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Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday predicted that rain may occur at different parts of the country, with hails at isolated places, in the next 24 hours commencing from 9:00am....
The government suspended 12 public representatives, including three Union Parishad chairmen and nine members, over the embezzlement of government relief amid the coronavirus crisis. The Local Government Department issued separate...
Prime Bank Limited Sunday organized an online press conference to mark its 25th anniversary. In view of the present Coronavirus outbreak situation, the bank has held the Meet the Press...
Australia on Sunday added to growing pressure on China over its handling of the novel coronavirus, questioning its transparency and demanding an international investigation into the origins of the virus...
Midland Bank's customers can withdraw money at other bank's ATM (Automated Teller Machine) without charge during the government-announced holidays. The Bank took the decision for the convenience of its customers...
Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA) and Walton donated 750 personal protection equipment (PPE) for the doctors, nurses and medical staff of different hospitals in Sylhet. Foreign Minister Dr A...
The government has moved to ensure health safety for the personnel working at the BSCIC industrial estates amid the coronavirus outbreak, an official said. Under the initiative, Bangladesh Small and...
Mr. Noodles, country’s leading noodles brand, has come forward to support Bidyanondo Foundation’s ongoing program Ek Takay Ahar (one taka meal). Noodles has been distributed recently among forty thousand poor...
Modhumoti Bank Limited has come forward to serve the humanitarian cause in the situation of coronavirus epidemic. Under the CSR program, Modhumoti Bank Limited has been providing food items to...
Brazil’s central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that Latin America’s largest economy will begin to recover from the coronavirus crisis in the fourth quarter, according to an...
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has provided significant amount of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other urgently needed medical supplies to the Government of Bangladesh to...
Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) announced that the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has given the HUAWEI P40 Series the highly coveted TIPA World Awards 2020, crowning the three flagship...
India has not yet taken a decision on when to lift or ease restrictions on domestic and international flights and urged airlines to take travel bookings only after a final...
Seven more people died of the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Sunday, raising the tally to 91. Meanwhile, 312 others were...
The government has formed a 17-member ‘national technical advisory committee’ led by Mohammod Shahidullah, a neonatologist, to find ways to prevent the worsening coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Directorate...
Facebook authorities on Sunday launched a third-party fact-checking programme in Bangladesh to reduce the spread of misinformation and improve the quality of the news people find online. Facebook will partner...
In order to support the common people of the region during the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL) has distributed food items and daily essentials amongst 3000 families of...
Police Headquarters on Sunday formed a three-member committee to look into the huge gathering at the funeral of senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish at Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria ignoring...
Although employees at different private institutions are continuing to work from home during the ongoing government-declared general holidays, most government employees are enjoying the holidays without attending offices online. Experts...
Turkey’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82,329, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday (Turkey standard time), overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total...
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning. It had an AQI score of 145 at 8:30am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy...
Amazon has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters news agency. The...
As the world struggles to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and its huge disruption to livelihood, economy and health systems, the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation has intensified solidarity and cooperation...
Spanish children have been kept indoors since 14 March, under strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Now Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez aims to relax the rule on 27...
Pakistan has lifted restrictions on congregational prayers at mosques, but put in place a host of safety conditions to avert the further spread of the coronavirus in the country, a...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an order on Saturday, allowing the Chattogram-based private inland container depots (ICDs) or off-docks to handle six more imported goods. The goods are...
US President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing over...
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the...
The OC of Sarail Police Station in Brahmanbaria has been withdrawn after tens of thousands of people joined the funeral prayers of an Islamic party leader ignoring a lockdown over...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has said the government will use the money of the less important development projects for the welfare of the people in...
Many Bangladeshi workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were facing food shortage as they have no money left with them, workers said, alleging that there is a lack...
The number of conducted tests for confirming Covid-19 infection is not matching with the number of suspected patients across the country, as 30 per cent of the asymptomatic patients still...
Prices of both chicken eggs and meat have hit 12-year low due to the countrywide shutdown that caused a supply disruption as well as a fall in demand. Such low...
The government has requested the World Bank, or WB, to disburse US$250 million as budgetary support within this fiscal from the $750 million the global lender had pledged to offer...
In times of calamity leading to a fuzzy picture, a few worries continue to trouble the sensible people in society. Varied types of rumours top the list. Apart from them,...
Export is the lifeline of the Bangladesh economy, though excessive reliance on a few products has stagnated the growth of some potential products. For sustenance of business, the country needs...
The decision taken by a number of Gulf nations to send back a sizeable number of Bangladeshi migrant workers is set to inflict yet another blow to the country's economy...
The death of Sylhet doctor Moyeen Uddin from COVID-19 has exposed the creaky state of the country’s healthcare system, leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance have said. “It proves the...
Leaders of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) urged the government to start a rationing system for journalists during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the organisation said its President Quddus...
As many as 370 factories have missed the Apr 16 deadline for payment of workers amid the coronavirus lockdown despite warning of legal action, according to government data, reports bdnews24.com....
Around 1.92 million Mobile Financial Service (MFS) accounts have been created since April 4 in the readymade garment (RMG) sector following a government move to provide salaries and allowances of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has taken measures to ensure food security for the country’s people considering the possible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve taken...
India has stepped up scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, in what is widely seen as a move to stave off takeovers by Chinese firms during the...
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and BNP exposed themselves as very irresponsible through their statements over AL relief committee without understanding it properly. He...
The world economy is on the precipice of its worst crisis since World War II. As the newly updated Brookings-FT TIGER (Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery) makes clear,...
14 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Narsingdi and Cumilla districts in the past 24 hours as of Saturday as the pandemic continues to spread in Bangladesh. According to...
The current financial crisis, triggered as a result of withholding or delaying payment of assessed contributions by Member States, is nothing new to the United Nations. We have travelled that...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its World Economic Outlook for 2020 and 2021 last Tuesday (April 14). Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the world currently looking like some kind...
The right to protection of law and access to justice are fundamental rights, which are enshrined in the Constitution of Bangladesh. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has, in effect, suspended the...
The videographer of Independent Television, who tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of April, has fully recovered from his infection as of Saturday. The journalist was discharged from...
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