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As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against Covid-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will...
Khandaker Aliour Rahman, secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, has died in hospital care from the coronavirus infection. He breathed his last at the Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in Dhaka...
Bangladesh has the ability to enhance the credit-based spending to support Covid-affected sectors as the country is ‘at low risk in terms of vulnerable debt sustainability.’ A policy note, prepared...
A Beximco official has ruled out uncertainty over the arrival of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 in Bangladesh after media reports suggested that India will meet its local demand before...
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson proved why he is currently the top-ranked test batsman with a brilliant 112 not out to keep his country on course for a handy first-innings lead...
For one reason or another, people often boast of the Bengal past. For example, they refer to the ‘golden time’ of Bengal when it was governed by Shaista Khan, and...
Thailand’s prime minister on Monday urged the public to stay home to help contain the country’s biggest coronavirus outbreak yet and avoid a strict lockdown, as authorities confirmed a daily...
The inauguration of T20 in the global arena, experimentation of T10, six a side, and ‘The Hundred’ – all these innovations within cricket in modern times are meant for shortening...
Stocks witnessed high volatility after three hours of trading on Monday following coronavirus vaccine import uncertainty news as India banned to export vaccine for few months. India will not allow...
Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who pioneered a global climate change campaign as a 15-year-old, turned 18 on Sunday and promised to celebrate by exposing “dark secrets” at her local pub. “Thank...
Stocks opened on an upbeat note on Monday as investors continued their appetite riding on news of India’s coronavirus vaccine approval which heightened hopes for Bangladesh. Following the previous day’s...
US President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the southern state, according to a recording of the hour-long call published...
In a standoff between farmers from India’s northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of supporters scattered around the...
Handloom units in Pabna are facing closure as weavers are now left with little money to run them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Weavers say they have not been able to...
Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected speaker of the US House of Representatives on Sunday, as a new Congress took office amid political uncertainty, with Senate control undecided and a Republican...
Asian factory activity expanded moderately in December thanks to robust demand in regional giant China, business surveys showed on Monday, the latest sign that manufacturers are emerging from the initial...
Roger Federer’s results in 2021 are more likely than any age milestone to determine when his glittering career comes to an end, said Australian Todd Woodbridge, who thinks the Swiss...
Manchester City shook off the impact of a Covid outbreak in their ranks to outclass Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and put themselves firmly in the Premier League title mix...
OPEC sees plenty of downside risks for oil markets in the first half of 2021, its secretary general said on Sunday, a day before meeting allies led by Russia to...
A Spanish-flagged humanitarian ship on Sunday was seeking a port of safety for 265 migrants its crew rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in the last few days. The Open Arms...
Life was yet to get back to normal for many people in the areas hit by the cyclone Amphan in May last year in Khulna and Satkhira. The grim pictures...
The Rohingya repatriation and Covid diplomacy will be the main challenge for Bangladesh on the diplomatic front in the New Year. Apart from this, bilateral free trade agreements, ties with...
Apparel sector leaders demanded withdrawal of mandatory inclusion of HS code in the bond licence while getting imported raw materials released for readymade garment (RMG) exports under the duty-free facility....
India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make 1 billion...
The government moves to establish 10 dedicated light engineering industrial parks in eight districts of the country to harness the immense potential of the domestic light engineering industry. The proposed...
The country's Economic Zones or EZs received investment proposals worth $4.08 billion in the last calendar year, official figures have revealed. Of the total investment proposals, $3.15 billion, including $545.21...
The Dhaka-Mawa expressway is likely to be expensive for all kinds of transports due to having four toll bridges on the 55-kilometre access control highway. A report prepared by a...
The hope for getting Covid-19 vaccine from India has got stronger as the drug regulatory authority of India on Sunday approved the ones developed by the AstraZeneca-Oxford University and the...
The government has received a record Tk 8.80 billion in tax from the holders of undisclosed money in the first half of the current fiscal year. Between July and December,...
If Boris Johnson, the incumbent British prime minister, has spearheaded the Brexit campaign and finally succeeded to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union, his father opposed the...
"...2020 has shown that governments must increase investment in public health, from funding access to COVID vaccines for all people to making our systems better prepared to prevent and respond...
People settled on the banks of the country's rivers have long been at the end of their tether. Beginning with encroachment on the age-old water flows and building of various...
South Africa's opener Dean Elgar continues to impress with the bat. He reaches another fifty and is on course for a superb century with SA at 148/1 at close of...
Paceman Kyle Jamieson took five for 69 as New Zealand overcame some stiff Pakistan resistance to dismiss the tourists for 297 at close of play on the opening day of...
Turkey expressed interests on Sunday to invest in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and shipbuilding sectors in Bangladesh. The Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan expressed his country’s interests while...
The inflow of remittances crossed the $21billion-mark for the first time in the just-concluded calendar year, registering an increase of nearly 19 per cent, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, officials...
Despite being a calming and popular technique worldwide, the term ‘mediation’ sounds like a hassle. Many people think that the process of mediation is a time-consuming one and needs a...
The tempestuous talks have, despite the background noise, been able to end in a legal understanding and a document of more than a thousand pages that will greatly affect future...
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the Covid-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal...
At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security sources said on Saturday. About...
The Supreme Court has frozen a High Court ruling that barred English-medium schools from taking session fees from students graduating to a new class four years ago. A virtual Appellate...
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent suspension of export and import for several months caused a 2.0 per cent drop in the number of ships docking at Chattogram Port in 2020...
Agent banking has been a catalyst in financial inclusion in Bangladesh. Unbanked populations are availing financial services at the agent outlets throughout the country resulting in accessing them into the...
Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun, who won the highest civilian awards Swadhinata Padak and Ekushey Padak for her works, has died. She was 85. She passed away at her home in...
Inward remittances witnessed a massive growth of 37.6 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal 2020-21 compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. According...
Agriculture Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Sunday said the country needs to be self sufficient in terms of food production to combat any famine-like crisis. He said: “If we witness...
At least 18 people attending a funeral in northern India were killed when a roof they were sheltering under during heavy rainfall collapsed on Sunday afternoon, a police officer said....
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the government will take journalists of foreign media and foreign envoys stationed in Dhaka to Bhasan Char to witness the facilities ensured...
Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others, reports Reuters....
India on Sunday granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy data for the homegrown coronavirus vaccine. The news, announced by...
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