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Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party re-elected its 76-year-old chief Nguyen Phu Trong for a rare third five-year term on Sunday, as the Southeast Asian country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak since...
An outbreak of the Nipah virus in China, with a fatality rate of up to 75 per cent, could potentially be the next big pandemic risk with giant pharmaceutical companies...
Bangladesh has recorded 369 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 535,139. The death toll climbed to 8,127 after 16...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has urged the owners of all houses, commercial establishments, and other establishments to separate the connection of sewage lines from stormwater drains, canals, lakes as...
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has described implementaiton of Padma Bridge project as the great achievement for Bangladesh. The ICCB also extended its gratitude towards Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
British actor Gary Oldman goes back to 1930s Hollywood in Netflix film “Mank”, playing screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he pens “Citizen Kane”. David Fincher, whose late father Jack wrote...
Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd, one of the largest construction and engineering firms of the country, will make its share trading debut on the bourses Tuesday (February 2) under ‘N’ category,...
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), an autonomous public multi-disciplinary organisation, has secured the 94th position among 174 research organisations of the world. The ranking was unveiled in the...
Shasha Denims is set to acquire an additional 18 per cent stake in EOS Textile Mills, an associate of Italian apparel maker, at a cost of about Tk 218 million...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday recorded the season’s lowest temperature of 5.5 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district. For the last couple of days, Kurigram has...
Collection of debt seems to be extremely difficult in Bangladesh’s current legal structure. For creditors, it’s a Himalayan task to recover the money from any person or company, be it...
A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale...
Four people were killed, and two others injured, when a truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw in Sadar upazila of Sherpur district on Sunday. The accident took place in the Mirzapur...
India has blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one...
British police are searching for the vandal or vandals who painted a Covid-19 face mask on the figure of a mysterious giant carved into a hillside in southern England. The...
Three college students have been guarding an unprotected level crossing adjacent to Vidyaganj Bazar at Chauhania in Mymensingh Sadar as the authorities are seemingly indifferent to appointing necessary guards for...
Three companies will open their IPO (initial public offering) subscription in February to raise an aggregate amount of capital worth Tk 1.86 billion from the country's capital market. Of these...
Argentina’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman is pushing for a deal by May with the International Monetary Fund to repay $44 billion in debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered VAT exemption to the telecom operators on the amount that they pay to the regulator as revenue-sharing under the licencing provision. The...
The government has formed a wage board to review the minimum monthly wages for the workers of the country's cold storage industry, announcing the name of owners' representative who died...
One of the largest vaccination sites in the USA temporarily shut down Saturday because dozen of protesters blocked the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line...
CVC Finance Ltd. wants to shift its corporate-centric focus to rural Bangladesh with the help of technology-based platforms. Currently, the corporate segment of CVC Finance, a new generation non-bank financial...
Despite the pandemic, the country's export earnings from the handicrafts sector logged a robust growth in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 on the back of...
People with comorbidity under 55 years are not on the priority list of mass vaccination for lack of a national registry of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and COPD....
Planning minister MA Mannan has laid emphasis on enhancing budget for social safety-net programmes as many people have fallen below the poverty line due to Covid-19 pandemic. Replying to discussants...
Farm credit disbursement grew by nearly 12 per cent in the first-half of the current fiscal year, driven by seasonal demand for such loans, officials say. Banks released agricultural credit...
The insurance density in the country has increased sharply, but its penetration remains stagnant, according to the industry's regulator. Insurance density has surged to US$10.3 per person (overall) in 2019,...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into an allegation of money laundering by a section of apparel unit owners using fake documents against exports and imports. It would...
Bangladesh has to bear with a few unsavoury developments. Corruption is one of those. This particular vice being pervasive has been dwarfing the nation's many remarkable achievements on both economic...
Hardly does a week pass without a photograph in the print media showing rural people crossing a canal or a small river by walking on bamboo-made bridges. In these days...
Bangladesh is yet to sign even a single free trade deal with any country until now. Signing of free trade agreements is very much needed for the country. Yet the...
The students, who are unhappy with the results of their HSC examinations, can apply for a review of their assessments from Sunday. Inter-Education Board's Coordination Sub-Committee issued a notice on...
Awami League candidate Md Parvez Mia has been elected mayor of Kishoreganj municipality after re-election to a polling station where voting was suspended amid clashes earlier this month. He bagged...
Under-construction rail trucks from Khulna to Mongla port would be opened for traffic by December next as nearly 75 per cent works of installation of Khulna-Mongla broad gauge rail track...
At a time when everything is becoming more and more competitive, be it job applications or applying for an academic degree abroad, most sectors seem to demand more than just...
Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. It's also known as information technology security or electronic information security....
Bproperty signed an agreement with IPDC Finance recently to do price valuation and legal validation of mortgaged properties of the latter. Besides, IPDC Finance, under the agreement, will offer lower...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Tungipara in Gopalganj to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his planned Bangladesh tour in...
A US lobby group which represents firms including Amazon.com and Walmart has urged India not to tighten foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies again, according to a letter seen by...
BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research,...
Clashes and boycotts have marked the third phase of voting in 62 municipalities to elect new representatives to the posts of mayor and councillors. The polls opened at 8:00 am...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Saturday that the country’s laws had been amended to grant citizenship to investors and expatriates for the first time. UAE Prime Minister Sheikh...
Vietnam approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and cut short an important ruling Communist Party meeting, state media reported on Saturday, as the country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced an 18-member squad for the two-match Test series against touring West Indies. Pace bowler Hasan Mahmud is the only uncapped cricketer included in the...
India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central...
The United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced plans to grant some foreigners citizenship to this oil-rich nation home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, part of efforts to stimulate its economy...
The Norwegian government will gradually ease the capital region’s coronavirus lockdown, allowing some shops and recreational activities to reopen from Feb 03 onwards. Health Minister Bent Hoeie disclosed this on...
India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left...
The European Union on Friday abruptly reversed a plan to use emergency Brexit measures to restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines from crossing the Irish border into the United Kingdom after...
Myanmar's military on Saturday said it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, in a move that could allay concerns in the country that the...
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