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The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday, as two US airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases...
A private enterprise has sought the government's approval to import 100 million pieces of eggs from India, officials said, although the domestic production would be enough to meet the country's...
Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila early Wednesday. The identities of the deceased...
Businesses are facing difficulties to submit their VAT returns online following repeated complexities and cumbersome procedures. A number of large businesses have already lodged complaints with the VAT authority, as...
Bangladesh backtracks from its ambitious economic growth target as it takes a 'conservative approach' amid possible local and global shocks, analysts have said. In its next eighth five-year plan (FYP),...
BENAPOLE: Indian truck drivers and helpers are entering Bangladesh through Benapole Land Port, along with imported goods, without coronavirus test. Sources said, only travellers from India are being tested for...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 04: Entrepreneurs in Rajshahi have demanded hassle-free banking facilities for smooth operation of their business. While expressing their opinions at a workshop organised on National Productivity and Quality...
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been passed fit by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s chief physician Dr Debashis Roy, following a hamstring injury. He will be available for the domestic...
Britain will bring forward a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to announce on Tuesday, reports Arab News....
The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal - a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power, reports AP. The so-called low-yield...
In a post-independent Bangla movie, Triratno (three jewels), three unemployed friends found a coin on the street and one explained, "I found eight Aana (one Aana equivalent to around six...
The new platform called RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) is no doubt a turning point in so far as it promises to bring the entire chain of garment manufacturing in the...
The under-construction Metro Rail and Dhaka Elevated Expressway, eagerly awaited for their potential to ease Dhaka's proverbial traffic congestion, are going through birth pangs, so to speak, and severely at...
Of the various disaster risk mitigation Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) run by the Government of Bangladesh, this article discusses three major ones. These are Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF), Gratuitous...
Widely blamed for volatile "flash crashes" in currencies and equities, high-frequency algorithms may also be why shock global events, including the current coronavirus, seem to have lost their power to...
There are around 1.5 million cancer patients in the country with 150,000 of them dying each year, said an expert on Tuesday. Prof Dr Sabera Khatun, former chair of Gynae...
It is quite encouraging that Bangladesh's ranking in global gender gap index has risen to 50th in 2020 from that of 91st in 2006 - the first year of publishing...
After more than 70 years of terror, killings, torture, and disappearances, the international community must renew its efforts to end the conflict in Kashmir. In 2018 and 2019, the Office...
If the business community gets real benefits due to policy reforms, then the government’s initiatives to uphold Bangladesh’s position in the ease of doing business index would add value. Adviser...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four persons for leaking fake question papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from the city’s Pallabi area and Savar, outskirts of the...
Merchandise shipments fell by 5.21 per cent during the first seven months of current fiscal year (FY20), as export earnings continue to witness downtrend in recent months. Total export earnings...
The government on Tuesday reappointed Abul Kalam Azad as the Managing Director and Chief Editor of state-run national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) for two more years with the...
Indian government is exploring avenue to contain the imports of textile and clothing from Bangladesh. The persistent rise in exports of Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) products to India provoked the...
Belgium has reported its first case of a new virus in a person who was repatriated from the Chinese epicenter of the outbreak. The health ministry said Tuesday the person...
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed optimism that justice will finally be done to Rohingyas though this is going to be a long,...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has introduced a system allowing people to renew fitness certificates for vehicles, including cars and microbuses, every two years, reports bdnews24.com. A circular was published on...
Country’s merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world crossed $8.0 billion level during the first half (H1) of current fiscal year (FY20). Central bank statistics, released on Tuesday,...
The High Court has directed the University Grants Commission to monitor the process of conferring PhDs in universities and report back in three months, reports bdnews24.com. It also issued a...
Startup World Cup 2020, Bangladesh Regional of the biggest startup competition in the world is heated up. There has been a buzz in the startup community of Bangladesh with more...
Another Bangladeshi national who was kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona hajj camp after return from China’s Wuhan was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Monday with complaints of...
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the apathy that the voters has showed towards the recently held Dhaka city elections is not good for Bangladesh democracy....
Some 37 per cent drug offenders were convicted in January-June period of 2019, according to a report of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC). Of the 605 accused, 382 were...
Various cold-related diseases affected 4,388 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Tuesday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room...
The number of registered motorised vehicles in Dhaka witnessed a fall in 2019 compared to that of 2018, official data showed. A total of 158,417 such vehicles received registration from...
Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) inaugurated an Agent Banking Outlet at Taherpur Bazar at Bagmara of Rajshahi recently. Head of Retail and SME Banking M. Khorshed Anowar inaugurated the outlet. Principal of Taherpur Madrasah Alhajj...
Chattogram Branch of Islami Bank Securities Limited was inaugurated at Islami Bank Bhaban, 3 Sheikh Mujib Road, Agrabad, Chattogram on Sunday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of Islami Bank...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has won the International Finance Awards 2019 under the Most Innovative Retail Bank in Bangladesh category. The award was given by the London-based International Finance magazine,...
The Annual Risk Management Conference-2020 of Union Bank was held at Symon Beach Resort in Cox’s Bazar. Omar Farooque, Managing Director of Union Bank, was present as the chief guest...
Mamun-Ur-Rashid, former managing director of Standard Bank Limited, has been appointed as managing director of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) Limited. He started his career with National Bank as a Probationary...
For companies bracing for losses from China's viral outbreak, the damage has so far been delayed, thanks to a stroke of timing: The outbreak hit just when Chinese factories and...
A total of 26 people were killed in recent attacks in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, local police said Monday. Up to 190 houses were damaged or destroyed following the attacks...
Myanmar has reimposed an internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, a leading telecoms operator said late on Monday. Norwegian mobile operator...
Australia suspended parliament on Tuesday to honor the victims of a national bushfire crisis that has killed 33 people, as more than 100 fires remained ablaze across the country’s east...
Hyundai Motor plans to gradually suspend production at its South Korean factories from Tuesday, as a virus outbreak in China has disrupted supplies of vehicle components, a Hyundai Motor union...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, matching moves in other financial markets as investors regained calm after Monday’s sharp sell-off on fears of the impact of the China coronavirus on demand...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has recently inaugurated its newly constructed Sports Complex for the students that provides plentiful spaces to play football, basketball, cricket, hockey, badminton and other indoor games....
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday as investors continued their buying binge on sector specific issues based on earnings declaration. Following the previous two days’...
Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) is all set to hold its second convocation on Wednesday. President Abdul Hamid, also the Chancellor of university, is scheduled to inaugurate the programme...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse slumped 39 per cent in seven months in the current fiscal year as trading volume was on the decline. Market analysts said...
A nexus between bank directors, businessmen and lawmakers and inadequate judicial infrastructure are responsible for the melancholy performance of country's banking sector, a former governor of the central bank said...
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