Chattagong Bureau: Member Parliament of Bangladesh from Chattagong Wasika Ayesha Khan expressed gratitude over the ongoing awareness against bad affects of tobacco use crated by the anti-tobacco NGOs. She urges the Prime Minister to take measures and make prices of…
DHAKA – Dhaka Premier League (DPL) club Khelaghar Samaj Kallayan Samity began online practice session in a bid to keep their cricketers fit. Khelghar coach Nafees Iqbal, also the former Bangladesh opener, came up with his innovative idea as he…
PARIS – FIFA will allow leagues to open their transfer windows before the current, delayed season has been completed as football recovers from the impact of the lengthy coronavirus shutdown, the game’s world governing body announced on Thursday. FIFA has…
A virtual meeting of the reconstituted Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 10 June 2020, Wednesday. Professor Dr. Mohammad Gias Uddin Talukdar, newly elected Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting. Md. Mahbub ul…
Welding of the upper semi-vessel of the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for Unit- 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant begins in the Volgodonsk Branch of ‘AEM-technology’ in Russia.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the proposed budget of 2020-21 FY is not just a ‘traditional’ one as some economists have described it, but rather one for ‘saving lives and livelihoods’.
Describing the proposed national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year as an “imaginary, blunt and unimplementable” one, BNP on Friday said it will only inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic.
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 of Gono Forum.
Bangladesh ranked 10th both in daily and weekly increase of new coronavirus cases according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Visiting Chinese medical experts have suggested changing usual social habits, treatment after early detection and isolation can help Bangladesh earn success against COVID-19.
Economists say implementation of the ‘loan dependant’ budget for 2020-21 fiscal year will be a big challenge for the government as the collection of revenue has shrunk amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Terming the proposed budget of 2020-21 FY traditional, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading think tank, on Friday said alleviating poverty, discrimination and creating employment should have been given priority in the budget instead of GDP growth.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a debilitating lung condition, often develops as a result of decades of heavy smoking — but that does not explain why almost a third of all cases occur among people who have never smoked.
FIFA will allow leagues to open their transfer windows before the current, delayed season has been completed as football recovers from the impact of the lengthy coronavirus shutdown, the game’s world governing body announced on Thursday.
Apple on Friday launched a racial justice initiative aimed at breaking down barriers to opportunity for minorities.
The Superintendent of Pabna Police Sheikh Rafikul Islam tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday.
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday reported one new dengue case in the last 24 hours until 8am.
Bangladesh on Friday saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases and deaths in a single day as the health authorities confirmed the detection of record 3,471 new patients and 46 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Dhaka East Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized special Business Development Conference virtually on 10 June 2020, Wednesday. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the bank addressed the conference as chief guest.
Genesis of leadership When the number is one, question of leadership does not arise, when the numbers are two, a germ of leadership is sowed, when the numbers are more than two, question of leadership appears visible indistinctly but when…
M Zahidul Haque BRITAIN’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday twice a year—one on her actual date of birth, that is, April 21 and the other on her official birthday usually on the second Saturday in June, which this year…
12 June 2020 – Managing the digital divide better, has become “a matter of life and death” for people unable to access essential healthcare information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief has told a virtual high-level meeting on rapid…
Chittagong, June 12 – A Swechchashebak League leader was gunned down by some miscreants at Nanupur Bazar in Fatikchhari Upazila of Chittagong on Thursday night.
The global death toll from the Covid-19 stood at 420,993 while the number of confirmed cases reached 7,500,777 until Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.
Bandarban, June 12 – Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban district Mohammad Daudul Islam tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.