The government's stimulus packages of Tk 1.13 trillion have little impact on the employment sector as they only benefited 8.0 per cent of the total workforce employed.Even if the packages, which were announced to help offset the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, were fully implemented, as low as 12...
Read moreDemocrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory over President Donald Trump in the US presidential race on Thursday as election officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome, report agencies.Vote counters worked all night in the crucial states that will decide the cliffhanger election with...
Read moreBangladesh is likely to lose US$7.0 billion worth of export earnings annually after graduation to a developing nation status in 2024, a government report estimates.The report said the country could lose the export market, especially in the European Union (EU), Canada, Australia, Japan, India and China. Bangladesh might also be...
Read moreThe government has decided to convert the operations of Nagad into a subsidiary company instead of the existing joint-venture aiming to comply with mobile financial services rule and regulations properly.The posts and telecommunication division approved a proposal in this connection on Thursday, asking the Directorate of Posts to form the...
Read moreCarrying a container full of packets of homemade meals on his motorbike, a man makes his way through Bangla Motor area in the city on Thursday to supply the meals to different offices. He started this business recently — FE photo By KAZ Sumon
Read moreThe number of people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease, Covid-19, rose considerably on Thursday.A total of 1,842 new cases were detected in the past 24 hours until Thursday morning after testing 15,225 samples.The figures were 1,517 and 13,914 respectively on the previous day, according the Directorate General of Health...
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