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The river ports have been asked to hoist cautionary signal number two till Friday evening, according to a met office weather bulletin. “Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary west or...
A total of 27.70 million people have reaped the benefit of government’s relief so far in the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. About 92,480 tonnes of rice...
Agitated workers of embroidery factories blocked Ring Road in Adabor area of Dhaka city on Friday morning demanding their arrears. Witnesses said some 1,000 workers of the factories gathered on...
Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavirus, suggesting there has not been an undetected surge in...
Developing countries’ repayments on their public external debt alone may soar to between US$2.6 trillion and $3.4 trillion in the current and next year respectively. The United Nations Conference on...
Four more people died of deadly COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours as of Friday noon, bringing the total count in the country to 131. Besides, the tally...
South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the task of governments looking to scale back lockdowns that have...
Two youths were killed in an attack by their rivals over a trifling matter at Bhuiya Para in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as...
Some 0.5 million farmers of Jashore are passing their days in deep worries due to the labour crisis caused by restrictions on movements of people and suspension of transport services,...
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half...
India’s plan to screen foreign direct investments from neighbouring countries has Chinese firms concerned that such scrutiny will affect their projects and delay deals in one of Asia’s most lucrative...
Md Mohim Uddin, a resident of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir, who was shot by the liberation war affairs minister’s bodyguard, has succumbed to his injuries in a Savar hospital of Dhaka. Mohim...
Bangladesh has banned Iftar gatherings during the month of Ramadan in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The religious affairs announced the move in a statement...
Bangladesh's inward remittances might fall by around 22 per cent in 2020 following the ongoing global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Bank (WB). The volume...
A coronavirus patient who was undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital fled the hospital on Thursday. Faruk Ahmed, in-charge of Osmani Medical College and Hospital, said a pregnant...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of 28.9 million US dollars to the Maldives as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continued to rise, local...
The 7th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, the worst-ever tragedy in the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry, is being observed on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic. This year, there...
The market capitalisation of Dhaka Stock Exchange lost Tk 328 billion in just three months of the year as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on stocks. The total market cap...
The 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BAT Bangladesh) was held on Wednesday, said a statement. To avoid public gathering during drastic times of...
Eight more were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district, raising the total number of such cases to 174. Kishoreganj Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said samples of 126 people were...
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to...
About 69 per cent of the readymade garment (RMG) workers who used to send money to their families in villages have stopped doing so after the coronavirus outbreak, a recent...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it would announce a "landmark collaboration" on Friday to speed development of safe, effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19....
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization (WHO), warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could...
Asian shares and US stock futures fell on Friday, spurred by doubts about progress in the development of drugs to treat COVID-19 and new evidence of US economic damage caused...
The country's software development and information technology sector has estimated that it would suffer a loss of US$ 1.0 billion unless the situation emerged due to coronavirus pandemic becomes normal...
Law enforcement agencies have started cracking down on production facilities and inventories of counterfeit safety kits that are imperilling the lives of COVID-19 patients and front line health workers alike....
The finance ministry has asked all ministries and divisions not to allocate funds for the less-important development projects as a portion will be diverted to the more important sectors amid...
Marginalised people in hard-to-reach areas like char, haor, coastal and hilly areas are at risk of famine as they remain out of the relief activities and social awareness campaign during...
The government has announced an insurance coverage of up to Tk 5.0 million in case of the death of a frontline responder from the coronavirus. The insurance coverage for the...
Undoubtedly the COVID pandemic will leave many unsavory ripples. Without recognising some of them, we will never be able to tackle them, or even know where to begin. One slice...
Social distancing is one of the health advisories the World Health Organisation (WHO) has prescribed as defence against the deadly coronavirus that has so far infected nearly 2.6 million people...
A popular conception is that coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc all across the world. As many as 212 countries have come under its relentless attacks and both the number...
Amid allegations over mismanagement including thefts and malpractices among a section of those involved in the operation of Open Market Sale (OMS), the government while postponing the operation has initiated...
The COVID-19 coronavirus poses a threat on a scale not seen since the so-called Spanish flu that killed more than 50 million people in 1918-19. To confront the pandemic, many...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, brought together around 40 development partners, global apparel brands, industry representatives and financial intermediaries for a virtual dialogue to assess the...
The prospect of the global economy in the near-term is bleak and there is almost no hope that dullness will be subdued in the medium-term. The outlook in the long-term...
A time spent without any fruitful work is considered sheer waste of time. Nature has never had a mechanism to bring back a certain period of lost time --- especially...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for taking an approach of collective responsibility and partnership from everyone to fight COVID-19 and its impacts on economies across the...
Two nurses who were singled out for praise by Boris Johnson for their care while he was in hospital with the coronavirus said the British prime minister was treated like...
A maximum of 12 people, including two imams, can attend Tarabi prayers at each mosques during the holy month of Ramadan. The Religious Affairs Ministry issued a directive on Thursday...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sought Tk 15 billion loan from Bangladesh Bank (BB) to finance its activities during lockdown amid global coronavirus pandemic. Md Mokabbir Hossain, managing director (MD) and...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the transaction period of all banks in Dhaka and Chattogram commercial areas by an hour to 2pm amid the coronavirus shutdown. According to a bdnews24.com...
Almost half (49 per cent) of the respondents surveyed in the coastal area of the country have no clear idea about the primary protective measures against the novel coronavirus. Besides,...
Though multiple early-stage studies, including one by MIT researchers, suggest coronavirus transmit less efficiently in countries with warm and humid conditions, Bangladesh’s health experts think not whether but social distancing...
The country’s two bourses will remain closed until May 5 as the government further extended the ongoing holidays to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus. The government has further extended...
Some 4,422 foreign nationals left Bangladesh after the coronavirus outbreak began in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Thursday. These expatriates went back to their respective...
Shippers' Council of Bangladesh distributed 500 (five hundred) packets of food items in presence of State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, MP and BIWTA Chairman Comdr. Golam Sadek among...
India's government has redoubled efforts to push state-run banks to boost lending and it has demanded that lenders submit a daily report detailing the volume and scale of loans sanctioned,...
The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives ministry has suspended seven more Union Parishad (UP) chairmen and three members on various allegations including embezzlement of relief materials and irregularities in...
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