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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Saturday accused Israel of killing the country’s top nuclear scientist, believed by the West to be the architect of Tehran’s secret military nuclear programme. Iran’s...
For the fans of Disney’s animated classics, the musical adventure film Mulan stands out uniquely because of its strong feminist message. Based on the Chinese folk song The Ballad of...
At least four people have died after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Gopalganj's Tungipara. The incident occurred in the Malek Bazar area along the Gopalganj-Pirojpur road at...
Almost 75 per cent Bangladeshi citizens think government corruption is a big problem in their lives, according to ‘Global Corruption Barometer: Asia 2020’. It reveals that 24 per cent people...
Ethiopia's military claims it has seized control of several towns in the northern region of Tigray. The army has been locked in conflict with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)...
A petrol pump worker, who was set on fire by his co-workers, has died in a Dhaka hospital. Riyad Hossain, 20, breathed his last after three days of treatment at...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC), an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) institution. BIAC Director M A...
The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Friday it would be “highly speculative” for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China, where it was...
An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran...
Police arrested a man along with 14 gold bars worth Tk 14.3 million (1.43 crore) from in front of New Rail Station in Chattogram city on Friday night. The arrestee is...
Bangladesh's foreign aid inflow boosted in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, as the development partners disbursed 19 per cent higher funds than the corresponding...
The sale of warm clothes has gained ground in Dhaka city due to a gradual fall in mercury at the start of winter season. Visiting different permanent and makeshift shops...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has undertaken Dhaka-Sylhet road development project at a high cost, proposing Tk 821.14 million for widening each kilometre of the highways, insiders said on...
A local clothing unit, aligned with Chinese entrepreneurs, is set to export KN95 facemasks to multiple economies, including the USA, diversifying the country's $33.7-billion export basket. The clothing factory, Apparel...
The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his famous 'Hand Of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico could be available for $2 million...
Bangladesh has started sending workers abroad with jobs after months of uncertainty triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) data showed that a total...
A US federal appeals court on Friday (local time) rejected an attempt by incumbent President Donald Trump’s campaign to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of Pennsylvania,...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has expressed its serious reservation about the several observations made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Financial Sector Stability Review (FSSR) report. The report...
The Indian Finance Act, 2020 incorporated many changes in the customs law and procedures, including administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements. A new Chapter VAA has been incorporated...
Beximco Pharmaceuticals is planning to import 1.0 million more doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute of India for commercial distribution among employees of private firms like pharmaceutical...
There is no denying that the cottage, micro, small and medium scale enterprises (CMSMEs) have a robust presence in the economy. The government and experts are keen on facilitating the...
Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the global economy is suffering its sharpest decline since the Great Depression. But while everybody is hurting, it is the world's poorest countries that will...
Discourse on the effectiveness of external public development finance flows is at a turning point. The development landscape has experienced dramatic shifts over the last two decades. The rise of...
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died in hospital on Friday of injuries suffered in an armed attack, Reuters reports quoting Iranian state media. According to Aljazeera, Iranian state television...
Britain asked its regulator on Friday to assess AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for a possible rollout, while the Philippines and Thailand secured millions of doses, giving the shot a vote of...
Five patients were killed in India on Friday in a fire that broke out in a COVID-19 ward, the fourth blaze in a novel coronavirus hospital since the outbreak began,...
It isn't easy to comprehend what drives the policymakers and relevant authorities to go for a series of Dhaka-based transport-network mega infrastructure. Currently, at least three mega infrastructure projects are...
The first half of the twentieth century saw big social, scientific and technological revolutions. It also witnessed two great wars. In the second half, there was an uneasy balance between...
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the company races...
More than 100 Bangladeshis, including cancer patients, have remained stuck at Benapole check-post in Jashore for not having Covid-19 negative certificates while returning from India. The immigration police said, on...
Valiant freedom fighter, Ekushey award-winning cultural personality and eminent actor Aly Zaker was laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard after Asr prayers on Friday. Earlier, his body was taken...
A 5.85 kilometre stretch of the Padma Bridge's main structure became visible on Friday after the installation of the 39th span. Only two more spans are left to be set...
[The following article appeared on Nikkei Asia on November 23, 2020.] Among developing nations having "good" COVID-19 crises, Bangladesh may be the most surprising. Back in, say, May, the South...
The Bangladesh Oscar Committee has selected acclaimed anthology film “Sincerely Yours, Dhaka” as the country’s entry to the 2021 Oscars’ international feature film category. “Dhaka” is a collection of 11...
The confirmed Covid-19 cases across the globe surpassed 61 million on Friday. A total of 61,026,993 people have been infected with the virus so far. And there have been 1,432,817...
Malaysia has agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to announce a deal with the US drugmaker after some expressed...
Lawyer Nisha Rao maneuvers among the throng of black-coated attorneys clustered near Karachi's city courts searching for her client. But Rao, 28, is not just another lawyer running for a...
The three-day co-ordination conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) concluded on Friday with the signing of joint record of discussion (JRD) at frontier headquarters...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government has taken all-out preparations to take coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines at the doorsteps of the people after the arrival of the...
The British government's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday the main point about the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 was that it worked when asked about doubts that have...
Bangladesh has recorded 2,273 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 458,711. The death toll surged to 6,544 after 20...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called for a greater South Asian partnership to accelerate climate change adaptation in the region. Without large scale, comprehensive measures, all countries of South...
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero have agreed to produce over 100 million doses per year in India of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, according to...
Days after grabbing headlines with its Covid-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting...
Around 62.2 per cent of domestic tourists prefer staying in hotels to enjoy vacation amid the Coronavirus pandemic, according to an online survey. But 40 per cent of visitors do...
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever football players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Strange Pilgrims epitomises a journey to the hearts and minds of people he encountered during the Colombian writer’s stay in Europe. He blended the natural and the...
Bangladesh witnessed an alarming rise in the number of rape incidents of woman during January-October 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, according to a report of an independent...
US Embassy in Dhaka has announced the call for applications for a new US government-funded civil society leadership programme – the Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program. The Program is a...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (local time) he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to...
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