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Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine donated by neighbouring...
কুর্মিটোলা জেনারেল হাসপাতালের একজন নার্সকে করোনাভাইরাসের টিকা দেওয়ার মধ্য দিয়ে বাংলাদেশে বহু প্রতীক্ষিত টিকাদান কার্যক্রম শুরু হল। মহামারীতে মৃত্যু, শোক আর সঙ্কটের একটি বছর পেরিয়ে এসে টিকা দেওয়ার মধ্য দিয়েই...
The central bank has extended the enhanced credit limit under its Export Development Fund (EDF) scheme for the textiles and clothing exporters by six more months to help boost proceeds...
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) were marred by “unprecedented vote robbery’ and violence”. The party also branded Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul...
India's cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly, affectionately known as 'Dada', has been hospitalised again. The 48-year-old former India skipper was rushed to Apollo, a leading private hospital in the eastern...
A nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, Runu Veronica Costa, has received the first COVID vaccine shot in Bangladesh as part of the country’s mass immunisation campaign. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladesh has logged 528 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 533,444. The death toll climbed to 8,072 after 17...
The government has authorised education boards to prepare and publish the results of last year's cancelled HSC and equivalent examinations. Three gazettes were issued to nine general boards along with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has taken measures to vaccinate over 16.9 million people on a priority basis. The prime minister came up with the statement...
China said on Wednesday that the Indian government’s decision to keep a ban on 59 Chinese apps was a violation of the World Trade Organization’s fair rules of business and...
Three people were killed when a truck hit a motorbike at Farakkabad Joynul Mudikhana area in Birol upazila of Dinajpur district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Laju...
American rock band The Flaming Lips have come up with a creative way to put on live shows in the midst of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic - putting themselves and...
French fashion designer Julien Fournie first learned to wield a pair of scissors, then to design a dress on an iPad. Now, the global pandemic has forced him to pick...
A 28-year-old man has died in clashes between rival groups in Chattogram as the city corporation goes to the polls. The incident took place at 9:30 am on Wednesday. The...
Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology, to improve the strength of concrete for use...
Thousands of users across the US East Coast faced widespread internet outage from providers including Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday, disrupting services offered by Google, Amazon, Zoom, Slack, and other...
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3 per cent...
Champagne fell flat last year, with sales tumbling as the coronavirus pandemic forced drinking venues to close and celebratory events were put on ice, although some year-end cheer meant the...
The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, to serve as secretary of state. The 100-member Senate backed Blinken 78-22, meaning he could be...
Stocks witnessed a mixed trend amid choppy trading in the early hours on Wednesday as cautious investors continued their profit booking on sector-wise issues. Following the previous three days’ fall,...
Rajshahi University Mental Health Centre (RUMHC) aims to ensure the mental wellbeing of the persons affiliated with the university. Since its inception in 2017, the RUMHC, a voluntary programme to...
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell for repeated violations of the company’s policy on election misinformation, the social media firm said. Lindell, a...
The central bank is set to extend the enhanced credit limit under its Export Development Fund (EDF) scheme for the textiles and clothing exporters by six more months to help...
There is a high risk of a resurgence in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections derailing the world economy this year, according to a firm majority of economists in a Reuters poll, who...
Ten years were not enough to complete the development work on a 65-kilometre rail track between Khulna and Mongla port. Sources said the cost of the Khulna-Mongla port rail line...
About 32 per cent of the respondents of a 'rapid survey' were found willing to get Covid-19 jabs as soon as the mass vaccination starts in the country while most...
Israel’s top general said on Tuesday that its military was refreshing its operational plans against Iran and that any US return to a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran would be...
The authority concerned has finally proposed extending the deadline for completing the country's Padma Bridge until June 2022 with one more year for defect liability period. With this, the deadline...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has selected a total of 141 taxpayers to recognise the individuals and corporate entities for the highest tax payments in fiscal year 2019-20. The...
Failure in domestic procurement, low public storage and hoarding by market players resulted in the surge in rice prices during the current financial year, a government study has revealed. The...
A handful of buyers do business simultaneously with more than 300 local readymade garment (RMG) factories, underscoring the industry's major vulnerability, according to a joint-survey. Zara, H&M, Li & Fung...
Social debates ahead of the centennial have exposed two extreme views of Dhaka University - the authorities' complacency and the criticism, calling it irrelevant. Both are the unforeseen outcome of...
India has requested for a full-scale transit operation through Bangladesh sea ports. One may not possibly be wrong to wonder if it is vaccine diplomacy that has prompted India to...
The latest survey by a reputed local think tank on how the pandemic impacted people's livelihoods has come up with disquieting results. The study was conducted between November and December...
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who...
Captain Nurul Huq (retd), freedom fighter and the first chief of staff of Bangladesh Navy was laid to rest in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. He breathed his last at...
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities has decided on Tuesday to reopen its residential halls for the candidates of honours and master’s examinations from March first week. The provost committee of...
China and New Zealand signed a deal on Tuesday upgrading a free trade pact to give exports from the Pacific nation greater access to the world’s second-largest economy. The pact...
A countrywide mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign will start from February 7, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Tuesday, reports UNB. Bangladesh is scheduled to launch the coronavirus vaccination drive on Wednesday.
New Zealand's borders will remain closed for most of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but the country will pursue travel arrangements with neighbouring Australia and other Pacific...
Only 32 per cent of Bangladeshis citizens want to take the COVID-19 vaccines now, showing doubts about the vaccine's effectiveness and side-effects, according to a study of Dhaka University's Institute...
Policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have heavily disrupted trade and supply chains, with many countries putting in place ad hoc trade-restrictive measures, seemingly without any concern about their effect...
On January 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with...
The US-Chinese trade war isn’t going away under US President Joe Biden. Biden won’t confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the...
Bangladesh reported the first confirmed Covid-19 case on March 08, 2020, and ever since, the number of cases and the death count have been increasing steadily. In this context, the...
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65, German coalition sources told tabloid Bild and Handelsblatt, a step which calls into question its suitability in mass vaccination...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged global leaders to promote and ensure rational antimicrobial agents in human health, livestock, fisheries and agricultural sectors as the silently emerging antimicrobial resistance...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the investigation team to submit its probe report by February 11 on the case filed over the rape and murder of a female student...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 and said the coronavirus-triggered downturn in 2020 would be nearly a full percentage point...
More than 1.9 million voters are set to elect the mayor and councillors of Chattogram City Corporation as the election commission has completed necessary preparations to hold an election in...
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