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Biman to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets, valued at $585 million. Biman and Boeing announced...

Seven die in Chattogram gas explosion

At least seven people have died in an explosion in a house in Chattogram’s Patharghata area, according to police. The...

Holey Artisan tragedy: Court to announce verdict on Nov 27

A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case over the 2016 terror attack on the Holey Artisan cafe...

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UAE to reopen market to Bangladeshi workers: Crown Prince tells PM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reopen its labour market for Bangladeshi workers, which was...

Onion price starts falling; wholesalers receive backlash

As onion price started falling with the government’s move to import the produce and arrival...

Govt to import extra 30,000 tonnes octane for Nov-Dec

The government will import an additional 30,000 tonnes of octane to meet the growing demand...

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Bangladesh

BB steps up forex support to banks

The central bank has scaled up its foreign currency support to the commercial banks to help settle their import payment obligations, particularly for oil, officials...

Kamal vows to cut tax rates using all matrixes

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal...

Govt adopts new strategy to curb money laundering

The government has adopted a new strategy...

Global

US import, export prices decrease in Oct

US import and export prices decreased in October, the US Department of Labor has reported. The price index for US imports fell 0.5 per cent...

Global debt to top record $255 trillion by year's end

Global debt is on course to end...

Sri Lanka Prosperity Index improves record high

Sri Lanka's Prosperity Index (PI) saw a...

Stock

Earnings of many textile cos down

The EPS (earnings per share) of majority number of listed...

Weak earning disclosures affect stock prices

Stocks backed to the red again in the outgoing week...

Alibaba starts listing in Hong Kong

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. started listing on...

Saudi Aramco gives some details on IPO...

DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters): Saudi state oil giant Aramco will...

Govt earnings from DSE fall 28pc in Oct

Wata Chemicals posts highest EPS growth among local cos

Renata generates highest turnover

Global stocks near record highs on US-China trade deal hopes

Asian shares mixed on possible trade snag

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'Restriction on international cards affecting digital industry'

Closing down the facility of travel quota of international credit and pre-paid cards by several banks is hindering the development of digital marketing sector of Bangladesh. A delegation of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Serv...

'Newly-harvested onion arriving in market across country'

China's insurance companies report robust performances

Maiden auto policy in final stage

IBCCI elects new directors

BRAC Bank organizes ‘TARA Business Owners’ Fair'

New website speeds up tax return submission

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

TCB starts selling Maynmar onion at Tk 45

Amid the overheated onion market, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling onions imported from Myanmar at Tk...

Rise in rice prices unlikely: Minister

In the wake of newspaper reports, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Sunday said there should not be any problem...

Govt to procure 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has taken a decision to procure some 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat at a...

Politics

Nirmal named president, Babu general secretary of Swechchhasebak League

The Awami League has announced the names of...

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day today

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day, a red-letter day to...

Country

Govinda Mandir - an ornamented terracotta temple at Puthia

Pancharatna Boro Govinda Mandir in Puthia is one...

Two bodies recovered in Magura, Sylhet

Bodies of an unidentified woman and a youth...

Crime

RU BCL activists beat student

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) was beaten...

Police find Missing FMCH student’s body

The body of a missing student of Faridpur...

World

Asia

Xi urges BRICS countries to champion multilateralism

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to undertake their due obligations in championing and practicing...

Bushfire conditions worsen in east, west Australia

Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and gusty winds further raised fire...

China owns 2,750 natural reserves

China owned 2,750 natural reserves across the country at the...

Americas

US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

The United States and South Korea on Sunday said they were postponing a joint military air exercise that North Korea...

Trump's Ukraine phone call was 'inappropriate': Pence aide

The phone call between US President Donald Trump and his...

'Wonder City' Havana celebrates 500th anniversary

As Cuba's capital celebrates its 500th anniversary of its founding...

Europe

Nine-year-old child to finish university degree

Nine-year-old Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) -- a tough course even for...

EU citizens warned over missing Brexit residency deadline

Britain is threatening to deport European Union citizens if they...

Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit by second worst high tide

Venice was hit by the second highest tide recorded in...

Africa

South African Airways, unions meet for talks amid damaging strike

South African Airways (SAA) and unions on Saturday met for talks the troubled state-run carrier hopes can bring an end...

Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign

Gambia filed a case Monday at the United Nations’ highest...

UNHCR welcomes release of immigrants from Libyan detention centre

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday...

Editorial

Listing of Bangla Bond on LSE: A good omen

As all attention remained focused on the category-2 tropical cyclone 'Bulbul' and the trail of devastations it had left behind in some of the country's south and south-western districts in the second week of this month, an event of high economic significance---listing of 'Bangla Bond' on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)--- happening during that time escaped many people's notice . ...

Saving the deviant teenagers

Not long ago street urchins used to be seen roaming the Dhaka streets aimlessly. Some were seen with jute sacks slung over their shoulders. They belonged to the groups of rag pickers. They would keep themselves busy rummaging through garbage piles in search of objects having resale value. These once slum-dwelling, floating, adolescent boys and girls no longer move places....

Views

Freedom of expression and thought in the age of the Internet

Analyst Jo Glanville has interestingly observed that "the Internet has been a revolution for censorship as much as for free speech". This assumes importance given...