The Postal Department of the country on Tuesday started using their vast transport network to deliver mango and other fruits produced by the farmers of Rajshahi and other areas to the doorst... Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded the Trade Finance Program (TFP) to support private sector in Bangladesh by raising its financing limit to $755 million from $518 million at the... Read more
Readymade garments Industry brands, manufacturers and unions have joined together to launch the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) in Bangladesh with a view to sustaining workplace safety. The... Read more
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the main opposition BNP had dragged themselves to a position of ‘political isolation’, through years of what he called nega... Read more
Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said that coronavirus is seriously affecting public life as the government has failed to control its outbreak in the country. In a statement,... Read more
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood today warned that no corrupt person would be spared in any situation in the country. “No matter how difficult the time is. Once corrup... Read more
The construction work of the country’s first ever metro rail is progressing fast as the authorities have completed overall 72.12 per cent work so far of the project from Uttara to Agargaon a... Read more
The High Court on Tuesday ordered United Hospital authorities to explain the reason behind the death of five people, who died in a fire at the hospital. The hospital authorities will have to... Read more
The Liberation War Affairs Ministry has issued a gazette notification recognizing 1,256 people as freedom fighters. The gazette was published today following a decision taken at the 66th mee... Read more
Terming the refusal of health facilities to provide medical services as a punishable offence, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the government would take actions against author... Read more
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to arrange online classes during the coronavirus crisis and bring all students under health insurance coverage. The decisions came from a m... Read more
Bangladesh on Tuesday reported record 2,911 new Covid-19 cases in the span of 24 hours, surging the total number of such cases to 52,445. During the period, 37 more people died from fast spr... Read more
The inflow of remittance in May rose by 38.34% from the previous month, as expatriate Bangladeshis sent $1.08 billion in remittance in April The country received $1.50 billion in remittance... Read more
The export earnings from jute and jute goods is also 17% higher than the target set by the government for the first ten months of outgoing fiscal year Bangladesh earned $791.3 million from t... Read more
Country’s prominent economists and experts have said that the next national budget should focus on ensuring survival of people through strengthening health, medical and social security secto... Read more
Country’s both the bourses -Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) plummeted today amid the fear of COVID-19 pandemic. Presence of investors at the brokerage houses w... Read more
South Korean Company Ms Giant BD Co Ltd is going to expand their business with an investment of US$10 million more in Bangladesh, an official release said. The South Korean concern will esta... Read more
Dhaka again ranked 5th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Friday morning. It had an AQI score of 143 at 08:25 am and its air quality was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive group’. C... Read more
Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahabuddin on Monday encouraged people to have juicy seasonal fruits to boost immune system in addition to staying on high alert to avoid... Read more
The coronavirus in Bangladesh shares most similarities with those from European sources, the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) said after completing genome seq... Read more
