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A number of European countries have or are considering banning travel from the UK to prevent the spread of a more infectious variant of coronavirus. Both the Netherlands and Belgium...
Five Mission Impossible 7 crew members have reportedly quit the film, after lead actor and producer Tom Cruise ranted for the second time on set, after his first dressing-down was...
In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalise deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the...
Songphon "Yajai" Sonthirak had been a boxer for most of his young life and knew how to face down a stronger opponent: Keep your guard up, stand tall, stay focused....
A detailed investigation into the Myanmar military’s involvement in the information and communications technology sector has uncovered a "web of cronyism and corruption". The report, launched on Sunday, raised significant...
While Covid-19 has pushed many into poverty, the pandemic has brought huge benefits for some of the wealthiest, renewing calls for fairer taxes, says The Observer. It reports that ten...
The Ministry of Education has approved the British Council’s plan to hold GCSE and A Level exams for students of English medium institutions in January 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak....
Taiwan’s navy and air force were deployed on Sunday as a Chinese aircraft carrier group led by the country’s newest carrier, the Shandong, sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, the...
The US Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a $900 billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a late-night compromise to clear one of the final hurdles, a...
Sydney was isolated from the rest of Australia on Sunday after all of the country’s states and territories imposed travel restrictions on its residents as a coronavirus cluster in the...
The government is making the final preparations to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in December amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, the authorities are...
Development initiatives taken for the marginalised communities in the country were not successful in improving their standard of life. Experts observed this on Saturday in a webinar organised by Desperately...
The first Bangladesh-Nepal preferential trade agreement (PTA), which is slated to be signed by the end of December, but Nepali officials are doubtful about the deal as key issues remain...
Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed today (Sunday) hoisted the flag of the newly formed Military Dental Centre as the chief guest. The flag hoisting ceremony of the newly...
Nepal’s cabinet recommended dissolving parliament in an emergency meeting on Sunday as Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s party said he had lost majority support. “The prime minister has lost the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that the country's armed forces would be provided with more modern equipment and technologies as ensuring top quality modernised force is vital. "We...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the three consecutive sessions on Sunday as risk-averse investors continued to book profit on major sectors stocks. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka...
A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said, reports Reuters. Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured...
Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid. He and hundreds of...
Bangladesh's coronavirus tally has crossed 500,000, hitting another grim milestone in the pandemic. The tally of infections climbed to 500,713 on the back of 1,153 new cases recorded in the...
Financially disadvantaged, more than 500 women artisans in Bogura are busy making kumrabori, a locally made popular food item, this winter season. They have already started selling it too. They...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is in "close contact" with UK officials over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus. The new variant is spreading more...
It can be called old-fashioned but he still thinks that there’s nothing as beautiful and romantic as a love letter. Even after passing almost 20 years of his life, he...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the economic situation of the country is good now as the Coronavirus situation is under control here. "The coronavirus has devastated the world. The...
Notwithstanding an exponential growth in electricity generation, the repeated power tariff hikes across Bangladesh will only burden the consumers, eminent economist Dr Ahsan H Mansur has said. “Electricity has to...
Crystal Insurance Company will make its shares trading debut tomorrow (Monday) on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange under the ‘N’ category. The DSE trading code for...
Bangladesh witnessed an alarming rise in the number of rape incidents during January-November 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, according to a report of an independent rights body....
A Bangladeshi expatriate and his son died of Covid-19 in New York on Saturday where the deadly virus has already claimed over 36,000 lives. Engineer Khairuzzaman and his son Abul...
Rights shares subscription of National Polymer Industries is set to begin on January 24, 2021, aiming to raise Tk 547.38 million through rights issuance. The subscription period for the company’s...
The country's shrimp industry needs to boost production to retain its share in the global market, insiders say. They said local shrimp sector continues to lose its share in the...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscriptions of two companies - Taufika Foods& Agro Industries and eGeneration - will open next month to raise Tk 450 million under the fixed price...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is exploring possibilities to make online tax return submission mandatory for salaried taxpayers from next year, said a senior tax official on Saturday. It...
The treasury yields have fallen sharply in recent months, lowered by adequate liquidity in the money market. The yield on the 91-day bill went down from 6.5 per cent (annualised)...
US President Donald Trump, in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the US government, on Saturday downplayed the cyber espionage campaign and questioned whether Russia was to...
US Embassy Dhaka has announced the call for applications for the 2021 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (academic year 2021-2022). The programme offers six-to-nine-month research grants, beginning in September 2021. One-...
Stocks witnessed mixed trends in early trading on Sunday as cautious investors continued their profit booking tendency on sector-wise quick-gaining stocks. Following the previous two days’ downturn, the Dhaka Stock...
Lionel Messi equalled Pele’s haul of 643 goals for Santos after scoring for Barcelona against Valencia in La Liga on Saturday, matching the Brazilian great’s scoring record for a single...
China published rules on Saturday for reviewing foreign investment on national security grounds, potentially broad measures that it insisted did not amount to protectionism. The review system announced by the...
Export of vegetables witnessed a sharp fall in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY) due to high prices in the local market and lack of European...
The year 2020 is going to end with the relatively slow progress in the country's fast-track, mega road and rail transport projects amid coronavirus pandemic. The global crisis that began...
Private companies have offloaded primary shares worth Tk 9.62 billion in the outgoing year, the highest amount in last six years, amid Covid-induced sluggish economic activities. With the latest one...
The government is counting around US$230,000 (Tk 20 million) per day in rent to two privately-owned offshore liquefied gas terminal owners despite its failure to fully utilise their capacity, an...
After the complete liberation of the territory of Bangladesh on 16 December, 1971, the land emerged as a sovereign independent country. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave his call of independence...
Transformation of the microfinance institutions is inevitable considering rural economic growth and financial inclusion requirements of Bangladesh where some 50 per cent of the adult population remain unbanked, according to...
Any high-level interaction between the two next-door neighbours---Bangladesh and India---does always generate expectations in both the countries. The latest virtual summit participated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian...
Nineteen public universities on Saturday fixed the minimum grade point average (GPA) requirement for applying to the combined admission tests of those universities for the next academic session. Students from...
Reintegration support for the pandemic-hit returnee migrant workers is still a far cry, thus the majority of them are going through tough times at home, workers and rights activists said....
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) on Saturday rescued four tourists, who had lost their way while hiking in a remote hilly region of Cox’s Bazar’s Darianagar. An aircraft of BAF found...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Satunary unveiled Bangladesh Betar apps to facilitate airing programmes of Bangladesh Betar on mobile phones all over the world. The minister inaugurated the apps...
BRAC commemorates its founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed on his first anniversary of death on Sunday (December 20). Last year (2019) he died on this day at a hospital in...
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