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Dhaka, Monday


25 November 2024


Covid-19 marginalises fishing communities in Bangladesh

Covid-19 marginalises fishing communities in Bangladesh

As the World Fisheries Day is being celebrated across the globe today (21 November), fishing communities here in Bangladesh are not well since the Covid-19 pandemic has badly affected their lives and livelihoods. 

02:17 22 November 2020

Earn expertise to contribute more to nation building: PM

Earn expertise to contribute more to nation building: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces to earn enhanced professional expertise in order to contribute more to a nation building campaign being imbued with patriotic spirit as it emerged through the process of 1971 Liberation War.

01:22 22 November 2020

20 more dengue cases reported in 24 hrs
99 dengue patients undergoing treatment

20 more dengue cases reported in 24 hrs

Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, Bangladesh is also seeing a rise in mosquito-borne dengue cases in November.

00:06 22 November 2020

Bangladesh gives great importance to BIMSTEC: Envoy

Bangladesh gives great importance to BIMSTEC: Envoy

Bangladesh is also working with other members to collectively pursue a cooperative regional security agenda, especially in combating terrorism, radicalisation, trafficking and various transnational crimes, she mentioned.

23:06 21 November 2020

Chiefs of three services meet PM

Chiefs of three services meet PM

The chiefs of the three services on Saturday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2020.

22:19 21 November 2020

Bangladesh sees spike in Covid-19 deaths; 28 more die
1,848 new cases recorded

Bangladesh sees spike in Covid-19 deaths; 28 more die

Bangladesh saw a rise in deaths from coronavirus infections as health authorities reported 28 more deaths in 24 hours until Saturday, pursing the death toll to 6,350.

22:11 21 November 2020

Unilever’s cleaning brand Domex celebrates World Toilet Day 2020

Unilever’s cleaning brand Domex celebrates World Toilet Day 2020

Unilever’s toilet cleaning brand Domex has observed this year’s World Toilet Day to generate awareness regarding the importance of improved and hygienic sanitation and its role for healthy life and environment.

22:06 21 November 2020

Qatar Airways launches ‘Student Club’ loyalty programme

Qatar Airways launches ‘Student Club’ loyalty programme

Qatar Airways has launched a global programme exclusive to students worldwide, named “Student Club”. 

21:37 21 November 2020

Bangladeshi youth killed ‘by BSF’ in Kurigram

Bangladeshi youth killed ‘by BSF’ in Kurigram

A Bangladeshi young man was gunned down by allegedly some members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Khatiamari border area in Roumari upazila early Saturday.

20:28 21 November 2020

FSIBL inaugurates Parulia Bazar sub-branch in Satkhira

FSIBL inaugurates Parulia Bazar sub-branch in Satkhira

With an aim to continue providing shariah-based banking services to its clients, the First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) launched the Parulia Bazar sub-branch at Ichamoti Hall Market in Satkhira’s Debhata on Thursday.

19:53 21 November 2020

Gold trader Monirul held over possession of ‘illegal’ assets 

Gold trader Monirul held over possession of ‘illegal’ assets 

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested gold businessman Monirul Islam for possession of illegal assets, a firearm and liquor.

19:41 21 November 2020

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of Covid-19 shots in US

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of Covid-19 shots in US

Pfizer formally asked US regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter.

18:39 21 November 2020

Superbrands Bangladesh unveils 40 prestigious brands

Superbrands Bangladesh unveils 40 prestigious brands

Superbrands Bangladesh has honoured 40 organisations as the most prestigious and valuable brands in the country for 2020-21.

18:22 21 November 2020

Singer Baby Nazneen tests positive for Covid-19

Singer Baby Nazneen tests positive for Covid-19

Popular Bangladeshi singer Baby Nazneen has been diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday evening (US time) at Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC) in New Jersey, United States where she was undergoing treatment for various complications.

18:01 21 November 2020

Antimicrobial resistance could expose nations to another global e

Antimicrobial resistance could expose nations to another global e

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called for an internationally coordinated research and investment campaign for new generation antibiotics having universal accessibility amid growing “antimicrobial resistance”, fearing the phenomenon to expose the world to another health emergency, “far severe than the current COVID-19 pandemic."

17:37 21 November 2020

Boris raises UK’s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi
He reaffirms UK’s commitment to Indo-Pacific region, ASEAN

Boris raises UK’s concerns over Rohingya crisis with Suu Kyi

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK’s ongoing concerns with the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine.

16:39 21 November 2020

Sheikh Fazle Fahim re-elected vice president of CACCI

Sheikh Fazle Fahim re-elected vice president of CACCI

Sheikh Fazle Fahim, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI), has been re-elected as the vice president of the Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of

02:03 21 November 2020

Covid vaccine: Pfizer to apply for authorisation in US

Covid vaccine: Pfizer to apply for authorisation in US

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have said they will apply for emergency authorisation in the US for their Covid-19 vaccine on Friday

01:56 21 November 2020

Fakhrul’s statements are contradictory: Information Minister

Fakhrul’s statements are contradictory: Information Minister

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said that the statements made by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul are contradictory, and it’s necessary to find out the reasons behind such statements

00:55 21 November 2020

Bangladesh in world media this week

Bangladesh in world media this week

Bangladesh popped up a lot in internationally recognised media outlets over this week. The mentions were not always positive, but they were not all negative either.

00:24 21 November 2020

Bangladesh makes firms’ outward payments easier

Bangladesh makes firms’ outward payments easier

But the central bank did not raise the ceiling a company can use for cross-border payments annually.

23:02 20 November 2020

Bangladesh records 2,275 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

Bangladesh records 2,275 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

A total of 15,607 samples were tested at 117 authorized laboratories across the country in the last 24 hours.

22:39 20 November 2020

RAB raids Sirajganj militant hideout, 4 arrested

RAB raids Sirajganj militant hideout, 4 arrested

The arrestees are currently being interrogated.

22:18 20 November 2020

‘Focus on development considerations in trade, environment agenda

‘Focus on development considerations in trade, environment agenda

Civil society members speak at WTO event.

21:51 20 November 2020