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Gas suspension in some areas of Dhaka for 12 hours tomorrow

Some areas of Dhaka area will face a suspension in gas supply for 12 hours from 8:00am tomorrow (Sunday) due...

82 Bangladeshi Tablighis secure bail in India

A Delhi court has granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were recently chargesheeted on charges that they had attended...

WHO to launch initiative to help 1.3b people quit smoking

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will launch an initiative to help 1.3 billion tobacco-users worldwide kick...

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Sahara Khatun’s body brought back home

The Namaz-e-Janaza of former Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun was...

Bogura RDA director general dies of Covid-19

Md Aminul Islam, director general of Bogura Rural Development Academy (RDA), died from coronavirus at...

Floods, landslides kill 23 in Nepal, dozens missing

Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 23 people and displaced...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

Confirmed Cases

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Deaths

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Bangladesh

Foreign cos to invest in JV projects

Several foreign companies have recently shown interest to invest in joint venture projects in the state-owned sugar mills, offering an opportunity for the BSFIC to...

Govt defers fund release for low-priority projects

The government has decided to suspend fund...

Lack of investment diversification among hurdles to boost FDI

Speakers at a webinar identified lack of...

Global

US jobless claims continue to drop last week

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States continued to drop last week, as some states paused or partially reversed reopening efforts amid...

'Death Cross' strikes US dollar as Covid-19 cases grow

A resurgent coronavirus pandemic in the United...

China's consumer inflation rises to 2.5pc in June

China's consumer inflation remained generally stable in...

Stock

Weekly review: Stocks extend winning streak amid regulatory moves

Stocks extended the winning streak for the third straight week...

Share price of Paramount Ins soaring sans PSI

The share price of Paramount Insurance Company is soaring without...

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...

Brokerage firms' mkt operations: Deficiencies found in many accounts

Stocks open higher amid soaring turnover

Bata Shoe declares ‘no’ final dividend

Asian stocks set for best weekly gain in nine years

Zoom nearly doubles revenue forecast on remote-work boost

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Rampal project in slow lane

The slow progress in Indo-Bangla power project in southwestern Rampal threatens to undermine the government's "fast-track" initiative, people familiar with the situation said on Friday. The controversial 1,320-megawatt thermal power plant near the...

Online cattle buying likely to reach new...

Solar energy sector seeks govt's support to...

Hilsa dearer despite abundant supply

Hilsa to be tastier this year, expert says

Furnace oil price cut to Tk 34 per litre

Double-layer VAT: ISPAB considers legal battle or raising internet charges as options

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

110m children in Asia go hungry

As many as 110-million children in Asia remain hungry as their family income has fallen drastically for an economic depression...

BD declares Tapentadol as narcotic substances

The government has declared Tapentadol as narcotic substances and ordered a halt to the production of this painkiller pharma drug....

Thrust on extending services to women migrant workers

Speakers at a webinar on Friday stressed the need for extending services to women migrant workers by embassies to ensure...

Politics

BD now at risk of losing overseas labour market: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...

Amu named coordinator of 14-party alliance

Veteran politician Amir Hossain Amu has taken the...

Country

Couple killed in Cumilla road crash

A couple was killed and four people were...

Erosion puts Sherpur primary school under risk

Narayankhola Dakshin Primary School, an old school in...

Crime

Regent Hospital MD, 15 others sued

A case was filed against 16 people, including...

College student stabbed dead in Pabna

A college student was stabbed to death by...

World

Asia

India sees more local lockdowns as virus cases near 800,000

India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and...

Missing South Korean mayor found dead

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found...

Indian gangster Vikas Dubey dies in encounter

Vikas Dubey, the gangster who organised the massacre of eight...

Americas

US sets record for new Covid cases third day in a row at nearly 69,000

New cases of Covid-19 rose by nearly 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting...

NYC paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural in front of Trump Tower

A giant, yellow ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural was painted Thursday...

Brazil bans fires in Amazon rainforest for 120 days

Brazil's government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting...

Europe

Russia reports 6,611 new coronavirus infections

Russia on Saturday reported 6,611 new coronavirus cases, taking its nationwide tally of infections to 720,547. The country’s coronavirus crisis...

COVID-19 pandemic plunges working world into crisis: ILO

Global leaders called for a comprehensive approach to counter the...

England reopens after lockdown

People relished their first pub drinks in more than three...

Africa

Africa’s CDC urges more Covid-19 tests, masks, as continent’s cases top 500,000

African countries urgently need to scale up coronavirus testing and the use of face masks, a regional disease control body...

Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port

An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu...

Explosion at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least two

An explosion on Thursday at Astron Energy’s South African refinery...

Editorial

Projecting life in a positive light

How deeply the covid-19 pandemic has impacted life and society is evidenced by the endless stream of debates, studies, discussions and writings pouring out regularly on the subject. Not surprisingly, the possible changes in human behaviour the pandemic might have brought about did come up again at a recent webinar in Dhaka. Leading corporate house representatives, leaders of local and...

Jute mills under PPP arrangement

The decision of the government to close all the state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and run them under Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement did come as a surprise at a time when the government is struggling to secure livelihoods of small income earners across the country. Shutting down the 22 state-owned jute mills means more...

Views

World export and Commonwealth trade: A lost decade

During the past decade, growth in world trade has been sluggish, with the feeble economic performance of the Eurozone, slowed economic growth in China, lower...