Total cases rise to 1,05,535; death toll jumps to 1,388 UNB: Bangladesh on Friday recorded 45 deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) in the span of 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,388. The... Read more
Canada’s Minister of International Development Karina Gould has recalled the excellent bilateral development cooperation between Bangladesh and Canada over the last five years and appr... Read more
A total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis, including four doctors, have so far died of coronavirus or with its symptom in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic, said Bangladesh ambass... Read more
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a four-member team to probe the alleged irregularities and corruption of the health sector in procuring coronavirus safety gears. Earlier, the... Read more
Country’s both bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) today closed week posting slump as investors were nervous amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At DSE, the b... Read more
Covid-19 hasn’t changed Bangladesh as an attractive investment destination, says PM adviser Salman F Rahman Staff Reporter: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not tainted Bangladesh’s growing... Read more
Fifteen members of of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) left Dhaka on Wednesday by a C-130J aircraft to transport essential medical aids from South Korea. Air Commodore Syed Sayeedur Rahman of BAF... Read more
The Appellate Division on Tuesday stayed a High Court (HC) order that had directed the authorities concerned to take legal action if patients are denied treatment. Chamber Judge Justice Md N... Read more
Altogether 3,904 policemen among 7,402 infected made full recovery from coronavirus across the country as of Monday. Among them, 53 were released from Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital (CPH)... Read more
The government on Monday extended the tenure of contractual appointments of six ambassadors to Bangladesh missions abroad. The service contracts of the six diplomats have been extended until... Read more
Total cases rise to 87,520; Death toll jumps to 1,171 Bangladesh on Sunday saw another surge in coronavirus cases after the health authorities confirmed the detection of 3,141 new patients i... Read more
Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) on Sunday said there is enough salt in stock to meet the local demand for the next 10 months. “There’s is a stock of 2,003,000MT... Read more
The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases reached 1,244 mark as record 98 more new patients were diagnosed in a single day with the lethal virus after testing samples at three COVI... Read more
The proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal “represents an unimaginative response to an economic crisis that calls for boldness and creativity”, according to Dr Reza Kibria, general secretary... Read more
Covering loss from long study break to be important task in next FY: Finance Minister The government has increased the budgetary allocation for the education sector as the two ministries con... Read more
The government has proposed an allocation of Tk 64,580 crore for infrastructure of communication sectors aiming to have a modern, safe and environment friendly transportation and communicati... Read more
The government has to spend Tk. 63,801 crore in interest payments, which is 11.23 percent of total national budget allocation for fiscal year 2020-21. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disc... Read more
As the country grapples with coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk29,247 crore for health services and health education sector, up... Read more
Bangladesh has decided to resume international flight operation in a limited scale from June 16 after nearly three months of flight suspension for containing outbreak of COVOD-19 pandemic. “... Read more
Some economists said on Thursday the proposed national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year will be almost impossible to implement as it is ‘highly ambitious and devoid of objectivity’. In their i... Read more
