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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) in its cloud infrastructure over three years - a plan that follows a boom in demand for business...
The directors of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) are at loggerheads over a regulatory move taken to issue new TREC (Trading Right Entitlement Certificate) required to conduct trading business by aspirant...
Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday on expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global virus lockdown,...
New Zealand will extend the ongoing coronavirus lockdown measures by a week, after which it will move to a lower level of restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday....
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it. “If Iran needed aid...
A gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. The 12-hour rampage ended...
bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Jago News acting Editor Mohiuddin Sarker and two others – Shaon Amin and Rahim Shubho—have been sued under the Digital Security Act in a case...
Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising...
Wearing face masks, waving black flags and keeping two yards apart, thousands of Israelis demonstrated against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu under strict coronavirus restrictions on Sunday. Netanyahu, who denies any...
The US death toll from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rose to more than 40,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world and almost double the number of deaths in the...
Although Narayanganj has been declared as a hotspot of coronavirus infection, no hospital has yet been prepared in Narayanganj to fully treat COVID-19 patients. It will take another 20 days...
As many as 42 frontline responders in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak, including 23 doctors, have contracted the coronavirus at the Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. The...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is facing trouble in disbursing monthly salaries among thousands of employees during the ongoing lockdown due to the British-era cash payment system. Confusion arose as it...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Chittagong Port is facing a serious problem with a big stockpile of containers which awaits delivery to their owners. Against the backdrop, the ministry of...
Underlining the importance of overhauling the banking sector, the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has said only a sound financial system can speed up an economic rebound as Bangladesh battles...
The country's three mobile operators will have to purchase additional spectrum at the previous rate to meet the growing demand for data during the ongoing shutdown, BTRC chairman Md Jahurul...
Two more physicians of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. The infected doctors are Assistant Prof Dr Ranjit Kumar of the Gastroenterology department and Assistant...
Readymade Garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh needs to take some urgent actions right now to secure orders of export in hand or obtain future orders. There are possibilities that now...
The coronavirus crisis is forcing a dramatic reassessment of how government and the economy function. As Matthew M. Kavanagh of Georgetown University argues in The Lancet, the pandemic has revealed...
The ultimate test of humanity comes in time of the worst crisis. Now is one of the worst crises ---if not the worst ever --- human race is confronting. With...
With the deadly coronavirus reaching every corner of the country, the threat of another viral disease--- dengue--- is now looming large on the horizon. Four stereotypes of dengue virus---DENV-1, DENV-2,...
Amid aggressive campaigns, entreaties and, finally, application of harsh measures, the country's city residents have at long last begun abiding by the government's stay-at-home order. Many of them have done...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Sunday signed an agreement with a Chinese company for constructing a new terminal building at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. CAAB Chairman...
Dealing with nation-wide disruptions is nothing new to Bangladesh. Political unrest, military coups, and natural disasters in the country have time and again made global news headlines, often with sad...
The local administration on Sunday put Manikganj district under lockdown to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner SM Ferdous said the lockdown came into effect on 6:00pm today, reports...
China's official digital currency is undergoing testing and has not been officially released, according to the central bank. Insiders said the trial run will be piloted within a small range...
COVID-19 shutdowns have many unintended climate benefits. With economic activities brought to a halt accompanied by suspension of most modes of transport, there has been a substantial impact in reducing...
Leaders of South Asian countries together announced an emergency fund in the middle of March, 2020,to address the Covid-19 impacts. Its objective was to tackle risks associated with the pandemic....
The government has decided to set up a lab at Narayanganj 300-bed Hospital for coronavirus test as the district has been declared as a hotspot of Covid-19 infection. An inspection...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Sunday said he sent a proposal to the World Bank (WB) seeking about $100 million under its Livestock and Dairy Development Project...
By the end of 2020, at least 20 billion devices along with more than 5 billion people and businesses will be integrated through digital technology. Digital Financial Service (DFS) promises...
Local administration on Sunday put the district under lockdown to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Md Motiul Islam Chowdhury announced the decision in a press statement, reports UNB....
Civil society leaders at a virtual press conference on Sunday demanded that the local economy be revived even as health and safety measures are maintained, to boost production and sustain...
Leaders of the existing NGO networks of Bangladesh-- from ADAB, BD CSO Process, Disaster Forum, FNB, NAHAB and NIRAPAD, who represent almost the total NGO sector of the country and...
Imported cloth and seam sealing tape has reached the Grameen Fabrics and Fashion Ltd. (GFFL) factory for the production of an additional 20,000 PPEs for doctors, nurses and health personnel...
Six officials of the BCS (Admin) cadre have so far tested positive for coronavirus, says Public Administration Secretary Sheikh Yusuf Harun. On Sunday, he said three of the officials are...
A Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospital (DCIH) was launched on Sunday at 100-bed Rangpur Shishu Hospital (RSH) to provide treatments to coronavirus (COVID-19) infected patients of Rangpur division. As an extended...
A Kushtia court on Sunday directed the local administration to take legal action against the chairman of Durgapur union parishad following investigation for reportedly misappropriating OMS rice for the last...
Bangladeshi electronics manufacturing company Minster has taken an initiative to make ventilators in the country due to growing demand following coronavirus outbreak. The worldwide coronavirus pandemic caused a huge crisis...
Local administration on Sunday put seven villages in Sarail and Ashuganh upazilas of Brahmanbaria under lockdown aiming to minimise the risks of coronavirus transmission as a huge number of people...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday inspected the construction zones of two COVID-19 hospitals in Istanbul from the air by a helicopter, reports Xinhua. Turkey has been building the...
A policeman who returned home in Sadar upazila of Jhalakati district from Narayanganj tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. Civil Surgeon Dr Shaymol Krishna Hawladar said the test report of...
Four more people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, according to a UNB report. Assistant professor of Cox’s Bazar Medical College and Hospital Dr Mohammad Shahjahan said...
The government plans to provide food and relief packages alongside the existing health and other services on its national helpline, 333, for citizens struggling to cope with the impacts of...
UN experts have recommended blacklisting 14 vessels for violating sanctions against North Korea in a report that accuses the country of increasing illegal coal exports, imports of petroleum products and...
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that at the critical moment when the world is combating the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting the World Health Organization (WHO)...
With its first export contract for delivery of the FTC-2000G multirole combat aircraft to an undisclosed Southeast Asian country, Guizhou Aviation Industry Corp can expect a surge in interested customers,...
The employees of KSMR have donated Tk 3.0 million to the relief fund of the deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram to assist the distressed people of coronavirus pandemic, says a...
A group of fraudsters is very active in the capital as they deceived the poor and homeless people taking money from them in the name of distributing the government’s relief....
People are dying alone from the coronavirus, a frightening reality consuming the human population. Families are forced to stay away from the dying patients as the fear of contagion runs...
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