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Some 800,000 Bangladeshi workers, jobless and quarantined in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) north-western part, have been facing food crisis for the last two weeks, said insiders. At least...
Tax officials are finding it difficult to maintain physical distancing in the customs houses due to congested premises, exposing them to coronavirus contraction. After the government resumed full-fledged customs assessment...
The first one month of the ongoing lockdown that ends today (Sunday) has already affected the country's economy seriously. The Health Economics Department estimates the loss during the first one...
The rate of recovery of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh continues to be very low, compared to that of the global one as well as some other South Asian Countries. Of...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has asked the energy division officials to take short-term and specific measures to implement essential projects in the energy sector....
After a long gap, small traders hawking vegetables in the inner parts of the densely populated and bustling city areas have staged a comeback. Amid the outbreak of Covid-19 throughout...
Signing of the much-needed free trade agreements (FTAs) with the important trading partners is still far away for Bangladesh as many countries are not showing interest to go for such...
China is dropping a requirement that a number of key virus treatment products get regulatory approval before export, as long as they are approved in the importing countries, the commerce...
The crisis emanating from the ongoing pandemic has been all-engulfing. Bangladesh's farm sector is also in the midst of a very difficult situation as far as the harvesting of its...
India plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neighbouring countries, including China, following concerns new screening rules could hit plans of companies and investors, three sources...
The country’s 72 upazilas of 13 districts including Chattogram Hill Tracts are still vulnerable to malaria, a deadly mosquito-borne disease. In the last calendar year (2019) 17,225 malaria cases were...
Conventionally, the Western world has been highly regarded for upholding democratic values and for being at the forefront of labour and human rights movement. Nevertheless, on certain occasions, they have...
The outbreak of Covid-19 that began in Wuhan in China in December last year has now turned into a pandemic. Now more than 180 countries have confirmed cases of the...
In the midst of this Covid-19 crisis, protecting lives is the need of the hour. In countries with very large vulnerable populations, as in Bangladesh and others in South Asia,...
The United States will not take part in the launching of a global initiative on Friday to speed the development, production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against COVID-19, a...
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said farmers in haor areas have already harvested 44 per cent paddy from the field. He said this in a video message from his...
A segment of export-oriented readymade garment factories will reopen on Sunday in a limited capacity with a minimum number of workers, especially those who are living in the adjacent areas....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a videoconference with public representatives and officials of the districts of Rajshahi division over the COVID-19 issue on Monday. The videoconference will take place...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s private sector adviser Salman F Rahman said Saturday to save the economy the country’s export-oriented factories must be opened up slowly by maintaining necessary health protocol....
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen has joined the United Nations (UN) music video, paying tribute to medical professionals combating deadly coronavirus as well as encouraging donations to the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought support from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for food security, medical and development of the agricultural system and its mechanisation. Kamal sought the...
An official of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has died from the coronavirus infection. Millatul Islam, DSCC advisor for waste management, was admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on...
A total of 166 stranded Bangladeshis returned home from south Indian city Chennai while 198 Britons, who had been stuck here due to flight suspension amid COVID-19 pandemic, left for...
Google has said all advertisers would have to complete a verification process before buying ad space on its platform. The search engine giant took the decision in a bid to...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government has put the country’s people in a serious risk of coronavirus by adopting a go-alone policy. “The...
The government, on Saturday, called upon garment factory owners to pay the workers’ wages for the month of April in time and also to pay festival allowances before Eid. ...
Court proceedings in Bangladesh will remain suspended after the Supreme Court reversed its decision to reopen the courts for limited work during the coronavirus lockdown. The decision was announced in...
No testing kit without the government’s approval can be used for coronavirus test, said the Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday. Md Habibur Rahman Khan, additional secretary to the...
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $484 billion relief package to boost funding for small businesses, hospitals and virus testing, as the country grapples with COVID-19...
The second coronavirus (COVID-19) testing lab was launched at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) on Saturday. Although the institute has six PCR machines, the sample testing activities will...
The Rapid Action Battalion is monitoring more than 50 websites as it has renewed its crackdown on the spreaders of rumours about the coronavirus on social media, reports bdnews24.com. Sometimes,...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Friday fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 39,200 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Saturday cancelled Certification Marks (CM) licences of 17 products of 17 brands for selling substandard products in the markets. The BSTI also...
The office of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee is continuing its activities amid the shutdown triggered by the caronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak....
Akij Group has handed over materials to assist police, doctors and nurses working to fight against the coronavrius situation, says a press release. Millions of people in the country are...
The price of ginger, an essential kitchen item, has shot up to Tk 300 from Tk 170 per kg within a week in the capital due to what traders said...
Dismissing media reports about the shortage of oxygen cylinders, the government has said there is no such shortage in the country. The data based on which the reports were run...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against issuing ‘immunity passports’ or ‘risk-free certificates’ to COVID-19 patients. It said that there was currently ‘no evidence’ that people who have recovered...
Two brothers, who came in contact with one of their colleagues who died of coronavirus in Noakhali, have tested positive for Covid-19 at Laksam upazila in Cumilla. Locals said the...
FIFA will release operational funds for 2019 and 2020 amounting to $150 million to its member associations as the first step of a relief plan to help negate the economic...
A total of 324 physicians both at private and public hospitals as of Saturday, were tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) across the country, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF). The forum...
Gonoshasthaya Kendra is yet to hand over its coronavirus testing kits to the government formally as the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) reportedly suggested them to send those to...
FSUE Atomflot, a subsidiary of Rostaom State Corporation of Russia, has signed a contract with a Russian shipbuilder Zvezda for construction of the nuclear icebreaker -Leader. FSUE Atomflot Director General...
Nine more people died of the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Saturday, taking the tally to 140, health authorities have said....
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will likely send the Philippine economy into its first annual contraction in more than two decades this year, before it pulls back up for a U-shaped...
Britain could hit the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths later on Saturday, when the daily count is added to the current toll of 19,506 people who tested positive for...
The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas from Saturday, more than a month after the nation went into a lockdown to curb the...
Police arrested a sub-assistant engineer of Bangladesh Railway west zone from Rajshahi Railway station on Friday night in a case filed in connection with stealing oil from railway depot. The...
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, will be working with the Australian government to facilitate exports of Australian produce to overseas markets including the Middle East. The air cargo...
A seven-year-old child has died while undergoing treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital in Dhaka city, bdnews24.com reports. The girl was admitted to the intensive care...
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