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It is a severe understatement when one says that formulating Bangladesh's budget for the next one year -- while the stressed economy is reeling under growing, yet uncertain, devastating impact...
The Department of Shipping (DoS) has sought authority to police "errant" shipping agents, who would not comply with the law of the land. DoS Director General (DG) Syed Ariful Islam,...
Bangladesh will hold a maiden meeting next week with Japanese entrepreneurs, donor agencies and investment facilitators to entice potential investors to relocate their businesses here during the post-Covid-19 regime. State-run...
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has stepped in to bring the tax defaulters, who owe over Tk 0.5 million to the government, under its scanner. The income tax...
The kitchen market in the city saw thin presence of customers after Eid-ul-Fitr with the prices of essential commodities showing a mixed trend. Prices of broiler chicken, onion, garlic and...
The country's people like elsewhere in the world have celebrated the Eid-ul-Fitr this time amid pandemic COVID-19 that shrunk the festivities unprecedentedly with regulated and indoor congregations, social distancing, limited...
CHATTOGRAM: The number of COVID-19 patients is increasing alarmingly in Chattogram further intensifying the accommodation crisis at the hospitals here. Sources said the hospitals in the district are already facing...
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is going to send a contingent consisting of three Armed Version MI-171 helicopters equipped with Night Vision System and 125 personnel for United Nations Peacekeeping Mission...
The family of a slain Libyan human trafficker killed 26 Bangladeshi and four African migrants in revenge; Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) said on Thursday. The GNA...
The government has cut the investment ceiling in postal savings instruments by two thirds taking into consideration their high interest rate, officials have said. From now on, for both term...
Unavailability of proper water supply and sanitation facilities is making the internal migrant women workers in the capital vulnerable to infection of deadly coronavirus, according to a study. Cent per...
Dear Mrs. Manzur, There's something really special about the community that you built and the type of leader you were, when generations of students have been pouring their hearts out,...
Late Professor Anisuzzaman (1937-2020) had never been known as a typical stylist. He was also free of all kinds of mannerism, which are nurtured by many a popular teacher and...
What is the importance of exchange rate policy in an economy? Let us look at the oil market. Amid the rage of the coronavirus pandemic, we have also witnessed a...
As announcement of the national budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) draws close, my transcendental thought process goes haywire trying to figure out how this document is going to...
GSK, the world's largest vaccine maker, laid out plans on Thursday to produce 1 billion doses of vaccine efficacy boosters for COVID-19 shots next year, as the race to develop...
The unfurling economic downturn caused by prolonged shutdowns on account of the coronavirus pandemic has hit lives and livelihoods hard all across the world. In America, the richest country on...
Conspicuous by the absence of any large congregations for prayer in the open fields, the Muslim community of Bangladesh this time, as elsewhere in the world, celebrated their biggest religious...
The government has ordered all its employees to wear masks to offices, sanitise hands frequently and follow some other health safety rules after they reopen. In the order on reopening...
The High Court on Thursday wanted to know about the steps taken by the committee led by the deputy commissioner (DC) of Chattogram to protect the biodiversity, environment and the...
State minister for water resources Zahid Faruk on Thursday said the government is going to take a project involving Tk 1.0 billion to repair the embankments damaged by the recent...
An estimated 70 million people were brought under the government relief scheme during the coronavirus outbreak, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said Thursday. The minister came up with the remarks while...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) until has distributed its relief to more than 500,000 families and sprayed liquid disinfectants on the areas of 120 million square feet to stem the...
Another member of Bangladesh Police died of coronavirus at a hospital in the capital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Rasel Biswash, 35, sub-inspector of Special Branch (SB),...
Bangladesh Bank has instructed all banks to maintain regular transaction hours from Sunday, after providing services in limited scale for 63 days due to the coronavirus outbreak. From Sunday, transactions...
The government's decision to expand the treatment of COVID-19 at all hospitals in Bangladesh has drawn mixed reactions from health experts and hospital authorities. On May 24, the health ministry...
Powerful seasonal storms destroyed at least 250 houses and damaged two educational institutions in Bhola’s Lalmohon and Charfesson upazilas on Wednesday night. Five people were injured after trees fell on...
Police have arrested a homeopath in Dinajpur over his suspected role in the deaths of 17 people from drinking bootleg liquor in the neighbouring districts of Dinajpur and Rangpur during...
Daraz, a leading online marketplace in the country has launched Daraz First Games - an innovative and immersive gaming platform offering access to a number of free-to-play casual games in...
The probe panel looking into the fatal fire that broke out at Dhaka's United Hospital has found that the hospital lacked proper fire safety measures. Five people were killed on...
The government is taking a Tk 1.0 billion project to repair embankments damaged during cyclone Amphan, State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk said Thursday. He made the remarks while...
The government has taken measures to make state-owned industrial units profitable through bringing necessary reforms, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun. “We have taken measures to make the state-owned...
Huawei, the global leading provider of ICT technologies, has won the world’s first Common Criteria (CC) Evaluation Assurance Level（EAL）4+ certificate for 5G products. This certificate indicates the security of Huawei...
Domestic flights will resume on Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Syedpur routes in a limited scale from June 1, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) announced Thursday. “But the embargo...
Essential food items under Rotary International Bangladesh's 'Meals Everyday' are being distributed every evening all over the country among the helpless people. Leaders including Rotary Governor M. Rubayat Hossain and...
Bangladesh’s two stock exchanges will resume trading and settlement on Sunday, ending a two-month shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, as the regulator has approved the bourses’ plan to reopen, reports...
The virtual hackathon of the special event styled NASA Space Apps Covid-19 Challenge of the NASA is set to begin from Saturday (May 30, 2020). Like every time, Bangladesh will...
Swiss-based leading pharmaceutical company Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited has donated 28,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs) to Swiss Red Cross and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. The equipment includes Medical gown, KN 95...
Lockdown bans on live performances have left many British musicians on the breadline, fuelling a campaign for them to get a bigger share of the profits from streaming their songs...
A case was filed in connection with the death of five patients at the isolation unit of the city’s United Hospital on Wednesday night following a fire incident, reports UNB....
Search teams on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, a spokesman for the airline said. The Pakistan International Airlines...
The Local Government Ministry has suspended two union parishad chairmen and three members for their involvement in relief embezzlement. The Local Government Division of the ministry issued separate notifications in...
Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters has formed a five-member committee to investigate the death of five patients at the isolation unit of city’s United Hospital on Wednesday night following...
A Chinese expert said that the approval of the "fast-track" entry system between China and South Korea was due to both countries having successfully contained the novel coronavirus domestically and...
A healthy bilateral relationship will be important to Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China, which will be the only meaningful market in the coming decade but one that...
Indian clothing manufacturers have demanded duty imposition on imported garments from Bangladesh for at least a year to help their local industry to cope with COVID-19 impact. The Clothing Manufacturers...
Nissan Motor Co unveiled a plan to become a smaller, more cost-efficient automaker on Thursday as it looks to recover from four years of tumbling profits that culminated in its...
Bangladesh will allow public transport services such as buses, trains and launches to restart operations with a fixed number of passengers from May 31, the day after the nationwide lockdown...
Bangladesh has recorded another highest single day coronavirus cases today (Thursday), crossing the total number of the cases to 40,000 mark, according to the DGHS official. Fifteen more people died...
China’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in a city roiled last year by months...
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