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The EU sponsored crucial public consultation on setting new norms and procedures of the generalised system of preference (GSP) will expire on June 03. This is very much important consultation...
Turkey began operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs in a bid to restore normal life and reopen an economy facing the...
JP Morgan has named Leo Puri chairman of its South and Southeast Asian operations after Kalpana Morparia announced her retirement, according to a statement. Puri will take on the role...
A police constable died at corona unit of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) early Thursday. Sohel Mahmud, 35, hailing from Pangasia area in Dumki upazila of Patuakhali district...
Hundreds of people gathered at Shimulia ferry ghat on Thursday morning for returning to Dhaka after celebrating of Eid-ul Fitr, raising the fear of coronavirus spread. A large number of...
It all started in the early hours of Eid day. School teacher Abdur Rahman from Sadullahpur, Gaibandha was utterly surprised by the unique gesture of receiving EID essential groceries from Amar...
One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone by 2030, international organisations said...
Bangladesh requires China's technological expertise and experience in coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and contact tracing, said Bangladeshi Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman. He said that the country needs China's technological...
South Korea’s central bank cut interest rates to a record low on Thursday as it warned the coronavirus pandemic would be worse for Asia’s fourth-largest economy than the 2008 global...
Bangladeshi manufacturers said on Wednesday that they would blacklist Western fashion brands that “exploit” them by failing to pay their bills due to the new coronavirus crisis, days after threatening...
Security experts at Alphabet’s Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing attempts related to the...
The Bangladesh Fire Service has formed a four-member panel to investigate the fire that burned down the isolation unit and killed five patients at the United Hospital in Dhaka. Debashish...
From dignitaries to middle class men and women, from present and former students to the ones who have known and even heard of Niloufer Manzur, many have come up with...
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, again ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday. It had an AQI score of 138 at 10:00 am and its...
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims, sending the bill to the White House for...
National Bank Limited (NBL) has brushed aside the charges against one of its directors and his brother that they threatened top executives of Exim Bank. National Bank has leveled countercharges...
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, commenting on US President Donald Trump’s threats against social media companies, said on Wednesday censoring a platform would not be the “right reflex” for...
Over a third of European foreign direct investment (FDI) projects announced in 2019 have been either delayed or cancelled outright because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey. The...
Apple has secured a deal for Hollywood veteran Martin Scorsese’s next film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” US media reported on Wednesday, citing sources. “Killers of the Flower Moon” will...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 353 to 179,717, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll...
US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 100,000 on Wednesday even as the daily average death toll declines, businesses reopen and Americans emerge from lockdowns across the country. About 1,400...
Boeing said on Wednesday it was eliminating more than 12,000 US jobs, including 6,770 involuntary layoffs, as the largest American planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have extended heartiest congratulations and felicitations to all the peacekeeping members marking the ‘International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers-2020’ to be...
At least five patients infected with coronavirus were killed in a fire at corona unit of the United Hospital at Gulshan area in Dhaka on Wednesday night, a fire service...
A fire has erupted at a tent built to treat COVID-19 patients at the United Hospital at Gulshan area in Dhaka. The Fire Service and Civil Defence sent three units...
Two missing walkers have been found in the New Zealand wilderness, 19 days after they set off, reports BBC. Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began walking in the...
Bangladesh is lifting the ban on public transport services from May 31, the day offices will reopen on a limited scale. State Minister to Public Administration Farhad Hossain said public...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government made a mistake by announcing only general holidays from March 26 instead of enforcing a lockdown to tackle...
COVID-19 outbreak has heightened the need to boost pharmaceutical production in poor countries as lack of access to essential medicines is a tragic reality for many families in developing nations,...
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three as a steep pressure gradient persists over north Bay....
More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now staying in ‘political isolation’ as the party practices the politics of maintaining ‘safe distance’ from the countrymen during any...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday said industrial units under the Industries Ministry are being modernised to make those profitable. Industries Ministry has gained new momentum to expand...
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh’s earnings per share (EPS) rose 11.5 per cent year-on-year in nine months for July, 2019 to March, 2020. The board of directors of the company...
Police in Hong Kong fired pepper pellets and made 300 arrests as thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday to voice anger over national security legislation proposed by...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of completion of 50 years of his political career. “The Bangladesh prime minister extended heartfelt congratulations...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies, one day after Twitter added a warning to some of his tweets for the first...
The European Commission has unveiled a plan to borrow on the market and then disburse to EU countries 750 billion euros in grants and loans to help them recover from...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh in partnership with The Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society reached out to 3000 health...
The government will not extend the ongoing general holidays, aimed at curbing the transmission of coronavirus, beyond May 30, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain told UNB on Wednesday....
Untimely erosion in Teesta River in Gokunda Char area of Lalmonirhat devoured about six houses and arable land. Abu Syed, son of Dulu Mia, was electrocuted while saving his house...
The Afghan government said it was in the process of freeing 900 Taliban members from prison on Tuesday, the biggest such release yet, and urged the insurgent group to extend...
The electricity supply in two cities—Dhaka and Narayanganj— was disrupted for a few hours in the early morning of Wednesday due to nor'wester accompanied by heavy shower. According to sources...
A political analyst and economist has strongly argued the government to go for hard lockdown in the form of curfew to avoid the possible disaster due to massive spread of...
At least 14 people died in three days after consuming spirit in the neighbouring districts of Dinajpur and Rangpur during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. In the northern district of Rangpur, the...
Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem, amid soaring tensions over...
The French government on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new...
Poles will be allowed to go out in public without protective masks on from May 30 (Saturday) and cinemas, theatres, swimming pools and gyms will reopen on June 6, Prime...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows into the Philippines grew by 12.1 per cent in January this year to reach 657 million US dollars from 586 million US dollars posted...
At least four people, including two children, were crushed to death by falling trees and collapsing walls after a storm slammed into Joypurhat shortly after Tuesday midnight. The incidents were...
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