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Textile and clothing manufacturers of least-developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, are likely to face a significant fall in export earnings in 2020. The World Trade Organisation (WTO), in a report,...
Carrying out necessary reform in the financial sector and addressing health crisis are crucial to financing the budget while preventing economic growth from tumbling, economists say. They also put emphasis...
Senior journalist Abed Khan, his wife, son and daughter-in-law have tested positive for COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus, reports bdnews24.com. “Four of us took tests after...
Many people might feel prompted to search for the apt term to define these exceptional youths. The phrase that is expected to occur to most of them is 'Good Samaritan'....
There is no alternative to the system of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for freeing the judiciary from the huge backlog of cases, said the country's law minister recently. Around 3.3...
A number of systemic drawbacks and lacunae have already beset the novel coronavirus treatment process in the country. Lately, the detection of a highly troubling development portends worse times ahead...
The Bangladesh government announced its annual budget on June 11 amid the Covid-19 pandemic crisis with still soaring virus infections and the infection curve showing no sign of flattening. It...
Rice prices rose by Tk 2 to Tk 4 per kg at retail level amid the COVID-19 epidemic despite a bumper harvest of Boro. Almost everybody says millers are to...
Saudi Arabia will end a nationwide curfew and lift restrictions on businesses from Sunday morning after three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA...
India reported a record jump in coronavirus infections on Saturday, a day after the government in the capital New Delhi ordered hospitals to cancel any leave and have workers return...
Although healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus battle are falling victim to the virus across the world, experts say the pandemic seems to turn deadly for Bangladeshi doctors...
Congratulations to the government, it’s Head in particular, for fighting the corona menace with all the might and gutsy steps. As the scale of testing escalates, the identification of the...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Saturday alleged that the people’s constitutional right of freedom of speech has been threatened in the name of digital security in the country, UNB reports....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested seven members of a gang who were involved with the preparation of fake and adulterated sanitisers in the capital amid the Covid 19 crisis. The...
Bangladesh coal plants threaten world’s largest mangrove forest, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to strike in the Bay of Bengal in 20 years,...
A total of 5,303 among 8,544 infected policemen recovered from coronavirus as of Saturday, reports UNB. “Among the total infected, 2,064 policemen are attached to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) alone,”...
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched the first Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar for the displaced Myanmar Rohingya national and host community. This 18-bed...
At least 28 deputy commissioners (DCs) under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have been transferred and posted in different divisions, which is a major reshuffle in DMP. DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul...
Delwar Hossain, who registered for this year’s hajj trip, believes he will not be able to make the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to derail his...
The United Nations’ refugee agency is marking this year’s World Refugee Day with the message that “every action counts”, as it faces the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and record...
Beijing city had conducted nucleic acid tests on nearly 2.3 million people as of 6 a.m. Saturday in its efforts to contain the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, local...
Five more banks have decided against reducing the salaries of employees in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic despite the Bangladesh Association of Banks recommending pay cuts. The banks are...
Iconic cricketer and Narail-2 lawmaker Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been diagnosed with COVID-19. After suffering from a fever, headache and sore throat for a few days, Mashrafe got tested for...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is expected to deploy emergency financing for 70 countries by Friday as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ripple across the globe. IMF...
A total of 20 judges and 59 staff of subordinate courts and 24 officials of the Supreme Court were infected with coronavirus while working for the virtual court as of...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has asked the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra to hoist local cautionary signal No 3. A deep convection is taking place over...
India’s ambition to attract more foreign money into its financial markets is being buffeted again, having only just started to make progress after years of talk but very little action....
French protesters on Saturday doused the country’s health ministry with red paint, to symbolise the blood of those who died from Covid-19 and to demonstrate against poor working conditions for...
Bangladesh recorded 37 coronavirus deaths and 3,240 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00 in the morning on Saturday. With the latest, the total number of such cases and deaths...
The US unemployment rate will remain in double digits by the end of this year as efforts to contain Covid-19 so far have not been particularly successful in the country,...
Officials in Beijing are carrying out nucleic acid tests on all food and parcel delivery personnel as they ramp up efforts to rein in an outbreak of the coronavirus in...
Hospitalised Covid-19 patients of South Asian ethnicity in Britain are 20 per cent more likely to die from the disease than white people, a large-scale study said on Friday, the...
Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 39,202 people in 25 working days from May 11 to June 18. Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of...
Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state imposed a fresh lockdown in the state capital of Chennai and its suburbs on Friday in wake of an increase in corronavirus Covid-19)...
The World Bank has approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as well as build resilience to...
The 109th birth anniversary of poet Begum Sufia Kamal is being observed on Saturday. Born on June 20, 1911, Sufia Kamal was a pioneer in the movement for women emancipation....
Brazil passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and...
Veteran journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani, who tested positive for coronavirus, died at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Hospital in Dhaka city on Saturday at the age of 86, UNB reports....
A Philippine citizen who had been suffering from breathing problems died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Ruyel Esterel Katan, an official...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to downplay a clash with Chinese troops in a disputed Himalayan region that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and more than 70 injured, saying...
Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) has taken up a new project worth Tk 2.13 billion (213 crore) to set up new gas lines at Sitakunda and Mirerswari for the...
Bangladesh has ranked 162nd out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) that evaluates the condition of environmental health and vitality of their ecosystems. Bangladesh was given...
The two city corporations will set up 24 makeshift cattle markets in Dhaka city ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation...
Stocks ended lower in the post-budget week as investors found nothing special for the capital market development in the proposed budget. Week-on-week, DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock...
Incessant rain as well as water from the upstream of the neighbouring country might cause flood in some districts in next three days, officials predicted. Most places in the country...
Fearing a possible scarcity of protective gear in the country amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the home ministry has suggested strict vigilance and monitoring on production, supply, import and marketing...
KHULNA: The embankments of Koyra in Khulna affected by the cyclone Amphan, have not been repaired. The local residents of the upazila have been working tirelessly on voluntary basis for...
The country's mobile phone operators lost more than 2.0 million subscribers in April alone, according to a Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) report published on Friday. The number of...
Japan has added Bangladesh among 10 countries including India and Pakistan, to the list of countries subject to denial of entry (into Japan). The step came into effect midnight on...
The central bank has relaxed regulations allowing non-resident investors to repatriate sales proceeds of their shares in non-listed companies aiming to attract foreign direct investment or FDI in Bangladesh. Under...
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