Rights groups called upon the countries of origin and destination to urgently put in place a transitional justice mechanism to ensure protection of migrant workers. This mechanism will address grievances,...
Kuwait has indicted two of its lawmakers on charges of laundering money and aiding and abetting Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, arrested for alleged human trafficking. The duo has been...
"Birds have flown away, but loose feathers lie scattered", thus wrote Binoy Majumdar, a major figure in Bangla poetry of the 1950s. What he has meant in these lines could...
Before Covid-19 hit the country, all activities in the real estate sector including construction, promotion and sales were encouraging. The upward trend of investment continued further in the 2020 when...
The vanishing of the owners of a stock brokerage firm, allegedly, embezzling their clients' investments would only heighten the woes of an otherwise beleaguered prime bourse of the country. The...
Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Saturday said that the government is planning to gradually renovate all canals of the capital city. A master plan...
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) has developed a new chicken variety having resemblance to local indigenous species, said officials. The new chicken-breed has been developed aiming to bring back...
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Saturday said his ministry will continue its zero tolerance policy against all kinds of illegal activities including human trafficking, according to...
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain on Saturday said the government is all set to procure paddy directly from farmers after a selection process through lottery,...
Rotary International District 3281 has started a programme to deliver more 150,000 meals to low-income people affected by the lockdown in the country. In addition to the programme, it will...
Some banks are reluctant to distribute loans from the coronavirus stimulus package, FBCCI has alleged, reports bdnews24.com. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry will inform Finance Minister...
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected as new prime minister of Ireland in a vote held here on Saturday at a special meeting of the lower house of...
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Saturday said the government will be in a tough position if anyone is found involved in increasing rice price through malpractices during the precarious...
After East Rajabazar, the Directorate General of Health Services has marked some areas in Dhaka’s Wari as coronavirus hotspots. It has moved to implement lockdown measures on an experimental basis...
The government is planning to reduce the number of higher secondary and equivalent examinations to quickly wrap up this year's academic session, which has been on hold due to the...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh is determined to turn the capital into a liveable, beautiful, dynamic, well-governed and modern city. Taposh expressed his conviction...
The authorities of Rajshahi University suspended Kazi Jahidur Rahman, an assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, after his arrest on charge of making derogatory remarks about late...
Digital service provider Robi Axiata Limited has partnered with Microsoft to support its employees with the necessary digital platform to enable them to work from home, says a press release....
Flash floods, triggered by onrush of water from the upstream and heavy rains, have inundated low-lying areas in different upazilas in Sunamganj district. Besides, 250 villages have been flooded in...
From Middle East to Europe, Bangladeshis are often among the victims of deadly migrant boat capsize or they end up in jail as undocumented immigrants. But their traffickers keep escaping...
Low-laying areas of different upazilas in Sylhet were inundated due to heavy rain falls in the last 24 hours. The Meteorological Department in Sylhet said 107 millimeters (mm) of rain...
The World Bank has approved a 350 million US dollar loan for Ukraine in support of reforms that are critical to its economic recovery and to help mitigate the impact...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an inquiry against 94 public representatives (UP chairman and members) from different districts in the country amid the Covid-19 crisis. The decision...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Saturday demanded withdrawal of proposals made in the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY 21) budget to bring about changes to the...
Emirates will be offering scheduled flights for passengers from seven additional cities in the month of July taking the total number to 48 including Dhaka. These include Khartoum (from 3...
Outrage is mounting over the custodial deaths of a father and son in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. P Jeyaraj, 58, and his son Fenix, 38, were arrested...
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Saturday reported 34 deaths from the coronavirus (Covid-19), taking its total to 1,695. Dr. Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the DGHS, said...
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said they will require access to equitable sharing of marine resources, especially in areas beyond national jurisdiction to fully...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that the global economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus could ultimately test the Fund’s $1.0 trillion in total resources, “but...
Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will not start filling its Nile dam without reaching an agreement within two weeks, Sudan and Egypt said on Friday. Ethiopia,...
Facebook Inc said on Friday it will start labeling newsworthy content that violates the social media company’s policies, and label all posts and ads about voting with links to authoritative...
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has called on fellow countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for "travel bubbles" to counter the economic slump caused by Covid-19. In...
The United States recorded 45,242 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans who...
India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in...
Pakistan is grounding 262 airline pilots suspected of dodging their exams following inquiries into their qualifications, the aviation minister said on Friday in a move that has caused global concern....
Thirty shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at Titipara Methor Potti of Kamalapur area in the capital early Saturday. Rasel Shikder, duty officer of Fire Service Civil Defense...
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday called for strengthening the social security of the country's domestic helps who are impacted largely by Covid-19 pandemic. They said about 95 per cent...
European Union countries failed to settle on Friday on a final “safe list” of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July, with the United States, Brazil and...
The government has decided to shut the operation of the ailing state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC), sources said. It is also planning to allow the...
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company's earnings per share (EPS) rose 61 per cent year-on-year in nine months that ended in March, 2020 as revenue increased during the period under review. The...
Stocks posted a modest gain in the outgoing week although investors were mostly inactive throughout the week due to pandemic fears and floor price limitation. Week-on-week, DSEX, the key index...
Eastern Refinery Ltd (ERL), the lone crude oil refinery of the country, has remained shut over the past one week due to storage bottlenecks and dented the demand out of...
Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for...
The metro rail company has initiated to resume work on 20-kilometre open space to build an elevated structure through checking workers' health amid coronavirus. Sources said contractors have been asked...
CHATTOGRAM: The Karnaphuli tunnel project is unlikely to be completed within the scheduled time due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. The construction work of Karnaphuli Tunnel project...
Two major fiscal measures regarding Value Added Tax or VAT may be revised in the Finance Bill, after widespread criticism. The measures include input credit on the basis of consumption...
The reproduction number of R value of Covid-19 in Bangladesh is 1.5. With R value remaining more than 1.0, the number of virus cases is likely to rise exponentially. Under...
The government liabilities are expected to jump by 56 per cent at the end of June 2021, according to the annual financial statement. The document shows that total liabilities will...
The infection rate of coronavirus a million continued ballooning, making Bangladesh the second worst nation in the South Asian region, officials and physicians said. According to the state-run Directorate General...
The volume of investors' fund, allegedly, embezzled by the owners of the Crest Securities Ltd., a member of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), could be sizeable, sources said. The brokerage...
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