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Coronavirus patients with light symptoms arriving to stay at several Tokyo hotels are likely to get a pleasant surprise - a robot greeter in the lobby. Japan is now using...
Malaysia will ease restrictions to allow most economic and social activities to restart following the recent decline of the COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on...
Bangladesh poverty rate may rise to 40.9 per cent due to COVID-19 pandemic impacts, SANEM has said in a research report. The current national average poverty rate in the country...
Green Delta Insurance Company (GDIC) and Nagad have jointly took on a fundraising initiative for helping the farmers’ community of Bangladesh under a platform named “Amra Korbo Joy”, the representatives...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent seven metric tonnes of medical supplies to Bangladesh to bolster the country’s efforts in combating COVID-19 pandemic. According to BSS, a special cargo...
The speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly said late on Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, after hosting an iftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan, and meeting Prime Minister Imran...
The government has allocated Tk 63 million and 9,800 tonnes of rice in the seventh tranche of humanitarian assistance for the poor and unemployed amid the coronavirus crisis. About Tk...
Emirates SkyCargo, freighter division of Emirates airline, has utilised the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in...
Bangladesh has sent fine quality rice (developed by Bangladeshi scientists named Banglamati), seasonal fruits and fresh vegetables to the United Arab Emirates by a cargo flight of Etihad Airlines as...
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 8,231 on Friday, a rise of 571 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by two to 170, according to data...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Thursday fined different people and business entities a total of Tk 62,700 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid...
Nepal has cut its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year that ends in mid-July to the lowest in four years, saying on Thursday the country had taken a hit...
Another member of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) died from coronavirus on Friday. With the latest, a total of four policemen died after contracting the virus in the country. The deceased...
Seventeen more people, including 10 RAB members and four policemen, were diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours till Thursday in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka. A total of...
Reckitt Benckiser (BD) Ltd has declared a record 1250 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The investors will get Tk 125 per share of...
Hilsa fishing resumed today (Friday) as two-month ban on catching and selling of the national fish ended. Some 51,190 listed fishermen of Chandpur district went to the Meghan River early...
A coronavirus vaccine could be available for limited use by the end of the year, AstraZeneca's chief executive Pascal Soriot has said. The pharmaceutical giant has agreed to manufacture and...
India’s film industry, purveyor of song-and-dance spectacles to millions, will take at least two years to recover financially from the coronavirus pandemic, which is threatening big-ticket projects, putting at risk...
Another policeman was diagnosed with coronavirus in Chattogram. With the latest one, total 11 policemen have so far been infected with the virus, said District Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). His positive test came on the same day that Russia recorded a record 7,099...
The Australian government will meet on Friday to discuss how sport can restart as the number of new coronavirus cases dwindles and states begin to relax restrictions on social gatherings,...
US President Donald Trump has said that he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence, ratcheting up tensions with...
As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all US states forged ahead with easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses...
Export-import activities through Benapole Land Port resumed on Thursday afternoon after a month-long pause following the coronavirus outbreak. “Four trucks full of jute seeds entered Bangladesh in the afternoon,” said...
The Department of Shipping (DoS) has asked the shipping lines not to realise container detention charge on import and export shipments during the lockdown period, spurred by COVID-19 outbreak. The...
The historic May Day is being observed today (Friday) in the country without outdoor programmes amid the global coronavirus pandemic. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued...
Country's shrimp farmers have urged the government to give due consideration to the pressing needs of the shrimp sector. "We specially urge the government to provide cash grants to shrimp...
A total of 444 incidents of labour unrest took place in 374 factories including RMG in April this year in different industrial zones across the country mainly over non-payment of...
The government has decided to waive storage charges of all imported cargos that have remained stuck in the warehouse of the national carrier Biman for delivery. The waiver will be...
The number of COVID-19 patients was 150 times as many last month, compared with March, according to state-run Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In the last 24 hours on...
The central bank has strengthened its foreign currency support to the commercial banks to settle their import payment obligations particularly for petroleum products, officials said. As part of the move,...
The price gap of agricultural produce between growers and kitchen markets has widened further due to supply crunch amid COVID-19 lockdown, market insiders said. According to them, vegetables are still...
Thousands of public transports, including buses and trucks, are now stranded at terminals and along the roads and highways across the country. Those have been rendered non-operational since the government...
Never ever could anything rein in the mad rush of economic activities the world over as the submicroscopic coronavirus has done now. Governments everywhere, particularly in countries hit hard by...
Since its inception in 1886, the May Day has hardly come at a more crucial timefor workers the world over. Factories, industries and businesses in most industrial and commercial hubs...
Summit Alliance Port Limited’s Inland Water Container Terminal (SAPL’s IWCT) located at Muktarpur, Munshiganj with substantial customs-bonded storage capacities and presence of Bangladesh Customs personnel, has come forth to provide...
Patterns riddle the pandemic casualty list. Some may mean nothing, but others that do help chart any future trajectory. Our kitty already tells us the pandemic is not going away...
In the early weeks of 2020, it started to dawn on people that COVID-19 could be the long-dreaded but expected "Disease X" - a global pandemic caused by an unknown...
In contrast to Hamlet's paean for man in one of his soliloquies, humans possess a complex character which baffles many. To them, man remains largely indecipherable. As they view it,...
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is set to resume from May 10 after a 46-day break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The DSE board of directors in a...
This year the holy month of Ramadan is passing through a period of unprecedented gloom. Muslims across the world are observing Ramadan amid lockdown and without any congregation in masques....
As people are increasingly using protective gears, including gloves, masks and gowns, to protect themselves from the coronavirus, health experts have cautioned that safety equipment can become the means of...
Fishermen in Chandpur are set to start catching Hilsa early Friday after a two-month ban on catching, selling and transporting of the national fish ends. “We hope the Hilsa production...
Three people aged 50-55 who were undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Manikganj General Hospital, passed away in space of half a day, from Wednesday evening to early Thursday....
Gonoshasthaya Kendra has finally got the permission to get tested the performance of its Covid-19 rapid testing kits. Talking to UNB on Thursday, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury said...
The government will procure some 1.15 million metric tonnes of rice (boiled and non-boiled) and 8,000 metric tonnes of paddy during the current Boro season. Besides, some 75,000 metric tonnes...
The European Union (EU) on Thursday disbursed nearly Tk 2.3 billion (EUR 24 million) to Bangladesh for supporting the country’s key national reforms in social security. With this grant, the...
As the coronavirus pandemic rages across the world, health experts have been quick to stress the importance of adequate testing for the disease in shaping a country's containment strategy. In...
The historic May Day will be observed tomorrow (Friday) in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect through various programmes. The day is being observed across the...
'Amar Foods' started the essential food package distribution campaign among people in their production areas amid the coronavirus outbreak in collaboration with Esho Sobai. They will distribute almost 8,000 food...
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