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China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which called for an...
An expatriate youth was killed after a truck collided with a motorcycle in Mohadevpur area at Laxmipur Sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Md Sohel, 30,...
Fourteen children were killed in a stampede as they rushed down a staircase at the end of classes at a primary school in western Kenya on Monday, officials said. At...
The Grameenphone (GP), country's largest cellphone operator, will not be able to provide new connections after two weeks due to restrictions imposed by the telecom regulator, its top executive said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Rome on Tuesday morning on a four-day bilateral visit to hold talks with her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. A VVIP flight of Biman...
China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on...
Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) has planned to double the refining capacity of crude oil with setting up of its second unit. Sources said 75 per cent of the country's demand...
A nexus between political elites and their business counterparts is influencing policy-making process, experts said on Monday. They said this stands in the way of equal distribution of economic development...
JOYPURHAT, Feb 03: Spinach growers in the district are happy over the bumper output and fair market price of the produce. Sources said, spinach farming is popular among the growers...
As time goes on, the perils of plastic products is becoming a matter of growing concern. There is no disagreement that necessary steps should be taken to stop use of...
Nearly one and half years have passed since the school and college students' countrywide uprising for road safety held between July 29 and August 08 in 2018. The death of...
Bangladesh has the unique distinction of turning the sacrifice made by language martyrs into a cultural commemoration where the pre-eminent focus is on language and traditional culture. The uniqueness of...
The noxious emissions, largely sulfur oxides, as well as nitrous oxides and particulate matter, have become a major environmental concern and have been proven to adversely affect global health as...
Correspondent banking is the provision of banking services by one bank (correspondent bank) to another bank (the respondent bank). By establishing multiple correspondent relationships globally, banks can undertake international financial...
Lending rate is one of the main determinants of private investment, which contributes to gross domestic product (GDP). The share of private investment in Bangladesh's GDP was 23.4 per cent...
'Sonali bag' emerged as a breakthrough in 2018 to purge plastic from common usage. It was developed by multi-awarded scientist, Dr. Mubarak Ahmad Khan, the Chief Biological Advisor of the...
Sumaiya, a 35-year-old woman, got pregnant for the second time. During the 27-week of her pregnancy, it was known that she suffers from diabetes. After being affected by the diabetes,...
Bangladeshi people in Toronto have urged Canadian government to take stern actions against money launderers who migrated to Canada. They said Bangladeshi media has identified some people who left the...
Organisers have extended the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) by two days at the request of businessmen for a longer run. It will now run until February 6, Abdur Rauf,...
The total number of mobile phone subscribers has reached 165.572 million as of December 2019, according to data by telecom regulator. They also revealed that there were 157.54 million subscribers...
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists...
Indian Institute of Mass Communication Alumni Association (IIMCAA,B) has invited submissions for IIMCAA,B Media Award 2020. This year, awards will be given for the best report/feature/analysis, published in Bangla and...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has doubled the limit on foreign currency that travellers can bring into the country without declaration to the customs authority to $10,000 or its equivalent. The central...
The government will bring back 171 more Bangladeshis upon clearance from the Chinese authorities, said Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam. “Another 171 Bangladeshis want to return home. They’ll be brought...
Three people, including a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee, were killed in separate road crashes in Shibganj and Shahjahanpur upazilas of Bogura on Monday. Two people were killed when a...
The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) will be held at its permanent ground in Purbachal from next year. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi made disclosed it at the concluding ceremony of...
The body of a minor boy, who fell into a canal in Kadamtola area on Sunday afternoon, was retrieved on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Asadul, 5. Ershad...
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked sixth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. It had an AQI score of 185 at 08:06am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’....
Stocks extended the gaining streak for the second day in a raw on Monday as some investors continued their buying binge based on quarterly earnings. DSEX, the prime index of...
No coronavirus was found in the samples of eight persons who were admitted in Kurmitola General Hospital and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on February 01 after returning from Wuhan in...
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey will continue to retaliate after Syrian government shelling killed four of its troops and wounded nine in Syria’s northwest Idlib region, where Turkish...
India’s new budget is unlikely to drag Asia’s third- biggest economy out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as the government has proposed only moderate spending increases...
The High Court on Monday issued a rule seeking the formation of a policy to restrict the gender detection of unborn babies. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and...
A Pakistani entity is going to make an "historic investment" in Bangladesh, said deputy high commissioner in Pakistan Noor-e-Helal Saifur Rahman recently. The diplomat, however, did not disclose the name...
Square Toiletries Limited Zone 1’s ‘Annual Sales Conference- 2020’ was held at Ratnodweep Resort in Pabna. The conference was inaugurated by Square Toiletries Limited’s Managing Director Mr. Anjan Chowdhury. Company’s...
As part of its digital transformation journey, BRAC Bank Limited has recently introduced a tab-based customer feedback system that would enable the customers to affirm their satisfaction about the bank’s...
A crude bomb exploded on the Dhaka University campus. The bomb went off on a street near Madhu’s Canteen at 10:45am on Monday, a witness told bdnews24.com. “Two policemen in...
State-run Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt passenger trains to China from midnight until further notice due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Beijing-Moscow route is among the suspended...
The body of a minor boy, who fell into a canal in Kadamtola area on Sunday afternoon, was retrieved on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Asadul, 5. Ershad...
A fire has burnt down more than 100 illegally built shanties in Chattogram’s West Madarbari area. The incident occurred in railway’s land at around 5:00am on Monday, said Azizul Islam,...
Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp have agreed to set up a joint venture specialising in prismatic electric vehicle batteries. The new company will develop batteries that will be available...
Shares of Malaysia’s AirAsia Group and unit AirAsia X fell on Monday, after allegations by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office that Airbus paid a bribe of $50 million to win plane...
Prime minister Boris Johnson will lay out his negotiating terms for talks with the European Union on Monday, saying Britain will prosper even if he cannot strike his preferred trade...
Stocks witnessed a marginal gain in early hours of trading on Monday as a section of investors are showing appetite on sector specific issues based on earnings declaration. Following the...
Panic-stricken residents have emptied shelves in major supermarkets in Hong Kong, stockpiling meat, rice, cleaning products and soap as fears escalate over a coronavirus epidemic on the mainland. The rush...
Shore Cap Holdings Limited, a private limited company has brought allegation against a listed steel company's involvement in its placement share forgery. At a press conference held on Sunday at...
Two power generation companies have declared interim cash dividend for the year to be ended on June 30, 2020 based on financial statements for the half year ended on December...
The flow of inward remittances grew by more than 21 per cent in the first seven months of this fiscal year (FY) on the back of incentives being provided by...
An audio recording purporting to be from the Islamist militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility on Sunday for a fatal shooting in December at a...
California health officials said on Sunday (local time) they had confirmed 11 cases of the new, fast-spreading coronavirus in the United States, with one in Santa Clara County and two...
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