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US President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves...
Devices designed for improving customer marketing and sports performance are now being used in the fight against Covid-19 as companies deploy their technologies to meet new needs during the pandemic....
European stocks rose on Wednesday after Dutch chip equipment maker ASML and Swiss luxury group Richemont gave encouraging earnings updates, while investors hoped for a large US stimulus plan as...
In one of the inaugurations's most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we...
The recently updated website for President Joe Biden’s White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it. Hidden in the HTML code on www.whitehouse.gov was an...
China has imposed sanctions on 28 US individuals including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over “crazy actions that have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs”, its foreign ministry said...
Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute...
Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the EQA, a new electric compact SUV as part of plans to take on rival Tesla Inc and offer more emission-free vehicles to consumers...
Here is how world leaders are reacting to US President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, replacing Donald Trump. NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN, IN A STATEMENT: “We have a...
The government in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has decided to change the name of dragon fruit as it feels the original name is associated with...
Baraka Patenga Power's bidding to explore the cut-off price of its shares will commence on February 15 which will raise Tk 2.25 billion under the book-building method. The power generation...
The government decided on Wednesday to form cluster-wise committees to implement its 'My village my town' project, a venture to expand civic amenities in each of the villages. The decision...
The National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Customs Wing has given permission to re-export fertiliser to Nepal after importing it from China, under entrepot trade, imposing a condition of 10 per...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the vaccination programme in Dhaka city on January 27. Some eminent citizens will get the doses first. A consignment of 2.0-million doses of Oxford...
The surplus liquidity in the banking system might fuel inflationary pressure in the country in the near future, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has said in its just-published annual report for...
Two leading local business houses are now in a race to acquire the entire foreign stakes in the French drug-maker Sanofi's operations in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh that owns...
A job in the army means a chance to serve the country and its people, to be able to represent the country in foreign missions, to achieve the highest honour...
Noakhali Science Technology University (NSTU) Business Club, partnering with the Financial Express (FE), organised a webinar on the topic "Emerging issues of Sustainability management and practices in Bangladesh" on Jan...
Harmonic tune running around mellifluously, which we rarely hear in this city of chaos; sometimes it is an enchanting melody of flute and violin; there is a woman selling 'hatpakha'...
President Joe Biden pledged to repair alliances and engage with the world once again. "Here's my message to those beyond our borders. America has been tested, and we've come out...
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a...
EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to deploy 20 judicial magistrates to hold the upcoming polls of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) scheduled for January 27. The magistrates will discharge their...
At least two people died and several were injured when a building in a central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church collapsed on Wednesday after an explosion, Mayor Jose Luis...
It is a fitting end to four years of Donald Trump in the White House. On one side, Trump's endless stoking of political grievances - and claims that November's presidential...
A master plan is being drafted to protect the country's dying rivers. According to reports, efforts will be taken to protect most of the rivers phase by phase. Initially there...
The global population of 60 years and above crossed 1 billion in 2020, which represents about 13.5 per cent of the total 7.8 billion. That figure is two and a...
The Bangladesh Power Development Board's (BPDB) latest annual report for the year 2020 reveals that the nation's overall power system utilisation has fallen again in FY20 to just 40.0 per...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government has no ‘roadmap’ and ‘planning’ for the proper distribution of coronavirus vaccine. “There’s no roadmap or planning...
The government has postponed Dhaka International Trade Fair-2021 considering the risk of getting infected by the COVID-19. The Ministry of Commerce took the decision on Wednesday, reports BSS. The DITF...
Violence in municipality polls leading to death of at least two persons --- one of them a councillor-elect in Sirajganj --- has definitely mired the system of people's representative at...
Health Secretary Md Abdul Mannan has said the government will begin the COVID-19 vaccination drive by giving jabs to around 25 people on the first day. At a press conference...
The first virtual conference of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) member countries was held on Wednesday with the participation of the national...
Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate an international conference at Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday on the occasion of the university’s birth centenary. Prime Minister, also a former...
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president at the US Capitol in Washington. Vice-president Kamala Harris has taken her oath too - becoming the first woman...
US President Donald Trump, in a farewell address released on Tuesday, touted his legacy and wished luck to the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden but without acknowledging his successor...
The government has completed all preparations to hand over 66,189 houses to homeless and landless families in the first phase on January 23 on the occasion of the “Mujib Borsho”....
Bangladesh will get 3.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and manufactured by Serum Institute of India, in two separate consignments from India on Thursday....
Some British hospitals look like war zones with doctors struggling to cope with an influx of patients infected with COVID-19, the government’s top scientific adviser said, as the death toll...
Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute...
Tigers’ ace Shakib Al Hasan bagged four wickets as the hosts eased to a six-wicket win against the West Indies with a dominating show with the ball in the first...
Bangladesh is in talks with several African countries to sending workers and Sudan and Kenya have already agreed to take Bangladeshi farmworkers, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has attained self-sufficiency in fish boosting up the production by over 50 per cent in last 11 years following the effective and time...
The European Union’s top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warned that the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh has been able to avert the economic recession due to the Covid-19 pandemic although many countries across the world have suffered the...
Bangladesh should ensure full implementation of labour rights and international conventions to be eligible for EU GSP plus scheme, experts have said. With the graduation from LDC status, Bangladesh will...
Stocks posted a marginal gain on Wednesday after choppy trading as investors booked profits with cautious positioning. The market swung between positive and negative in the very beginning due to...
US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday led a national memorial observance on the eve of his inauguration to honour the 400,000 Americans who have perished from COVID-19 during the 11...
The death toll from the COVID-19 illness has climbed to 7,950 after the government registered eight fatalities, the lowest daily count since May 8. Bangladesh recorded 656 new cases of...
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