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The government has urged Bangladeshis returning from six countries -- China, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Iran and Thailand -- to be self-quarantined for 14 days in a bid to prevent...
West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDCL) has undertaken a programme to create over 800 efficient electric technicians in the next five years as part of its move to celebrate...
A three-day festival is scheduled to begin on Sunday afternoon at Lalon Akhra in Chheuria village in Kumarkhali upazila remembering the legendry Baul Lalon Shah. The Lalon Academy, in association...
A total of 75,985 motorcycles were registered in February 2020 across the country, official data showed. Of the two-wheelers, 16,284 were registered in Dhaka alone during the period, according to...
One hundred and one countries and regions have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday morning, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Fadela Chaib told Xinhua. A total of 105,427...
Opening batswomen Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney scored glittering half-centuries as a ruthless Australia crushed India by 85 runs to win a record-extending fifth Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in front...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three snatchers from Dhalpur area of Jatrabari in the capital on Saturday night. The arrestees are - Md Ripon, 21, of Sarail in Brahmanbaria,...
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed three coronavirus cases for the first time in Bangladesh. IEDCR Director Professor Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora gave the information...
While launching the New Incoterms 2020 Rules at a city hotel in Dhaka on Sunday, commerce minister Tipu Munshi said Bangladesh's trade is expanding year-on-year, so practice of the Incoterms...
UNICEF has called for refraining from sharing information from untrustworthy or unverified sources as social media virtual world continues to be overrun with misinformation over coronavirus. The UN agency's deputy...
The High Court on Sunday cancelled its earlier order that granted six months bail to Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, who was arrested during the anti-casino drive, in an...
Jatiya Party contestant Solaiman Alam Sheth on Sunday withdrew from the mayoral race of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for March 29. Solaiman informed journalists about his decision...
A Khulna court has handed down the death penalty to five people over the murder of a schoolteacher, Taskin Hossain Toyon, in 2018. The district's Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Md...
Chartered Life Insurance Ltd , has recently signed an agreement with AAA Finance & Investment Limited for raising fund through Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the Head Office of Chartered...
The Maldives on Saturday reported its first two confirmed cases of new coronavirus, and placed two of its island resorts under lockdown, as authorities conducted further tests to try to...
Mastercard has announced the winners of its ‘Magical Barcelona’ campaign at a ceremony held at a city hotel in Dhaka. This marked the culmination of the two-month campaign launched...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently organized the BAMLCO Conference 2020, a day-long forum of the Branch Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCOs) of the bank at a convention...
An Incredible Read-Aloud event was recently held at the Standard Chartered head office premise for an audience of the bank’s employees and their children. During the session, HerStory Foundation...
Saudi Arabia slashed its official selling price (OSP) for April for all its crude grades to all destinations, after OPEC’s oil supply cut pact with Russia fell apart on Friday,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the country’s womenfolk have been showing their efficiency in every sector capitalising the opportunities of her government extended to them. “We have been...
Town Hall Meet-2020 with Sylhet Regional Branches of Standard Bank Ltd was held on Saturday at “Rose View Hotel”, Sylhet. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Khondoker Rashed Maqsood...
For women entrepreneurs, the co-working space ‘Workstation101’ is offering a 25 per cent discount on all services throughout the year. The company’s CEO, Eushra Nashmin, said such initiative was taken...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently organised a seminar titled ‘The role of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the IUB in the UN Framework Convention on...
BOGURA: Commercial catfish cultivation has brought smile on the faces of farmers in the district. Sources said, catfish was declining fast from the local water bodies due to excessive use...
The government's fire service organisation found 329 public and private buildings across the country in 2019 hazardous in terms of inadequate and poor safety measures. The Bangladesh Fire Service and...
Mango growers in Jhenidah are delighted as profuse bloom this season is predicting a bumper yield of the succulent delicious summer fruit. Though there has been a light rainfall, it...
Director (Administration) of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) Dr Mirza Mofazzal Islam developed a new salinity and submergence tolerant rice variety named BINA Dhan-23. This rice plants are able...
Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday, after state media said the place...
Parents now can know about any disease of a baby in the womb or any genetic, immunological or infectious disease through molecular test in Bangladesh. The National Institute of Laboratory...
Uber Technologies said on Saturday it will offer compensation to drivers and delivery people diagnosed with the coronavirus or placed in quarantine for up to 14 days. The company has...
The International Women's Day is being celebrated in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Sunday highlighting women’s rights and equality. The theme for International Women’s Day 2020 is...
Domestic electronic goods manufacturers have sought 20-per cent cash incentive for the next 10 years to promote and diversify the sector, officials said. Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise Manufacturers Association (BEMMA) has...
Prices of powdered milk of many brands increased in Bangladesh's market in the last couple of days which the traders attributed to an upward trend in prices of the essential...
Two more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Washington state, officials said on Saturday (local time), bringing the nationwide toll to 19, while the number of confirmed cases in...
Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, imposing restrictions on the movement of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to contain a widening...
Eastern Housing Limited (EHL), a listed company, continued its steady growth in net profit for the last four years. The company reported its net profit of Tk 345.52 million for...
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Naoki Ito has expressed the hope that Bangladesh's economic growth will continue at 8.0 per cent this fiscal year (FY) despite negative impact of the coronavirus...
Speakers at a programme on Saturday said lenders and digital financial technology service providers need to team up to help slash borrowing costs for smaller firms. They said cottage, small,...
Dalia Aktar (23) lost all hopes to lead a normal life when she returned home abused while working in Saudi Arabia. She got her backbone and a leg fractured while...
FARIDPUR, Mar 08: Toll from the Gorai Bridge to meet the construction cost is being collected for the last 29 years since the bridge was opened. Sources said, collecting toll...
Globally, the latest threat to public health is the 'Corona Virus Disease-2019', ('COVID-19'), which is essentially a respiratory disease. It was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. What...
Who cares for the depositors who provide life-blood to the banking sector? Single digit lending rate of 9.0 per cent is going to be in force from April 01, 2020...
Realisation of advance income tax (AIT) on profit calculated notionally, not on the basis of audited financials, is bound to raise scepticism. And those who are made to pay that...
Against the backdrop of the on-going SME Fair 2020 in the city and the government's renewed interest to help bolster growth and expansion of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...
Before the start of the wide use of video games and, later, outlets like Facebook among the teenagers, it was the 'out-books' on which they would find themselves hooked. Not...
As Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was felicitating American president Donald Trump Delhi remained convulsed for four days in the last week of February by horrific anti-Muslim violence instigated by...
A hotel building in south-eastern China's Quanzhou city collapsed Saturday night, according to the city government statement. Several state media, including People’s Daily, confirmed the hotel has been used as...
The International Women's Day, observed worldwide on March 08 since 1911, reflects unity, action, awareness from global to the local level. International Women's Day 2020 has special significance for gender...
Throughout history, crisis and human progress have often gone hand in hand. While the growing COVID-19 pandemic could strengthen nationalism and isolationism and accelerate the retreat from globalisation, the outbreak...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the appeal of Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 speech as eternal as it will continue to energise the people across the globe for ages. “The...
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