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Bangladesh does not plan to suspend its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite a cascading number of countries doing so over reports of some recipients developing dangerous blood clots. While...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,865 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Dec 15, taking the tally of infections to 562,752. The death toll climbed to 8,608 after...
শিশু-কিশোরদের অন্যায়ের বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদী হওয়ার পাশাপাশি ন্যায় ও সত্যের পথে চলার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। বুধবার জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের ১০১তম জন্মবার্ষিকী এবং জাতীয় শিশু দিবস উদযাপন...
বাংলাদেশের জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের ১০১তম জন্মবার্ষিকীতে তার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা জানিয়ে ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদী বলেছেন, সকল ভারতীয়র কাছেও বঙ্গবন্ধু একজন ‘বীর’। বুধবার বঙ্গবন্ধুর জন্মদিনের সকালে বাংলায় টুইট...
ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতালের কোভিড ওয়ার্ডের আইসিইউতে অগ্নিকাণ্ডের পর স্থানান্তরিত তিন রোগীর মৃত্যু হয়েছে। হাসপাতালের নতুন ভবনের তৃতীয় তলায় বুধবার সকাল ৮টার দিকে আগুনের সূত্রপাত হয়। ফায়ার সার্ভিস কর্মীরা বেলা...
German carmaker BMW on Wednesday said it expects a significant year-on-year increase in group pretax profit in 2021 as it forecast a strong performance in all of its segments. BMW,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is doing everything for providing the children a better tomorrow as they are the future of the country. “We want to make...
A United Nations delegation will on Wednesday start a three-day visit to a remote Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh has moved more than 13,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees since December...
The World Bank has approved 200 million US dollars to help Bangladesh provide support and services to the low-income urban youth impacted by Covid-19 and the involuntary returnee migrant workers...
Former US President Donald Trump again urged people to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, saying he would recommend vaccination to “a lot of people that don’t want to get...
Three Covid-19 patients in intensive care have died after a fire triggered an evacuation at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The patients who were receiving life-supporting treatment through ventilators were transferred...
Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has arrived in Dhaka to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He is the...
Disruptions in health services caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have contributed to an estimated 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia including Bangladesh, says a UN report. The...
India’s daily coronavirus infections jumped by 28,903 on Wednesday, data from the health ministry showed, for the highest increase since December 13 and taking the nationwide tally to 11.44 million....
At least 58 people have been killed in Niger after attacks near the border with Mali, the government has said. Gunmen opened fire on four vehicles that were bringing people...
A newly appointed sub-inspector of police was killed while his friend sustained serious injuries when a speeding tractor crashed into their bike in Feni district on Tuesday night, police said....
The month-long 'Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2021' will begin tomorrow (Thursday) at the Bangla Academy premises and adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year the...
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead at a massage parlour and two day spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, and a man suspected...
The share prices of two listed firms - Rahima Food Corporation and Beacon Pharmaceuticals - are soaring without any undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI). Within two weeks, share price of...
The country's realtors on Tuesday called for slashing the registration fee to 7.0 per cent from the existing 10-12.5 per cent of the value to help boost flat sales, which...
About 30 per cent of the readymade garment (RMG) factories, which started disbursing workers' wages through mobile financial service provider bKash, are returning to traditional cash disbursement system despite higher...
The industries ministry has proposed rationalizing the existing tax incidence on the import of edible salt, disodium sulphate and sodium sulphate to help protect the salt industry and producers. The...
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, opening the day to celebrate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation....
Sammilita Parishad, a panel contesting the BGMEA election, on Tuesday made a number of promises with priority to increase locally made garment exports and its market share in the global...
Global health experts came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot, as Sweden and Latvia joined countries suspending their use in...
The United States is facing the biggest surge of migrants at its southwestern border in 20 years, the homeland security secretary said on Tuesday as the Biden administration races to...
The nation is all geared up to celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2021 in a befitting manner...
The authorities have ruled out re-imposing a Bangladesh-wide lockdown anytime soon to contain the coronavirus from spreading amid a resurgence of infections. Director General of Health Services ABM Khurshid Alam...
Bushra, an 11-year-old girl from a place near Idlib city in Syria, represents an 'entire generation of children' who, CNN says, 'have been forced to grow up with the conflict...
Even before Roberto Azevedo stepped down on August 31, a year ahead of his term as Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the multilateral trade body was in...
The stimulus package amounting to Tk 20 billion that the government announced in mid-April last year to bail out the pandemic-hit Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs) is yet...
I was born on 17 March 1920. My father's name was Sheikh Lutfar Rahman. My grandfather's youngest brother, Khan Saheb Abdul Rashid, had set up a school called M.E. School....
On 26 February 2021, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of the United Nations gave their final recommendation for the graduation of Bangladesh from the category of Least Developed Countries...
It was a crisp, biting winter afternoon when I set out on my way home, my left hand on the handlebar of the bicycle, my right hand holding a huge...
Today, March 17, 2021, the people of Bangladesh are commemorating the 101-birthday of the Founding Father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Politicians, writers, historians, and activists will highlight different aspects of his...
AZM Anas (45), the economic editor of the Financial Express (FE), was laid to eternal rest at Azimpur graveyard after Magrib prayers on Tuesday. The permanent member of the National...
The authorities have ruled out reimposing a nationwide lockdown anytime soon to contain the coronavirus from spreading amid a resurgence of infections. Director General of Health Services ABM Khurshid Alam...
The nation is celebrating the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a lot of enthusiasm. Series of events have...
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday to attend celebrations of Bangladesh’s golden jubilee of independence and birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
The government has made coronavirus vaccination mandatory for people willing to perform Hajj later this year. A notice was issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday. The decision...
With coronavirus cases rising in many places, governments faced the grimmest of dilemmas Tuesday: push on with a vaccine that is known to save lives or suspend use of AstraZeneca...
Migrants move in search of safer and better lives. They contribute to the welfare and sustainable development of their countries of origin and destination. Yet, they face complex human rights...
The spectre of inflation is stalking, not only Europe, but the whole world. The prospect of high inflation emerging out of the pandemic is becoming more real and threatening as...
The government on Tuesday directed to cancel 'O' level and 'A' level examinations under the Cambridge board for 2020-21 session citing the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country. The examinations...
বিএনপির স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য সাবেক মন্ত্রী মওদুদ আহমদ মারা গেছেন। সিঙ্গাপুরের মাউন্ট এলিজাবেথ হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় মঙ্গলবার সন্ধ্যা সাড়ে ৬টার দিকে তার মৃত্যু হয় বলে বিএনপি মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম...
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed passed away while undergoing treatment at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday. The former minister breathed his last at 6:30pm, his chamber assistant AKM...
Canadian Senator Mobina Zaffer has introduced a bill in the Senate to recognise International Mother language Day on February 21 as a holiday in Canada. She said the bill was...
দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের সদ্য বিদায়ী চেয়ারম্যান ইকবাল মাহমুদ অবসরে যাওয়ার আগের পাঁচ মাসে দুদকের অনুসন্ধান থেকে কতজনকে ‘দায়মুক্তি’ দিয়েছেন, তা জানতে চেয়েছে হাই কোর্ট। ‘দায়মুক্তি’ দিয়ে থাকলে কেন তা দেওয়া...
Nearly one year after the inauguration, the first ever export consignment of food product has left for India using inland waterways on Tuesday, marking the golden jubilee of the independence...
Sweden's health agency said on Tuesday it was pausing vaccinations against COVID-19 using AstraZeneca's vaccine as a precautionary measure. Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would stop administering...
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