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Inflation reaches 5.54pc in September

The general point-to-point inflation rate reached 5.54 per cent in September last from 5.49 per cent in the previous month....

Barapukuria coal disappearance: Seven ex-BCMCL MDs among 23 face arrest warrant

A Dinajpur court on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of 23 people, including seven former managing directors of...

Bangladesh can attract Muslim tourists, state minister says

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali has said Muslim-friendly environment across the Bangladesh can be a...

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Power Cell DG made Chair of ESCAP Committee on Energy

ECNEC clears two new MRT projects involving Tk 940b

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved two mega MRT...

'Father, uncle, cousin behind murder of Sunamganj minor boy'

Tuhin Mia, the 5-year-old old boy whose mutilated body was found hanging from a tree...

BUET students suspend protests

The disgruntled students of BUET have called off their protests citing the ‘goodwill’ shown by...

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Bangladesh

Made in Bangladesh event in Qatar on Dec 10-12

A three-day exhibition of Bangladeshi products is going to kick off in Qatar on December 10 with the aim to strengthen local trade and investment...

Banking sector needs urgent reformation: Speakers

Speakers at a roundtable have urged the...

Govt opts for costlier WB loans

The government is going to take out...

Global

China further opens up banking sector to foreign investors

China has decided to further open up its insurance and banking sectors to foreign investors by revising related regulations. Revisions to the regulations on foreign-invested...

Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer win Nobel Prize in economics

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer...

Singapore's GDP growth for Q3 remains at 0.1pc on year

Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has...

Stock

Key actors see dour outlook for market

The market intermediaries have called for good governance and listing...

BGIC receives guideline from regulator

The trustee of the DBH 1st Mutual Fund has moved...

Apple's stock sets new all-time high

Apple shares are currently trading above the $234 mark on...

PBOC drains 30b yuan from market

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank of...

BSEC seeks all info on Tk 500m deal

Investors' panic-driven sales hit stock trading

DBH 1st Mutual Fund conversion

Asian shares follow Wall Street higher on trade optimism

BSEC to issue registration to IDLC Venture Capital Fund

China’s listed companies upbeat about Q3 performance

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Emirates’ special offer to celebrate Mexico route launch

Emirates is offering travellers from Bangladesh a 20 per cent discount to discover one of the most fascinating and vibrant cities in the Americas -- Mexico. One can enjoy the discount by booking early ahead of its inaugural flight on December 09 to...

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group to develop...

Dhaka Bank to arrange BDT 800m for...

UNGC, BRAC Bank, dev partners join hands for sustainability of SMEs

Norway reports rare trade deficit amid drop in oil price

0.7m mobile phone users switch networks in one year

Four industrial units get 205 acres of land at Mongla EZ

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

UGC urges public universities to strengthen security measures

University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged the country’s public university authorities to strengthen security measures on campuses in the wake...

Mob beating kills 60 in Jan-Sep

60 people were killed by mob beating across the country in the first nine months of the current calendar year,...

BRTA collects Tk 61.82m over traffic rule violation

The mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) collected over Tk 61.82 million in fine against errant vehicles and...

Politics

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

Balloting was underway in the Sadar Upazila Parishad...

Nabinagar municipality polls begins in B’baria

The maiden election to Nabinagar Municipality of Brahmanbaria...

Country

Transgender woman becomes upazila vice-chairman in Jhenaidah

Sadia Akter Pinky, a transgender woman, has been...

Police recover bullet-hit body of youth in Lakshmipur

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth...

Crime

31 arrested in separate drives in Kurigram

Police arrested 31 people in separate drives and...

Eight fishermen jailed for catching Hilsa

A mobile court has jailed eight fishermen for...

World

Asia

Thai human traffickers flout 99pc of court orders to compensate victims

Human traffickers in Thailand have ignored court orders to compensate victims in more than 99pc of cases in recent years,...

Japan typhoon death toll jumps to 66

The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan...

Cooking gas cylinder blast kills 10 in India

At least 10 people died after a cooking gas cylinder...

Americas

Trump slaps sanctions on Turkey over Syria invasion

US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the...

More than a dozen police die in Mexico ambush

Suspected cartel hitmen shot dead more than a dozen police...

US cop faces murder charges after killing black woman in her home

A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer was jailed on...

Europe

Nine Catalan leaders given jail for sedition

Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition...

Saudi visit showcases Putin’s growing Middle East influence

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia on Monday for...

UK election likely before Christmas: Corbyn

UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday said...

Africa

Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize

Ethiopia found itself in the global spotlight for all the right reasons after Abiy Ahmed, its young, dynamic prime minister....

10 Kenyan cops killed by bomb near Somali border

At least ten Kenyan police were killed when their vehicle...

Rwanda kills 19 assailants after deadly national park attack

Rwandan security forces have killed 19 people who were part...

Editorial

Advancing agricultural mechanisation

A three-day workshop organised by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) that ended on Monday in Gazipur came out with a recommendation that necessitates follow-up and introspection. The "Research Review and Programme Formulation Workshop 2019" in its inaugural session recommended that disaster-tolerant high-yielding seed varieties backed by advanced technology should be adopted in agricultural farming. The high-profile workshop attended by...

Boosting trade with Indonesia

Both Bangladesh and Indonesia are all set to submit a list of as many as 300 products to each other for duty-free access to their respective market under a preferential trade agreement (PTA). The initiative taken by the two brotherly countries augurs well for the economies of both. Trade between the two countries amounted to $1.97 billion in 2018. Clearly...

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Corporate tax reduction in India: What should Bangladesh do?

The Government of India recently announced reduction of corporate income tax rates. The highlights of the announced measures are: * Reduction of tax rates for...