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The media is abuzz these days with headlines such as "How Israel Became a World Leader in Vaccinating Against Covid-19." While the United States (US) has vaccinated only 1.67 per...
Covid-19 pandemic has an unprecedented impact on US$35 billion Bangladesh apparel industry. The impacts of the pandemic on the apparel industry can be felt at multiple facets from order cancellation...
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2021 aiming to raise the financial jurisdiction of the judges of the lower court for disposal of...
Value-added Tax (VAT) is the most widely used indirect tax system in the world. Under the system, input tax credit is admissible against output tax. This input credit system makes...
India has signed a purchase order with vaccine producer Serum Institute to procure AstraZeneca's vaccine against COVID-19, a source said on Monday. The order, which is the first step in...
The total number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh reached 170.1 million at the end of December last year. The number of mobile phone subscribers was 165.6 million at the...
Indonesia gave Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine its first emergency use approval outside China on Monday as the world's fourth most populous country launches nationwide inoculations to stem surging infections and...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the global economic dimension has changed a lot and in order to sustain in the international market with access to diversified export, it needs to...
India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his wife Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl in Mumbai on Monday afternoon. Kohli, who had been on the road...
A Dhaka court on Monday framed charges in a case against six including convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayeedi for embezzling money of Islamic Foundation (IF). Judge Syeda Hosne Ara...
Two separate appeals were filed with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday to initiate cases against former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon for making ‘defamatory...
Bayer Crop Science Ltd will provide training to 15,000 smallholder farmers in the country on advanced agricultural practices. The training is a continuation of its "Better Farms, Better Lives" initiative,...
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday announced a fresh lockdown in the capital Kuala Lumpur and five states, as the Southeast Asian nation's cumulative cases grew to over 135,000...
Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Sunday announced plans to build a zero carbon city at NEOM, a $500 billion flagship business zone aimed at diversifying the kingdom's oil-based economy. Prince...
During the pandemic social activities of Rotary International has increased, and the process will continue, says Rotary Governor M Robayet Hossain, according to a statement. The governor said this at...
A group of women who formed an alliance called ‘Feminists Across Generations’ or FemGen on Monday lambasted the police and the media for mishandling the recent case of rape and...
The High Court on Monday ordered the authorities of United Hospital to pay Tk 3.0 million within 15 days to each to four families out of five victims who were...
The government is going to start registration process of Covid vaccination from January 26 as Beximco is set to import vaccines in between January 21 and January 25. The DGHS...
The fourth edition of BASIS National ICT Awards 2020 has kicked off aimed at providing recognition to individuals, students, entrepreneurs, SMEs and organisations for their outstanding achievements. To this effect,...
Nine general managers of four state-owned bank have not joined their new workplaces in 13 months, refusing to follow the government’s transfer orders. After several reminders, the finance ministry finally...
The Ministry of Food has allowed private traders to import 487,000 tonnes of rice to boost supply and cool prices in local markets. The government has opened the opportunity for...
Bangladesh has recorded 849 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 523,302. The death toll climbed to 7,803 after...
A World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will arrive in China on Jan 14, China's national health authority said...
A battered and bruised India lineup survived the full fifth day to force a draw in the third cricket Test against Australia and leave the series hinging on the final...
The results of the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2020 will be released by January 28, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam has said. The development has...
Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said on Monday that he will file a defamation case against Sayeed Khokon for his adverse comments against him....
Democrats in the US Congress will try to remove President Donald Trump from office this week, either by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence or in a historic second impeachment attempt,...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson along with Khalid Mustafiz Gaffar, Deputy Head of Trade and Investment paid a visit to Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) Head Office at...
Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 90 million on Monday, according to Reuters tally, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight...
Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV. Citing a brigadier-general from Ethiopia’s...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have recently launched a fund for women enterprises to...
Local e-commerce company Evaly is going to sponsor a film titled ‘Operation Sundarbans’. The film, based on RAB’s drive to remove pirates from the Sundarbans, will be produced by RAB...
Hyperloop is a proposed mode of transportation that uses some special properties of vacuum for a very fast mass transit. American entrepreneur Elon Musk first propounded this concept and claimed...
Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding...
At least four people have died in a fire ignited by a leaked gas cylinder in a kitchen in Gazipur. The fire also burnt down more than 50 houses in...
Brazilian Carlos Vinicius struck a first-half hat-trick as Tottenham Hotspur avoided an FA Cup banana skin with ease, enjoying a 5-0 win at eighth-tier Marine AFC in the third round...
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair is not going to be organised in February this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Bangla Academy has said. Its Director General Habibullah Shirajee...
About 80 per cent of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed as worries mount about a record surge in coronavirus cases across the...
US House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote today (Monday) to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters’ deadly...
Guatemalan and Honduran soldiers will be deployed to prevent new US-bound migrant caravans from advancing, military officials said, amid growing desperation among those seeking to cross and signs that some...
Major HSBC shareholders are calling on Europe’s biggest bank to toughen its commitment to cut lending linked to fossil fuels and to turn its climate “ambitions” into targets. Investors collectively...
“Wonder Woman 1984” led domestic box office charts for the third straight weekend without much in the way of competition. The superhero sequel nabbed $3 million between Friday and Sunday,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will hold lottery draw on invoices of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on February 5, 2021. The lottery draw will be held on the EFD-generated...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday launched a smartphone application 'Sobar Dhaka' in an effort to ensure its accountability to city dwellers. This app will help local residents...
Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Owners Association (BCVOA) on Sunday warned of waging a movement unless their six-point demands, including stopping illegal toll collection, are met within next 90 days. The water...
The government has asked the authorities concerned to reduce the number of unauthorised rail crossings across the country in an effort to avert train accidents. They have also been asked...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dhaka visit will top the agenda during the foreign secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and India on January 29. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
The government has started working on fixing fares for the first-ever metro-rail, being constructed from Uttara to Motijheel in the city, expecting to propose the rates within a few months....
Austria’s Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher has resigned after allegations that she plagiarised some of her university work, but denied any wrongdoing and said she was stepping down to protect her...
The European Union’s top diplomat has said that last week’s siege of the US Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation...
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