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The UN Secretary General General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed deep concern over the ‘unleashing of a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering’, and assault on journalists during...
The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic,...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended to increase the tax-free income threshold level from Tk 250,000 to Tk 350,000 and not keeping the provision of black money whitening...
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd has contradicted a news item, published in the media on Saturday that Eskayef was the first company to produce Remdesivir in the country wherein it was mentioned...
When vegetables growers of Kushtia were passing days in great worries about marketing of the produces, the army came forward to give them relief to some extent by buying vegetable...
Almost three-quarters of US domestic workers have lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus, with most unable to pay rent and worried about buying food, researchers found, calling for...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the country, the operations of many Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) came to a standstill, causing owners of these small businesses to face...
Agriculturists at a Boro harvesting ceremony have said that the farmers could successfully face labour-shortage and reduce harvesting cost of Boro paddy by 50 per cent using the combined harvester...
A selected number of Aarong outlets are scheduled to reopen on Sunday (10 May), following the approval by the government for shops and markets to resume business after a...
The national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year, which is likely to be around Tk 565,000 crore, is going to give priority to reviving the economy with the rehabilitation of low-income...
Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at US drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as the...
China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus outbreak, a senior health official said on Saturday. China has been criticised domestically and...
A research conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) identified six transmission mechanisms through which the youths of the country are being affected - health, education, employment,...
The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, a shift...
As the world slowly emerges from months of lockdown and opens businesses, there are certain things that people need to do to keep themselves safe in the post-coronavirus era. The...
Three pharmaceuticals companies in Bangladesh have started experimental production of COVID-19 drug, remdesivir. The three companies are: Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Among the three...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Bangladesh government to extend its support to hijras, kothis, or transgender people, amid the Covid-19 crisis. They urgently need food, cleaning supplies, medicine,...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Friday fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 24,700 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid the...
Eight people died of coronavirus and 636 tested positive in the 24 hours to 8:00am, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Saturday. With the latest, the number...
Bangladesh has extended a ban on visas-on-arrival for nationals from all countries to May 16 amid the coronavirus crisis, according to a home ministry notice. Earlier, the ban remained in...
Kenya and Uganda were hit by a power blackout on Saturday after what distributor Kenya Power said was a system disturbance in the transmission grid. The neighbouring countries’ grids are...
A constable of the police station in Tejgaon industrial area, showing symptoms of the coronavirus, has died in a Dhaka hospital. Constable Enamul Haque, 45, breathed his last at the...
Ershad Chakma, the only confirmed coronavirus patient in Khagrachhari, has recovered. His sample tested negative for the third time and he is now doing well, said Civil Surgeon Nupur Kanti...
Thanks to customer donations, the Emirates Airline Foundation used a staggering 132 million Skywards Miles last year to positively impact the lives and livelihoods of more than 90,000 people, mainly...
A total of 157 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Australia due to the ban on international flights amid the coronavirus outbreak, returned home from Melbourne on early Saturday, UNB...
Thailand reported four new coronavirus cases and one more death on Saturday, bringing the total to 3,004 cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak started in January. A 68-year-old man...
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stepped up its support to Bangladesh going beyond Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to help address the challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic...
The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has authorised the first diagnostic test for the new coronavirus that allows patients to collect saliva samples at home. The...
Confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases around the world stood at 4,012,837 on Saturday morning The virus has so far killed 276,216 people, reports UNB citing the Associated Press. Currently, 2,351,480 are...
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may have the novel coronavirus, and is considering...
Although Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman stressed the need for taking online classes to recoup the losses caused by the suspension of academic activities for coronavirus outbreak, he also...
Amidst ongoing Covid 19 coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh leather products and footwear export sector -the second highest export earner of Bangladesh - as a whole registered a decline of 77.94 per...
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday signaled a possible downward revision of global economic forecasts, and warned the United States and China against rekindling a trade war...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh's net profit surged 46 per cent year-on-year to Tk 522.8 million in the first quarter for January-March, 2020 despite ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The board of directors of the...
Internet use in Bangladesh has climbed to a new height for higher traffic on online platforms due to shutdown of offices and other activities during COVID-19 pandemic, insiders said on...
The country's farmers have plunged into a deep despair, as prices of both rice and paddy have started declining with the beginning of Boro harvest in full swing. Millers and...
Eight listed banks declared aggregate cash dividends amounting to Tk 9.11 billion for the year ending on December 31, 2019 amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 30 banks, listed...
Public transport has been facing a severe crisis due to coronavirus lockdown, with thousands of vehicles lying idle for over a month now with no plan of survival. Even ways...
The state-run Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has extended the loan rescheduling facility at reduced ratesuntil the end of this year considering the Covid-19 situation, a top official has...
The government has taken measures to increase DAP fertiliser production for boosting agriculture production aiming to help avoid possible food shortages due to coronavirus pandemic. Under the move, the ministry...
Bangladesh is less vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic as its debt-related risks are in a safe zone. The Washington-based IIF reached the conclusion while analysing 73 poor economies, which may...
The Directorate General and Health Services has issued a comprehensive technical guidelines incorporating all sectors to reopen businesses, other necessary services and maintain health rules to contain COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day...
The Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said 128 physicians who were diagnosed with coronavirus have recovered until Friday. “Altogether, 633 doctors, 403 nurses and 132 other health workers including medical technologists,...
The Rajshahi district administration has fixed May 15 for beginning mango harvest. At first, the Guti variety will be harvested. The harvesting date for Gopalbhog was fixed for May 20;...
Alongside announcing another extension of the ongoing 'general holidays' until May 16, the government this time has allowed shops and shopping malls to start transactions 'on a limited scale' from...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic and social activity around the world to a near standstill. As a result, carbon dioxide emissions have declined sharply, and the skies above some...
Small and medium entrepreneurs of the country's home-grown clothing industry have made a landmark change by turning it to a fashion industry. Colours and fabrics coupled with diverse designs, ornaments...
Activities on social and cultural fronts remain suspended due to lockdowns throughout the world but economic activities that support people's livelihoodscannot be deferred. Still general holidaystogether withthe lockdown have stopped...
Domestic migrant workers are important contributors to Bangladesh's economy by way of putting their physical might in projects like the Padma Bridge. But reliable sources said most have been hard...
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