BD: BEPZA signs $56.33m new investment agreement during pandemic
GB Today Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has signed US$ 56.33 million new investment agreement with seven companies during…
2020
Work together to improve world governance: UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to work together to improve world governance. The…
2 killed, 20 wounded as floods hit Indonesian capital
Floods and landslides have struck Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta and its surrounding areas, leaving two people dead, one…
NASA outlines plan for first woman on Moon by 2024
The US space agency (Nasa) has formally outlined its $28bn (£22bn) plan to return to the Moon by…
Trump aims to use UN address to send strong message to China
President Donald Trump, who prefers speaking to boisterous crowds, is set to give a prerecorded address to the…
TIB makes recommendations to reform banking sector
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday recommended forming an independent banking commission with experts to reform the…
Coronavirus death toll tops 5,000 in Bangladesh
Bangladesh today recorded 28 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 1,557 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to…
Tk 246cr to be spent on hilsa development, project cleared
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 1,266 crore,…
Covid-19: Bangladesh provides protective items to Nepal
Bangladesh has handed over health protective items to Nepal as a gesture of friendship and in the spirit…
Migrant workers protest for tickets to Saudi Arabia
A group of Bangladeshi migrant workers demonstrated at Karwan Bazar on Tuesday morning demanding tickets to Saudi Arabia…
BD: RAB files 2 cases against DGHS driver Malek
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today filed two cases against Directorate General of Health Services driver Abdul Malek…
‘Business motive’ behind disapproval of GK corona kits: Zafrullah Chowdhury
Gonoshasthya Kendra (GK) founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Tuesday alleged that the government did not approve the coronavirus…
BD: Legal notice seeks Hindu, Buddhist women’s right to inherit property
A legal notice has been issued to the government asking it to take necessary steps to ensure equal…
Another case lodged against ex-Ducsu VP Nur
Police have lodged another case against former Vice President (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) Nurul…
Book on history of RAW suspects CIA role in Bangabandhu’s murder
The book claims that in March 1990, RAW agents achieved another breakthrough when a top army commander serving…
Odisha Sees Record One-day Spike Of 4,330 COVID-19 Cases, Toll Crosses 700
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday registered its highest single-day spike of 4,330 COVID-19 cases, which pushed the state’s infection…
Nitish Condemns MP’s Misbehaviour With Rajya Sabha Dy Chairman
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday condemned the MP’s misbehavior with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh,…
7th week of Belarus protests: 100,000 demonstrators flood streets against ‘authoritarian president’
At least 100,000 Belarusian protesters took to the streets of Minsk on Sunday in in ongoing protests calling…
Covid: UK call for lockdown
New restrictions may be needed as country faces an ‘inevitable’ second wave of the pandemic as schools and…
61 more die of Covid in West Bengal
The total cases went past 2.25 lakh, of which nearly 1.96 lakh were recoveries Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West…