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The Economic Research Group (ERG) had undertaken a survey of enterprises in May 2020 and the findings were reported in the Financial Express on June 11. The IT firms included...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said social media, Over the Top (OTT) and other online platforms would be brought under tax net as well as modern rules and regulations....
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has halted all its flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi due to ‘unavoidable reasons’. The national flag carrier made the announcement in a press release on Sunday....
There is general agreement that the way of life throughout the world has changed since the advent of the COVID virus. It has evolved to a point where many socio-economists...
Dhaka University will be a hundred years old next year. The enthusiasm that will go into the celebrations of its centenary are already being felt, a broad hint of it...
Medical technologists at government facilities have staged a sit-in demanding salary under grade 10 of the national pay scale at entry level. Jobless medical technologists also joined the demonstration outside...
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader on Sunday demanded expanding the oxygen supply for the Covid-19 patients across the country alongside ramping up testing. “Corona patients die due to breathing...
Some 61,265 electricity clients have so far raised allegation against inflated electricity bills out of around 40 million consumers across the country. Four state-run electricity distribution companies, till now, took...
The government is mulling an extension of late fee waiver for some more days as customers reel from electric shocks induced by inflated bills amid the coronavirus outbreak, reports bdnews24.com....
The government has appointed Tareq Md Ariful Islam, currently serving as the Deputy Permanent Representative in the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, as the...
As many as 290 employees of different power distributing organisations have faced departmental measures as per initial investigation over inflated electricity bills. Power Division Secretary Dr Sultan Ahmed gave the...
Professor Dr. AKM Nurul Anwar, former DG of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and a renowned physician of Pharmacology, died of Covid-19 on Sunday noon. He breathed his last...
The government has taken a move to ensure humanitarian aid to migrant workers and their families, impacted by Covid-19 pandemic. To this effect, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief...
Bangladesh has achieved a better position than neighbouring countries -- including India, Pakistan and Afghanistan -- in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index 2020. The country has ranked 109th among...
American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) on Sunday started giving cash and technical assistance to 1,000 farm households, affected by the ongoing pandemic, in Sirajganj. The AmCham assistance is...
The number of infections among the frontline health workers in the war against the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 in the country, according to Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), the apex body...
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan expressed his pleasure to be on the Wisden’s prestigious list, which ranked him 2nd Most Valuable Player (MVP) in ODI and sixth best in...
Rawhide traders have got an opportunity to reschedule their loans with a 2 per cent down-payment ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Bangladesh Bank outlined the special facility in a circular issued on...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) found Aedes larvae at 99 houses and establishments and fined Tk 297,900 on Sunday on the second day of its combing operation. The DNCC has...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has partly laid the blame on social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter, saying they can do better at kerbing the spread of misinformation about...
Shams Mahmud, president and the members of the Board of Directors of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) expressed their deep condolences at the demise of DCCI’s former senior...
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has taken initiative to plant 50,000 saplings in Chattogram Metropolitan area through tree planting program. City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin inaugurated the tree planting programme on...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said virtual court system would only be applied in special circumstances. “Even when the temporary virtual court ordinance would be converted to a permanent law,...
A physician died of coronavirus at a hospital in the capital on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Dr Amjad Hossain, 60, deputy assistant medical officer (retd) and owner...
At least 361 people were killed and 348 others injured in road accidents in June across the country. During the period, a total of 297 road accidents took place where...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said public gathering during the upcoming Eid need to be avoided at any cost. People’s free movement and gathering during the...
The government's plans to revitalise the flagging jute sector through public-private partnerships have been met with scepticism from stakeholders in the industry. It came after the government announced the decision...
Leaders from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) have urged the government to withdraw what they said was a ‘suicidal’ decision to close down the jute mills and run each of them...
Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada received on Saturday 899 foreign tourists aboard five flights coming from Switzerland, Belarus and Ukraine, the Red Sea governor told reporters at Hurghada...
Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world’s two largest economies fully lifted curfews...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of media house Together Communications and media consultant of real estate company Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd S A Shahriar Ripon has passed away. He was 52. Mr...
An Indonesia-Australia deal that eliminates most trade tariffs between the two nations and aims to open up investment, took effect on Sunday, Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic...
The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh crossed the 2,000 mark on Sunday, the health directorate said. With 55 new fatalities over the past day, the death toll in the...
Germany’s economy may recover from October onwards from the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. “I am sure that the downturn of our...
Stocks edged lower on Sunday as investors remained cautious amid ongoing pandemic situation and floor price limitation. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by...
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the...
Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when India’s 17th-century monument to love reopens...
The Maldives has so far repatriated more than 3,200 Bangladeshis through its government-initiated evacuation exercise of undocumented workers living in the country, reports rajjee.mv. In a publication on Saturday, the...
Five people, including a woman, died with fever and cold-related problems at Cumilla Medical College Hospital in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. The deceased are: Noorjahan, 80 and...
Fish farmers in Sunmganj are in troubled waters as the recent floods have reportedly caused a Tk 214.50 million loss to the potential sector. According to district fisheries office, the...
The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the US dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday, as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and US...
The board of directors of four insurance companies have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019, according to separate official disclosures on Sunday. The companies are-- Eastland...
Sonali Bank fears its operating profit will slip by Tk 8.0 billion this year as fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing further capital shortfall. The country's biggest state lender made...
Stocks saw a downward trend in early trading on Sunday with turnover remaining low as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid worsening pandemic situation in the country. Within 30 minutes...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with Covid-19 after...
The government will take an initiative to ensure smooth management of sacrificial animals, reared by commercial and marginal farmers across the country, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Department...
Bangladesh has requested Nepal to conclude discussion son signing of preferential trade agreement (PTA) in the shortest possible time, officials said. In this regard, the commerce secretary of Bangladesh has...
Speakers in a webinar on Saturday suggested the authorities concerned act fast to develop new skill sets among the workforce to tap potential investment in the post-COVID era. As countries...
Entrepreneurs should prioritise sustaining the morale of their team members in recent times considering the Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh, a noted industrialist told a webinar on Saturday. The managing director...
A task force has recommended taking punitive measures against a dozen of employees of utility service providers for their alleged involvement in providing 'inflated' electricity bills to consumers. It also...
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