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Leaders of the apparel sector trade-bodies, after a meeting on Monday, decided to keep ready-made garment (RMG) factories closed until April 14 in line with the public holiday, following much...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of 15 districts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions today on the present coronavirus situation in the...
Six more people have died from fever, cough and breathing complications in Faridpur, Chattogram, Barishal and Cumilla districts. In Faridpur, two septuagenarian men, who had been suffering from fever and...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care unit (ICU) on Monday night after his coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary...
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s chief Shah Ahmed Shafi has supported government’s instruction to say prayer at home avoiding mosques for now as part of its efforts to halt the spread of the...
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, once the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, will resume operation of nearly 100 passenger trains starting April 08, according to the local railway...
With the modernisation efforts and hasty development process, the globe witnessed appearance of a striking number of novel epidemic and pandemic viruses and the comeback of some known viruses to...
In the Preamble of the VAT and SD Act 2012, four objectives have been stipulated. Those are (1) expansion of the base for imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT), Supplementary...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. It was unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health...
The Australian government has made a number of changes to temporary-visa-holder arrangements in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic to make it easier for Bangladeshi and other international students to...
Vivo announced that it will be extending the warranty of its smartphones till May 31. This extension applies to whose warranty was expired on March 25. In the wake of...
A fiscal package of Tk 727.50 billion that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced to cushion the economy against the ongoing slowdown is well-timed. It is believed to be of...
A 5G unmanned delivery car delivered goods at the Beijing Institute of Technology in Beijing, capital of China on Monday (April 06). A 5G unmanned delivery car was put into...
The importance of school classes being telecast on BTV two times a day can in no way be belittled. The novel initiative will at least keep the class VI-class X...
The lockdown following the sudden outbreak of corona virus (Covid-19) has transformed people from being social to isolated human beings as a means of combating the pandemic. The effects of...
An emergent million-dollar Covid-19 question: should the supply chains snapped by the outbreak, lockdowns, and quarantines be restored or replaced, given the climbing breakdown costs? With its dominant ready-made garment...
The Covid-19 fallout may result in a significant fall in the coming months in the inflow of remittance, considered the lifeline of many rural families. This, experts say, amid slump...
Motor vehicle importers have urged the government to exempt port fare as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread in the country. According to UNB, they also sought suspension of car...
Bangladesh high commission in Brunei will provide foods and financial supports to jobless Bangladeshis staying there to help them to overcome present crises, caused by COVID-19 pandemic. So far, they...
The novel coronavirus has spread to 15 districts of Bangladesh with four clusters detected in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Madaripur and Gaibandha, according to the government. Director General of Health Services Abul...
A draft law has proposed harsher punishment for marketing and exporting fish or fish products mixing harmful chemicals. The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Fish and Fish...
The Cabinet on Monday directed the administration and law enforcement agencies to implement the government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday urged the authorities concerned of private universities to refrain from taking examinations and conducting admission activities online. It was found that some universities...
Standard Chartered (the Group) has recently announced a set of global measures to serve the present and long-term needs of its clients, communities and employees in the face of...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top government figures will take a 30 per cent salary cut this year, a government minister said on Monday, as the country tackles...
As internet traffic has surged during the coronavirus shutdown, netizens are complaining about the slow speed that impedes the uploading and downloading of data. People who are carrying out office...
State-owned Sonali Bank Limited, Janata Bank Limited, Agrani Bank and Rupali Bank Limited jointly donated Taka 50 million to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare fund to help fight deadly...
Low-income people, especially slum dwellers, who have been left with no work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the coronavirus were seen waiting at different intersections of the city...
Due to coronavirus situation, Eastern University has begun started taking online classes for the students, says a press release. Professor Dr Shahid Akhtar Hossain, vice chancellor of Eastern University, said...
With the current COVID-19 crisis, many of the 430 million children affected by school closures in South Asia are now in danger of dropping out of the education system. Vulnerable...
The 7th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will begin at 5:00pm on April 18. President Abdul Hamid summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Clause...
All shops, superstores and kitchen markets in Dhaka to will be closed by 7:00pm every day as the coronavirus outbreak in the country continued to intensify. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
The cabinet has fixed the office time during the fasting month of Ramadan from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm for all offices of government, semi- government, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies....
Bangladesh Meteorological Department predicted that the ongoing heat wave might continue and spread in the country in the next 24 hours commencing at 9:00am on Monday. “Mild heat wave is...
India's federal health ministry on Monday morning said the death toll due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in India rose to 109 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country...
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 3,059 including 45 deaths in Pakistan, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry. The statistics...
No more than five people can congregate in mosques for prayers, the government has said in a notice. The decision is meant to bridle the escalation of coronavirus cases in...
More than 100 garment factories remained open in Savar and Ashulia ignoring safety concerns of the workers and calls to shut down amid concerns over a coronavirus outbreak in the...
The United Kingdom has announced around 21 million pounds to support Bangladesh’s efforts to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and help preparedness in the Rohingya refugee camps. The funds include...
Forty-four Bangladeshis, who were stuck in West Bengal, returned home through Benapole on Monday under special arrangement. They had been stranded in Kolkata since March 26 after the suspension of...
Collective efforts will be required to overcome the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide on Bangladesh’s exports and remittance earnings. Saying this, president of American Chamber of Commerce (AmChem)...
Britain’s constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons’ minds: what happens if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in hospital after persistent symptoms of coronavirus,...
Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person’s ventilator tube became detached. As she worked to help the patient, she knew fluid from the person’s...
The board of directors of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recommended 25 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019, officials said. A meeting of board...
The Supreme Court has extended the holiday for courts by two more days to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. April 14, the first day of Bengali New Year, will be...
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC), an international company of China recently donated rice for the corona affected poor people of Anwara Upazilla in Chattogram. Xu Duo, a representative of...
Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 12. Besides, 35 other people were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the period,...
Chittagong Port Authority, or CPA, has said consignees will not require any mandatory payment of penal rents if they clear their goods from the port yards during the ongoing general...
The country’s two bourses will remain closed until April 14 as the government extended the holiday to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). The government on Sunday issued a...
Italy registered 525 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the lowest one-day total since March 19, health officials said Sunday. The country registered its one-day high of 969 fatalities...
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