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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe resigned on Friday ahead of a government reshuffle by President Emmanuel Macron designed to bolster his green credentials and win back disillusioned voters ahead of...
Bangladesh recorded 42 coronavirus deaths and 3,114 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00 in the morning on Friday. With the latest, the total number of such deaths and cases...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed his country's "shining success" in dealing with Covid-19, according to state news agency KCNA. Speaking at a politburo meeting, Mr Kim said the...
People testing negative for coronavirus antibodies may still have some immunity, a study has suggested. For every person testing positive for antibodies, two were found to have specific T-cells which...
The US trade deficit widened in May as the Covid-19 pandemic pushed exports to their lowest level since 2009, strengthening expectations the economy will contract in the second quarter at...
The Indian arm of global consumer giant Unilever said on Thursday it would rebrand its skin-lightening cream ‘Fair & Lovely’ to ‘Glow & Lovely,’ after facing backlash that the name...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is preparing to integrate 23 more new services to its online One-Stop Service (OSS) portal in an effort to facilitate investment in the country. The...
There is ‘very little risk’ that pets can infect their owners with Covid-19, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO chief scientist,...
Saroj Khan, one of India's most prominent choreographers, has died at the age of 71. Khan had an illustrious career that stretched four decades, and choreographed some of Bollywood's most...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into the northern Himalayan region of Ladakh on Friday, officials said, weeks after Indian and Chinese troops clashed on their disputed border there, escalating...
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club and is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021, according...
Faruk Quazi, a veteran journalist and former Chief of Correspondents of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away at his residence on Friday. He was 71. He breathed his...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has recommended allowing a trading right entitlement certificate (TREC) to a company having a paid-up capital of Tk 100 million. It also recommended a registration fee...
The listed company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bangladesh will be named as 'Unilever Consumer Care' soon, a disclosure said. The company's name is going to be changed following the acquisition of GSK...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned of food insecurity in Bangladesh during this protracted Covid-19 pandemic for its higher dependence on Indian rice. Bangladesh and two other South Asian...
A Bangladeshi company on Thursday claimed to have developed a Covid-19 vaccine and completed preliminary animal trial successfully. The vaccine developing company namely Globe Biotech Ltd, a sister concern of...
The European Union (EU) on Thursday announced €32 million or Tk 3.04 billion in funding to contribute to the needs of Bangladeshi host communities of Cox's Bazar and Rohingya in...
MAGURA: Cattle rearers in the district are in apprehension of a drastic fall in the prices of sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha this year for a sluggish demand of the animals...
Contractor's apathy has pushed the country's lone hard rock mine at Madhya Para under Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur 'unproductive' over past several months. The stock of hard rocks of several...
The death toll in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has risen to at least 162, with more feared dead, authorities said. A heap of mining waste...
The United States reported more than 55,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the largest daily increase any country has ever reported, according to a Reuters tally. A surge in coronavirus...
The government's capacity for implementing the development projects dropped further last fiscal year, an analysis showed. The official data also showed that the development programme execution rate had been showing...
Corporate tax payment by large taxpayers jumped by over 15 per cent during the just-concluded fiscal year, despite COVID-induced economic devastation. The growth is the highest in seven years, officials...
In Bangladesh, we are currently caught in a dilemma between life and livelihood. It is essential to save lives as well as ensure livelihood in the foreseeable future. It is...
Nearly four months have gone by since the detection of the first case of novel coronavirus in the country on March 08 last. Yet problems concerning the issue of covid-19...
Pictures carried in time of this raging pandemic, more often than not, tell the saddest tale. Quite a few of those make powerful statements about the eternal bond that sustains...
Following months of total halt to exporting perishable goods such as fruits, vegetables and other horticulture products, the idea of restarting exports by a large number of export houses is...
The book is not only the descriptions of spots and people the writer has visited. Ray keeps in mind many historical events and facts related to Russia. He then tries...
Amateur photographers, camera buffs, and those having a passion for photography, may have already started feeling distressed. A quite unexpected piece of news on June 24 has prompted this mood...
Pathao officially resumed its car services from Thursday with almost 2,000 four-wheelers after a break of three months due to coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, due to strict stance of the Bangladesh...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is all set to start operating direct flights from Dhaka to Toronto and from there to New York by Air Canada from October this year, reports UNB....
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve has crossed the US$36 billion-mark -- for the first time in history, following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward remittance. The forex...
State Minister for Water Resources Ministry Zahid Faruk has been infected with Covid-19. Asif Ahmed, Public Relations Officer of Water Resources Ministry, confirmed the matter on Thursday. Zahid Faruk, also...
Farm eggs, green chilli and some vegetables became pricier last week battering the consumers amid the pandemic. However, beef and lentil prices showed a slight decline during the period while...
Selima Ahmad MP, president and founder of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) has been nominated as a "Leadership Champion" by World Bank Group for the Women Entrepreneurs...
The government has announced plans to shut down production at all state-owned jute mills after making full payments to workers amid protests. Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the prime minister,...
Local fabric and readymade garment exporters under the state-owned Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) will take part at the three-day virtual show, first of its kind, scheduled to begin on July...
The flow of remittances grew by nearly 11 per cent to a record US$18.20 billion in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY) despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. The figure...
The deadline for submitting holding tax and renewal of trade licence under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has been extended by three. During this period, surcharges won't be applicable, reports UNB. In...
A COVID-19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in early-stage human trials, the companies...
A union parishad chairman and a member have been suspended for their alleged irregularities in cash aid disbursement and relief distribution among destitute people amid the coronavirus pandemic. With these,...
A total of 1,500 people across the country died from Covid-19- like symptoms from March 22 to June 27, according to a report released on Thursday. A project styled The...
Standing crops on 11,006 hectares of land submerged under floodwater during the current deluge in 19 affected upazilas of four districts out of total five in Rangpur Agriculture region. Officials...
In order to create more convenience, bKash, a mobile financial service (MFS) provider in the country, has enabled its customers to send money to anybody who does not have any...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said mega projects having 3,840MW power generation capacity are being implementing at Payra, Maheshkhali and Matarbari areas aimed at...
Soldiers handed out masks to barefooted Yanomami indigenous people including body-painted warriors carrying spears and bows and arrows on Wednesday on the second day of a military operation to protect...
Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector rebounded in June, after three months of contraction amid mounting Covid-19 fallout, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Wednesday. The Purchasing Managers'...
Oil prices rose on Thursday as a sharp drop in oil stockpiles outweighed concerns that a spike in US coronavirus infections and revived lockdown measures in California could stall a...
World food prices rose in June to post their first increase of 2020 and mark a slight rebound after the sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations...
The end of the coronavirus lockdown in Spain failed to bring a surge in employment as government data showed that the 900,000 jobs lost at the pandemic’s peak had not...
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