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More than 20 people, including children, were killed in air strikes during a wedding ceremony in a remote desert area of central Mali on Sunday, a health worker with knowledge...
The World Bank is working closely with over 100 countries to pave the way for them to receive low-interest loans and funding to purchase and distribute Covid-19 vaccines, World Bank...
Democrats and Republicans were locked in tight US Senate races in Georgia on Tuesday as final votes were counted in a showdown that will decide whether President-elect Joe Biden enjoys...
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team of international experts to examine...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) have joined hands in a bid to attract more foreign investments in the country. The partnership, as its...
Speakers during a webinar have called for protecting rights of the pandemic-hit migrant workers who have fallen victim to job cuts and forced repatriations. They suggested raising rights issues of...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of NRB Commercial Bank is set to begin on February 3, aiming to raise Tk 1.20 billion through IPO under the fixed price method....
The High Court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on 25 persons, including PK Halder's mother Lilaboti Halder, former deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank SK Sur Chowdhury and chairman...
Daily trade turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) climbed to more than 10 years high on Tuesday, since the country's stock market had developed bubbles that soon burst in...
Local jewelers on Tuesday revised gold prices upward to adjust with the change in the international market. Hallmark 22-carat gold will be sold for Tk 6,400 per gram, which is...
All the scheduled banks will have to keep additional 1.0 per cent general provisioning against loans, which have enjoyed deferral/ time extension facilities, instead of all unclassified loans earlier. The...
Terming Bangladesh 'a development miracle', Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the country is set to emerge from the group of LDCs (least developed countries) by the...
The government has allowed some 29 private companies to import a total of 0.33 million tonnes of rice aiming to boost its supply in the local market and contain its...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in the process of reviewing the import duties and taxes on rice and onion to rationalise their prices in the domestic market, according...
India will begin exporting COVID-19 vaccines “within a fortnight” of their roll-out, the BBC has reported citing an Indian foreign ministry official. The official dismissed reports that India would ban...
The moment the price of cauliflower has come down to a one-third, at Tk 10 a piece, average consumers still tend to bargain. Even when a kilogram onion costs four...
The country's jute sector is a manufacturing sector that has perhaps experienced the most frequent twists and turns when it comes to government policies. One reason for this could be...
Bangladesh economy demonstrated its robustness in terms of GDP growth at 5.2 per cent even at a time (FY19) when the trend was negative globally. In nominal terms, it ranks...
Bangladesh’s export earnings have plummeted once again due to the coronavirus pandemic as a second and larger wave of infections has continued to shatter its major markets in the West....
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman opened a Gulf Arab summit on Tuesday by taking aim at Iran and lauding a deal towards ending a long-running dispute with Qatar....
South Africa completed a sweep of their two match series against Sri Lanka as they strolled to a 10-wicket win on the third day of the second test on Tuesday....
Bangladesh's development story over the past fifty years is full of development surprises and extraordinary resilience of the people in the face of frequent natural disasters and manmade calamities. The...
Skipper Kane Williamson smashed his fourth test double-hundred while Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell notched up centuries to fuel New Zealand’s bid for a 2-0 series sweep in the second...
I remember a borrower who was chanting 'Allah' repeatedly while signing a loan contract. Borrowing is considered a shameful act in his community. Yet he availed the loan to meet...
Malnutrition can reduce the working capacity of the ready-made garment (RMG) workers and productivity by 20 per cent. Hence, it is very important to implement the Plan of Action (2021,...
Dhaka now emphasises economic diplomacy to pursue Bangladesh’s economic interests abroad including market access and securing foreign direct investment. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said this on Tuesday at the...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh, with its 165 million hard-working people in between two large economies like China and India, is a lucrative destination for...
Farmers have already exceeded the fixed farming target of sweet potato by 9.14 per cent and are expecting its super bumper output in Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday cancelled a planned trip to India later this month, citing the need to oversee the pandemic response at home. "The prime minister spoke...
An Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party on Wednesday passed a law abolishing state-run Islamic schools, saying they provided sub-standard education. Opposition politicians criticised the...
The general point-to-point inflation rate came down by 0.23 percentage point to 5.29 per cent in December last year. Planning Minister MA Mannan gave the information while briefing reporters after...
Indian health authorities are ready to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme by next week, the country’s top health official said on Tuesday, days after the drug regulator gave emergency...
A Pakistani court has banned the use of virginity tests on female rape survivors in a landmark ruling that is being lauded by women’s rights activists. The Lahore High Court...
Hundreds of Bangladeshi migrants who work in Qatar have gathered outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, demanding urgent action from the government to facilitate their return to the Middle-Eastern country....
A virtual Bangladesh-China investment summit will take place on January 25 aiming to help boost the bilateral trade relations between the two countries. The summit will be jointly organised by...
Employees and workers of a foreign-owned garment factory at Savar EPZ on Tuesday sought the intervention by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to get their arrears for one year. The RMG...
The High Court (HC) has imposed a travel ban on 25 people including Lilaboti Halder, mother of former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Proshanta Kumar Halder...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved an additional outlay of Tk 56.59 billion to fight the coronavirus by strengthening the health sector. The new funds...
Israel's health ministry has authorised a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US drugmaker Moderna Inc, the company and an Israeli official said, marking the vaccine's third regulatory authorisation and the first...
More than 200 workers at Google and other Alphabet Inc units on Monday formed a labour union for US and Canadian offices, building on years of protests over working conditions...
Julian Assange is ‘free to return home’ to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after a UK court denied...
A court in Dhaka will hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others on January 19 Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman...
Steve Madden, founder and design chief of a multibillion-dollar eponymous shoe brand, knows something about being sanguine in a tough situation. In 2002, Madden was convicted of stock manipulation, money...
Bangladesh has recorded 991 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 517,920. The death toll climbed to 7,670 after...
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of government to between 11 and 15 years in prison, after finding them guilty of spreading...
Stocks ended lower on Tuesday, snapping an eight-session winning streak, as investors opted for booking profit on major sectors issues amid vaccine uncertainty news. DSEX, the key index of the...
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: England back in lockdown England wakes up on Tuesday to a new national lockdown to contain a surge in...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system...
A Meherpur court on Tuesday sentenced a couple to hang for throttling the man's second wife to death in 2010. Meherpur additional district and sessions judge Ripti Kumar Biswash handed...
China's biggest rocket contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has outlined its aim to conduct more than 40 space launch missions in 2021, and the construction of the...
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