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The central bank has relaxed regulations, allowing banks to transfer up to 75 per cent of net monthly income of the expatriate employees, by converting Taka into equivalent foreign exchange,...
When the two major bus terminals were built at Saidabad and Mohakhali of Dhaka city in the mid-eighties, many had expected the city traffic congestion to ease. But the situation...
A study carried out by the Brac Institute of Governance and Development over the early months of general holiday found that study hours for students declined by 80 per cent...
Lately, it appears that the country's light engineering industry is going to get some encouragement from the government in terms of framing policies as well as taking moves to better...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) further relaxed outward remittance rules for foreigners working in the country's economic zones (EZs), export processing zones (EPZs) and hi-tech parks (HTPs), reports UNB. As per a...
Sedentary behaviours include sitting time at work, at home, while commuting and during leisure time. During the last few decades, the rapid uptake of technology, high reliance on electronic communication,...
No one in the United States ever thought that a person defeated in the presidential election would refuse to accept the outcome of the electoral exercise and create roadblocks for...
The date of 1 July should be regarded as a great day this year, i.e. 2021. It was on this very day, the University of Dhaka formally opened classes to...
Bangladesh is doing everything in its power to import the COVID-19 vaccine and the frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic will be prioritised for the doses, Sheikh Hasina...
The government on Thursday cut duty on rice import, limiting it up to 25 per cent, while imposing 10 per cent import taxes on the onion. The National Board of...
City Bank has become the first Bangladeshi bank to execute a cross-border Letter of Credit (LC) transaction under a Shariah-based financing arrangement executed using blockchain technology. City Bank has partnered...
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Dr Rubana Huq has said the current downtrend in RMG export is likely to continue until April of this year. "I...
The bloody chaos inside the US Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law...
The country’s mobile operators are not providing services to the clients up to the mark, said newly appointed Chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRC) Shyam Sunder Sikder on Thursday....
India’s fiscal deficit for year ending in March is likely to be over 7.0 per cent of gross domestic product, reports Reuters accrediting three sources, as revenue collections suffered from...
Khanqueh-e-shaheed (RA) Mia Saheb's maidan Khanqueh Sarif , situated at luxmibazar , the old city will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir asker ,milad and doa mahfil marking the holy...
A court has exonerated a man of murder charges in a case over the death of his wife Jesmine Akter in the capital's Ranavola in 2011, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka's Speedy...
A group of rare incubating dinosaur fossils has been unearthed in east China's Jiangxi Province, shedding light on reproductive research related to theropod dinosaurs. The fossils, dating back about 70...
The government has set a target to produce 4,500 tonnes of jute seed in the next five years, aiming to make the country self-sufficient in such seeds, Agri Minister Dr...
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami lauded the digitisation of Bangladesh’s land management. The Indian high commissioner in Dhaka also praised the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's strong leadership...
Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the coronavirus, hoping that less-stringent curbs than imposed...
Arab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a US-backed deal, but restoring diplomatic ties requires more time as parties work to...
Economic stimulus approved in the United States and Japan at the end of last year will help to power a recovery in their economies in the second half of 2021,...
All-out efforts were made to get justice despite their limitations but the long wait of the parents of Felani is yet to end. Now despair has gripped the ill-fated parents...
Vietnam’s success in curbing the coronavirus so far, while its Southeast Asia neighbours struggle, is helping the country power ahead in economic growth and attracting funds, foreign investors, experts and...
Moderna Inc is on track to deliver between 600 million and 1.0 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said on Thursday. Bancel said Moderna...
A majority of the US House of Representatives on Thursday morning voted down a move by allies of President Donald Trump to reject Pennsylvania's electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden,...
Bangladesh has recorded 31 deaths and 1,007 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 519,905. As of Thursday, the...
The year 2020 has been dreadful, especially for the women in Bangladesh. With domestic and sexual violence against them on the rise, last year has seen the worst of their...
Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certified Democrat Joe Biden’s election...
The number of fresh COVID cases is rising across the world with each passing day -- now surpassing the 87 million mark. According to Johns Hopkins University, the overall death...
Tens of thousands of farmers on tractors occupied a stretch of an expressway on the periphery of the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday in one of the biggest shows...
Around 4,000 financial firms in Britain were at “heightened risk” of collapsing due to fallout from the first wave of the pandemic, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday. The...
The Trump administration is considering adding tech giants Alibaba and Tencent to a blacklist of firms allegedly owned or controlled by the Chinese military, two people familiar with the matter...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this (Thursday) evening, marking the second anniversary of her current government formed through the December-30, 2018 general election. Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh...
India's cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly, affectionately known as 'Dada', was discharged from hospital on Thursday, some five days after he underwent an angioplasty surgery following a mild heart attack....
Criticism of India’s approval of a local Covid-19 vaccine without proof of its efficacy grew on Wednesday after news that a regulatory panel approved the shot just one day after...
Twitter, Facebook and Snap temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential...
Honey farmers are expecting a bumper production of quality honey, due to favourable weather, in Bogura this year. The quality honey to be produced in the district could be worth...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge who said he might flee justice while the United States tries again to secure his extradition, a...
Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donald...
Two top aides to first lady Melania Trump resigned on Wednesday in the wake of violence on Capitol Hill, and more top White House officials were considering resigning, including national...
The New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday it will delist three Chinese telecom companies, confirming its latest U-turn on the matter a day after US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin...
Impossible Foods Inc, maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger, said on Wednesday it would cut prices for foodservice distributors in the United States by about 15 per cent amid increasing...
Amazon.com said on Wednesday it would spend $2 billion to create affordable homes in regions where three of its major US employment hubs are located. The company said it intends...
Britain named former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, tasked with agreeing a long-term funding model for the broadcaster at a time of increasing...
China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new...
Newly-appointed land secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman has urged the officials of his ministry to bring down the suffering of the people coming to take land-related services. "I call upon you...
Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a bid to overturn his election defeat, occupying the symbol of American democracy and forcing Congress to...
The rich nations are yet to support a request by the LDCs to extend the existing trade preferences for an additional period of 12 years after their graduation, officials said....
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