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Bangladesh records three more omicron cases, raising total to seven

Bangladesh has detected the omicron variant of COVID-19 in three more patients. This raises the total number of cases of...

Thailand offers duty-free market facility to Bangladesh until 2026

Thailand has decided to offer the duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) facility for Bangladeshi products in its market until 2026 to enhance...

Global tech giants’ Bangladeshi subscribers doubly taxed

A large number of Bangladeshi subscribers to global technology giants are subjected to double taxation for legal lacuna and lack...

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South Africa study suggests Omicron variant could displace Delta

Research by South African scientists suggests that Omicron could displace the Delta variant of the...

Stocks open marginally higher ahead of year-end

Stocks opened marginally higher on Wednesday as bargain hunters were showing their buying interest on...

Development budget implementation snails far behind set goals

Government agencies couldn't speed up development-budget implementation to anywhere near pre-covid levels, officials said Tuesday,...

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Bangladesh

People's purchasing power falls in 2021

The purchasing power of a vast majority of the population fell substantially in 2021 as their cost of living far outstripped the income that also...

Bangladesh Bank asked to transfer foreign exchange reserve from US soon

Authorities have been asked to deposit Bangladesh’s...

Food insecurity in Bangladesh returns to pre-Covid level: IFPRI

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)...

Global

ADB allocates $4.1m for Covid-19 rural recovery in Asia, Pacific

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $4.1 million in technical assistance to help agri-food value chains and rural economies in Asia and the Pacific...

Turkish lira caps historic week with big lift, as central bank injects $8b into market

Turkey's lira closed out its strongest week...

Spain’s Nadia Calviño becomes head of IMF advisory committee

Spain’s First Vice President Nadia Calviño has...

লেভেল ক্রসিংয়ে লরি, তূর্ণা নিশীথার ইঞ্জিন ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত

চট্টগ্রামের সীতাকুণ্ড উপজেলার বাড়বকুণ্ডে লেভেল ক্রসিংয়ে উঠে পড়া একটি লরির সঙ্গে সংঘর্ষে ঢাকাগামী আন্তঃনগর তূর্ণা নিশীথার ইঞ্জিন ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়েছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। মঙ্গলবার রাত...

চুয়াডাঙ্গায় বিজিবির ‘সোর্সকে’ গুলি করে হত্যা

ফ্রান্সে এক দিনেই ১ লাখ ৮০ হাজার কোভিড রোগী শনাক্ত

আন্তর্জাতিক ক্রিকেটে অনেক ‘প্রথম’ এর বছর

দেশে ওমিক্রনের আরও ২ রোগী শনাক্ত

নতুন নির্বাচন কমিশন গঠনে সংসদকে সম্পৃক্ত করার সুপারিশ জানিয়েছে ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি

‘যাকে হত্যা, তার মায়ের কাছেই আশ্রয় নেয় খুনি’

Stock

General insurance issues grab almost 22pc of turnover

The broad index of Dhaka bourse closed Tuesday's session moderately...

ICB to issue Mudaraba Sukuk worth Tk 10 billion

The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) will issue 'ICB...

Gulf bourses fall on rise in Covid-19 cases

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Sunday,...

Turkey’s currency makes significant gains as Erdogan aims to safeguard deposits

Turkey’s currency made significant gains Tuesday after its President Recep...

Stocks rebound after three down days

Meghna, Southeast banks get BSEC nod for Issuing bond

Sharif Anwar elected DSE's shareholder director

Tesla faces investor lawsuit over Musk tweets

Apple nears $3 trillion market value

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PPPA launches 18-month training for government officials

The Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) has organised an 18-month training programme for the government officials to build their capacity to implement PPP projects. Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus inaugurated the compre...

BASIS gets new office-bearers

Bangladesh buys 580 train wagons from China

Riot Games agrees to pay $100m to settle gender discrimination lawsuit

Bangladesh Finance shifts its Chattogram Branch

bKash CEO receives ‘ICT Business Person of the Year’ award

Uday Hakim receives Songsoptok Sahitya Award 2021

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

Lockdown aid eludes rickshaw-pullers due to absence of database

Despite suffering acute hardships during the pandemic-induced lockdown, most of the rickshaw- pullers did not receive assistance from the government...

SUFAL changing people's livelihoods to save forests

The Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) is changing the livelihood of the people, living in the forest-adjacent areas, by helping them...

Accidents on water routes killed 20,508 in 50 years: POBA

A total of 20,508 people were killed in 2,572 waterway accidents across the country in the last 50 years, said...

Politics

BNP searches for clandestine alley to go to power, Hasan Mahmud says

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on...

BWP calls for enactment of law to form EC

Bangladesh Worker's Party (BWP) on Tuesday proposed to...

Country

Construction of Buddha statue in Cox's Bazar nearing completion

COX'S BAZAR: Ukhia Central Ananda Bhaban Bihar is...

An incomplete bridge that symbolises corruption

Irregularities in development projects, including slow implementation, repeated...

Crime

ICT publishes 81st report on crimes against humanity during liberation war

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT of Bangladesh) has...

Court sentences 13 to death for 2016 murder of AL leader Jahirul Huq

A Dhaka court has sentenced 13 to death...

World

Asia

Australia seeks to ease Covid test rules as cases hit records

Australia will seek to make urgent changes to Covid-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged...

Malaysia lifts African travel ban, cuts booster waits amid omicron fears

Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African...

Indonesia to turn away boat of Rohingya refugees

Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with...

Americas

South America now winning global vaccination race

Throughout much of 2020 and early 2021, South America was ground zero in the global fight against COVID-19. Oxygen ran...

Western states should have united front against divisive China: Trudeau

Western countries should have a united front against China to...

US to lift travel restrictions on eight African countries

The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern...

Europe

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

An investigative journalist for the BBC's Russian-language service in Moscow said on Monday that he had felt compelled to leave...

Queen Elizabeth speaks of missing her husband's 'familiar laugh' at Christmas

Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of the loss of her husband...

Switzerland allows gender transition from January 1

People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender...

Africa

Suicide bomber kills at least five at east Congo restaurant

A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five...

Nigerian president's aide contracts coronavirus

The Nigerian president's top media aide Garba Shehu said on...

Libyan election collapses with no plan out of crisis

Libya's parliament said Friday's planned presidential election would not go...

Editorial

Addressing post-pandemic rise in food insecurity

There is no gainsaying the fact that the impact of the pandemic on the 'food insecurity situation' has been more pronounced among the low-income and vulnerable segments of society than before. This is true both in the urban and rural context of Bangladesh. As expected, the loss of jobs as well as income levels following the pandemic control measures like...

Best wishes for Dhaka Nagar Paribahan

The inauguration of the much-hyped Dhaka Nagar Paribahan (Dhaka City transport) Service marks the journey of what is called a bus franchise system. If the rationalisation of this particular bus route from Keraniganj'sGhatarchar to Kanchpur can set an example for other bus operators reluctant to join the system, this pilot project will have served its purpose. It has taken as...

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Stepping into life's school with 'out books'

In the days of new school textbooks coming free from the government on January 1 every year, few can realise the bitter-sweet experience of getting...