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Four members of a family have been found dead with their throats slashed in a home in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com. The murders took place in the home...
Huawei, the world’s leading technology company, has extended the warranty period of its smartphones, tabs and smart accessories to a certain timeframe for customers benefit due to Coronavirus pandemic. ...
City dwellers witnessed a brief but heavy rain coupled with thundershowers on Thursday afternoon. Met office recorded a wind speed of 74 kilometers per hour in the capital in the...
Around 100,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers have returned home after losing their jobs amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. This information was revealed at an inter-ministerial meeting held in the...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to provide $250 million for extending cooperation to Bangladesh government’s utmost efforts for winning in combating Covid-19. “We are working for approval of...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) to strengthen its surveillance to ensure safe food for consumers during Ramadan, reports UNB....
At least 218 police personnel have been infected with the coronavirus as the disease continues to spread across the country. Among those who tested positive, 117 belong to Dhaka Metropolitan...
Another group of 177 British travellers left Dhaka for London on Thursday afternoon in the second chartered flight. The special flight of the British Airways departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International...
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the holiday for courts until May 05 aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus, reports UNB. Justice Md Nuruzzaman will hear the urgent matters at...
All educational institutions will remain closed until May 5 in parallel with the government’s announcement of general holidays, aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. "All the educational institutions...
As the confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide continue to rise, major countries and regions are struggling with a predicament to save lives and livelihoods. Meanwhile, international cooperation is highlighted to combat...
The Sherpur district administration has accorded a reception to Nazimuddin, an elderly beggar who donated Tk 10,000 from his savings to the UNO’s relief fund for the helpless during the...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said there will be no special treatment for VIPs and wealthy patients. He came up with the remarks at the regular health bulletin broadcast...
No new dengue case was reported in the last 48 hours till 8:00am on Thursday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to the daily update from the...
The US embassy in Dhaka has invited its citizens to join Ambassador Earl Miller and other members of the embassy for a virtual Town Hall meeting via WebEx on Monday,...
More than 27 million people have been benefitted by relief schemes undertaken by the government to mitigate the sufferings of people amidst the coronavirus outbreak. The Disaster Management and Relief...
In a continuation of its efforts to help small-scale farmers and micro, small, and medium-sized rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes, the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the...
Seven more people died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Thursday, raising the tally to 127. Meanwhile, 414 others were diagnosed...
The government has extended the general holidays until May 5 in a bid to tackle the worsening coronavirus situation in the country. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification...
Women Support and Investigation Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has extended its support to the helpless women and children amid the coronavirus shutdown. It also urged the helpless,...
The Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) on Thursday confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases. Dr Iqbal Kabir Jahid, director of Genome Centre and Chairman of Microbiology Department, confirmed the...
The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Thursday recommended the continuation of the ongoing ready-made garment (RMG) factory closure in parallel with public holidays to help contain the spread of...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will temporarily stop certain foreigners from receiving green cards. It is one in a series of steps by the president to...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Wednesday fined people and different modes of vehicle a total of Tk 58,000 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing...
Bangladesh is set to announce the start of the Ramadan, a period of fasting and reflection for millions of Muslims, on Friday. The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet at...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join a virtual conference today (Thursday) on bolstering regional cooperation to offset the economic impact on South Asia in view of the coronavirus outbreak. “The...
Seven more people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Bogura on Wednesday. Civil Surgeon Dr Mostafizur Rahman Tuhin announced the development on Thursday. He said the district has so far recorded...
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor said on Thursday first-quarter (Q1) net profit slumped 44 per cent to its lowest level for the quarter in a decade as the spreading coronavirus outbreak...
A mobile court fined a lawyer Tk 10,000 for taking money from a vegetable vendor on a false promise of enrolling him in the government’s special rice sale programme for...
Birdem General Hospital has closed its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after a patient there tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. At the same time, around 40 physicians, nurses and staffers...
US President Donald Trump is at odds with a number of states run by Democratic governors, in a push-and-shove match over reopening the country’s economy. Trump and some Republican governors...
Bangladeshi star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s World Cup bat has been sold for Tk 2 million (20 lakh) to a buyer identified as Raj, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the...
The recent pandemic has undoubtedly altered people's lifestyles in drastic ways. Companies are part of this rapid shift too. Alongside people acquiring new hobbies and skills to spend time, organisations,...
Amid the global outbreak of Covid-19, which was declared a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO), all the countries have started to take necessary steps to protect its people....
Leading Pakistani doctors on Wednesday urged the government and clerics to reverse a decision to allow prayer congregations at mosques during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, warning that the...
As economic activities came to a grinding halt amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the transmission of coronavirus, tenants in Dhaka and other cities urged the government to waive...
Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japan’s Nagasaki have tested positive for the new coronavirus, raising concern about the strain on the city’s...
Rain and hailstorm battered different parts of Singra upazila of Natore on Wednesday evening, damaging boro crops and houses. Local people said storm swept over Chatardighi and Ramananda Khajura union...
On January 21, the day the first US case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the...
The government is yet to decide on which private medical college hospitals to take over as dedicated COVID-19 hospitals despite the announcement made by the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association...
Twenty-five people were diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday in Kishoreganj, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the district to 166. Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said samples...
The coronavirus pandemic battered Asian economies in April with social-distancing policies and business closures taking a particularly heavy toll on the region’s service sector firms, surveys showed on Thursday. The...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that he hoped the Trump administration would reconsider its suspension of funding, but that his main focus was on...
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) has made three proposals including exemption of submitting monthly statements due to closure of the offices of market intermediaries. The BMBA has submitted their proposals...
The long-waited amendment to the rules of mutual funds (MFs) gathers dust for more than five years since the securities regulator approved the draft rules to bring disciplines in the...
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) identified a number of emerging concerns in the country's food production and supply chain system during Covid-19 pandemic that require immediate attention. "Notable...
Grameenphone Ltd reported total revenues of BDT 36.2 billion for the first quarter of 2020, registering a 3.7 per cent growth from the same period last year. The operator also...
Many suspected coronavirus carriers are either showing less interest in undergoing tested or hiding information in fear of isolation and social stigma, health experts said warning that this tendency may...
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