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Several factory owners are planning to continue operations by trimming their workforces in a bid to offset the economic implications of the coronavirus crisis, according to the Department of Inspection...
Chattogram Urea Fertilizer Factory Limited (CUFL) has resumed its production after 13 months of closure due to mechanical defects and gas crisis. The largest fertiliser factory of South Asia began...
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has announced late fee waiver for the renewal of national domains, dot bangla (.bangla) and dot bd (.bd). Considering the unwanted situation rendered by...
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) donated food and coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention stuff among the poor families in Mirsarai Upazila of Chattogram district. These families are badly hit by the...
Welcoming a total Tk 727.5 billion stimulus package announced by the prime minister to recover the economy from the coronavirus impact, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) chairperson Abul Kasem Khan...
The government has extended the nationwide shutdown by three more days to April 14 in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus that infected 88 people and killed...
Cumilla Metropolitan Muktijuddha Sontan Command, in association with the representative of LGRD Minister, has distributed PPEs among the doctors and health workers of Comilla Medical College Hospital. They also gave...
Cyber police unit of Detective Branch (DB) arrested a lawyer from Uttar Badda area in the capital on Saturday night over allegation of spreading rumour on Facebook. The arrestee is...
One more person died from the coronavirus disease in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to nine, health and family welfare minister Zahid Malik has said....
The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a health/travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus outbreak. The embassy remains open for business, it noted in an alert...
Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a “war budget” to separate coronavirus-related spending from the government’s main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its international and domestic flights until April 14 to restrict the spread of coronavirus (COVID 19) in the country. Mokabbir Hossain, managing...
Police officers have been ordered to restrict the flow of people in and out of Dhaka after a huge influx of workers into the capital on Saturday sparked fears of...
Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) Dr Selim Raihan has proposed a two-year recovery plan for Bangladesh instead of the 8th Five Year Plan now. He...
A farmer suffering from cold, cough, fever and respiratory problems died at Chakratala village in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Sunday morning, nine hours after his house was put under...
A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said on Saturday after masts in...
The local administration has put Singair municipality of Manikganj district under lockdown after a man tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Upazila Nirbahi Officer Runa Laila made the announcement around Saturday...
Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased,...
Former Moulvibazar MP and freedom fighter Md Sirajul Islam died from coronavirus in the USA on Saturday evening. He was undergoing treatment at Elmhurst Hospital in New York where he...
It was late on Sunday night when officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh received the alert. Federal authorities said they needed to track down more than 1,000...
The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide has topped 1.2 million, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday evening. A total of 1,201,591 people have been...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a total financial package of Tk 727.5 billion, including the previously announced Tk 50 billion, in efforts to face the possible impact of the...
A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home, crowding streets and causing traffic jams across...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is announcing the government’s work plan at a briefing to overcome the possible impacts of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak on the economy. The briefing started at 10:00am...
An ongoing mild heat wave sweeping across parts of Bangladesh is likely to persist, the Met Office said Sunday. In a regular forecast, it said a mild heat wave sweeping...
Britain took delivery of 300 ventilators from China on Saturday (UK standard time) and more will start being produced soon by a consortium of aerospace, engineering, and Formula One teams,...
Optimum use of different information technology (IT) services can help offset the work loss of professionals to some extent amid the prevailing social distancing regime in the wake of Covid-19...
The country's overseas employment sector would face a blow for a long period of time due to coronavirus pandemic, according to a prediction by RMMRU. It said the inward remittances...
Three listed banks have recommended dividend ranging between 10 per cent and 16 per cent for the year ended on December 31, 2019. Of three banks, one witnessed rise in...
A day after the health minister's warning, the Directorate of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Saturday launched a special drive at the capital's private healthcare centres to make a...
The recent government instruction to support the livestock sector, including dairy farmers, during the ongoing countrywide shutdown has hardly benefited the marginal dairy farmers, insiders have said. As a result,...
Women entrepreneurs are likely to face major hit in their businesses centring coronavirus pandemic in the country due to lack of adequate back up strength as they have already missed...
Garment factories will remain open from today (Sunday) only at Savar off the city despite the ongoing shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said. Considering the overall situation, Bangladesh Garment...
Italy has seen a sharp fall in official reports of domestic violence as it approaches a month under coronavirus lockdown, raising concern among some support groups that forced confinement is...
Although the streets have been largely empty for nearly two weeks now, air in Bangladesh’s capital city barely showed any sign of improvement as Dhaka ranked third worst in the...
New York state has recorded 630 more coronavirus deaths, another daily record that takes its toll to 3,565. Most deaths have been in New York City. The state now has...
Poor demand amid the virtual lockdown has hit hard the farmers as they are forced to sell perishable items at much low rates than their production costs. The shutdown has...
Police have recommended the suspension of more than 100 social media accounts for allegedly spreading rumours about the novel coronavirus. Another 100 accounts are under surveillance, Assistant Inspector General Anjuman...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the owners to keep their factories closed until April 11 to help tackle the spread of coronavirus. BGMEA President Rubana...
Think about an inkjet printer having six cartridges printing simultaneously. Instead of inks of different colours, these cartridges hold materials such as various metals, plastics, and ceramics in each cartridge....
This year started with the news of the appearance of a new virus, Covid-19. The impact and severity of its effects in public health, mortality and the world economy are...
Members of police and armed forces have been continuing their efforts to strictly maintain social distancing alongside ensuring home quarantine to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus. They also sprayed disinfectants...
More than 1.1 million people were infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 60,049 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections were reported in more than 200...
The first Amar Ekushey programme at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka in free Bangladesh was held without any disruption. Few in the country had expected that the Victory Day...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved a master plan recently to free all major rivers in and around Dhaka and Chattogram cities from encroachment and pollution by 2030, according to reports....
The support that has started coming in from both multilateral and bilateral donors at a fast pace to help the country combat the ongoing pandemic does deserve appreciation. According to...
The government has suggested member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to look for chartered flights instead of regular flights to repatriate their citizens as Bangladesh...
The title of the article to many readers may resemble Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera". That may be so, but the issue here is no fiction...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 more days until April 26 as the daily pace of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed...
Three teams of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) and three monitoring teams of Commerce Ministry conducted a day-long drive at eight hospitals and markets in Dhaka City...
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