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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 70,100 for violating the government’s social distancing measures. Several DMP teams, headed by its executive magistrates,...
National Professor Anisuzzaman, one of Bangladesh's foremost authors and cultural activists, has been laid to rest at Dhaka's Azimpur graveyard amid an outpouring of grief. Volunteers of Al-Markazul Islami, an...
Even with tens of millions of jobs lost and a historic decline in output projected this quarter, the US economy could still pull off a relatively quick recovery, Dallas Federal...
Violations of a partial curfew and the labour law resulted in the deportation of 250 Bangladeshis from Kuwait in the last month of April, Arab Times reports. Kuwait’s Deportation Center...
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India reached 81,970 and the number of deaths rose to 2,649 on Friday, said the official data issued by the federal health ministry....
US President Donald Trump signalled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now...
Twelve people including eight policemen of Barishal Metropolitan Police were infected with the coronavirus in Barishal district in the last 24 hours till Thursday. Police Commissioner Shahabuddin Khan said...
World Trade Organization head Roberto Azevedo will step down a year earlier than planned in August, he said on Thursday, in a surprise move as the trade body struggles to...
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus (COVID-19) in just four months is now equal to about three-quarters of the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of...
A special flight with 247 Bangladesh citizens, stranded in the USA amid coronavirus pandemic, will arrive early Sunday. The passengers include mostly Bangladeshi students studying in different colleges and universities...
A tripartite meeting of the stakeholders on Thursday could not reach a consensus on the payment of festival allowance to readymade garment (RMG) workers ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. At...
Normal activities at Chittagong Port are being hampered as many importers of refrigerated containers (refer containers) are not taking delivery of the shipments on scheduled time. Port officials and traders...
The country's two bourses will remain closed until May 30 as the government further extended the ongoing holidays to flatten the spread of deadly coronavirus in the country. This is...
Apparel sector leaders have proposed developing a virtual market platform mainly to dispose of readymade garments worth billion dollars cancelled by global buyers due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. They...
Local cement manufacturers have urged the government to refund an accumulated advance income tax (AIT) worth Tk 7.5 billion to offer a "breathing space" for the cash-strapped companies. The Bangladesh...
Canada has proposed forming an international alliance to address the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. It has also urged Bangladesh to join the proposed alliance to soften the coronavirus impact...
The German Federal Constitutional Court's (GCC) ruling against the European Central Bank's (ECB) pre-pandemic asset-purchase program has stunned policymakers and other observers outside of Germany. Many will be tempted either...
Forbes published the 2020 list of the richest Billionaires amidst Covid19, as of March18, 2020. It stated, as we all know, that the richest people on earth are not immune...
While it is undisputed that consistent higher economic growth helps countries to reduce poverty and improve lives of the people, it is also well recognised that such progression doesn't happen...
The government has urged Muslims not to offer Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in congregations at Eidgah or on open grounds, but at mosques to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, reports bdnews24.com....
In the context of ongoing economic hardship caused by COVID-19 pandemic China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), an international company of China has donated foodstuffs for two thousand distressed families...
The progress made in the country's health sector over the past two decades has earned international plaudits. However, most part of the appreciation has been for notable improvement in a...
With Covid-19 cases and deaths dropping substantially, many European countries have started easing lockdowns and opening up their economies -albeit on a limited scale. Even Germany and Russia have begun...
Designing the Annual Development Plan (ADP) for the upcoming financial year (2020-21) is no doubt going to be a litmus test for the government in the wake of the covid-19...
An Amnesty International investigation found that the hospitals refused to admit people with symptoms of Covid-19 despite having capacity to diagnose and treat them. While health care systems around the...
The authorities have detected the first coronavirus cases in one of the crowded Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Two residents of the world’s largest refugee camp at Kutupalong tested...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of National Professor and valiant freedom fighter Dr Anisuzzaman. In a condolence message, she recalled with...
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on Thursday allocated Tk 306.3 million for the city corporations and the municipalities across the country to fight coronavirus and dengue....
A total of 1,943 police members got infected with coronavirus as of Thursday as new cases are also on the rise across the country, reports UNB. Bangladesh reported the highest...
India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs programme, Finance Minister Nirmala...
Over a third of patients treated for Covid-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15 per cent required dialysis, US researchers reported on...
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is set to conduct plasma therapy on patients diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The hospital will begin the clinical trial...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Thursday seeking its directive to ensure proper health services at all private hospitals and clinics in country during the...
The Ministry of Industries (MoI) on Thursday urged its departments and industrial units concerned to continue the works for the sake of the country’s economy during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic....
An automatic disinfectant spraying system has been installed at the entrance of the Central Police Hospital (CPH) in Dhaka aiming to help contain outbreak of the COVID-19. Additional Superintendent of...
The United Nations (UN) has provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other emergency medical and humanitarian aid supplies to the government and the humanitarian operation in Cox’s Bazar to support...
National Professor Dr Anisuzzaman died of old-age complications at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka on Thursday. He was 83. He breathed his last at the hospital around 4:55pm, said...
Qatar Airways will give away 100,000 free tickets to frontline healthcare professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking after people during the current COVID-19 pandemic. By maintaining...
The US Department of State and US Embassy in Dhaka have already helped over 1,000 Americans and their family members return to the United States from Bangladesh on four chartered...
The government has reshuffled five high-ranking police officers in the latest shake up of the law-enforcement agency. A deputy inspector general and four superintendents of police were assigned to new...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said financial assistance will be provided to all mosques and another 7,000 Qwami Madrasas across the country before the Eid-ul Fitr. “I’ve already asked...
The United Nations in Bangladesh has provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other emergency medical and humanitarian aid supplies to the Government of Bangladesh and the humanitarian operation in Cox’s...
A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, an agency which approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Wednesday issued a total of 38 fines, amounting to Tk 167,700 for alleged violations of the government’s social distancing measures....
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday extended the suspension of all international and domestic flights until May 30, aiming to prevent spread of coronavirus. The ban on...
World stock markets fell for a third day running on Thursday after a sobering warning from the World Health Organization that the coronavirus may never go away. The head of...
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Thursday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, two dengue patients are now...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Thursday forecast rain or thundershowers for parts of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 6:00am today. “Rain or thundershowers with lighting flashes...
As COVID-19 has hit the world economy, the sales of many business organizations have been decreased and plenty of companies have stopped production. Though global smartphone sales fell down, the...
Fourteen more people died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With this, the...
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