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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided US$30 million to BRAC Bank to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger companies hit by the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic. The...
“ই কেমন কথা হলো মোহনবাবু? আপনার রসগুল্লা খাওয়া চেহেরা, শুগারে নো করছেন কেন?” ফেলুদার ঘোর শত্রু মগনলাল মেঘরাজ এই ‘রসগুল্লা-খাওয়া’ টার্মটি ব্যবহার করেই বিখ্যাত রহস্যরোমাঞ্চ ঔপন্যাসিক জটায়ুকে ঘায়েল করেছিল, ফেলে...
Prominent Industrialist and chairman of the Phoenix Group Deen Mohammad passed away due to old age complications at a city hospital early Tuesday. He was 83. Deen Mohammad, also the...
India's coronavirus death toll neared the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering...
The World Health Organization has declared video games an effective way to stop the spread of the coronavirus, one year after adding ‘gaming disorder’ to its list of addictive behaviours,...
The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said. The doses will be able...
Export of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to India has been suspended for more than one year due to onslaught of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the South Asian region as...
Police recovered the hanging body of a young girl from a flat in city’s Gulshan area on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Musharrat Jahan, 21, daughter of late...
নেত্রকোণার মোহনগঞ্জ উপজেলার হাওর এলাকায় পল্লী বিদ্যুতের ঘন ঘন লোডশেডিংয়ের কারণে বিপাকে এলাকার বিদ্যুৎ গ্রাহকেরা। অভিযোগ আছে, আকাশে মেঘ দেখা দিলেই বিদ্যুৎ বন্ধ থাকে ঘণ্টার পর ঘণ্টা। একবার বিদ্যুৎ চলে...
A boost in e-commerce business fuelled by the trend of staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic has generated jobs in the sector while other areas of the economy are struggling...
The market tumbled at the opening on Tuesday amid growing concern over the Covid-19 pandemic that ravaged India. The market fell sharply as soon as the market opened the DSEX,...
Farming of high value but non-traditional crops like groundnut has been on rise in the greater Sylhet region as many farmers got interested in those for better returns, officials and...
The government has opened up licenses for the submarine cable business, removing the clause that allowed only two companies in the market. The government also wants to attract more local...
CHATTOGRAM: Like last year, dress-makers and fashion designers in the port city are facing a tough time in this Eid season due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. In 2020, tailors faced...
The stock market regulator has appointed two independent directors to Agni Systems in compliance with mandatory shareholding rules as the company's sponsor-directors failed to hold minimum 30 per cent shares....
Manpower recruitment agencies have sought extension of the deadline for payment of security money for two more years, as they are facing financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. To...
People in the capital and across the country continued to suffer from scorching heat and humid weather in the fasting month of Ramadan amid the ongoing heatwave that might continue...
Crystal Insurance Company, which was listed on the stock market in December 2020, has recommended a 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. The...
Bangladesh will buy two LNG cargoes from spot market in June, one less from May, as it will be importing more gas from term suppliers in the hot summer month....
The government has moved to keep the cost of using Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (ICT) similar to that of the Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD), in order to promote Dhaka-Chittagong...
The board of directors of National Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank has recommended 7.50 per cent cash and 7.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31,...
The central bank has amended its policy allowing all banks to form their own start-up fund with 1.0 per cent of net profits instead of operating ones earlier, officials said....
The government's target to procure 1.8-million tonnes of Boro rice this year may not be achieved as the millers find the prices offered unattractive. On Monday, food minister Shadhan Chandra...
Former MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul will have to serve three more years in Kuwaiti jail for human trafficking and money laundering. An appellate court in the Middle-Eastern...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Monday arrested two chemical warehouse owners from Bagura and Dhaka city in connection with a case filed over the blaze in old Dhaka's Armanitola Friday. The...
The other day my mom was sick; she is doing better now. I feel terrible that I couldn't be with her, that I couldn't hold her hands into mine and...
In the panic-dominant present global realities, the Irish poet WB Yeats' prophetic lines continue to reverberate. The inner message of the lines from the poem 'The Second Coming' should have...
The decision that the core committee of the government on Covid-19 vaccine has shortlisted three vaccines out of five suggested from the Drug Administration comes as an encouraging piece of...
Liquid oxygen import from India remained suspended at Benapole check-post for the past four days as the neighbouring country has been struggling with shortages of oxygen amid the second wave...
Militants overrun an army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing more than 30 soldiers before pulling back in the face of air strikes, sources said. The attackers were believed to belong...
The rise in long-term US interest rates has become a focus of global macro-financial concerns. The nominal yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury has increased about 70 basis points since...
The impact of the pandemic continues to be visible in every aspect of human life. With the new wave of COVID-19, the marginalised communities are most at risk. A recent...
The government had once again reminded the people of the absolute necessity of wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic as the number of COVID-19 patients has continued to rise rapidly....
ব্যবসায়ীদের শীর্ষ সংগঠন এফবিসিসিআইয়ের দ্বিবার্ষিক নির্বাচনে পরিচালকের পদ যতগুলো শেষ পর্যন্ত প্রার্থীও হয়েছেন ততজন। ফলে আগামী ৫ মে হতে যাওয়া নির্বাচনে নেতৃত্ব বাছাইয়ে ব্যবসায়ীদের আর ভোট দিতে হবে না, খবর...
দেশজুড়ে তাপদাহে ঘরে কিংবা বাইরে সবখানেই কাতর সবাই। তপ্তদুপুরে গরমের তীব্রতায় নাগরিক জীবনের এমন হাঁসফাঁস অবস্থার মধ্যে আবহাওয়া অফিস জানাচ্ছে, স্বস্তির সুসংবাদ পেতে আরো অপেক্ষা করতে হবে। সোমবার সকাল থেকেই...
Economic and non-economic shocks such as financial crises, natural disasters, and pandemics leave behind permanent scars in economies and societies and result in major setbacks to development gains. From output...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded everyone that vaccine is not the only solution to the coronavirus problem. "Vaccine won't work if you don't wear mask all the...
Global military expenditure rose by 2.6 per cent to $1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research...
Power plants in Bangladesh have set a new record for electricity generation to meet the growing demand amid a sweltering summer heat wave. As much as 13,520 MW of electricity...
করোনাভাইরাস সংক্রমণ রোধে ঘরের বাইরে মাস্ক ব্যবহার না করলে ‘কঠোর আইনানুগ ব্যবস্থা’ নেওয়া হবে বলে হুঁশিয়ার করেছে সরকার। সোমবার সরকারের এক তথ্য বিবরণীতে বলা হয়েছে, কোনো জরুরি কাজে কেউ ঘরের...
Swisscontact and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has signed an agreement for the economic rehabilitation of readymade garments (RMG) workers amid the pandemic. Sarathi-Progress through Financial Inclusion, a...
Authorities in Nepal were grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Himalayan state have caught the more infectious mutant...
অর্থ ও মানবপাচারের মামলায় বাংলাদেশের সাবেক এমপি শহিদ ইসলাম পাপুলের কারাদণ্ড আরও তিন বছর বাড়িয়ে সাত বছর করেছে কুয়েতের আপিল আদালত। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। সোমবার কুয়েতের আরবি ভাষার দৈনিক...
The government on Monday announced the procurement of rice and paddy during the current Boro harvesting season aiming to enrich the national food stock which declined to a decade’s low...
The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has initiated a legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and for...
Saudi Arabia wants to reduce the cost of recruiting domestic workers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. It follows similar measures undertaken to lower the cost of recruiting from the...
The UK will send medical equipment to India as the latter continues to suffer from a record surge in coronavirus cases, the British government announced Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. India...
দেশে বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদনে নতুন রেকর্ড হয়েছে। রোববার রাত ৯টায় এযাবতকালের সর্বোচ্চ ১৩ হাজার ৫২০ মেগাওয়াট বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদন হয়েছে। বাংলাদেশ বিদ্যুৎ উন্নয়ন বোর্ড- পিডিবির পরিচালক (জনসংযোগ) সাইফুল হাসান চৌধুরী এ তথ্য...
The Dutch ministry in charge of aviation said Sunday that flights from India would be banned until at least May 1 amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant, reported Sputnik....
Ten India returnees, who tested positive for coronavirus, have reportedly escaped from an isolated ward of the Jashore General Hospital. The escapees have been identified as Fatema, 19, Ruma, 30,...
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