video conferencing. The company declared 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is unable to deliver its decision required to resume the trading on the bourses as the regulatory body cannot hold its commission meeting...
The net profit of Standard Bank surged 243 per cent year-on-year to nearly Tk 365 million in the first quarter (Q1) for January-March, 2020 despite ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The board...
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. It had an AQI score of 163 at 09:04m. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’. Although...
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, will step up its focus on large taxpayers until June of the current fiscal year after it has found VAT collection slipped by...
Bangladesh's budding startups, which had drawn a good amount of local and foreign investments after showing potentials before COVID-19 pandemic, are now striving to continue their business, insiders have said....
As the nation-wide COVID-19 shutdown continues, BRAC Bank held its earning disclosure for financial year 2019 through an online virtual platform. Local and foreign investment analysts, media professionals and capital...
Now industries, trade and transport are under shutdown and people are mostly held in lockdown. In consequence, agriculture can be a saving grace with redoubled production and opening safeguarded supply...
The title seems both mysterious and exciting! To cut the reader's confusion short, the title is related to the Saudi Project for the Utilisation of Hajj Meat. It simply means...
There are lots of people in the world who have never bothered in their life to visit a theatre to watch a movie, a play or enjoy an opera. Many...
At a crunch time like the visitation of unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, low-income groups everywhere in the world, for reasons understandable, are at the receiving end of woes. Wage earners and...
The fiscal framework for FY21 will need to break free from the traditional mould given the magnitude and impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its short-term impacts and medium-term...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the banks not to disburse cash dividend till September 30 with an aim to boost the fund flow in the banking system during the coronavirus...
The US has provided over $22 million till date to complement the government’s ongoing efforts to prepare and contain the spread of COVID-19. The assistance is aimed to improve rapid...
Like many other countries in the world, the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted the business models in Bangladesh which will have an impact on the employment landscape, and the job market....
Since no vaccine to stop coronavirus is invented till date, the worldmay suffer more, in terms of both loss of lives and socio-economic fallouts. Still, there are positive reports as...
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) has given order to Japanese metro train company for manufacturing second, third and fourth set of passengers’ trains, as the first passenger train was...
The concerned VAT offices would remain open on May 15 (Friday) since it will be the last day for submission of value added tax (VAT) returns. The National Board of...
The government will publish the results of SSC and equivalent examinations this month even if the coronavirus shutdown continues. Inter-board coordination subcommittee Chairman Md Ziaul Haque confirmed the decision to...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) fined Tk 22,000 at several places of its areas in the capital on Monday. Eight mobile courts of the DNCC conducted the drives aiming to...
US Embassy in Dhaka has provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) as part of US assistance to Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts. US ambassador...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has directed to withdraw 43 brands of different products including Suresh mustard oil, Danish curry powder, Promi mustard oil and Pubali salt from markets....
Bangabandhu Satellite-I (BS-I), first communication satellite of the country, will mark the second anniversary on Tuesday at it was launched to the orbit on May 12 in 2018 from United...
Mobile operator Robi has reduced data price by 60 per cent considering the crisis situation due to coronavirus outbreak. Robi’s Managing Director and CEO Mahtab Uddin Ahmed said despite having...
As many as 84 local and international human rights organisations expressed their concerns over violence and hate speech against Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. They expressed concern in...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government on Monday signed $500 million loan agreements to strengthen Bangladesh’s efforts to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday requested the owners of media houses to stop sacking their employees and pay their arrear salary and allowances. The minister came up with...
Men's blood has higher levels than women's of a key enzyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed on Monday --...
Speakers at a webinar discussion underscored the need for bilateral cooperation in agriculture between India and Bangladesh to overcome the existing problems caused by COVID-19. South Asian Network on Economic...
Bangladesh’s health sector is likely to witness an increased amount of only Tk 8.00 billion, the lowest monetary allocation in terms of increase, in the upcoming annual development programme (ADP)...
Unilever Bangladesh with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and 2030 Water Resources group are collaborating to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) offices in 64 districts that are...
An office assistant at the Prime Minister’s Office has made a confessional statement to a court about misappropriating an official document bearing the premier's seal for Tk 20,000 following her...
The bKash users can pay their water bills of Dhaka WASA and Chattogram WASA anytime from home during the Covid-19 prevention period. “Around 380,000 customers of Dhaka WASA and around...
Most of the shopping malls in Dhaka remained closed on Sunday even after the government allowed limited hours reopening ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr with strict health safeguards to follow. According to...
Since its first appearance in Wuhan, China the COVID19 has affected many countries across the world. To slow the spread of the virus, countries across the world are under lockdown....
A mild heat wave is sweeping over Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet divisions as well as the regions of Kishoregonj, Sandwip, Sitakunda, Rangamati, Feni, Hatiya, Rajshahi and Pabna. It may continue...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday (UK standard time) give details of how to get the economy back to work, after his attempt to plot a nuanced exit...
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday agreed with the government of Myanmar to extend the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for activities in...
One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday. The incident took place during training...
Illegal fish harvesters have descended on the Halda River as the breeding season begins, leaving fish and dolphins at high risk. Despite multiple raids, the authorities have failed to stop...
Bangladesh reported the highest-ever single-day coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Monday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 1034 people tested positive afresh in...
Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, following last week’s...
Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick-up in new coronavirus cases. European...
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