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Two Bangladeshis carrying foreign passports were refused entry into Bangladesh after they landed at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday. Flight BG...
All tourist spots in Cox's Bazar including sea beaches have become empty after the government ban on Wednesday. The government has imposed a ban on public gathering and tourist arrivals...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 21 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with Monno Ceramic generating the highest turnover. According to the DSE data,...
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) gets a short code of 10655 to disseminate coronavirus-related information for people. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regul-atory Commission (BTRC) allotted the code...
Shipping lines, which operate containers to and from Bangladesh, have expressed grave concern over stoppage of handling export cargoes by inland container depots (ICDs) in Chattogram. The depots or off-docks...
The government will stamp the people returning from abroad through land, water and airports, aiming at their quarantine at home or any other specified places. Planning minister MA Mannan spoke...
The government on Thursday endorsed a Tk 1.93 trillion development programme slashing allocations by Tk 98 billion from the original outlay due mainly to the poor implementation by public agencies....
The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping...
Sales in the capital's shopping malls have fallen drastically over the last few days as panic over the pandemic gripped city residents. A visit to the city super markets revealed...
India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, in a case that...
The central bank has unveiled a stimulus package to help businesses ride out the storm of the pandemic, officials said. Under the package, businessmen will get a string of benefits,...
The Internet refers to the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It has brought massive revolution in our communication...
Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, celebrated the 100th birthday of its founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on March 17, 2020. In 1971, inspired by their leader Bangabandhu...
Dhaka has been in the grip of panic buying for the last few days. The reason is quite obvious. It is no other emergency but coronavirus that has compelled people...
China has historically closed its financial markets to foreign investors and businesses as it strove to support local Chinese businesses and bolster its local economy, yet a recent change in...
The coronavirus outbreak has already impacted many sporting events across the world. In cricket itself, the action-packed Pakistan Super League (PSL 2020) got suspended just prior to the commencement of...
While the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been laying particular emphasis on testing the coronavirus suspects, the health authorities here, deliberately or otherwise, has preferred to be indifferent to the...
The government has imposed a restriction on all kinds of political, social, cultural and religious gatherings in an effort to contain the further spread of novel coronavirus in the country....
The 3.0 billion credit scheme launched by the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman may be viewed as an endorsement of his...
Transport Workers Union of the district on Thursday suspended all the long-haul bus services from Rajshahi aiming to curb the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19. Mahatab Hossain Chowdhury, General Secretary...
Considering the country's laudable performance on the economic front as evidenced by its steady GDP growth -- 8.1 per cent in FY 18-19 and 7.9 per cent in FY 17-18...
In the context of economic development, the ability of a country to raise tax revenue is mainly determined by its tax system design and the efficiency of tax collection and...
Last week's largest single-day stock-market crash in several locations was caused directly and immediately by President Donald Trump's March 11 announcement of a month-long travel-ban upon European countries. Of the...
It comes up as a foregone conclusion. After the onslaught made by every hitherto unknown disease, mankind confronts a common scenario: the rush for discovery of a cure. In line...
The local authorities in Madaripur’s Shibchar Upazila have ordered all shops, business entities and public transports shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The order, effective from Thursday evening,...
The new coronavirus kills one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday, as the death toll in the Middle East worst-affected country climbed to...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday suspended all kinds of cricket in the country for an indefinite period, aiming to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Board president Nazmul Hasan told...
South Korea, China and Singapore are among the Asian countries facing a second coronavirus wave, spurred by people importing it from outside, reports BBC. China, where the virus first emerged,...
The government has banned tourist gatherings in the Sundarbans amid growing concern over global coronavirus outbreak. Khulna divisional forest conservator Md Moinuddin Khan said tourism has been banned in the...
The Supreme Court has ordered the authorities not to produce prisoners and suspects in courts for legal proceedings amid growing coronavirus risks, says a bdnews24.com report. “The presence of prisoners...
Bangladesh has assigned the army to build quarantine facilities for people with coronavirus symptoms at the Bishwa Ijtema venue in Tongi, reports bdnews24.com. Health Minister Zahid Malik announced the decision...
Around 50 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at College Gate in Rangamati early Thursday. The fire started around 3:30am at a shop and spread to adjoining...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said more than 5,000 people have been quarantined to prevent the transmission of coronavirus or COVID- 19. The minister disclosed the figure while talking...
Another young man has been tested positive for coronavirus in the district, raising the total number of corona cases to 18 in the country. Dr ASM Maruf, the Civil Surgeon...
The central bank of Bangladesh is going to announce a bailout programme soon aiming to facilitate the country’s foreign trade that faces a setback following the coronavirus outbreak. Under the...
The High Court on Thursday directed the Civil Aviation Authority and Foreign Secretary to take necessary steps to hand over foreign-returnees to law enforcers to keep them in compulsory quarantine...
New Zealand closed its borders to all foreigners from midnight on Thursday, as it stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country, reports Reuters. Prime...
The central bank of Bangladesh has relaxed its policy asking the scheduled banks to suspend adverse classification of any loans till June 30 to facilitate business activities that have been...
The key index of the prime bourse recovered 371 points or more than 10 per cent on Thursday in a 30 minutes trading session due to circuit breaker system. Trading...
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have asked residential students to leave their dormitories by 6pm on Friday as coronavirus scare has gripped the country. The decision came from an emergency syndicate...
Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday it will halt all international flights from late March until at least the end of May and is putting two-thirds of its workforce on...
Trading at both the bourses started at 2:00pm on Thursday — a three hours delay that resulted from setting emergency circuit breaks on stock prices. It will continue until 2:30pm...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday cancelled all its flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi line with the decision of the UAE. Flights to and from the two destinations will...
Amid the growing fears of coronavirus, the government has closed archaeological sites and museums to visitors until April 02. The closure decision was taken in the interests of safeguarding public...
Trading at the bourses will now begin at 2:00pm today (Thursday) instead of 1:0pm, DSE said in a statement. However, people filmier with matter said, trading may be suspended today...
Bangladesh has confirmed three new cases of coronavirus, all from the same family, taking the total to 17. The victims, including two men and a woman, came into contact with...
Dr Ashraf Siddiqui, a noted poet, folklorist and former director general of Bangla Academy, died due to old age complications at a hospital in the city early Thursday. He was...
A rally of Muslim pilgrims that is drawing thousands of people to Indonesia has been stopped amid fears that it could help spread the new coronavirus, an official said. For...
The economic and labour crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million, a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Thursday....
In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul’s busy train...
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