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The Trump administration has scrapped plans to blacklist Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, four people familiar with the matter said, providing a brief reprieve to Beijing’s top corporates...
Uganda’s communications regulator ordered telecoms operators in the country to suspend all internet gateways from Wednesday evening until further notice, South African telecoms company MTN Group said. The blackout came...
Messaging app Signal has seen “unprecedented” growth following a controversial change in rival WhatsApp’s privacy terms and is looking to hire more staff as it seeks to bolster the service...
Trust in governments, business chiefs and media is crumbling amid a perceived mishandling by leaders of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and a widespread feeling among ordinary citizens that they are...
World Bank President David Malpass urged private sector creditors to finally step up and help poor countries deal with the economic and health crises unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic and...
Sitting in her kitchen in France, Jeanne Pouchain remembers the day she discovered that she was dead. It was when she read an official letter from the court of appeal...
The Petrobangla has sought exemption from payment of taxes on import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), as the entity is unable to adjust the refunds due to its subsidised selling...
West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite has said the squad that came to Bangladesh is not a second-string team and that they are capable of doing well at the international level....
The policy relaxations by Bangladesh Bank and low-cost refinancing lines of credit along with the government's big stimulus packages to support economic activities had already injected a big liquidity in...
Speakers at a programme on Monday said Bangladesh needed a clear-cut regulation on disposal of used cooking oils and developing a system of its recycling. Restaurants and households generate adequate...
The Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) is set to export 600 Gbps (gigabits per second) bandwidth worth $3.6 million to the Saudi Telecom. The capacity will be transferred from...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought Covid-19 vaccine for its members and their families on priority basis. The trade body in a letter on Tuesday to Beximco...
Bangasafe Oro-Nasal Spray, an under-trial drug to treat Covid-19, was found effective in reducing virus load among patients with mild symptoms, researchers and scientists claimed. The spray, the first of...
The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate,...
The government will look for alternative sources for procuring Covid-19 vaccine if the Indian antidote is found costly, says finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. "We will check the price of...
Only a day after its issuance, the securities regulator on Wednesday deferred the execution of its order to investigate the reasons for the "abnormal" hike in share prices, trade volumes,...
Bangladesh has strongly protested against "baseless remarks and falsification" by US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo tagging Bangladesh with terrorist group al-Qaeda. In his recent statement, Pompeo mentioned Bangladesh...
The real rate of return on deposits in the money market had turned negative between the months of April and December last year. The average rate of interest on bank...
Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president in US history to be impeached twice, as 10 of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge...
The Hult Prize 2021 on campus round at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has ended successfully. It was the third edition of this event at SUST. It is...
For the first time in the country, a sports event named 'Leader's Cup' is going to be arranged for physically challenged cricketers. Gopalganj Sporting Club will organise the event to...
Extracurricular activities are a special category of work that does not necessarily fall into the conventional curriculum taught at an educational institution. But at the same time, it is very...
It is normal to lose focus on health and fitness under work stress. Even under normal circumstances, being a busy professional can be both mentally and physically exhausting. This year,...
A week after President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol, the House of Representatives began debate on Wednesday as lawmakers considered impeaching him for his role in an assault...
The role and remit of the World Health Organization (WHO) should be examined in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and reforms will likely be needed to free it from...
Women entrepreneurs have, indeed, come a long way despite facing social and economic barriers. Now they need policy support and more budgetary allocation, which will lead to development of entrepreneurship...
Black money has been dominating the South Asian economies since the colonial era. Its causes and sources are varied, including drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and corruption. A 2018 study by...
The latest leak of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) from cylinders causing fire in which an entire family of four perished in Gazipur has now become a dreaded saga. Such leaks...
Infolady Social Enterprise Limited (iSocial) and VoiceBridge Bangladesh Limited have announced their collaboration for strategic partnership and investment to create entrepreneurs and bridge the digital divide in Bangladesh. The companies...
The new executive committee of St Joseph Old Boys' Foundation was announced recently. The foundation, which is the alumni association of St Joseph Higher Secondary School and College, Dhaka announced...
Bangladesh has sequenced 304 genomes of Covid-19 so far and submitted to Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID). Professor Dr Aftab Ali Shaikh, chairman of Bangladesh Council of...
Governments across the world are preparing to roll out Covid-19 vaccines to stop the spread of the virus and end the once-in-a-century pandemic. As a result, like never before a...
Bangladesh economy may reach the annual growth target of 7.40 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY21) as long as the second wave of Covid-19 does not restrain the...
The 10-year campaign by the US government to criminalise reporting critical of its actions has failed in rather peculiar circumstances, with the unexpected decision by the court in London to...
In 2017, the weekly Economist declared in the cover story, 'Socialism is back in fashion'. Despite proclamations of the end of history, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in...
At least seven people have died after a truck rammed into a locally made small passenger vehicle in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah. The accident occurred at Madandanga on the Jhenaidah-Kushtia...
Bangladesh Bank has released monetary policy review after six years, reviewing the central bank’s monetary policy stance for the current fiscal year (FY21). The latest monetary policy review is dated...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, without providing hard evidence, that al Qaeda had established a new home base in Iran. The US top diplomat told at...
The Public Service Commission has announced the schedule for the 41st and 42nd Bangladesh Civil Service examinations. It will hold the 41st BCS preliminary examinations in all the centres throughout...
Indian farmers burnt copies of the government’s new agricultural laws on Wednesday, pressing on with their protest against the reforms despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone implementation...
The US government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court of the country cleared the last hurdle by overturning...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has ordered the two bourses of the country to find out the reasons behind fluctuation of prices of some shares by over 50 per...
Gaming company Razer has made what they claim is world's smartest face mask - complete with a built-in microphone. The prototype, revealed at the tech convention CES, claims to amplify...
Bangladesh has sought the facilities reserved for the least developed countries for five years for preparations after graduating to the developing nation bracket. It floated the proposal at a virtual...
Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the chemicals which devastated Beirut in an explosion in August, killing 200 people, Lebanon’s state...
Bangladesh, Myanmar and China will hold a tripartite meeting on Rohingya repatriation in Dhaka on January 19 as Bangladesh finds the repatriation as the only solution to the crisis. "We...
A BBC Two documentary series about the death of actor Jiah Khan is dividing audiences. The three-part series, aired over three days in the UK, concluding its run on January...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government has established a ‘reign of robbery’ in the country by indulging in widespread ‘plundering’ even amid the...
Hundreds of alleged members of Italy's most powerful mafia group are set to face justice in the country's biggest organised crime trial in decades. The 355 suspected mobsters and corrupt...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Abantika Baral, a 'close associate' of Proshanta Kumar Halder, in connection with illegal acquisition of wealth and money laundering. Abantika was detained by a...
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