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Trade war goes digital: Countries eye tariffs on Internet economy

A 20-year global moratorium on imposing tariffs on digital trade could end next week if India or South Africa makes...

Govt plans to introduce virtual court: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is thinking about introducing a virtual court in the country. Speaking...

ICCB's conference on financing for sustainable development to begin Tuesday

The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) is going to organise a three-day conference on financing for inclusive and sustainable...

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Unheard tales of Bangladeshis trapped in Algeria

When they left the country for Algeria a few months back with dreams of changing...

Canada to remain potentially engaged with BD: Envoy

Canadian high commissioner in Dhaka Benoit Préfontaine on Saturday said there are many areas where...

SA Games: Mabia wins gold for BD in women's 76kg weightlifting

Mabia Akhter Simanto has won gold in the women's 76kg weightlifting competition at the South...

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Bangladesh

Q1 budget deficit soars

The budget deficit during the July-September period last increased by nearly 200 per cent compared with the corresponding three months in 2018, as gains in...

‘Businesses hampered as private banks yet to reduce lending rates’

No private bank has reduced the lending...

Import taxes on seeds of spices go

Importers have been exempted from payment of...

Global

China’s RMG industry reports lower revenue

The revenue of China's ready-made garment (RMG) industry was lower in the first 10 months of the current year, said the Ministry of Industry and...

Cyprus economy likely to slow down in 2020

Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides had said...

Canada's jobless rate climbs to 5.9pc in Nov

Canada's jobless rate rose to 5.9 per...

Stock

LafargeHolcim tops turnover for second week

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd dominated the Dhaka bourse's turnover chart for...

Weekly review: Stocks continue to bleed on...

Stocks backed into the red in outgoing week that ended...

Saudi Aramco raises $25.6b in world's biggest...

State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised a record $25.6bn...

UK banknote printer fears for its future

De La Rue, the company that prints the UK's banknotes,...

Port city bourse revises CSE30, Shariah indices

SK Trims generates highest turnover

Selling spree brings down DSE, CSE

Trade optimism lifts world shares

China approves two new IPOs

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India's central bank says all-day digital money transfer to be available

India's central banking institution Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said round-the-clock transactions will be available under the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system from Dec. 16 to promote digital transactions, officials said Saturday. Acc...

Maruti Suzuki recalls over 60,000 vehicles across...

China Harbour celebrates Volunteers’ day with Mirsarai...

E-banking impacts banks' profitability

BCIC disputes Q1 financial report of Miracle Industries

Saudi, Russia win over oil producers to deeper cuts

China to waive tariffs for some US soybeans, pork

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

Rabab Fatima presents her credentials to UN SG

The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima presented her credentials to the UN Secretary...

BGB detains 12 Bangladeshis returning from India

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained twelve Bangladeshis on Saturday from Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district shortly after returning to...

Police recover scientist’s body in Rajshahi

Police have recovered the body of a retired scientist from his house in Moulovipara area in Rajshahi district. The deceased...

Politics

Pro-BNP lawyers’ behaviour unpardonable: Obaidul Quader

Terming the behaviour of pro-BNP lawyers at a...

BNP likely to come up with simultaneous programmes this month

BNP is likely to come up with simultaneous...

Country

Meghna launch collision kills one

A collision between two launches on the Meghna...

Coordinated and evidence based response is key to disaster management

Department of Disaster Management (DDM) of the Ministry...

Crime

Four to die for Kushtia double murder

A Kushtia court on Sunday sentenced four people...

World

Asia

Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze

A 23-year-old rape victim died in a hospital in the Indian capital two days after she was set on fire...

Thailand detains wife, children of Arakan Army leader

The Thai authorities have detained the wife and children of...

Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape, murder

Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were...

Americas

Trump calls for World Bank to stop loaning to China

US President Donald Trump on Friday called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after...

White House declines to participate in Trump impeachment hearing

The White House said on Friday it would refuse to...

Trump halts plan to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists

US President Donald Trump has delayed plans to legally designate...

Europe

Denmark passes climate law

A climate law to ensure that Denmark achieves the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent in...

France paralysed by biggest national strike in years

A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport...

Gas explosion at Polish ski resort kills four

Four people have died after a three-story building in the...

Africa

Ceramics factory fire in Sudan kills 23

Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when a fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded while...

At least 24 die in Tunisia bus crash

At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a...

Burkina Faso church attack kills 14

At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened...

Editorial

Steering the vehicle of growth

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)-sponsored two day conference that ended in the capital city last Monday came up with a host of basic issues that may be considered pivotal to the future of the country. Despite a good rate of GDP growth, in fact one of the fastest in the world at nearly 8.0 per cent per annum,...

Vehicle parking in the capital

It is quite obvious that the decision to develop sufficient vehicle parking facilities in the capital came following the failure of the newly introduced transport law. In fact, it is primarily the absence of legal parking facilities, not only in the capital but in all major cities of the country that proved to be an unambiguous deterrent to implementing the...

Views

Focusing on cultural values to succeed in innovation

Often innovation is considered as spontaneous sparks in creative minds generating great ideas. Ideas could be for introducing new products, or improved versions of existing...