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The European Union faces a potential 90 billion euro ($108.19 billion) hit to its economy this year unless it catches up with the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in other regions,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to take action against those responsible for flawed project designs that lead to project revision, pushing up costs. “Identify those...
Whether anyone will attend the Golden Globes in person remains uncertain and improbable. But nominations to the 78th Globes will be announced Wednesday, nevertheless. Hollywood’s strange and largely virtual awards...
The West Indies have kept Bangladesh batsmen in check on a track that offered little for the bowlers as the hosts reached 242 for five on the opening day of...
Pumping her arms back and forth, fitness instructor Khing Hnin Wai dances for the camera, performing ordinary exercises on an extraordinary day in Myanmar, reports BBC. At first glance, the...
United Hospital's Cancer Center underscored the importance of cancer screening in a patient forum on Wednesday. The forum was organised on the theme ‘Cancer Screening and Awareness - Let it...
Police in Myanmar have filed several charges against the detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi following Monday's military coup. The charges include breaching import and export laws, and possession...
Some 74,000 people have got registered for COVID-19 vaccination until Wednesday, said ABM Khurshid Alam, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The number of people seeking...
The Myanmar military has released about 400 people, including formerly ruling party lawmakers, and has ordered them to go home, lawmakers from the party said Wednesday. Senior officials of the...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Tk 43.47 billion project to develop the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) as a state-of-the-art and international...
The government will try to take legal action against the Al Jazeera for broadcasting ‘false and fabricated’ news against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as well as Bangladesh. Foreign Minister AK...
Bangladesh has recorded 438 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 536,545. The death toll climbed to 8,162 after 13...
Thirty-two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in the western Ugandan district of Kasese late Tuesday, a humanitarian agency has said. Irene Nakasiita, communications officer...
Bangladesh has moved four places up on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU. A large majority of countries on...
A tribunal in the district on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping two girls in 2017. Natore Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Imdadul Haque found...
It was a late afternoon of October. In the mild winter mood, with a strong thirst for coffee, I went to Artisan Cafe -- one of the fanciest coffee shops...
Protesting Indian farmers won global attention on Wednesday with prominent Western activists joining pop superstar Rihanna in support of their months-long campaign against agriculture reforms they say will benefit big...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release from prison on Tuesday of a British-born militant who had been convicted in the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl by al...
Saudi Arabia has suspended entry to the Kingdom from as many as 20 countries in order to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus, officials said. Even diplomats and doctors, as...
The Group of Seven largest developed economies on Wednesday condemned the military coup in Myanmar and said it was deeply concerned about the fate of detained political leaders such as...
Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers...
Offline messaging app Bridgefy said it was downloaded more than 1 million times in Myanmar, after the country’s military seized power on Monday and temporarily disrupted internet traffic. Bridgefy, which...
Spain’s San Fermin festival, which attracts tourists from all over the world for the running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona, will be cancelled for the second year...
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor in a sign of the company’s...
A Belgian restaurant owner near Brussels says she misses her customers so much since her restaurant was forced to close last October under coronavirus laws, she has replaced them with...
Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a “Patriot Party,” using references to militia groups and promoting a mix of conspiracy...
An Indian court blocked Future Group’s sale of a swathe of assets to rival Reliance Industries on Tuesday after Amazon raised objections to the $3.4 billion deal, in a battle...
GameStop Corp shares more than halved in value on Tuesday and silver prices retreated as the Reddit-driven trading frenzy that roiled stock and commodity markets appeared to fizzle, at least...
Amazon.com Inc agreed to pay more than $61.7 million to settle allegations it cheated Amazon Flex drivers out of nearly one-third of tips from customers for more than two years,...
Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects to generate $15 billion, or about a quarter of its total revenue this year, from sales of its Covid-19 vaccine co-developed with German...
Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a page linked to Myanmar’s military-owned TV network after a coup this week by the country’s military leaders. UN human rights investigators previously...
Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the...
The apex apparel trade body BGMEA's move to introduce members' biometric identity card for voting in the upcoming elections is facing a setback as a section of members have opposed...
A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in jail on Tuesday after ruling he had violated the terms of his parole, but said...
The Ministry of Land has taken an initiative to set up a Civil Suit Management System (CSMS) for easy, transparent, efficient management and online monitoring of land-related civil cases, says...
Some 101 members of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to probe the allegations of irregularities and serious financial...
Textile millers are allegedly facing delay and not getting their payment duly against sale of raw materials to local garment exporters under back-to-back letters of credit (L/Cs). Ready-made garment (RMG)...
President of the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) Omarcos Troyjo on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of considering its desire to get 1.0 per cent stake in the bank, a Ministry of...
Saudi Arabia will reserve customer service centre jobs for Saudi citizens to “offer greater opportunities” and “improve their income potential”, officials said, as the oil exporter battles economic headwinds, Al...
Tesla has agreed to recall 134,951 Model S and Model X vehicles with touchscreen displays that could fail and raise the risk of a crash after US auto safety regulators...
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh unearthed 21 financial irregularities, involving Tk 683 million, in procurement of medical equipments for Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (ShSMC) in the...
Bangladesh earned $22.67 billion through goods exports in the first seven months of this fiscal, reflecting 1.09 per cent negative growth over the same period of last fiscal. It fetched...
The opportunity to whiten black money might help a section of political leaders in election financing, but, as far as the economy is concerned, it could prove to be counterproductive,...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has projected the government's borrowing at 31.7 per cent in the revised the monetary policy programmes for the second half (H2) of the current fiscal year (FY)....
The securities regulator will suggest a 15-per cent gap in corporate tax between listed and non-listed companies in the next budget to attract more companies to the capital market. Bangladesh...
Protesters from Myanmar residing in Japan hold a portrait of leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally against Myanmar's military after it seized power from a democratically elected civilian...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of NRBC Bank Ltd begins today (Wednesday), aiming to raise Tk 1.20 billion through IPO under the fixed price method. The fourth generation bank...
Rohingya repatriation is unlikely to be impeded even after the army took over in Myanmar, according to experts and policymakers. The repatriation of Rohingya people to Myanmar will be possible...
Bangladesh has moved to raise the complications over the new Indian Customs Rules at highest level, preferably during Narendra Modi's Dhaka visit next month, sources said. Before that, the issue...
Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, introduced mobile financial services in 2011 mainly to bring the unbanked population under financial mainstream. The move was facilitated through high penetration...
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