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14pc of low-income people do not have food: Survey

Low-income people of the country are suffering great losses in their earnings since the enforcement of social distancing and lockdowns...

'BD seeks $700m from IMF'

Bangladesh is seeking $700 million in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund to mitigate the economic impact of the...

‘General holidays until April 25, don’t go out of home after 6pm’

The government has instructed all citizens of the country not to come out of home after 6:00pm and if anyone...

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Six more die from coronavirus in BD, 94 new cases

The death toll from coronavirus rose to 27 in Bangladesh as the country confirmed six...

Family members meet Bangabandhu’s killer Mazed in jail

Family members of Abdul Mazed, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, have visited...

Bourses to remain shut until April 25

The country’s two bourses will remain closed until April 25 as the government further extended...

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Covid-19 Update

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Bangladesh

Business leaders for task force to oversee measures

The country's business leaders underscored the need for forming a task force to implement different measures the government had taken to overcome the losses caused...

Banks to close down branches in locked down areas

The Bangladesh Bank has instructed all banks...

BB increases Export Development Fund to $5.0b

Bangladesh Bank has raised the Export Development...

Global

China to take global lead in economic recovery: analysts

Even after the city lockdown was lifted, Liu Qi, a taxi driver in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, said he only had half the number...

US weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits...

Pandemic will unleash worst recession since Great Depression: IMF chief

The pandemic sweeping the world will turn...

Stock

BMBA for reduction of corporate tax

Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) has prepared a set of...

BSEC yet to publish latest annual report

The securities regulator is yet to publish its annual report...

Asia shares rally after rout; US, European futures higher

Asian shares made a partial comeback from a global rout...

Asian stocks fall after historic Wall Street rout

Most Asian shares fell on Tuesday a day after Wall...

Nine listed cos postpone AGMs

Some 73pc MNCs see price erosion in 1 yr

Eastern Bank declares 25pc cash dividend

Indian stock market crashes on travel ban

Asian stocks suffer as virus spreads

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Amazon to build own coronavirus testing lab for staff

Global e-commerce giant Amazon will build its own coronavirus testing lab to monitor the health of its staff. Cases of Covid-19 were reported at more than 50 Amazon facilities across the US. Some have involved multiple infected workers. According t...

Salon, beauty parlours remain shut

Asia’s clothing makers give stark coronavirus warning

Uber to give drivers millions of face masks to battle COVID-19

ICC, WHO launch worldwide business survey to improve COVID-19 information flow

Banks to conduct transactions from 10am to 12.30pm

British fair trade watchdog asks buyers to keep commitment

Currency	Sell	Purchase

Commodity	Price	Change
GOLD	1,315.80 (US$/oz)	+1.38%
SILVER	17.44 (US$/oz)	+2.32%
COPPER	3.07 (US$/oz)	+1.05%
CRUDE OIL	46.74 (US$/bbl.)	-2.36%
COTTON # 2	69.83 (USc/lb)	+2.47%
WHEAT (CBOT)	647.25 (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

School closure extended until April 25

The government has extended the shutdown of educational institutions for the fourth time as the country grapples with coronavirus outbreak....

Two Chinese institutions donate 2,000 testing kits

The Belt and Road Forum Initiative and Chinese Institute of Traditional Medicine have donated 2,000 COVID-19 testing kits to Bangladesh....

Dial 16430 to get emergency legal aid services

The government has introduced a hotline number, 16430, to provide emergency legal aid services to people free of cost amid...

Politics

Khaleda to remain in isolation until situation improves: Fakhrul

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was recently released...

AL demands immediate execution of Majed’s death penalty

The Awami League has demanded immediate execution of...

Country

Two sisters drown in B’baria

Two sisters drowned in a pond in Ashuganj...

Gaibandha, Cumilla under lockdown

The spread and rising number of coronavirus cases...

Crime

Four theft suspects held in city

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four suspects and...

Coronavirus: Jubo League leader held for spreading rumour in Pabna

Police on Monday night arrested a leader of...

World

Asia

University students in Shanxi start attending classes

Volunteers distribute face masks to students of Taiyuan University of Technology at the entrance of the school in Taiyuan, north...

Xi stresses tighter supervision of workplace safety as businesses resume

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for tighter supervision of...

India's coronavirus relief plan could leave millions without food aid

Tens of millions of Indians stand to see few benefits...

Americas

Covid-19: New York using mass graves

Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from...

E-commerce becoming popular in Mexico amid epidemic

Life under COVID-19 has given many Mexicans that extra nudge...

US election 2020: Bernie Sanders suspends campaign for White House

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for...

Europe

Johnson leaves ICU, remains under observation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday (UK standard time) evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19,...

Johnson 'improving' as he fights corona in intensive care

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition is improving and he...

COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 in France

As France entered its fourth week of lockdown, the coronavirus...

Africa

Morocco makes face masks compulsory due to coronavirus

Morocco made wearing face masks mandatory starting on Tuesday for anyone allowed to go out during the coronavirus outbreak, the...

Virus prevention measures turn violent in some African countries

Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry...

Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid virus emergency

The director of one of Haiti’s top hospitals was kidnapped...

Editorial

For those out of work during pandemic

To offset any pre-Ramadan tendency of essentials' price hike, the government's trading wing, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), has been, as usual, engaged in supplying such commodities at a reasonable price across the country through its assigned dealers. But going by a report carried in this paper's Tuesday issue, some members of the public, who waited for hours at...

Shab-e-Barat for salvation

This year, the auspicious and holy Shab-e-Barat comes at a testing time not only in this country's history but perhaps in the history of mankind. That, if anything, only enhances the inner appeal and significance of the day. In an unreserved supplication to the Almighty, the devotees will seek divine blessings and guidance to navigate the troubled waters on to...

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Exiting economic depression: A blueprint

Infecting about a million-and-half people, and taking nearly 100,000 lives thus far, coronavirus (Covid-19) seems set to leave an epochal economic footprint. With developed countries...