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India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker, to meet domestic...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday called upon the traders to shut their respective shops and business entities by 8:00 pm following the...
US Senate Republicans put their opposition to President Joe Biden’s border policy on full display on Wednesday, with a symbolic show of their own legislation aimed at pressuring the White...
রাজধানী উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষের (রাজউক) বিশদ অঞ্চল পরিকল্পনায় (ড্যাপ) আট তলার উপরে ভবন না করার যে প্রস্তাব দিয়েছে, তা বাতিলের দাবি জানিয়েছে রিয়েল এস্টেট অ্যান্ড হাউজিং অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অব বাংলাদেশ (রিহ্যাব)। তারা...
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect...
CUMILLA: In Cumilla, people have suddenly lost interest in getting vaccinated against the epidemic coronavirus. Although there was interest in the beginning, most of the people in the district are...
Newly listed stocks suffered the biggest hits in the stock market on Wednesday with three out of top ten losers being the newcomers. Three newly listed companies - eGeneration, Lub-rref...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has allowed repatriation of outward remittance up to 6.0 per cent of the previous year's sales value, for companies in commercial operation, without its...
The customs authority has imposed a cap on the annual entitlement for duty-free import volume of raw materials under the home consumption bond facility. As per a latest order, a...
The gas crisis in the capital aggravated further Wednesday as one of the two operational FSRUs (floating storage and regasification units) went in maintenance resulting in short supply of the...
Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) on Wednesday proposed that the government waive import duty on newsprint as it is the basic raw material of the industry. Currently, tax incidence...
The central bank on Wednesday extended again the policy relaxation involving loan repayments to the country's scheduled banks by their borrowers. The borrowers would get three more months' time to...
If you were to stumble upon a fresh graduate, what would you find at best? You may find an ambitious person with a job and probably a partially financially independent...
Holy Cross College English Language Club (HCCELC) successfully organised its first ever online based competition, 3rd Inter College English Language Festival 2021 on March 05 and 06. The club arranges...
Leader, legend, Bangabandhu--is any attribution really enough for him? Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the epitome of patriotism, the father of the nation, is a name inseparable from the name Bangladesh....
Women around the world deserve an equal future that is free from being subject to any type of stigma, stereotype and violence; a future that is promising and peaceful, with...
Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s opposition Congress party, has paid a rich tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman recalling how he emerged as the leader of a free people. In...
The government of Japan has extended a grant of approximately Tk 2.0 million to JAAGO Foundation Trust (JAAGO) through Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP), according to a press release. Ambassador...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea a mistake and apologized to Germans....
Investigation into the fire that broke out into the Dhaka Medical College Hospital's newly built intensive care unit (ICU) is yet to be completed. So there is no knowing about...
Agriculture is still one of the largest sectors in Bangladesh economy. Although the rural economy recorded considerable growth in recent years, the health and wellbeing of farmers engaged in agriculture...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged regional leaders to come together to build a peaceful and prosperous South Asia as Bangladesh celebrates the historic occasions of the birth centenary of...
A new "double mutant" variant of the coronavirus has been detected from samples collected in India. Officials are checking if the variant, where two mutations come together in the same...
As Bangladesh turns 50, the pandemic has not only affected our celebrations but also exposed some of the weaknesses of the health sector. At this point, however, we may try...
Tesla Inc customers can now buy its electric vehicles with bitcoin, its boss, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency’s use in commerce, reports...
One of the leaders of a group of civilian rivals to Myanmar's military junta promised on Wednesday to deliver justice for the country's Rohingya minority, saying they had also suffered...
Over the past fifty years since Bangladesh became independent, the country has been through a spectacular transformation. A lot has changed in terms of infrastructure, approach, and evaluation. As the...
It is time to rethink the Value Added Tax (VAT) theory in line with lowest possible single rate and widest possible coverage, eliminating huge accounts, removing input tax credit...
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved 6 procurement proposals including the import of 3.36 million MMBtu (million British thermal units) of liquefied compressed gas (LNG) from US-based...
Bangladesh is remembering Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a pioneer of peace, freedom and humanity on the eighth day of 10-day programmes to celebrate his birth centenary and the golden...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the government has not taken any decision so far to provide loans for the private sector from the country’s foreign currency reserve....
7UP on Wednesday announced the appointment of Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan as its brand ambassador The all-rounder will play a pivotal role in delivering 7UP’s ‘Bhabo Fresh’ philosophy to...
A project to restore one of three primary structures at the Lalbagh Fort complex in Dhaka was inaugurated on Wednesday. The one-year initiative, funded through the US government’s prestigious Ambassadors...
Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to start a direct train service between the two countries in a bilateral meeting on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister...
Myanmar’s junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal crackdown on protests on Wednesday, while many businesses in Yangon remained closed and streets were deserted after anti-coup activists called...
গত কয়েক মাসে কোভিড-১৯ সংক্রমণের সংখ্যা ও মৃত্যুর হারে উল্লম্ফনের ফলে ব্যবসায়-বাণিজ্যে সাম্প্রতিক সময়ের পুনর্গঠনমূলক প্রচেষ্টাগুলো মুখ থুবড়ে পড়বে বলে আশঙ্কা সংশ্লিষ্টদের। বেশ কজন ব্যবসায়ী ফিন্যান্সিয়াল এক্সপ্রেসের কাছে এ-নিয়ে তাদের...
A woman in Chattogram has claimed that she is serving the life term of a convict who had promised to look after her children but did not keep her word....
One-minute will be observed across the country from 9:00pm to 9:01pm on March 25, marking Genocide Day. But Key Point Installations (KPIs) and emergency establishments will remain out of the...
করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ বাড়তে থাকায় রাত ৮টার মধ্যে দোকানপাট এবং ব্যবসায় প্রতিষ্ঠান বন্ধ করার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়র শেখ ফজলে নূর তাপস। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বুধবার দুপুরে...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has urged the shopkeepers and owners of business establishments to close those by 8:00 pm every day to prevent the...
টানা দ্বিতীয় দিন দেশে সাড়ে তিন হাজারের বেশি কোভিড-১৯ রোগী শনাক্ত হয়েছে, এক দিনের মৃত্যুর সংখ্যাও আগের দিনের চেয়ে বেড়েছে। স্বাস্থ্য অধিদপ্তর জানিয়েছে, বুধবার সকাল পর্যন্ত ২৪ ঘণ্টায় দেশে ৩...
The bodies of two men were found in Australia on Wednesday in cars trapped in floodwaters, the first deaths linked to wild weather in recent days that has submerged houses,...
Severe pollution, encroachment, and sand and soil lifting have posed an existential threat to 13 rivers that flow through Jhenidah, environmentalists say. The rivers Nabaganga, Chitra, Kumar, Kali, Begboti, Fotki,...
Stocks plunged further Wednesday as panic-driven investors dumped their holdings amid fears of a fresh wave of the coronavirus. The market opened lower which continued until the end of the...
Bangladesh has logged 3,567 new cases of coronavirus infection, taking the tally of infections to 580,808. The death toll climbed to 8,763 after 25 fatalities were registered in the 24...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) has pledged US$ 1.0 million from its emergency fund to the relief efforts after a fire incident at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar and...
করোনাভাইরাস মহামারীর কারণে বিলম্বিত মেডিকেল কলেজের ভর্তি পরীক্ষা আগের ঘোষণা অনুযায়ী ২ এপ্রিলই হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন স্বাস্থ্যমন্ত্রী জাহিদ মালেক। বুধবার স্বাস্থ্যসেবা বিভাগের সম্মেলন কক্ষে এ বিষয়ে এক বৈঠকের পর তিনি...
The government has not yet decided to impose on a fresh lockdown, the health minister says, although coronavirus cases are rising rapidly. “We will let you know when the decision...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called an unexpected meeting with leaders of the federal states for Wednesday morning to discuss the coronavirus pandemic after they agreed early on Tuesday to...
China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Guilin, China, March 22, 2021 —Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters The Chinese...
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