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The agricultural sector of Bangladesh has shown phenomenal performance in terms of crop production and yield growth, crop diversification, reducing subsectoral growth asymmetries, rapid rise in cropping intensity and adoption...
On December 10, the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP) authorities installed the 41st and last span of the long-awaited bridge, making the dream of millions fully visible for the first...
Nobody could imagine at the turn of the new-year that a microscopic enemy in the shape of novel corona-virus would have such a devastating impact on human civilisation. The entire...
Housing authorities have very recently begun to give emphasis on developing liveable towns and villages for next generations. They think development of a standard and planned habitat would ensure people...
The country’s first overhead metro rail is expected to start its test and trial run at the beginning of 2021. “We are hopeful about bringing the train sets in February...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed US$43 billion-mark for the first time in the history of the country on Wednesday following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided financial assistance worth Tk 100 million to Dhaka Shishu Hospital. MM Imrul Kayes, assistant press secretary to the prime minister, said the funds will...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate a case lodged against seven people including former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said Bangladesh’s economy will perform better in the next year as all indicators of the country’s economy are in good position despite COVID-19...
Three members of a family have been killed and another injured after a train crashed into an autorickshaw in Cumilla. The accident took place when the three-wheeler was crossing an...
A vaccine developed by a unit of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) is 79.34 per cent effective at protecting people from COVID-19 and the company has filed an application for...
Bangladesh has said 30-year-old island Bhashan Char is completely safe and suitable for human habitation with all the amenities and there has been no forceful relocation. "There is no question...
School admission through lottery, which was supposed to begin on Wednesday for the first time in the situation due to Covid-19 pandemic, has been suspended. The lottery and the application...
India is likely to spend more next fiscal year than this year’s budgeted $415 billion and prioritise infrastructure projects, relying on asset sales of around $40 billion for some of...
The dredging of outer bar area of Mongla Port channel has been completed ahead of schedule and the new dredged channel has been comissioned to the large merchant ships to...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $0.5 million in grant to support the government’s efforts to restore severely degraded waterbodies in Dhaka for managing watershed sustainably. Considering both surface...
Bangladesh has confirmed 1,235 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the tally of infections so far to 512,496, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 7,531 after 22 fatalities...
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found illegal money transactions, amounting from Tk 50,000 to Tk 30 million, during appointing, promoting and transferring or postings within the Forest Department. The...
Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalising abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades. The...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the sixth straight days on Wednesday, with key index crossing the 5,400-mark after 18 months, the last trading day of the year 2020. DSEX,...
Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia’s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people...
Spam has been identified as Bangladesh's biggest cyber threat in the year 2020, according to a latest report of the government. Spam is unsolicited emails, most often send in bulk,...
The High Court has imposed a ban on the media broadcast of statements, interviews and talk-show appearances of any convicted or fugitive suspects, including the absconding Proshanta Kumar Halder who...
The stock market regulator has allowed brokerage houses to open new branch offices across the country after nine years following the long-standing demand of the stockbrokers. The Bangladesh Securities and...
The nearly century-old forest act-1927 is needed to be widely reformed as the existing law could not work as a safeguard to protect the country’s forest lands, said a new...
Four people were killed and four others injured after a gas cylinder on a microbus exploded on Sylhet-Jakiganj road in front of Mollagram Government Primary School in Golapganj upazila of...
India on Wednesday decided to extend the ban on flights to and from Britain by a week beyond December 31, in the wake of 20 cases of new mutated coronavirus...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is building up every force in such a way so that the country could avail all sorts of measures and training...
The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a...
Emirates has announced the appointment of Mohamed Alhammadi as Country Manager in Bangladesh, effective 1 st January 2021. Saeed Abdulla Miran, currently Country Manager in Bangladesh will take on the...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has approved a 3.0 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year ended June 30, 2020. The approval came at the bourse’s 59th...
Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips...
Canada published the draft Clean Fuel Standard this month, which is central to the ruling Liberal Party’s commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent below 2005 levels by...
Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should keep chip design and production under one roof, according to a letter...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in the early hours of trading of the last trading session of the year 2020 on Wednesday as investors remained active on major sectors issues...
The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado. The patient, a man in his 20s...
The government has initiated to assess the extent of losses by agri-processed food, especially halal food, exporters for unavailability of a heath certification system in Bangladesh. Officials said Bangladesh Trade...
The 660-megawatt (MW) second and final unit of the country's largest coal-fired power plant at Payra in Patuakhali has initiated commercial operation from early this month with lower output due...
The stock market regulator on Tuesday issued a directive on exit plan for issuers of the delisted securities in the interest of the investors and the capital market. The Bangladesh...
If 'corona' is pronounced as a Bangla word, it denotes 'don't do it'. In fact, a lot of things can't be done since the outbreak of the deadly virus that...
In almost all countries, it takes 2-8 working days for a letter to arrive at the destination via the postal service. But people have no patience, or time in other...
Boeing’s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month. American Airlines Flight 718 landed...
The prestigious BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells that was scheduled to be held in California in March has been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns, organisers said on...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said. Rescuers pulled people from...
H&M, one of the largest global apparel brands, has cut more than 100 jobs from Bangladesh production office mainly to cope up with the rapid changes in the retail industry...
Though consumers got some relief for an increased supply of newly harvested onions, Bangladeshi farmers fell into despair as India has lifted its export ban on the spice during this...
The central bank has extended the deadline by three months to execute the stimulus package for small entrepreneurs in the farm sector, officials said. The banks are now allowed to...
The country's trade deficit narrowed down by 30.77 per cent or US$ 2.10 billion in the first five months of this fiscal year (FY) amid dismal foreign trade situation due...
The public finance went through a difficult phase between the months of April and September this year because of the Covid-19 consequences. Government's revenue earnings suffered, but its expenditures were...
Britain and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, Vietnam’s trade ministry said, days before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union.The deal, which will for Britain...
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