Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the national economy has made a turnaround with its desired pace due to the government's timely decision to give stimulus packages to various sectors and groups during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports UNB."We've taken the step at the right time...we didn't think about how...
Read moreThe government has initiated a move to set up Bangladesh Quality Council (BQC) to ensure standards of products and services as well as coordination among the existing organisations concerned, officials said. Once the proposed council is established, all local or foreign institutions that provide certificates on standards, like - ISO...
Read moreDhaka's mayors have expressed their utter dismay at no headway yet in the process of bus route rationalisation (BRR) even after a lapse of five long years.They said only two of the decisions made by a special committee, with Dhaka south city corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon as convener, during...
Read moreThe World Bank (WB) will help Bangladesh develop content for online education during COVID-19 and recover from its impact in the post-pandemic period, officials said on Monday.The Washington-based lender will facilitate distance learning, recovery strategy for teachers and students after reopening educational institutions and building resilience from the coronavirus disease,...
Read moreCommercial production of natural gas from the newly-discovered Srikail East-01 onshore structure is expected to start from next December.The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) discovered commercially viable gas on the site, some seven kilometres off the currently-producing Srikail well, this March.A pipeline is being constructed to bring...
Read moreThe prices of onion will shortly ease in the market with the arrival of imported onions, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.The commerce ministry in a statement said presently, there is an available stock of widely-consumed spice. "So, there is no reason to get panicked over the onion price," it...
Read moreMore than 35.78 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,049,860 have died, according to Worldometers tally, report agencies. Infections have been reported in more than 213 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.India's total coronavirus...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 06 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and put him in hospital.Trump arrived...
Read moreA curved metal sheet erected as a fence on this median strip now lies damaged on the Dhaka-Mawa road in Equria area of Keraniganj due to hitting by vehicles. The photo was taken on Tuesday — bdnews24.com
Read moreCompulsory provision should be framed to get multinational companies (MNCs) listed on the country's stock exchanges and ensure good governance in the capital market, experts said on Tuesday.The suggestion came at a webinar titled 'Awareness programme on dealing with investors' arranged by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marking the World...
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