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Reading is a lifelong journey for a person who really wants to take it up. Books are the source of enlightenment and work as an axe to break the ice...
Bangladesh Art Week (BAW) has organised a women-led art exhibition to dignify the female energy on this year's Women's Day. The initiative was taken to enhance the confidence of the...
The business ecosystem of Bangladesh may not be ideal, but that has not deterred the steady surge of entrepreneurs in recent years. Self-employment and the idea of being one's own...
An artificial intelligence (AI) model which can predict whether a COVID-19 patient will experience a severe illness has been jointly developed by researchers from China and the US. The research...
The impacts of COVID-19 on the country’s economic growth, job losses and upsurge in poverty are expected to be large, observed an economist. Though the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of...
Activities of all courts will remain suspended till April 9 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.A notification signed by Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar was issued on Wednesday...
As many troops as necessary will be deployed to stem the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh, Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed has said. “We will give as many as...
State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder on Wednesday urged the people not to go out of their houses without any emergency work to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Low...
Finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 member states has agreed on delivering a roadmap in response to the novel coronavirus. The ministers met on Tuesday through a...
The government is yet to finalise any move to bring back hundreds of Bangladeshi patients who are now passing hard times in India. According to foreign ministry sources, Bangladesh High...
The global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus has jumped to 42,151 as of Wednesday. It has so far infected 858,669 people around the world, reports UNB...
Banks in the country started implementing single digit 9.0 per cent interest rate for all kinds of loans except credit cards in compliance with the government directives, reports UNB. Banking...
A Bangladeshi citizen died from coronavirus at New Jersey in the USA on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Akbar Mazumder, 50, hailing from Hatli Paschim union of Hajiganj upazila,...
China will stick to the plan of opening its trillion-dollar asset management market to overseas institutions in April, a gesture that signals the country's determination to open up despite the...
China on Tuesday rolled out another batch of robust measures aimed at helping small businesses with hundreds of billions of dollars in extra funding and hundreds of millions of dollars...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has donated BDT 50 million to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund to help fight the outbreak of coronavirus. The bank handed over the money...
The government will provide financial assistance to Bangladeshi expatriates, living in some European and Middle East countries, as they are facing a precarious situation due to the crisis evolved over...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the readymade garment (RMG) industry will get loan on two per cent interest. “It isn’t a grant. The loan will have to be repaid...
A total of 182 people were sent to home quarantine in different upazilas across Rangamati district to avoid further transmission of novel coronavrius. Among them, 90 were released after completing...
For the first time since 1972, no passenger crossed the border through Hili check post on Tuesday as India is enforcing a countrywide lockdown and Bangladesh has limited the movement...
The government has issued a notification extending the general holidays until April 11 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. The notification was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on...
Expressing deep concern, local right groups on Wednesday called on the government to stand besides all marginalised workers including informal and low-income ones amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Although Bangladesh has...
South Korea has received requests from 121 countries for help with coronavirus testing, a foreign ministry official of the country said on Wednesday, as authorities around the world come under...
In view of COVID-19 pandemic, BUILD, a private think tank stressed the need for detailed analysis by a pool of researchers to understand and assess need of the country and...
More than 300 Japanese nationals are set to leave Dhaka for Tokyo by a special chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday morning amid COVID-19 pandemic. The Biman’s Boeing...
The government has cancelled all public programmes marking Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, to avoid mass gatherings as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel...
Huawei released its 2019 Annual Report on Tuesday in Shenzhen, China, detailing a solid business performance. The company's global sales revenue in 2019 rounded off at CNY858.8 billion (USD 123...
A total of 654 people are currently under home-quarantine in Cumilla district to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. Civil Surgeon Dr Mohamamd Niatuzzaman said three people were sent to home-quarantine...
In the face of a global outbreak of COVID-19; Bangladesh Government along with different private and public authorities have been working tirelessly to ensure the safety and well-being of the...
A Myanmar court charged a journalist, who published an interview with the Arakan Army rebel group, under a terrorism law on Tuesday. The court in the second largest city, Mandalay,...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Wednesday said the government has taken all necessary steps to address the crisis of milk, eggs, fish and meat during the ongoing...
The newly installed regional laboratory to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) patients started functioning in Rajshahi on Wednesday, reports BSS. The laboratory has been established in four rooms of the Department of...
A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital last week said on Tuesday he had himself been diagnosed with the virus. According to...
India will likely relax some export restrictions on pharmaceutical products soon due to intense pressure from the United States, which is worried about drug shortages as the number of coronavirus...
More than 95 per cent of brands and retailers refused to contribute to the cost of partial wages for garment factory workers who were temporarily suspended in Bangladesh. A study...
Bangladesh plans to release 3,000 prisoners, who are facing trials in different cases, amid deep-running fears of a coronavirus outbreak in crowded jails. The jail authority has sent a proposal...
Britain’s government said on Wednesday it would ramp up the number of coronavirus tests amid widespread criticism that it was doing far too few, as ministers suggested that shortages of...
A woman died from fever and cold-related diseases at Bandokati village in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rashida Khatun, 25, wife of Sirajul...
The current coronavirus outbreak is the biggest challenge for the world since World War Two, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned. He said it could bring a recession "that...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) made a contribution of Taka 50 million to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund to help fight the outbreak of coronavirus, says a press statement...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Rakuten Viber are collaborating to fight the misinformation spreading around the topic of COVID-19 with an interactive multi-language chatbot that will be available globally....
Over 2,000 workers of Benapole Land Port have been jobless for past nine days as the export-import activities through the port remained suspended since March 24 in a bid to...
Iran’s president said on Wednesday the United States had missed a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country during the coronavirus outbreak, though he said the penalties had not...
Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims to wait until there is more clarity about the coronavirus pandemic before planning to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the minister for hajj and umrah...
Multi-storey and under-construction buildings in Dhaka house more dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes than any other place as the city reels from a coronavirus shutdown, according to a survey. The survey was...
Asian stocks clung to gains on Wednesday, helped by a bounce in Australian shares, but risks for equities remain large as the coronavirus pandemic rattles the underpinnings of the global...
The World Bank has approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh cope with one of the world’s largest forced exoduses. These grants will help Bangladesh...
Bangladesh has confirmed another death from the novel coronavirus, taking the toll to six. The tally of infections also rose to 54 after three more people tested positive for the...
A readymade garment (RMG) factory at Jarun area in Gazipur city caught fire on Wednesday. Fire service sources said the fire erupted at the semi-pacca building which houses ‘Islam Garments’...
Two people were killed when a truck ran them over on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road at Charanipara in Nandail upazila of Mymesingh district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rashid,...
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