Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease. Malaria killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and sickened 241 million, mainly children under 5 in Africa. The World Health Organization is rolling out the first authorized malaria vaccine ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will sit in a meeting with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on November 7 to discuss issues including the current status of the capital market and the imposition of floor prices. Bond market development, risk management and control, compliance infrastructure and enforcement measures in the market will also be discussed in the meeting, ...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates defended on Monday a decision by OPEC and its allies to cut oil production, even as an American envoy warned of “economic uncertainty” ahead for the world. While cordial, the comments at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference showed the stark divide between the United States and Gulf Arab countries it ...

Bangladesh on Monday recorded zero Covid-19 death and 88 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 2.41 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,649 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital is 55 ...

Two more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 136. During this period, 1,020 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The two deaths were reported from Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions. With this, the Dengue death toll ...

The three day US Trade Show concluded on Saturday, drawing crowd of a huge number of visitors. The three ay show,  organized jointly by US Embassy in Bangladesh and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AMCHAM), began on Thursday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, Different familiar brands of US were displayed at more than 70 stalls ...

Aminul Islam, an employee of a private company, was locked in a heated argument over vegetable prices with a trader at Mirpur-6 kitchen market in the capital. When approached, he said price of every essential has skyrocketed and businessmen are responsible for this situation. “It has become difficult for consumers to buy vegetables due to high prices. The price of ...

Six more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 134. During this period, 869 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). All deaths were reported from Dhaka division. With this, the Dengue death toll in Dhaka division ...

India’s Tata group is set to begin making military aircraft in the country in the first such project by a local private company. Tata and Airbus will make C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force, the government announced on Thursday. The project, valued at 219bn rupees ($2bn; £1.7bn), will be based in the western state of Gujarat. PM Narendra ...

Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives late Thursday in a deal that puts one of the leading platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world’s richest man. Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company’s chief financial officer and its head of safety, the Washington Post and CNBC reported citing ...