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The government will provide cash assistance before Eid-ul-Fitr to mitigate the sufferings of those rendered jobless amid the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the information while exchanging views...
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that...
Trade between neighbours India and Bangladesh through the Benapole port has remained suspended from Monday due to the movement of the Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in West Bengal state...
Factory activity was ravaged across the world in April, business surveys showed, and the outlook looked bleak as government lockdowns to contain the new coronavirus pandemic froze global production and...
Bangladesh's biggest wholesale clothing market at Baburhat in Narsingdi district has reopened prior to the Eid-ul-Fitr with some curbs amid the nationwide lockdown designed to limit the coronavirus spread. According...
The Government of Japan extended a grant of approximately BDT 24 million to three Bangladeshi NGOs, including the Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), Prism Bangladesh Foundation (PRISM) and Trust for...
The euro zone economy will contract less than many of the more pessimistic projections suggest but the recovery may be slow and gradual, the European Central Bank’s Survey of Professional...
As coronavirus continues to claim more lives and infect a larger number of people every day across the country, the government has extended the ongoing general holidays till May 16...
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said...
While the world is eagerly waiting for the air travel to resume, Emirates is busy protecting and readying the world’s largest all wide-body fleet to take to the skies. Emirates...
Five more people died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, Dr. Nasima Sultana, ADG (Admin), DGHS, said. On the 58th day after Bangladesh registered...
The Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak,...
China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak but a post mortem over its role should come later, Britain’s defence minister said on...
This year’s minimum Fitra, a charity donation by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan, has been fixed at Tk 70 per person this year. The maximum Fitra has been...
A police constable has committed suicide by throwing himself from the rooftop of a five-storey building in Khilgaon. Tofazzal Hossain, 39, who was assigned to the special branch of police,...
About 4,350 metres of Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 29th span on Monday. The 4a span, weighing 3,140 tonnes, was installed on pillars 19 and...
Confusions have clouded new Health Directorate estimates updated in a matter of 24 hours that show more than 1,000 people have recovered from coronavirus, bdnews24.com reports. The figure for recovery...
Bangladesh has recorded the death of the chief haematologist of Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, bringing the body count to two. Dr Md Moniruzzaman, who had been serving Anwer Khan...
Some enterprises, including district-based small and cottage ones, will be reopened, ensuring health safety, in order to keep the wheels of the economy running, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the government wants to extend the tenure of general holidays until May 15. "We declared the general holidays till May 5, now...
There have been 4,588 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Brazil and 275 deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, bringing total confirmed cases...
Asia’s factory activity was ravaged in April, business surveys showed on Monday, and the outlook dimmed further as government restrictions on movement to contain the coronavirus outbreak froze global production...
The world’s richest nations must ensure their COVID-19 recovery plans are sustainable and help meet the goals of the Paris climate accord, according to leading global investor groups that together...
On Feb 25, a day after US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania posed for pictures outside the Taj Mahal on an official visit to India, Sumit Kapoor returned...
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from peaks reached last...
Most of the listed multinational companies (MNCs) have recommended substantial amount of cash dividends for the year ended on December 31, 2019, maintaining their profit growth. There are eleven MNCs...
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will seek permission today (Monday) from the securities regulator to resume trading on May 10. The premier bourse DSE will send a letter to the Bangladesh...
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) has decided to return 50 per cent of the security money to manpower recruiting agencies on condition to meet current crisis...
The government is likely to set a 6.0 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth target for the fiscal year, 2020-21, finance ministry officials say. The rate is 2.2 per...
Dhaka ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. The capital ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 160 at...
The government will import over 0.8 million tonnes of fertiliser during the next fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 to meet its demand in the country, according to an official document of...
Lockdown or social-distancing regime has witnessed some relaxation in recent days with movement of increased vehicles and commuters in Dhaka, posing a risk of further spreading COVID-19. Languid maintenance of...
The government has set a Tk 3.30-trillion revenue collection target for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2021. The target is 1.35 per cent higher...
Bangladeshi migrants who have remained stranded at different camps in Kuwait for deportation under a general amnesty are leading miserable lives because of inadequate food and accommodation. In a video...
The flow of inward remittance dropped by nearly 25 per cent in April following the coronavirus outbreak in different parts of the world, officials said. Remittances from Bangladeshi nationals working...
Ready-made garment (RMG) export in April 2020 declined by 84.86 per cent, which is $366.58 million over the corresponding month in the last calendar year. Export earnings from the apparel...
The civil society all over the world and human rights activists have been very vocal with regard to several sensitive factors that have emerged within the socio-economic matrix because of...
The global economy is struggling with an infectious disease driven demolition of life and living never seen before - a unique episode in which people get debilitatingly ill, die and...
In the history of Bangladesh, this Baishakh is unique. Even a centenarian is unlikely to have ever remembered a high summer month this cool in his or her lifetime. It...
All is reportedly set for the country's banks to offer funds worth over Tk 777.50 billion as soft loans to businesses hit hard by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Preparations, according...
That an increased number of front-line health workers, including doctors and nurses, are being infected with deadly coronavirus is a matter of grave concern. The fear is that this might...
Noted author and Dhaka University history Professor Muntassir Mamoon has been hospitalised in Dhaka after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He was admitted to the Mugda General Hospital on Sunday evening,...
The government has taken an initiative to take opinion from all sections of people through website on the budget for the next fiscal year (FY21) to be placed in parliament...
Although the government is trying to gradually ramp up the country’s testing capacity to contain the coronavirus outbreak, health experts said the shortage of medical technologists and logistics are hampering...
Canadian oil firm Niko will have to pay US$ 1.0 billion as compensation to Bangladesh as a global dispute settlement body has made the firm liable for two consecutive gas...
Five bank officials have found infected with coronavirus in the district, taking the confirmed cases of Covid-19 into 21. District Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Kumar Barman, said of the five...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the role of free, independent and responsible media is very important in taking a state forward and reconstructing a pluralistic society. “I do...
All colleges under the National University (NU) were asked to launch online classes as educational institutions remain shut to tackle the spread of coronavirus. NU Vice-Chancellor Prof Harun-Or-Rashid also provided...
China saw nearly 85 million domestic tourist trips in the first three days of its five-day May Day holiday which started May 1, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said...
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