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Bangladesh fastest economy in Asia-Pacific: ADB

Bangladesh has achieved the fastest growth in the Asia-Pacific economies comprised of 45 countries, according to the Asian Development Bank...

Tunisia to repatriate stranded Bangladeshis

Tunisia has allowed dozens of migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, to disembark after three weeks stranded in the Mediterranean, so that...

‘Govt plans to introduce health insurance for all’

The government plans to introduce health insurance for the people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part...

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BMBA wants govt to lift customs duty on smartphones

The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Business Association (BMBA) has demanded withdrawal of additional 15 per cent...

Noridc envoys appreciate green knit factory in N’ganj

Top diplomats of three Nordic countries visited Plummy Fashions Ltd, country’s first globally–certified green knitwear...

Body formed to remove illegal vehicles from city streets

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a committee has been formed...

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Bangladesh

Inflation up in May

The point-to-point inflation in the month of May last was recorded higher than that of the previous month, according to official data. It was 5.63...

New VAT act to up prices of goods: PwC

The new VAT law, to be effective...

New VAT law: Amendments necessary to align with global best practices

The government has finally notified that the...

Global

BRI can speed development, needs transparency: WB

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank has said in...

Indonesia central bank likely to hold key rate

Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank of...

India could benefit from US-China trade war: Study

The ongoing trade war between the US...

Stock

DSE edges up further on tax review...

Stocks ended marginally higher for the second day in a...

Islami Bank to issue Tk 12b bond

The board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has...

Asian shares rise on trade optimism

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday on optimism about trade...

SE Asian stocks tepid ahead of Fed...

Most Southeast Asian stock markets traded in a tight range...

Stocks up at opening on tax proposal review hope

Eastern Ins tops DSE turnover, gainers' charts

Stocks rebound after two-day slump

Asian stocks mixed ahead of rate decisions

Indian shares fall on trade war fears

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US, China to resume trade talks ahead of G20 summit

US and China will resume trade talks ahead of a meeting between their leaders at a G20 summit next week, US President Donald Trump has said. Mr Trump said on Twitter he had a "very good" call with Chinese President Xi Jinping and their teams would s...

BB moves to popularise Islamic bonds

Most private sector employees low-paid: NBR chief

Japan-BD economic dialogue on July 04

Govt to build chemical warehouse in Gazipur

The US trade war against human rights

ICMAB holds discussion on ‘Tax, Tariff & Trade Policies for Inclusive Economic Growth’

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

Khulna war crime suspect dies in city hospital

A war crimes suspect from Khulna has died during treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital or DMCH. Doctors declared...

All future elections to have EVMs: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in all...

13 get life term for Faridpur double murder

A Faridpur court on Wednesday sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for killing two men in Saltha upazila in 2003....

Politics

Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members

After over three years of the party's national...

Khaleda gets HC bail in two defamation cases

The High Court (HC) has granted six-month bail...

Country

Fire-fighters recover body of missing HSTU student

The body of a student of HSTU, who...

Woman dies in Ctg road crash

A woman was killed in a road crash...

Crime

Police recover throat-slit body in Natore

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man...

Youth murdered in Madaripur

A young man was killed by his rivals...

World

Asia

Four charged with murder for shooting down MH17 plane

Four men have been charged with murder over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in 2014,...

'No need for China to spy on India using balloons'

China does not need to use balloons to gather intelligence...

Eight killed in Uttar Pradesh road crash

At least eight people, including two children, were killed and...

Americas

Trump formally kicks off his re-election bid

US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday (local time) by presenting himself as the same...

US sending 1,000 more troops to Middle East

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced on Monday the...

Argentina, Uruguay reel after massive blackout

Power has been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay...

Europe

Turkey orders arrest of 128 army personnel over Gulen links

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating...

Johnson gets boost in race to become Britain's new PM

Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace...

Swiss women protest for equality

Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against...

Africa

Egypt's ousted leader Mursi dies after court hearing

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, the first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history, died on Monday aged...

Al Shabaab blasts kill 16 in Kenya, Somalia

Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb...

Zero elephants poached in a year in top Africa wildlife park

One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year...

Editorial

Jail or reformation centre!

There is good news for prisoners in Bangladesh jails. They have at last been able to break free from a notorious prison legacy of eating a measly quantity of bread and molasses for breakfast prevailing from the British period. Thanks to the authorities for realising, although belatedly, that 116 grams of dry bread and 14.5 grams of sugarcane molasses by...

Bolstering Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in financial matters came into renewed focus recently at a workshop in Dhaka. Top level representatives from the Bangladesh Bank, the Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group and the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB), who participated in it, articulated the importance of the ADR in resolving...