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Monkeypox can be contained through quick actions, says WHO

A World Health Organization senior official said on Friday that the priority needs to be containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries,...

Ukraine war causes challenge to Rohingya funding, says UNHCR

UN High Commissioner and Under Secretary General for Refugees Philippo Grandi on Wednesday said that the Ukraine war poses challenges...

Bangladesh reports 23 new Covid cases, no deaths

Bangladesh has registered 23 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,379. But no...

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Internet users in Bangladesh declined by 0.69m in April

The number of internet users in Bangladesh declined by 0.69 million in April 2022 compared...

Irrational to compare Bangladesh with Sri Lanka, says LGRD minister

It is irrational to compare Bangladesh's situation with the internal crisis of Sri Lanka, said...

Bangladesh elected to four governing councils of UNESCAP’s regional institutions

Bangladesh has been elected to the governing councils of all four regional institutions of the...

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Bangladesh

Portugal seeks Bangladesh’s wider cooperation

Portugal has attributed Bangladesh's rapid rise in the economic and social sectors in recent times to the existing political stability under the leadership of Prime...

BB to set uniform dollar exchange rate

Bangladesh plans to set a uniform dollar-taka...

Serbia keen to invest in food storage industry in Bangladesh

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Selakovic has...

Global

Hong Kong seeks to revive global banking status

Hong Kong's central bank plans to hold a major conference in November it hopes will draw global banking bosses, sources said, as the financial hub...

Russia inches closer to debt default as its licence to pay US bondholders expires

The United States pushed Russia closer to...

Food crisis fuels fears of protectionism compounding shortages

A growing world food crisis is precipitating...

রাশিয়া কৃষ্ণ সাগরে ৫০০ মাইন পেতে রেখেছে: ইউক্রেইন

রাশিয়া কৃষ্ণ সাগরে সোভিয়েত আমলের ৪০০ থেকে ৫০০ মাইন ছড়িয়ে রেখেছে বলে অভিযোগ করেছে ইউক্রেইন। এসব মাইন ঝড়ের সময় তাদের নোঙর থেকে সরে গিয়ে সাগরে...

নেদারল্যান্ডে প্রশিক্ষণে গিয়ে ‘নিখোঁজ’ দুই পুলিশ

নেবুলাইজারে করে দুবাই থেকে আনলেন এক কেজি স্বর্ণ

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প্যারিসের রাস্তায় মুন্সীগঞ্জের যুবককে পিটিয়ে হত্যা

‘একই দরে’ ডলার কেনাবেচা করবে ব্যাংক

Stock

Shipping Corporation's EPS jumps 310pc in 9 months

The state-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation has reported a 310 per...

Stocks stop falling riding on regulatory efforts

Stocks bounced back on Thursday amid choppy trading as bargain...

Indian shares end lower, rupee hits an all-time low

Indian shares fell and the rupee hit an all-time low...

G7 leaders says they will reinforce Russia's economic isolation

The Group of Seven (G7) leaders said in a joint...

Stocks open lower despite regulatory efforts

BSEC sets 2.0pc circuit breaker at lower end

CAL Bangladesh aims to provide research-based investment services

Interest rate hikes: Shares fall in Asia and the US

Musk secures $46.5 billion in funding for Twitter bid

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Public Procurement and e-GP system: Push for capacity building of women bidders

Speakers during a webinar on Thursday underscored the need for capacity building of women bidders at public procurement and the e-GP system. The virtual discussion on 'Public Procurement and the e-GP system' was hosted by Business Initiative Leading...

BBC moves channels online to cut costs

Global automakers face electric shock in China

DCCI president urges Indian investors to invest in EZs

Refined edible oil import VAT may go

People suffer, industries shut as gas outage continues at Kamrangrichar

Square Pharma says factory fire will wipe Tk 80m off profits

Currency	Sell	Purchase

Commodity	Price	Change
GOLD	2,034.80 (US$/oz)	+1.38%
SILVER	28.32 (US$/oz)	+2.32%
COPPER	6,437.00 (US$/oz)	+1.05%
CRUDE OIL	42.19 (US$/bbl.)	-2.36%
COTTON # 2	0.62 (USc/lb)	+2.47%
WHEAT (CBOT)	210.09 (USD/bu)	-0.1%
PALM OIL	823.96 (USD/MTon)	3.4%
Soybean OIL	35.04 (USc/lb)	+0.26%
Sugar # 11	14.31 (USc/lb)	+2.00%

National

Two Chattogram cops went missing after training in Netherlands

Two constables of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) did not return to the country on completion of training in the Dog...

Former state minister Gautam Chakraborty passes away

Advocate Gautam Chakraborty, a former state minister for water resources and two-time MP, died of cardiac arrest on Friday. He...

Politics

Awami League would come to power again, says Obaidul Quader

Calling the party leaders and workers to uphold...

BNP initiates talks with opposition parties to wage ‘united movement’

BNP has initiated talks with the opposition political...

Country

Cop suspended for ‘raping girl’ in Feni

A police constable of Feni Model Police Station...

24-year-old student 'kills self' on video call with woman

A 24-year-old third-year honours student allegedly ended his...

Crime

Biman passenger arrested for smuggling gold hidden inside nebuliser

Customs authorities have seized 1.16 kg of gold...

BGB detains man with gold worth Tk 101.1 million from Jashore

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained a...

World

Asia

Indian author wins Booker Prize

Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize, BBC reports. Her novel Tomb of...

Security Council split spells end of an era for US-led sanctions on North Korea

A decision by China and Russia to veto new United...

Iran expects 5.0m tonnes of grain from Russia

Iran expects Russia to supply it with 5.0 million tonnes...

Americas

Gunfire at US schools at record high

On Tuesday three students were shot and wounded outside an elementary school in Washington DC. A day earlier, three teenagers...

Storms kill at least eight in Canada

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada's two most...

Biden meets Japanese Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan

US President Joe Biden, in Japan to launch a regional...

Europe

G7 pledges to phase out coal power without fixing date

Ministers from the world's richest democracies agreed on Friday to work to phase out coal-powered energy, although they failed to...

Ukraine's richest man plans to sue Russia

Ukraine's richest man says he plans to sue Russia over...

G-7 nations can lead the way in ending coal use, says Germany

Germany's energy and climate minister said Thursday that the Group...

Africa

Mothers confront horror after 11 babies die in Senegal hospital fire

Diali Kaba's mother woke her up on Thursday morning with terrifying news: there had been a fire at the hospital...

Senegal president says 11 newborn babies die in hospital fire

Senegal's President Macky Sall said on Wednesday that 11 newborn...

Militants kill at least 50 in Nigeria's Borno

At least 50 people were killed by militants on Sunday...

Editorial

Reassessing protection of domestic industrial sector

As a step towards further liberalising trade and promoting competitiveness, some local manufacturing industries may see reduced fiscal protection in the upcoming budget for FY2022-23. Among such businesses, there will be manufacture of mobile phone, refrigerator and air-conditioner, a report carried by the Monday issue of this paper says. In the process, the government may impose 5.0 per cent Value-Added...

Benefit from river dredging

It is still not certain whether excessive siltation in the major rivers of greater Sylhet is responsible for the unprecedented flooding of the vast swathes of farm and non-farm lands in the district. Although the onrushing waters from the upper regions in India is known to have caused the havoc, environmentalists tend to believe that rise of the river beds...

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Organisational leadership: a shift in post-Covid-19 perspective

Leadership refers to the unique quality of governing employee behaviour. Leaders guide and motivate employees to achieve organisational goals and objectives in an organisational setting....