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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Bangladesh organised a virtual session titled ‘Webinar on e-Payment of Customs Duty’ recently, according to a press release. The purpose of the...
Qatar’s foreign minister has said there has been movement on resolving the diplomatic dispute that has pitted the Gulf neighbours against each other but he could not predict whether a...
Maintaining biodiveristy of soil is integral for future food security, said experts on Saturday. To raise food output for a growing population, maintaining good health of soil is an inseparable...
The fallout of the pandemic is forcing many private school teachers to desert the ‘noble’ profession, a stakeholders’ meeting in Chattogram was told on Saturday. Such vulnerable people, the participants...
Experts observed that high duty on raw materials, lack of advanced technology and initiatives of market expansion both in domestic and international level are hitting hard the country’s light engineering...
South Korean authorities urged vigilance on Saturday as small coronavirus clusters emerged in a third wave, centred in the Seoul area, with infections near nine-month highs, reports Reuters. The Korea...
The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to have half a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines available for distribution by the global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021. To...
India's government is considering rolling back some parts of its agricultural reforms after they triggered the biggest protests by farmers in years, officials said on Friday. Tens of thousands of...
Bangladesh has registered 35 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll so far to 6,807. The tally of infections surged to 475,879...
For investment transactions particularly in private limited companies, in Bangladesh, we are historically more comfortable in dealing with ordinary shares. With a significant rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) in...
A group of miscreants vandalised the under construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the intersection of Panch Rastar Morh in Kushtia district town, police said on Saturday. Confirming...
Starting a business brings on a basket full of little this and that -- among which, often the newcomers tend to make mistakes. And those mistakes sometimes cost the whole...
New Zealand’s bowlers twice ripped through the West Indies batting lineup on Saturday and pushed them to the brink of a comprehensive first test victory at the end of the...
Antigen tests for the rapid detection of the novel coronavirus infection have begun in 10 districts of Bangladesh amid a recent spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths. Health Minister Zahid...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 60 gold bars, worth Tk 49.6 million (4.96 crore), from Shahzatpur border in Chougachha upazila of Jashore district early Saturday. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the Border Guard Bangladesh to restrict smuggling apart from protecting the country's independence and sovereignty. "You’ve to love your country, its people and...
Mr Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Trust Bank Limited with effect from December 01, 2020, according to...
In a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s administration, a judge on Friday ordered the US government to reopen to first-time applicants a programme that protects from deportation and grants work...
Eighteen people have died after being trapped in a mine in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region’s second such accident in...
Owners of drug rehabilitation centres are having difficulty in obtaining trade licence due to the government's dual policy. All the rehab centres under city corporation areas are currently running operations...
The government has decided to shut down production at six of the 15 state-owned sugar mills amid the threshing season in a bid to cut its losses. The development has...
President-elect Joe Biden says Americans won't be forced to take a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available in the US. It comes as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for...
Rice continued to become dearer in the current Aman harvesting season which the insiders attributed to the paddy price hike in the country's main growing regions. Edible oil prices also...
The government is set to raise Tk 80 billion through sukuk or Islamic bonds this December and they will mature in five years, said officials at the financial institutions division....
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped 15 per cent month-on-month in November as share sales by sponsor-directors and placement holders fell drastically. Market analysts said...
Bangladesh has got a big boost in its digitalisation era as the number of its internet users has almost doubled in last five years, insiders said on Friday. Some 67...
The health impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) during the first eight months of the current year was ‘considerably less severe than what had been initially...
The relocation of Rohingyas to Bhasanchar started on Friday with 1,642 refugees setting foot on the island in a festive mood. Four ships of Bangladesh Navy carried them to the...
Three Bangladeshi firms have entered into the greatly desired Forbes list of under US$ 1.0 billion company for 2020 for Asia and the Pacific region. They are: Square Pharmaceutical Company...
Despite the unprecedented disruptions caused by Covid-19, Bangladesh's economic growth has proved resilient. After a decade of enjoying GDP growth rate of around 7.0 per cent per year, this year's...
Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks among the most lucrative global crimes. Many desire wild animals and their parts or products for food, pets, medicine, or decorative items.According to a recent UN...
As the second wave of the deadly coronavirus looks to be in the offing, the government has given utmost importance to wearing a face mask. The authorities have also launched...
The world is waiting with great expectations for the three anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidates produced by the US-origin Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and the UK-based Oxford/AstraZeneca. They would be ready for mass...
Given its sheer number and capacity for absorbing the largest chunk of the ever-increasing work force, the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) sector's claim for special consideration in...
A 44-day ‘Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign 2020’ is set to begin on December 12 across the country. A total 34.0 million, children aged between nine months to less than 10 years,...
Canada may join The Netherlands in intervening in The Gambia’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Canadian High...
When most of the hospitals suspended non-emergency services and doctors shut their private chambers during the initial bout of the coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine services emerged as a saviour to the...
Sixty years ago next May, President John F. Kennedy put the United States on a mission to the future. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the...
New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionise production processes, but they could also have a major impact on developing economies....
The impact of Covid-19 crisis on the livelihood realities of millions of poor and vulnerable people in Bangladesh has been exceptional. The importance of generating real-time evidence to analyse the...
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world but with a land-man ratio of 0.06 ha per person, it occupies the lowest rank. The increasing population...
Team India defeated Australia by 11 runs in the first of three T20 Internationals at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the government on Friday relocated more than 1600 Rohingya refugees, who voluntarily expressed their willingness for relocation, to Bhashan Char in Noakhali from...
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have decided to postpone the first One-Day-International of the three-match series between South Africa and England after a South...
The cost of the postponement for the Tokyo Olympics could reach about $2.8 billion, according to figures released Friday by the Tokyo organising committee, the Tokyo city government and Japan’s...
Denmark will end all new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, as part of a wider plan to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050. Its government also agreed...
Rohingya refugees must be able to make free and informed decisions about relocating to Bangladesh's Bhashan Char island, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday as naval vessels began...
Chinese-built factory has begun manufacturing concrete sleepers for a mega rail link project in Bangladesh connecting to the country's largest Padma bridge which was also being constructed by Chinese firms....
Bangladesh is seeing a gradual rise in dengue cases and the health authority confirmed 11 cases in the past 24 hours until early Friday. Sixty-eight dengue patients, including 61 in...
Philippine police on Friday threatened to cane people who violate social distancing protocols as the Southeast Asian nation fights the spread of the coronavirus during the festive season. The Philippines...
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