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The government has announced a general holiday in 11 more red zones across five districts, flagged on the basis of mortality and infection rates of the coronavirus, to contain the...
The global death toll of the now-raging pandemic may soon reach the border of half a million. The number continues to crawl upward. A few countries are experiencing recurrence of...
Done every year to assess different countries' achievement in their effort to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the environmental front, the study conducted by the Yale and...
To safeguard the frontline health activists against Corona, "Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh" has distributed disinfectants and cleaning materials to Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) continued its anti-mosquito drives at 34 more hospitals in its area on Monday for the third consecutive day of the mosquito eradication programme. Earlier on...
Before even the Covid-19 pandemic brought in another layer of health hazard and employment insecurity for Bangladesh's garment workers, mounting social and public pressure and rising consumer expectations after a...
Presenting a national Budget in the time of Covid-19 lockdowns and other limits to normal life must itself be a Herculean task. So the government and the Finance Minister, along...
Some 74 per cent of returnee migrant workers failed to bring back remittances from their job destination countries, according to a study. The study, conducted by Refugee and Migratory Movements...
The lives of people with disabilities are being put at greater risk due to insufficient action from governments around the world amid pandemic, said a rights organisation. Sightsavers Bangladesh has...
In an effort to boost the tannery industries ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, the government will take necessary steps to ensure financial assistance to the traders, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud...
The High Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of expelled Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar of Bogura in a case filed over the rape and torture of a schoolgirl...
Health workers who are infected with COVID-19 will get priority basis treatment at the Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka. The Health Ministry through the Directorate General...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said if the number of COVID-19 patients continues to soar, the government will take steps to appoint additional 2,000 physicians to contain the situation....
Nine people in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo died of a gastrointestinal disease outbreak, while about a thousand were infected with the water-borne disease. The local authority said in a...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) arranged free dengue tests at 13 more health centres to identify dengue patients. With these, a total of 40 health centres and urban maternity hospitals...
The US government has so far allocated more than $12 billion that will benefit the global Covid-19 response, said a press release. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the US government...
At least five Bangladeshi physicians died of coronavirus while serving their duties at different hospitals and clinics across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The people of the Bangladeshi community and...
A joint director of Bangladesh Bank died of COVID-19 on Monday. An official of the public relations department of Bangladesh Bank said Sheikh Farid Uddin Soad (37), who worked at...
Awami League, the oldest and largest political party of Bangladesh, will celebrate its 71st founding anniversary on June 23. The political party was established on this day in 1949 in...
The contribution of the tourism industry to the Philippine economy increased to 12.7 per cent in 2019 from 12.3 per cent in 2018, the country's Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said...
Bangladesh former national team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who tested positive for coronavirus two days ago, has been doing well. Some media reports suggested on Monday noon that the former...
The mammoth bond market has long been the old-school bastion of the financial world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on its future - and it looks electronic....
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday urged people of those areas which have been put under lockdown to follow the government’s directives strictly and face the situation...
Stocks ended nearly flat on Monday as investors were mostly inactive due to pandemic fears and disappointment over the proposed budget. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange,...
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday reported 38 deaths from the coronavirus (Covid-19), taking its total to over 1500. Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the DGHS,...
Police have arrested Charles Rupom Sarkar, the key suspect in the murder of a businessman in Uttara whose dismembered remains were recovered from three different areas of Dhaka, bdnews24.com reports....
India’s coronavirus caseload has risen to 425,282 as infections keep soaring in rural areas to which migrant workers fleeing major cities have returned in recent weeks. India’s health ministry on...
The High Court has suspended a 25 per cent hike in water prices in response to a writ petition, and ruled that the injunction will remain in force until Aug...
Six people died with fever and cold related problems in Cumilla in the last 24-hour till Monday morning. With the new deaths, so far 88 people died with the...
US stock futures recouped losses on Monday but Asian stocks wobbled as investors tried to shake off worries that rising coronavirus cases in the United States could scupper a quick...
Facebook has appointed Httpool, an International cross channel advertising network, as the authorised sales partner in Bangladesh. Httpool can now provide support and market expertise to local businesses and agencies,...
Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections. Some intensive care specialists are trying to...
Ten French children are being repatriated to France from refugee camps in north-east Syria, the French foreign ministry said a statement on Monday. The ministry added that the children had...
PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus, in...
The public subscription of Express Insurance Ltd has been extended until July 2 with the permission of securities regulator, officials said. The IPO (initial public offering) subscription of the non-life...
Stocks saw downward trend in early trading on Monday amid low participation of investors as growing tension over the Covid-19 pandemic and floor price mechanism kept the investors on the...
A moderate earthquake with 5.8 magnitude shook the capital and some other parts of the country early Monday. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the India-Myanmar border region,...
Runner Automobiles standalone earnings per share (EPS) tumbled nearly 98 per cent year-on-year in the January-March, 2020 quarter as sales impacted by Covid-19 outbreak. The board of directors of the...
Industrial units especially the small and medium-sized ones were not properly following the health safety guidelines, resulting in rising number of coronavirus infections among the workers, sources said. According to...
CHATTOGRAM: After long 10 years a Bangladeshi flag carrier ship anchored at the jetty of Chittagong port on Sunday. The Bangladeshi flag carrier ship MV Sierra will start its maritime...
The government has announced a so-called general holiday in 27 more red zones, flagged as risky areas on the basis of mortality and infection rates of the coronavirus, to contain...
Ten leather-sector companies registered with Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation are expected to participate in World Expo 2020 to be held in Dubai on October 20, officials said. The...
Civil society organisations have underscored the need to ensure effective utilisation of the climate-relevant allocations made in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21. They also suggested prioritising issues such...
Brazil, the world’s No. 2 coronavirus hot spot after the United States, officially passed 50,000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, a blow for a country already grappling with more than 1...
Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) on Sunday sought incentives and policy support for startups in...
The overall situation regarding implementation of lockdowns in two city corporations of the capital has reached a chaotic state as DSCC and DNCC authorities are unable to lock down all...
The Benapole customs authorities have launched a crackdown on tax evasion in Benapole customs house and port. The authorities have also intensified its efforts to increase import and export between...
The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has finally imposed two restrictions on Grameenphone (GP) under the Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines, aiming to create a level playing ground for all...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is going fully online from July aiming to continue education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The university authority has already carried out dry run for online courses...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday sent letters to three government organisations, including a ministry, seeking information about different procurement projects for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. The letters signed by...
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