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Asian shares bounced back on Friday as progress on Covid-19 vaccines boosted investor sentiment, but tricky Brexit negotiations and US stimulus talks capped gains in riskier assets. MSCI’s ex-Japan Asia-Pacific...
Bangladesh has called upon the United Nations to delineate outer limit of Bangladesh's continental shelf that would unleash new opportunities in the county's pursuit of 'blue economy", reports BSS. "The...
The central bank has imposed an additional 1.0 per cent general provision against all unclassified loans aiming to improve financial health along with the shock-absorbing capacity of banks, officials said....
With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) called for greater action to...
Most of the winter vegetable prices declined notably last week giving consumers some relief thanks to surge in supply in recent days. Prices of most of the seasonal vegetables, leafy,...
Experts and analysts during a webinar on Thursday said Bangladesh may face challenges in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) for formation of China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Bypassing Bangladesh,...
The government needs to enhance the coverage of social protection by adding new poor to the new plans for tackling the second wave of coronavirus, experts said on Thursday. For...
Women migrant workers send home maximum amount of their earnings even though their income is lower than that of male migrant workers, power-point presentation showed at a consultation. It also...
Most banks around the world could face four more years of depressed profits in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, consulting firm McKinsey & Co said in a report. By...
Former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Mohammed Farashuddin on Thursday said the country's private commercial banks are dictating banking policies. He also held responsible the domination of private banks for...
The revenue authority faced a Tk 275.56 billion shortfall in tax collection until November of the current fiscal year against its target due to sluggish economic activities amid the Covid-19...
India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and partners freeing up capacity and accelerating...
Stakeholders of the export-oriented readymade garment (RMG), leather and footwear sectors missed the deadline for providing the lists of their jobless workers, which might deprive many of the beneficiaries of...
Speakers at a discussion on Thursday urged the government to redefine the development strategy from the economic growth-centric paradigm to reducing inequality and disparity. They have suggested making policy in...
A new study has identified a number of key areas for entrepreneurial engagements between Bangladesh and the Netherlands, to scale up bilateral development cooperation. The Bangladesh Embassy in the Netherlands...
BDCSOProcess, a forum of 700 civil society and non-government organisations in Bangladesh, along with COAST Trust organised a virtual seminar on Wednesday titled “Better Health: Stand Up for Human Rights”,...
Economists, politicians and businesses at a virtual discussion, held recently under the auspices of a private think tank, asked the government to find the answer to a question that has...
Agrahayan, the last month of Hemanta or late Autumn or Fall is yet to be over. But for the past week the season has started behaving as if it is...
It is all but clear that a competition is currently going on over the Covid-19 vaccines. Some have dubbed it --- sarcastically though --- Covid nationalism in that the thrust...
In a continuous effort to help countries manage volatile cross-border capital flows, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken a major step toward a new analytical macroeconomic framework that can...
The destruction of the Twin-Tower in New York on September 11, 2001 caught the American intelligence services including the CIA, FBI by total surprise. The political leadership was in shock...
Just decades back, books used to constitute a major component of gifts, especially that given on the occasion of wedding events. As time changed, newer handy yet pricey items entered...
A United Nations human rights investigator urged Bangladesh on Thursday to allow a safety assessment of the remote island where the government shipped 1,600 Rohingya refugees last week, and a...
The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine prepared by Serum Institute of India is expected to arrive in Bangladesh in early January, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque. “We have made...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s investigating judge charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed 200 people and ravaged the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid emphasis on regional development and cooperation, reaffirming that Bangladesh follows its policy - 'friendship to all, malice to none'. "I believe in regional...
Some 270 million people worldwide - equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy - stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations’...
Facebook Inc said on Thursday some users were facing issues while sending messages on Messenger, Instagram and its office collaboration service Workplace. “We’re working to get things back to normal...
The Rohingya refugees and host community members in Cox’s Bazar have produced over one million reusable face masks which IOM teams distributed to beneficiaries and partners. After the breakout of...
The High Court on Thursday asked MP Shahid Islam Papul's wife Selina Islam and their daughter Wafa Islam to surrender before a court within 10 days in a graft case...
Gender pay gap – the difference between the median earnings of men and women – is widening around the world with the time, making women’s fight for equal pay harder....
Bangladesh has recorded 1,861 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 485,965, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll surged to...
The European Union (EU) and Germany have rendered their supports to the Government of Bangladesh aimed at safeguarding the livelihoods of vulnerable workers of garment and leather export-oriented industries who...
US Embassy in Dhaka has announced that it is accepting applications for the 2021 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (the academic year 2021-2022). Experienced Bangladeshi professionals, university faculty members, and researchers...
Stocks extended the gaining streak for the second straight session on Thursday as bargain hunters continued their buying spree on sector-wise issues amid optimism. DSEX, the key index of the...
A college student was stabbed to death and another injured by a mugger in Uttara area of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Jisan Habib, 18,...
France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online advertising trackers (cookies)....
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will commit an additional $250 million to strengthen global efforts to end the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. This brings the foundation’s total...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said that the government has prepared a work plan as guideline to untap the potentials of the blue economy. "Bangladesh considers Blue...
Rohingyas in Bangladesh who survived genocide in Myanmar are experiencing a "severe" mental health crisis, according to data in a new report published on Thursday by Fortify Rights. The report...
Emirates has received MSN A6-EVL, its 116th A380 as the first of three A380 double deckers to join its fleet in 2020. The aircraft arrived in Dubai on December 5,...
More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old...
Two prominent global rights groups on Thursday called on the European Union and high-income countries including USA, Canada, Japan, and UK to urgently support the TRIPS corona waiver proposal and...
With the advent of winter, mattress makers in Netrakona have become busy as others elsewhere in the country. Some of them are getting new orders while the others repairing old...
Canada on Wednesday approved its first Covid-19 vaccine and said initial shots will be delivered and administered across the country starting next week, while every Canadian will be able to...
Economic activity in developing Asia is forecast to contract by 0.4 per cent this year before picking up to 6.8 per cent in 2021 as the region moves toward recovery...
With the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the dream of millions of people of the country has become true as the last span of the long-cherished...
Paolo Rossi, Italy’s goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign, has died at the age of 64. His death comes with the football world still in mourning for...
Traditional weavers are fearing for their profession in Bogura, Joypurhat, Naogaon and Gaibandha districts, as they have no modern weaving training. A good many of them have already switched over...
Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s all-time top scorer in the Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Denmark’s Midtjylland on Wednesday having already secured the top...
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