UN allocates $5million supporting affected by Cyclone Amphan
The United Nation’s Central Emergency Response Fund allocated $5 million to complement the government’s response to the people in need.
Accounts with over Tk 1 crore increased by 8,276 in 2019
Balance in the bank accounts with more than Tk 1 crore in deposits has increased by 10.1 per cent or Tk 48,337 crore in the year 2019, reflecting a rapid increase..
13pc people lost jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic: BIDS
About 13 percent people have become unemployed in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.
Bangladeshi MP sent in Kuwait jail for 21 days
The attorney general of Kuwait City on Wednesday decided to arrest Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam for 21 days in the central prison of the city.
No Hajj this year for Bangladeshis
No intending Bangladeshi pilgrim would be able to travel to Saudi Arabia for performing Hajj this year due to restrictions imposed by the Saudi Arabian government.
Separate guideline for private sector sought on general holiday
The conditional general holiday for the ‘red zones’ to prevent and contain COVID-19 infections has created confusion as the government previously ..
Policeman suffering from fever, cold dies in Barishal
An assistant sub-inspector of Barishal Metropolitan Police died after suffering from fever and cold at Rajarbagh Police Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday.
64 Bangladeshi migrants found in truck in North Macedonia
Police in North Macedonia said that 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country’s border with Greece,..
Remittances to fall by 20pc globaly: study
Remittances are projected to plummet by a record 20 per cent in 2020 globally as the world’s largest remittance-sending countries have experienced ..
Rohingya return not in sight
There is no progress on starting the repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people from Bangladesh as the Myanmar authorities have kept the Rakhine region restive.
