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The pandemic might have done the opposite of what you may think for those wanting to become entrepreneurs. What might have scared some has inspired others. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more people in Texas applied for a business license in 2020 than in 2019.

সিঙ্গাপুর ও যুক্তরাজ্যে ‘রেমিটপ্রাইম’ নামে নতুন রিয়েল টাইম রেমিট্যান্স সার্ভিস চালু করেছে প্রাইম ব্যাংক। দেশ দুটি থেকে রেমিট্যান্স বা প্রবাসী আয় আনতে প্রাইম ব্যাংক সম্প্রতি অনলাইনভিত্তিক এই রেমিট্যান্স প্ল্যাটফর্ম চালু করল। এর ফলে সিঙ্গাপুর ও যুক্তরাজ্যপ্রবাসী বাংলাদেশিরা প্রাইম ব্যাংকের যেকোনো অ্যাকাউন্টে এবং সারা দেশে যেকোনো বিকাশ ওয়ালেটে...

The world is preparing to move past the global COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people as vaccines begin to roll out to the public.The UK is expected to distribute Pfizer's vaccine for the novel coronavirus this week after British authorities approved it for emergency use...

There has been recent promising news about 3 COVID-19 vaccine candidates, prompting thoughts to shift to distribution and delivery.Mathematical models predict that the pandemic will kill more people, if wealthy countries buy all of the vaccines first, than if vaccines were distributed equally.Canada, Japan, the UK, and...

Bangladesh has urged US investors to set up Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plants in Bangladesh to ensure its availability at lower cost for people of the country. An inter-session meeting of Bangladesh and USA in the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) was held...

Tucked into a suburban shopping center about two miles from a Civil War battlefield, this Tractor Supply Co. outlet has become a rare hot spot in an economy that has gone ice cold. Since the first days of the coronavirus pandemic, the retailer for farmers, ranchers and suburbanites...

The world is facing a staggering jobs challenge with a quarter of a billion people set to lose their job this year, the president of Microsoft has said. Brad Smith says millions will need to learn new skills to get jobs, or even to hang on to...

Oil prices drifted lower on Thursday as concerns about renewed Covid-19 lockdowns in the United States outweighed signs of a recovery in US gasoline demand. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures fell 14 cents, or 0.3%, to $40.76 a barrel by 0229 GMT, after rising...

At the start of the year, US-China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal, while Washington, Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies. A relative calm had set in. Then the new coronavirus struck. Countries across the world imposed 222...

US-based ride-sharing company DRriVill wants to hit local street with its full-fledged capacity as soon as the Coronavirus pandemic is over. It has already taken all preparations in this regard and waiting for approval from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). “If we get BRTA approval, we will...