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Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, a government minister said on Friday. Nepal, home to...
Liquid milk prices increased notably in last two days in the country battering the consumers. Prices of pasteurised packet milk of almost all brands increased to Tk 70 a litre...
Two of the three people who contracted coronavirus have recovered while the third is showing positive signs, the IEDCR says. Of the recovered, one has been sent home while the...
The IEDCR has said it detected no new case of coronavirus in the country in the last 24 hours. The government's disease control arm revealed this at a press briefing...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said on Thursday, prompting the Premier League to announce an emergency meeting on Friday. Arsenal’s first-team squad are...
Apple is reopening all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday, a company spokesman said, more than a month after they were shut in the wake of the...
The pharmaceuticals & chemicals sector dominated the top 10 turnover chart of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday. Of the 10 top turnover leaders, six were from the pharmaceuticals...
A vast tract of charland (shoal) emerged on the bed of the river Padma adjacent to Rajshahi city has become a boon for farmers as alluvial land of those chars...
Prices of pulses and loose edible oil increased further last week, augmenting the sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners who were already hit-hard by the cost hike of many...
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, and the outbreak prompted the province of Ontario...
This time, the High Court (HC) has sought information on the shares held by each director of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFS). At the same time, it...
The government has doubled the rate of its royalties from coal mining after eight years in a bid to increase revenue. From now on, underground coal extraction companies will have...
Natural gas production from the state-owned Titas gas-field is feared to be depleting rapidly due to 'failure' in installing well-head compressors on producing wells. Titas field is owned by the...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to construct Dhirasram Inland Container Depot (ICD) with government funds, dropping the idea to build it under public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements. BR took the decision...
Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Thursday no country in the Middle East has sought any medical certificate from Bangladeshi workers. Middle East states have also assured Dhaka...
Global stock markets crashed on Friday, ending a years-long bull run, with coronavirus panic selling hitting almost every asset class and leaving investors nowhere to hide. Half a trillion dollars...
Bangladesh Bank expects the economic growth to be buoyant during the current fiscal year, which will be in line with the budget target of 8.20 per cent. While the central...
Factories inside the country's export processing zones (EPZs) will enjoy tax exemption on import of 42 types of products. The manufacturing units are exempted from all sorts of import taxes...
A section of manpower recruiters have protested against new rules on classification of recruiting agencies saying that categorisation will patronise new syndication. They made the protest at a human chain...
Bangladesh Bank gave its final approval to one more non-banking financial institution on Thursday in a decision that raised eyebrows among analysts. The central bank asked Strategic Finance and Investments...
FARIDPUR, Mar 12: Cultivation of freshwater fish is increasing in Shariatpur district. At present, about 17,000 people are involved in fish production in the district. According to sources in the...
The Ministry of Food has achieved something remarkable---it has procured 0.627 million tonnes of Aman paddy this year. The quantity is the highest in nearly two and a half decades....
With the conclusion of the nine-day 8th National SME Product Fair yesterday at the Bangabandhu Conference Centre, the sector has made a bold statement of the role it plays in...
Call it panic buying or what you will, commonly used protective kits of coronavirus are becoming increasingly scarce across the country. Face masks, hand wash liquids and sanitisers, believed to...
A biopic is conventionally defined as a movie dealing with a legendary person's life. It could be a certain period taken from one's life, or one's long saga from boyhood...
Marketing is a tricky as well as puzzling subject to study. It refers to all activities a firm or company does to promote and sell products or services to consumers....
The government has cancelled all parades and gatherings planned for Mar 26 Independence Day throughout Bangladesh in an attempt to stop the coronavirus from spreading. The Cabinet Division announced the...
Typical disjunctures between the faster development of technological contraption and the far slower adjustment of classroom curricula may not only be worsening, but also moving beyond repair. Among the net...
I was in Islamabad last week on a project assignment for three weeks. After a week, I cut short my trip immediately following the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s global warning...
All valid visas issued by the Indian High Commission or the Assistant High Commissions of India in Bangladesh on or before March 12 will remain suspended from March 13 to...
The Tripura government has decided to shut down all the border haats (markets) with Bangladesh as part of the precautionary measures against novel coronavirus, reports The Telegraph, reports bdnews24.com. A...
The US government has mobilised $2.5 million through USAID to support Bangladesh’s COVID-19 readiness and response efforts. This USAID funding will support three priority areas -- strengthening infection prevention and...
As the coronavirus concern continues to intensify, local manufacturers fear that the pandemic may severely affect cellphone handset production in Bangladesh. "The production rate may drop by 30 to 40...
Two members of the Rohingya community with suspected ties to crimes died in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar’ on Thursday morning....
Five new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Thursday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to daily update from DGHS, ten...
At least 10 people were killed by mob beating across the country from January to February, according to a report by an independent rights body. The highest number of incidents...
Country’s leading conglomerate Summit Group has presented five thermal scanners to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFA) on Thursday to quickly and effectively identify body temperature of the...
Noting that the government is making its best efforts to fight coronavirus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the people of the country to properly follow the awareness-raising instructions...
The chances of a financial crisis are not high, Taiwan central bank governor Yang Chin-long told parliament on Thursday, reports Reuters. If the coronavirus continues to spread into the third...
Australia announced an A$17.63 billion ($11.41 billion) economic stimulus plan on Thursday that includes wage subsidies and cash payments for small businesses, to counter the impact of the coronavirus, reports...
The Indian stock market crashed on Thursday morning following incessant selling by investors on the United States imposing travel bans as well as India suspending visas amid rising number of...
Health minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday urged the Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries of the world not to return home right now unless it is a case of emergency....
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that it will make available 200 million US dollars through its Supply Chain Finance Programme for companies manufacturing and distributing medical supplies to...
A committee has been formed on Thursday over cutting off the hair of a tourist at Guliakhali Sea Beach in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district reportedly in presence of Assistant...
A Khagrachhari court on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his friend in 2011. The convict is Mohammad Yusuf. The court also fined him Tk...
Two members of the Rohingya community with suspected ties to crimes have died in a shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The incident...
Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, a 66-year-old man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February....
The India government has ordered upcoming international cricket matches to be played in empty stadiums, as travel operators warned of an unprecedented impact of a blanket visa ban by the...
Cuba confirmed on Wednesday the first three cases of the new coronavirus in its territory in three Italians who had travelled to the country on Monday, reports Reuters citing the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) closed its headquarters and the Philippines senate went into lockdown on Thursday, after visitors to both buildings in Manila tested positive for the coronavirus. Philippine...
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