A Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year, China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said in a social media...
Protests flared late into the night in many cities in the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died this week after being pinned down...
Launch and steamer services on 34 river routes across the country will resume on Sunday after about two months. “Primarily, 40 to 50 launches will operate on these routes and...
Budgetary allocation for persons with disabilities, under social safety-net scheme, is very insufficient to address the needs, said experts. They came up with the comment at a virtual consultation and...
Niloufer Manzur was solemnly remembered after her demise for her outstanding contributions to nation building through providing education to future leaders of the country, speakers at a commemorative meeting have...
Video conferencing provider Zoom plans to strengthen encryption of video calls hosted by paying clients and institutions such as schools, but not by users of its free consumer accounts. The...
Indian economy grew at its slowest pace in eight years at 3.1 per cent for the fourth quarter of Jan-March and at 11-year low of 4.2 per cent for the...
France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a US decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. “We deeply regret the US...
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali on Saturday said that necessary health safety measures have been taken for passengers of domestic flights scheduled to resume from...
Oceanic birds of four species are now on an unusual surprise visit to Padma River in this northwestern city, miles off the country’s southern coastlines, even where they are not...
The returnee migrants who were forced to or chose to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic are running out of options in terms of returning to their livelihoods, whether at...
Both the divisions of the Supreme Court will continue their operations virtually and in line with apex court’s practice direction. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Saturday formed 11...
A total of 18 newly appointed judges of the High Court (HC) Division took oath virtually today (Saturday), a day after their services were regularised by President M Abdul Hamid....
RFL Gas Stove has donated Tk 0.2 million to Child and Old Age Care as part of its “Khuda Na Chula Joluk” (no more hunger, let stoves be lit) campaign,...
The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be published tomorrow (Sunday). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally publish the results through videoconferencing from her official residence...
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in India registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases...
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has begun AD-8 canal excavation to end waterlogging at Kasaibari-Ashkona-Kaula-Banarupa Housing areas in Dhaka. DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam inaugurated the excavation of AD-8 canal...
The capital's New Market will pull up its shutters on Sunday after more than two months of closure during the shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak.Three of the complex's four gates...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to engage local public representatives more in containing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, BSS reports “The prime minister issued...
Md Imamul Kabir Shanto, the chairman of Shanto-Mariam University, has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). He was 66. Imamul, who also had other preexisting conditions,...
Passengers of buses and minibuses will have to pay a 80 per cent higher rate of fare for travelling during the coronavirus outbreak. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority Chairman in Charge...
Bangladesh confirmed 1,764 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 44,608. Meanwhile, 28 more people died of the lethal disease in the...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) started selling of tickets for all its inter-city trains set to resume services from Sunday amid apprehension of facing pressure of passengers due to the considering of...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing US$231,178 grant to augment novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) related facilities in 134 urban primary health centres, also called Nogor Swastho Kendro, across...
Human traffickers demanded 12,000 US dollar as ransom from the family of Rakibul, one of the 26 ill-fated Bangladeshis who lost their lives in a gun attack in Libya. Rakibul...
India’s economy grew at 3.1 per cent in the January-March quarter, its slowest pace in at least eight years, and the situation is expected to worsen rapidly, putting pressure on...
The UN Postal Administration, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, has issued a set of commemorative stamps as a tribute to UN peacekeepers...
The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the UN...
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said that he is concerned about a second wave of COVID-19 infections, which he believes would dampen consumer confidence and hurt economic recovery....
About 4.5 kilometers of Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 30th span on Saturday. The 5b span, weighing 3,150 tonnes, was installed on pillars 26 and...
The IMF Executive Board approved Friday US$ 732 million emergency assistance for Bangladesh under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to address the challenges posed by...
Myanmar reported 17 more confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, bringing the number of infection to 224 in total, said a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. The...
Dhaka’s air quality showed significant improvement on Saturday morning as it ranked 68th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 26 at 08:41 am...
Thirteen members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been infected with coronavirus in Sylhet. Their samples were tested in the PCR lab of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital. Confirming the...
A survivor of the carnage in which 26 Bangladeshi migrants were killed in Libya has described the incident to the embassy from an undisclosed location, bdnews24.com reports. The man said...
Jute exporters have urged the government to bring the raw jute export sector under its fiscal stimulus package, as they have been facing severe financial crisis in the wake of...
Two passengers' welfare platforms on Friday warned that the government's decision to resume public transport services on limited scale might create anarchy in the sector. They also opposed a proposed...
The government has cut the demand for more than Tk 18 billion from three major projects, including the Padma Bridge scheme, to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. According to...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is now excavating a water retention canal from Ashkona to Kha Para near Khilkhet as no other agency is ready to do the job. The...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) lagged behind its revised target by 26.29 per cent until April due to an economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tax-collecting authorities...
Mobile schools have been launched in Magura town with the slogan, 'study will not be stopped for coronavirus' thanks to the noble gesture of a student front. As educational institutions...
The economy's almost all major indicators have dipped, drained by sluggish economic activities in the wake of shutdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus. Remittances, exports, imports, inter-bank call...
Ron Haque Sikder, a director of National Bank Limited, and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder have left Bangladesh for Thailand by an air ambulance after being accused of threatening top...
Health experts have warned against relaxing restrictions on movement and resumption of offices and transport as the country sees massive surge in new coronavirus cases, saying the move could worsen...
In the post Covid-19 era, renewable energy could be the best suitable option for Bangladesh to reset its power sector development policy to come out of the obligation for capacity...
Major non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in the country are operating with vulnerable financial health for long putting the sector to serious threats. Operational loss, poor credit quality, very low recovery,...
The unprecedented global pandemic is razing the global economic gains (earned over the decades) due to huge uncertainty created in the process. Bangladesh is no exception. In fact, it is...
Russian company JSC Eleron will establish physical protection system (PPS) for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at a cost of $287.49 million (Taka 24.24 billion). An agreement was signed in...
Thirty countries, including multiple international partners and institutions including Bangladesh, have signed up to support the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), to fight COVID-19 which is accessible to all. This...
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