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Bangladesh to receive 2.0m Oxford vaccine doses on Wednesday

As many as 2.0 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh from India as a gift on...

Schooldropouts, slum children to receive skills, education

As the pandemic has heightened the risks of dropping out from schools, many children from poor families in major cities...

Over half of Padma bridge annual allocation returned

The Padma bridge project office has surrendered almost 60 per cent of its budget for the current (2020-21) fiscal year...

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Poorer nations can access Pfizer vaccine very soon, WHO hopes

The World Health Organization is in advanced negotiations with Pfizer about including the company’s COVID-19...

Sixth population census to begin on October 25

The sixth Housing and Population Census of the country will begin on October 25 and...

PM pays courtesy call on President

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at the President's...

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Bangladesh

IsDB lends $47m to supplement stimulus packages for SMEs

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has come forward with a US$47 million credit line to support the country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs), hit hard...

Apparel sector needs collaboration among stakeholders for recovery, experts say

A collaborative approach among governments, brands and...

Only 24pc of development budget spent in first half

The government agencies executed only 24 per...

Global

China economy ends pandemic-hit 2020 with growth beating forecasts

China's economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, with growth beating expectations as it ended a rough coronavirus-stricken 2020 in remarkably good shape and...

Italy's public debt may surge to post-war record high at 158.5pc of GDP

Italy forecasts its debt to soar to...

ADB, EIB form partnership to protect oceans, support blue economy

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the...

Stock

Stocks down in early trading

Stocks on both the bourses witnessed a downward trend in...

Desh General's IPO subscription to begin February 14

The IPO subscription of Desh General Insurance will open on...

Twitter tumbles after Trump ban

Twitter’s stock tumbled over 6 per cent in the early...

Tesla market value crosses $800b

Shares of Tesla jumped as much as 5.6 per cent...

Bourses open week on higher note

Stock market needs big players for healthy growth, not bull run

IPO subscription of Desh General Insurance to begin Feb 14

NYSE to delist three Chinese telecoms

PayPal-founded Affirm aims for over $9b valuation in US IPO

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US-Bangla's daily Dhaka-Dubai-Dhaka flight from Feb 1

US-Bangla, the largest private airline in Bangladesh, is going to start flights from February 1, 2021 to Dubai. US-Bangla will operate seven flights in a week from Dhaka to Dubai. Initially seven flights will be operated for Dubai from Dhaka. Every...

Premier Bank achieves second position in collecting...

Minister eyes Bangladeshi agri-products in German market

Midland Bank signs MoU with ACE Advisory

NBR plans chemical testing units at 14 land ports

Amazon faces backlash from India's BJP lawmakers

Bangladesh set to lose Tk 6.0b due to China's ban on exports of eel, crab

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National

Dhaka conveys willingness to bring in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as well

Bangladesh has officially expressed interest in procuring the vaccines developed by the US-based Pfizer and German company BioNTech, officials concerned...

10,000 policemen seek compensation for COVID-19 infection

Around 10,000 members of the police, who were infected with the coronavirus while working during the pandemic, have applied for...

Man, wife die as bus hits motorcycle near Dhaka airport

A man and his wife have died in a road accident near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Akash Iqbal...

Politics

Former minister Inu tests positive for coronavirus

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASOD) president and former information...

AL approves int'l affairs subcommittee for 2019-22

Bangladesh Awami League on Sunday named the members...

Country

Crude bomb blast during municipal polls injures three in Feni

Three people including a policeman and an Ansar...

Kurigram shivers in cold wave

The hustle and bustle of everyday life in...

Crime

Over 30mn Covid-19 vaccine doses already administered in 47 countries: WHO

More than 30 million vaccine doses have already...

RAB arrests three ‘JMB members’ from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested three suspected...

World

Asia

12 workers trapped in China gold mine still alive

Twelve workers who were left trapped underground after an explosion at a gold mine in eastern China a week ago...

Beirut blast chemicals possibly linked to Syrian businessmen

The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in...

India's COVID-19 vaccination drive tumbles due to app glitch

India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first...

Americas

Brazil approves emergency use of Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines

Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Sunday (local time) approved emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd and...

Trump leaving office with lowest approval rating, CNN poll shows

US President Donald Trump will leave office with the lowest...

Facebook bans advertisements for weapon accessories in US

Facebook Inc has banned advertisements for weapon accessories and protective...

Europe

UK vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says

The United Kingdom is vaccinating 140 people per minute against COVID-19 on average, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained on arrival in Moscow

Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in...

Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8

Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown, with the goal to...

Africa

Militia attack in Sudan's Darfur region claims 48 lives

At least 48 people died and 97 people were injured in a militia attack in Sudan's West Darfur state on...

Uganda's Museveni takes lead in allegedly rigged polls

Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni had a commanding lead in Uganda’s...

46 civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack

At least 46 civilians are reported to have been killed...

Editorial

Making level crossings safer

Can the country's unsafe level crossings be made reasonably safe for pedestrians and vehicles using those and the trains running on railway tracks? If the latest initiatives taken jointly by the Bangladesh Railway (BR), the Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) and road transport and bridges department take practical shapes, accidents and fatalities at level crossings --both authorised and unauthorised...

Circular railway for Dhaka

With four mass rapid transit (MRT) projects in line, the fast-progressing being the metro rail-based MRT-6, Dhaka is preparing to embark on yet another massive project. Following many South Asian cities, especially Kolkata, the Bangladesh capital has started dreaming of a circular rail route set to be implemented in the near future. A survey, conducted by a Chinese firm, has...

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Africa: Where entrenched leadership blocks the future

A prime reason why Nelson Mandela is venerated worldwide is his dedication to democratic principles. He spent twenty seven years in prison and then liberated...