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Over-the-counter mouthwash can kill coronavirus within 30 seconds of exposure, a study has found, reports Aljazeera.com. Scientists at Cardiff University discovered mouthwash containing at least 0.07 per cent cetylpyridinium chloride...
Bangladeshi police has launched an all-female unit to tackle a rise in online abuse and harassment targeting women, the country’s police chief said, as authorities seek to address growing public...
The University of Brasília, a prestigious academic institution of Latin America, has agreed to establish a “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Chair” at its South Asian Studies department. A professor of...
The JABIAN Business Network (JBN), a platform of businesses of former and current students of Jahangirnagar University, celebrated its third-anniversary on Monday. The ceremony was held at a city hotel....
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 59.05 billion project to maintain the rural road network by rehabilitating the roads, bridges and culverts...
The Cricket Australia (CA) denied inclusion of Shakib Al Hasan in the Big Bash League (BBL) after a club moved to rope him in. The Bangladeshi ace allrounder has recently...
Major cities in Sylhet Division are out of electricity since 11am on Tuesday due to a fire that broke out at a 132 Kilovolt (KV) substation at Kumargaon. A...
The history of vaccine goes back in time when the world agonised over the fear of epidemics caused by pathogens. An English scientist, named Edward Jenner, did something unethical that...
Some 31 people were killed in mob beating across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights body....
In the wake of looming of the second wave of Covid-19 attack in the country, government is going to make Covid test mandatory for all incoming passengers at the airport....
A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to interrogate Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, the registrar of the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital, in a case over the...
Stocks rebounded on Tuesday after remaining flat in the previous day as bargain hunters showed their buying spree on selective issues based on corporate declarations. DSEX, the prime index of...
Bangladesh reported 2,212 coronavirus cases and 39 deaths recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Tuesday. The day’s death toll turns out to be the second highest since September...
US President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to counter China’s growing influence but declined to say whether...
The 44th death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani is being observed on Tuesday with due respect. Bhasani, popularly known as 'Majlum Jananeta' (the leader of the downtrodden), passed...
India is considering a plan to allow up to 26 per cent foreign direct investment from countries with which it shares a land border, including China, without government scrutiny for...
About two million people are without electricity in Sylhet Division after a fire broke out at a grid substation in the city disrupting a transmission line. The fire swept through...
Emirates has been rated the safest airline in the world in its response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, according to the Safe Travel Barometer. The airline, which has set industry-leading safety...
Sayed Abul Hashem has recently been appointed as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Premier Bank Limited. Prior to joining Premier Bank, he was the...
Malaysia has launched a plan that gives undocumented migrants stuck in the country a chance to work in certain industries, but labour rights groups said the initiative did not do...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19), nearly a day after he tested positive for the virus. Despite getting a negative report, the minister remains in...
A young man, who threatened to kill all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Facebook, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Maigon in South Sunamganj on Tuesday. The arrestee...
Indian workers in factories supplying the supermarket chains Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury's, and the fashion brand Ralph Lauren are being subjected to exploitative conditions, the BBC reports quoting...
Atletico Madrid and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez has tested positive for Covid-19, the Uruguay national team said in a statement on Monday. Uruguay’s statement said top scorer Suarez and stand-in...
Police arrested two young men from Akhaura Rail Station for throwing stones at a moving train in Brahmanbaria. Alauddin, 23, of Moniandho village and Jabed Mia, 21, of Nabinagar upazila...
The coronavirus (Covid-19) caseload stood at 54,992,571 on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the death toll from the virus climbed to 1,326,768. The United States...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday that it had allocated 20.3 million US dollars in technical assistance to help its developing members access vaccines for coronavirus (Covid-19) and...
Daily coronavirus infections in India fell to their lowest since mid-July, with 29,163 new cases reported for the last 24 hours, taking the total to 8.87 million, the health ministry...
Bangladeshi students studying in US have reached new all-time high, making Bangladesh the 17th country worldwide sending students to the United States for higher education, according to a statement. The...
Farmers in haor areas of Sunamganj and Habiganj are worried as they cannot prepare seedbeds for Boro production season due to a slow recession of water. Only a handful of...
Stocks witnessed a mixed trend in the early trading on Tuesday as investors mostly followed a cautious stance amid the country’s biggest-ever IPO subscription – Robi Axiata. Following the previous...
A private firm has requested the government to allow export of 5,000 tonnes of hilsa to different countries in Asia, Middle East, and Europe on the occasion of the birth...
CHATTOGRAM: Work on the deep-sea port at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar formally started on Monday. "The foreign consultancy company for the dream project held a meeting with us today and...
Pfizer said on Monday (US standard time) it was starting a pilot programme for Covid-19 immunisation in four US states to help refine the plan for the delivery and deployment...
The central bank has allowed banks, mobile financial and payment service providers to open personal retail accounts of micro merchants to help them get digital payment against their sales of...
The customs authority has locked Business Identification Numbers (BINs) of 750 apparel units for their failure to submit export-import documents for auditing. As per the customs rules, exporters cannot carry...
Bangladesh is still at the primitive stage of traffic management for which the roads cannot be used at their optimum level creating nagging traffic congestion, experts have said. Professor Hadiuzzaman,...
Bangladesh is set to put forward some proposals including seeking relaxation of Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) rules of origin during the ensuing Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) meeting, officials said....
Bangladeshi workers are likely to get an opportunity to go to Brunei with jobs next year, as the country will start a new project that will create scopes of employment...
The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has started work on revising the project aid allocations in the development budget amid the impact of COVID pandemic on the project implementation, officials said...
Bangladesh's has announced a day's state mourning for Tuesday as a mark of respect to the memory of world's longest serving prime minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa of...
Any death is painful. And it is more so if it happens at a healthcare facility. But it becomes an outrage if the death occurs as a result of excesses...
The number of precocious children in the country is negligible. Few parents bother about them. They are happy if their babies can, somehow, cross the bar of school admission tests....
The United Arab Emirates has announced to extend its ‘golden’ visa system - which grants 10-year residency in the Gulf state - to certain professionals, specialised degree-holders and others. Foreigners...
Bangladesh has got a recipient of a globally famed award considered children's Nobel Prize. The award is the International Children's Peace Prize and this year's winner is Sadat Rahman, a...
When Covid-19 first emerged as a global pandemic, people around the world expected to see the virus defeated through the advent of a new vaccine. Even though inventing methods of...
Bangladesh has only ten more years to achieve the targets of sustainable development goals followed by its robust success in attaining crucial milestones in millennium development goals. In business as...
The central bank will release new banknote of Tk 10 on Tuesday incorporating advanced security features of the currency with an aim to prevent fake notes. Initially, the new banknotes...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the battle against the "pandemic of intolerance" needs a concerted "whole of society" approach and a rock-solid partnership involving all stakeholders. He...
A webinar titled Logistics in the Time of Covid-19, organised by GIM Digital Truck, was held recently. eJogajog Limited Managing Director Alamgir Alvi and Chief Operating Officer of online marketplace...
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