Covid-19: Biman suspends Muscat-bound flights for a week

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its flights to Oman for one week from Tuesday following a travel ban issued by the country.
21 December 2020, 18:58 PM

Loans for Covid-19 Returnee Migrants: Only 9cr of 200cr disbursed till now

Probashi Kallyan Bank has so far disbursed about Tk 9 crore from the Tk 200-crore special loan for coronavirus-affected returnee migrants’ reintegration, the bank’s acting managing director Abnus Jahan said yesterday.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Bullet-hit body of elephant found in Cox's Bazar forest

The forest department of Cox's Bazar found the body of an elephant with bullet marks in Cox’s Bazar sadar upazila.
21 December 2020, 17:27 PM

BNP to hold nationwide demo on Dec 30: Fakhrul

BNP has announced to hold demonstrations across the country on December 30, marking the second anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election.
21 December 2020, 17:02 PM

Regulator clears way for use of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Europe

Europe's medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, putting the EU on course to start inoculations within a week.
21 December 2020, 16:10 PM

Truck runs over 6-yr old in Narayanganj

A six-year old boy died after he was run over by a truck in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.
21 December 2020, 15:49 PM

Man hacked to death in Jashore hotel

A man was hacked to death by a group of criminals in Arabpur area of Jashore this afternoon.
21 December 2020, 15:43 PM

37yr-old, with only SSC, caught ‘treating’ patients for 10 years

All he had to show was a Secondary School Certificate; no degrees on dental surgery or even professional training.
21 December 2020, 15:13 PM

Green Delta introduces AI-based InsuMama app

Green Delta Insurance Company (GDIC) has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based mobile application which is the first of its kind in the non-life insurance segment featured with instant account opening and policy purchase tool online.
21 December 2020, 15:07 PM

Parts of Gaibandha out of power after fire at grid station

Many areas of Gaibandha district are out of power after a fire broke out at a 132/32KV grid station in Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila.
21 December 2020, 14:53 PM

Strike at India’s Petrapole; import-export through Benapole suspended

Import and export between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port has been suspended since this morning due to workers’ strike at India’s Petrapole.
21 December 2020, 13:58 PM

HSBC, Standard Chartered in hot water for lending to company with links to Myanmar military

Two major UK banks face pressure for lending millions of dollars to a technology company that is partly owned and used by the Myanmar military accused of genocide against the Rohingyas.
21 December 2020, 13:49 PM

Mismanagement, corruption, poor planning behind losses incurred in state-owned jute, sugar mills: study

Workers are not responsible in any way behind the losses of state-owned jute and sugar mills, with the blame laying on mismanagement, massive corruption, and absence of proper planning, a group of educationists and researchers have said.
21 December 2020, 13:33 PM

ADB provides $50m more to help covid-19 affected microenterprises in Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh government today signed agreements for $50 million in additional loan to help restore the economic activities of microenterprises in Bangladesh, which have been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
21 December 2020, 13:14 PM

Turkish foreign minister to visit Bangladesh tomorrow

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is expected to reach Dhaka tomorrow on a two-day visit.
21 December 2020, 12:51 PM

Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their around-the-clock sit-ins despite cold weather that has already led to some deaths among them.
21 December 2020, 12:41 PM

Money laundering cases: 21 former AB Bank officials surrender before court

Twenty-one officials, including the former chairman of AB Bank Ltd, surrendered before a Dhaka court today seeking bail in three cases filed over laundering Tk 236 crore through offshore banking to Dubai, USA and Singapore.
21 December 2020, 12:35 PM

World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic

The United Kingdom has been shut off from the rest of Europe after allies cut transport ties over fears of a new coronavirus strain, sowing chaos for families, truckers and supermarkets just days before the Brexit cliff edge.
21 December 2020, 12:25 PM

ACC arrests two audit officials with Tk 4.16 lakh bribe in Pirojpur

Anti-Corruption Commission has detained two officials of Directorate of Education, Culture and Religious Affairs Audit with Tk 4.16 lakh bribe.
21 December 2020, 12:13 PM

Dept of Environment demolishes 3 brick kilns in Ctg

The Department of Environment (DoE) today demolished three brick kilns for illegally operating in Chattogram's Lohagara upazila.
21 December 2020, 12:03 PM