The parliament yesterday passed the next fiscal year’s tax measures that met critics and advocates of the provision to whiten black money in the middle.

When Khadiza Khatun took her Covid-infected grandmother to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday night, she never imagined that she was going to experience such a shock.

People from the low-income groups in urban areas are struggling to have three meals a day, consume quality food and maintain their daily protein intake due to the crisis induced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two and a half million shots of the Moderna vaccine for coronavirus will arrive in the country on July 2 or 3, paving the way for resuming the mass inoculation campaign after over two months.

The number of Covid-19 deaths continued to rise as the health directorate reported 112 deaths in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday -- the second highest daily toll recorded in the country.

Strict disciplinary action will be taken against those leaving their houses except for emergency purposes during the lockdown from 6:00am of July 1 to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection, said a government press release today.

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) today recommended the escrow services should only be applied for the high-risk e-commerce merchants, not for the regular online platforms.

Etihad Airways today extended the suspension of passenger flights from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to UAE until July 21.

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor’s secretary (Deputy Registrar) Probir Kumar Sarkar has been appointed acting registrar of the university.

Sixteen new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and other parts of the country in 24 hours until Tuesday morning amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease during monsoon.

Black money holders get more time to whiten their undisclosed income through pouring in money in stocks as the parliament today passed the Finance Act 2021 by giving the unquestioned amnesty against such investment.

The United States through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) donated emergency Covid-19 medical supplies to Bangladesh to help save lives and stop the spread of Covid-19.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell sharply by around 14 per cent to Tk 1,148 crore today as investors adopted a wait-and-see policy a day before the beginning of the countrywide lockdown on July 1.

Bangladesh Bank today renewed the interim licence of Nagad for another three months.

Undisclosed income holders will get another year to whiten their black money under the Finance Act 2021 that got go-ahead in the parliament today.

A fire in Greece has burnt down 36 temporary residences of about 300 Bangladeshi agriculture workers.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi youth to death today at the Shamsher Nagar border in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila.

World Bank signed a $300 million financing agreement with Bangladesh on June 27 to help about 750,000 poor and extreme poor in 20 districts come out of poverty and build resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic and any future shocks.

The government has extended the closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till July 31, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

Police today filed a case against unidentified persons over deaths due to negligence after at least seven people were killed in Sunday’s explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar.