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Include indigenous peoples in Covid-19 response: UN

UN Secretary General António Guterres has underscored that the inclusion and participation of the world’s 476 million indigenous peoples must...

BD registers 2,487 new virus cases and 34 deaths in 24 hours

The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 257,600 on Sunday as the country registered 2,487 fresh cases...

All intercity trains to resume operation gradually between Aug 16-31

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to resume all its intercity train services in phases by August 31 starting from August...

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‘Rice import decision after reviewing situation’

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said that the government will review the overall...

Six-member JS sub-committee formed to enlist Razakars

A six-member parliamentary sub-committee, headed by Shajahan Khan, MP, was formed on Sunday to prepare...

UGC seeks list of students who can’t afford smartphones

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed public universities to prepare lists of indigent students...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

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Bangladesh

BB asks banks to open deposit accounts for NRBs

The central bank has asked scheduled banks to introduce deposit accounts for non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to encourage these people, who are working aboard, in saving...

'Banks fully capable of executing stimulus packages'

The banking sector is fully capable of...

BD gets $1.0b China loan to improve power grid

Bangladesh has got confirmation of another US$970...

Global

Italy's foreign trade continues recovery in June

Italy's foreign trade picked up in June compared to May, with imports rising by 16.1 per cent and exports by 14.4 per cent, the National...

Beirut explosions aggravate Lebanon's economic woes

The seismic blasts which rocked the Lebanese...

Philippines' Q2 GDP growth hits record low

The GDP growth rate of the Philippines...

Stock

DSEX exceeds 4,500-mark on buying spree

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed...

Stocks open on flying note

Stocks witnessed a sharp rise in the early trading on...

Asian stocks rise on vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrolls

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment...

Chinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount

Chinese companies are putting off plans for US listings as...

BSEC cracks down on faking financials

Two more life insurers declare dividend

Weekly review: Stocks continue gaining amid growing optimism

Proposal of determining cut-off price of Energypac Power approved

Prime Bank sees 'robust financial strength' in H1

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'Substandard' surgical masks: Canadian buyer seeks money refund

A Canadian buyer has asked a Bangladeshi supplier to refund the money it has paid against a work order for surgical masks, officials said. The buyer has alleged that the local buying house Moontaha Sourcing Limited and Silverene Apparel supplied 'su...

Govt's 'lethargic' approach doubles consultancy cost

Seven more banks add bKash Money Transfer...

Emirates expanding its network to 70 destinations

Ship arrivals at Ctg port go up in July

High veg prices vexing commoners

BB clarifies policy on refinance facility

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

Water levels in major river basins fall

Though water level was declining in the major river basins, flood victims are yet to relieved from woes. Ten people...

China Harbour distributes foodstuff for the flood victims at Anwara

China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), an international company of China has donated foodstuffs among 1,000 poor families at Roypur...

Farmers produce record 20.26m tonnes of boro this year

Farmers have produced record 20.26 million tonnes of boro this year, said a government agency on Sunday. The Bangladesh Rice...

Politics

Political identity can’t be shield of any wrongdoer: Obaidul Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has...

BNP worried over ‘growing incidents of killing in police firing’

BNP standing committee has voiced deep concern over...

Country

Bumper yield brings smile to Netrakona Aus farmers

Netrakona: Glimpses of delight are glimmering in the...

DAE sets Aman target at 0.2m hectares in Naogaon

NAOGAON: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of the...

Crime

59 members of ‘dope gangs’ held in city

Detectives in separate drives arrested 59 members of...

BD witnesses rise in crimes after lockdown

The number of crimes across Bangladesh has been...

World

Asia

Fire at Covid facility in India kills at least 10

At least 10 patients have died after a fire at a temporary Covid hospital in Vijayawada, south-east India. The fire...

Lebanese call for an uprising to topple leaders

Some Lebanese called on Sunday for a sustained uprising to...

Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lanka's new PM

Leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party Mahinda Rajapaksa took...

Americas

Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the...

Latin America now has world's highest coronavirus death toll

Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region...

Tropical Storm Isaias lashes US East Coast, killing at least four

Deadly Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power to millions on...

Europe

UK records hottest day in August in 17 years

Temperatures have reached 36.4 degrees Celsius on Friday in Heathrow and Kew Gardens in London, making it the hottest August...

Second COVID wave ‘highly likely’ to hit France this year, scientists say

After strict lockdown measures pushed down infection rates, many European...

Britain to roll out 90-minute coronavirus tests

Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within...

Africa

South Africa's coronavirus cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in...

South Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 have crossed half a...

Kenya arrests two police after ‘shooting incident’, launches enquiry

Kenya’s national police service has arrested two police officers and...

Editorial

Behind the collapse of rawhide and skin prices

The developments involving the prices of rawhide and skins of sacrificial animals this year have been unprecedented and beyond any logic. It was more or less everybody's guess that during the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, this year far lesser number of animals would be sacrificed across the country because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Severe and...

Easing business to face odds

There is no denying that official procedures, if those are complex, tardy and burdened with too much paper shuffling, tend to slow down business. Aware of these long-standing difficulties, the government has issued directives to all offices concerned to simplify their rules and procedures to ease external trade in particular. This, indeed, is a welcome and timely decision, among a...