A profound paradigm shift is required for the retail business sector to survive in the wake of economic fallout from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, an expert has said.

Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 per unit, the World Health Organization has said.

The documentary “Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale”, on the life and works of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was screened at the Bangladesh High Commission in Brunei today, marking the PM’s 74th birthday.

Chef Haji Mohammed Rafique of the Fakruddin brand has passed away yesterday (September 27) at the United Hospital, after suffering from infection in the lungs. He left behind the legacy of a culinary empire that his father, the legendary chef Md Fakruddin Munshi, had established.

India has approved the acquisition of military equipment, including an anti-airfield weapon and assault rifles, from the United States at an approximate cost of Rs 2,290 crore.

Global leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched "Leaders' Pledge for Nature: United to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030 for Sustainable Development" demonstrating their commitment for nature, biodiversity and global goals.

Bangladesh Bank today said that borrowers will not be considered defaulters if they pay their instalments by December 31 this year.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram fined 14 businesses and one person a total of Tk 11.81 lakhs for not renewing clearance certificates, lifting sand, and violating DoE conditions.

The Cabinet today in principle approved the draft of "Private Medical and Dental College Bill, 2020" in order to bring the private medical institutions under a law instead of two separate guidelines.

The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of North South University (NSU) has organised a webinar titled “Instructional Planning: Quality of Teaching Materials and Strategies”.

Coming down heavily on institutional corruption within the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, a parliamentary body today asked its top officials to take stern action against it.

A Bangladeshi chef, who went to the United Kingdom (UK) with a work permit, only to face a series of unfortunate events and being implicated in false charges against him, has recently been cleared of the offences but continues to struggle to remain in the country.

Two 10-month-old twins were among at least 11 people killed in landslides across an Indonesian city early on Monday, a search and rescue officer said.

The scorching summer sun and the cooling, juicy watermelons have been each other’s companion for time immemorial. But now, Patuakhali based forty-five-year-old farmer Jahangir Faraji is bending the rules a little bit.

The Republic of Korea will provide the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) with $700,000 US dollars for its activities in the Rohingya camps and host communities in Cox's Bazar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the foreign minister to submit a report before the next cabinet meeting on measures taken to send back Bangladeshi expatriate workers to their workplaces and new job markets for them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting in December.

Two more persons have been shown arrested in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at a hostel of Murari Chand College (MC College) in Sylhet on Friday.

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing tax-return data.

Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh said Monday 15 more of its fighters have been killed in a flare-up of a territorial dispute, bringing the total death toll to 39 as the fighting entered a second day.