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The power distributors have begun taking action against senior staffers over grossly inflated bills based on guesstimates amid the coronavirus crisis, bdnews24.com reports. Dhaka Power Distribution Company or DPDC has...
Speakers at a meeting of Bangladesh Mahila Parisad (BMP) sharply reacted at a move of Election Commission (EC) to propose amendment of 33 per cent female representation in political parties...
The absence of a certain guideline and a policy on use of the much-talked-about plasma therapy in Covid-19 treatment has left the therapy seekers in an awkward situation. Against this...
The National Board of Revenue has tightened rules for issuing licences to the exporters for availing bonded warehouse facility so that its abuse can be checked. The board has imposed...
The country's apparel exports to the United States fell by 12.10 per cent during the first five months of the current calendar year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, exporters...
The coronavirus impact has failed to restrict public agencies from the race for including unapproved projects in the current development programme as nearly 1,450 have been added to tally. An...
Experts at an online meeting on Saturday said many corporates were not preparing quality financial reports. Chairman of Financial Reporting Council (FRC) CQK Mustaq Ahmed said at the meeting many...
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proposed budget for the fiscal year of 2020-2021 has been passed in Parliament. By refocusing from consumer spending on luxury products to...
Media reports that Chinese and Indian troops clashed on the ridges at a height of nearly 4,270 meters above the sea level on a steep terrain at the Galwan river...
The terrible launch accident in the Buriganga River near Dhaka on the morning of June 29 stood out for several reasons. The mishap had almost all the commonfeatures that characterise...
The country's export sectors have been witnessing an unprecedented time due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus has swept through the entire landscape of global economy including Bangladesh. Export...
The rate of execution of the country's annual development programme (ADP) for the just concluded financial year (FY 2019-20) has been disappointingly low. The rate of execution of development projects,...
Speakers at a meeting of Bangladesh Mahila Parisad (BMP) sharply reacted at a move of Election Commission (EC) to propose amendment of 33 per cent female participation in political parties...
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is not as deadly as many other diseases that human history went through; it is, however, the fastest spreading infectious disease. So far, nothing has been proved...
Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities have submitted a bill of Tk 20 crore for their health workers to stay, eat and transport at the hotel in two months. The brawl...
KM Muntakim Chowdhury, a former physiology professor at Sir Salimullah Medical College, has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, reports bdnews24.com. He passed...
People relished their first pub drinks in more than three months, went to restaurants and finally got haircuts on Saturday as England took its biggest steps yet towards resumption of...
The Election Commission has decided to hold by-polls to Jashore-6 and Bogura-1 parliamentary seats on Jul 14, amid the coronavirus outbreak, citing constitutional obligations. The commission had postponed the by-polls...
Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh Amir Farid Abu Hasan has said Bangladesh, as an emerging economy, should emphasise more on supporting its entrepreneurs of the small medium enterprises...
Different kinds of colourful facemasks have become a part of fashion across the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic. But a man in India has taken the measures to prevent infection...
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) plans to bring over 2.8 million consumers under prepaid metering system in phases to reduce wastages of this natural resource. “We have...
The ongoing flood, caused by rain and upstream water from India, has marooned 1.1 million people in 14 districts in a week. Most of the flood-hit people are in need...
A recent United Nations report on the private business sector shows that the majority of companies are not doing enough to help bring about the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
Dozens more jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar will be buried on Saturday, a local official said, after 77 others were interred in a mass grave on...
China has so far provided medical support and sent medical teams to nearly 30 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chinese Embassy...
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has tested positive for COVID-19, days after holding high-profile meetings including one with US special representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad. "This afternoon...
Italy is considering fiscal measures to spur investments in the auto and tourism industries, two of the sectors that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Giuseppe...
In the post-coronavirus period, sustaining existing workforce and creating more employment will be a big challenge, said experts and sector insiders. To take tackle the situation, they recommended modernised curriculum,...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged owners of readymade garment factories to ensure Eid-ul-Azha holidays to readymade garment workers in phases. The road, transport and bridges minister made...
MA Haque, a member of BNP Chairperson’s advisory council, died from pneumonia and other cold-related problems at a hospital in Sylhet city on Friday. He was 70. Haque, also a...
Former captain of national cricket team, also a member of parliament, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has tested positive for COVID-19 again, confirmed sources close to his family. Mashrafe had tested positive...
Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) has suspended four of its officials over their alleged involvement in bill inflating activities in a primary investigation. Besides, 13 metre readers and one...
Britain has joined forces with India's Bharti Global to buy the collapsed satellite operator OneWeb, with the two sides pledging $1 billion between them to develop a constellation that could...
With recession of overflowing water from upper catchment, the flood situation continued to show an improving trend in the Brahmaputra basin during the last 24 hours ending 9:00am on Saturday....
The demand for aid has dropped as the coronavirus-hit unemployment was curbed by the resumption of economic activities around the country. State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur...
Development works of the second industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) are progressing fast despite the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Rajshahi. The estate is being...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries hit by coronavirus disease to ‘wake up’ to the pandemic situation on the ground and to ‘take control’ of the spread...
Canada's biggest lenders have joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc begun by US civil rights groups seeking to pressure the world's largest social media platform to take concrete steps...
The government has placed certain areas flagged as coronavirus red zones in Old Dhaka's Wari under lockdown for 21 days in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus....
Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) has urged the government to resolve the complexities over 5 per cent and 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) in the sector...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by the temporary gusty wind in many parts of the country in the next 24 hours as...
Bangladeshi startup Dataful, participating in the final round of the Startup Istanbul Acceleration Progamme, has received 5,000 US dollars in a grant from Amazon, UNB reports. The grant will be...
The authorities of Chattogram University have put the campus under a lockdown for 14 days from July 04 to July 18 in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, UNB...
India recorded its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with over 22,000 new cases and 442 deaths, as infections rose in the western and southern parts of the...
The plunge in euro zone business activity caused by lockdowns imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus eased sharply last month as more businesses reopened and people ventured out,...
Bangladesh's coronavirus deaths have approached 2,000 and cases reached 159,679, as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 29 deaths and 3,288 cases on Saturday. The new deaths bring...
A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Telkupi border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified...
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Executive Board President of UNICEF Rabab Fatima has said UNICEF must be supported in its effort to assist Governments to build back better for a...
Police recovered the body of a farmer from Jhorgaccha village in Tala upazila of Satkhira on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Dulal Chandra Gosh, 50, son of Padmo...
Nepal's tourism industry is estimated to lose 34 billion Nepali Rupees (282 million US dollar) since the country’s government enforced lockdown in March to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic....
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