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Asian shares pushed to three-month highs on Monday as progress on opening up economies helped offset jitters over riots in US cities and unease over Washington's power struggle with Beijing....
South Korea's export dropped in double digits in May as global demand weakened amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the world, a government report showed Monday. Export, which accounts for...
In a joint statement, the United Nations has urgently appealed to member countries to permanently close compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres in Asia and the Pacific as an important...
Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid mounting fears over coronavirus outbreak as the country is set to emerge a new global hotspot for the...
The Light Engineering Sector (LES) in Bangladesh has been recognized as the ‘mother of all industries’ due to its’ linkages and contributions to all other economic sectors. Two million youths...
Armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina killed at least 18 people, including a local official, and stole thousands of livestock on Sunday, two witnesses and a police spokesman...
The board of directors of Uttara Bank Limited has revised the recent dividend declaration for the year ended on December 31, 2019 due to the central bank’s dividend policy circular,...
India on Sunday expelled two officials working at the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi after they were held for espionage, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. “Two (Pakistani)...
Dhaka’s air quality showed improvement as it ranked 15th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. Dhaka had an AQI score of 87 at 08:38am and...
The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. "In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,"...
Japan is considering re-opening its borders to travellers from selected countries which have low levels of coronavirus infections, as it begins to ease restrictions put in place earlier this year...
A countywide curfew was issued Sunday evening by US Los Angeles County following weekend protests and riots over the death of African American George Floyd. The curfew will be in...
A teenage girl apparently hanged herself after failing the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations in Puthia village of Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mafia...
Speakers at an online discussion accentuated the need for easing policies on business to consumer (BtC) cross-border trading. They said trading in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world during the...
The country's ready-made garment (RMG) exports in May 2020 declined by 62 per cent to US$ 1.06 billion over the earnings of the corresponding month in last calendar year. Export...
The prices of potato went up sharply in the city market within a week, hitting the consumers' pockets. Traders said a fall in production as well as surge in transport...
Factories producing essential products, including edible oil, sugar, flour, cement and steel, inside economic zones will no longer be eligible for tax exemptions. In a regulatory order, the National Board...
Bangladesh will not be able to produce COVID-19 vaccine, when it is developed. The country is yet to achieve the World Health Organization's (WHO) global benchmarking criteria essential to apply...
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organized a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme on "COVID-19 and its impact on the National Economy” on May 30, 2020 on virtual...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to keep the ride-sharing services suspended until further notice despite reopening of all kinds of public transports. The BRTA took the decision as...
Spanish government wants to extend ongoing lockdown for 15 more days to ‘finish’ the coronavirus pandemic. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said he would ask parliament to approve...
State-run power distribution companies will not impose any surcharge on electricity bills payments for the months of February, March, April and May due to coronavirus pandemic. State Minister for Power...
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury has said his wife Shirin Parvin Haque and son Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury were infected with coronavirus. Zafrullah said on Sunday night that, “the condition of...
Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for...
The first half of Jaishtha on the Bangla calendar is already over. It means high summer in this part of the world also ends within a fortnight. But it is...
The plight of the people taking illegal routes to secure jobs abroad does not need any elaboration. Hundreds have so far died in extreme conditions while trying to sneak into...
With a fairly good harvest of Boro paddy, there is apparently no reason to worry about the country's food stock for another six months, according to the agriculture ministry. The...
All government, semi-government, autonomous and private offices resumed on Sunday ending a 66-day general holiday amid spike in coronavirus cases and deaths across the country. Public transport on river, road...
Turning down the BNP’s allegation that the government is pushing the people towards death by relaxing lockdown, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP leaders don’t think of the...
This format of energy is generally defined as energy that is collected from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale. Renewable energy projects in many developing countries have...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said students can go back to classes after the coronavirus crisis is over. She made the remarks at an event marking the publication of the...
The national budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) should give special focus on social safety net programmes (SSNPs) and related activities in view of Covid-19. It is true that...
In the first quarter of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic led to a 3.0 per cent drop in global trade values. Covid-19 could trigger the biggest economic contraction since World War...
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) puts mounting pressure on the global community to improve understanding of the underlying factors responsible for the spread of the disease from country...
More than 1.2 million secondary level students received their stipends money through bKash from the government fund before Eid-ul-Fitr. “This is the first time 1.26 million secondary level students received...
Rejecting the 60 per cent bus fare hike, Jatri Kalyan Samity on Sunday also demanded to maintain the previous rate of bus fare. “The government is unjustifiably accepting the transport...
The mayor of Atlanta, one of dozens of US cities hit by massive protests in recent days, has a message for demonstrators: "If you were out protesting last night, you...
Former director general of state broadcaster Bangladesh Television Mustafa Kamal Syed has died with coronavirus infection at the age of 76, reports bdnews24.com. He breathed his last on Sunday afternoon...
Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) on Sunday said the country’s additional electricity generation capacity is ‘reserve margin,’ which is necessary to meet unanticipated...
A special flight of NOVOAIR brought back 39 stranded Bangladeshis from Kolkata in India on Sunday amid coronavirus pandemic. “The special flight with 39 Bangladesh citizens left Netaji Subhas Chandra...
Intercity train service resumed on Sunday abiding health regulations at stations and launches amid fear of further spreading of coronavirus. At Kamlapur station, three trains have left following arrivals from...
China's rural e-commerce has been growing at a fast pace amid government initiatives to support rural consumption, data showed. As of May 22, the country saw more than 87,000 newly...
Export earnings from jute and jute products have increased by 14 per cent in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year 2019-20, compared to corresponding period of...
The government will set up 20 disinfectant tunnels at Sadarghat launch terminal, aiming to ensure safe journey of launch passengers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Six disinfectant tunnels have already been...
Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to...
Four listed companies – Tallu Spinning Mills, Usmania Glass Sheet Factory, Monno Ceramic Industries and Monno Stafflers- have shut down their factories due to COVID-19 pandemic. The factory of Usmania...
At least 10 government establishments, including the Patuaria ferry terminal in Manikganj, are at risk because of untimely erosion in the Padma River. Locals said three pontoons of the terminal...
Rajshahi Education Board has secured the top position among 11 education boards with 90.37 per cent pass rate in the SSC and equivalent examinations this year. The pass rate of...
Prominent industrialist Abdul Monem, the founder of conglomerate Abdul Monem Ltd, has died in hospital care at the age of 86, reports bdnews24.com. He passed away at Dhaka's Combined Military...
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