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Agents to pay VAT for non-resident MNCs

Multinational companies (MNCs), not having offices in Bangladesh, are unlikely to be allowed to pay VAT directly to the public...

No project on front side of Kamalapur railway station: BR

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided not to allow any transport related projects linking the front side of Kamalapur Railway...

At least 43 die as fire engulfs factory in Delhi

At least 43 people were killed on Sunday after a massive fire broke out at a factory at Aanaj Mandi...

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Democrats huddle to draft impeachment charges

Democrats in the US House of Representatives met on Saturday to prepare for what could...

Thieves steal onion from fields!

Due to the prolonged price hike, immature onion is being stolen from fields in Bogura,...

8-km viaduct of metro rail now visible

The construction work of the metro rail is progressing fast as an 8.04-kilometre viaduct from...

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Bangladesh

Q1 budget deficit soars

The budget deficit during the July-September period last increased by nearly 200 per cent compared with the corresponding three months in 2018, as gains in...

‘Businesses hampered as private banks yet to reduce lending rates’

No private bank has reduced the lending...

Import taxes on seeds of spices go

Importers have been exempted from payment of...

Global

China’s RMG industry reports lower revenue

The revenue of China's ready-made garment (RMG) industry was lower in the first 10 months of the current year, said the Ministry of Industry and...

Cyprus economy likely to slow down in 2020

Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides had said...

Canada's jobless rate climbs to 5.9pc in Nov

Canada's jobless rate rose to 5.9 per...

Stock

13pc listed cos being traded below face...

Shares of around 13 per cent listed companies are being...

LafargeHolcim tops turnover for second week

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd dominated the Dhaka bourse's turnover chart for...

Saudi Aramco raises $25.6b in world's biggest...

State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised a record $25.6bn...

UK banknote printer fears for its future

De La Rue, the company that prints the UK's banknotes,...

Weekly review: Stocks continue to bleed on bourses

Port city bourse revises CSE30, Shariah indices

SK Trims generates highest turnover

Trade optimism lifts world shares

China approves two new IPOs

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Two in five jobs face risk of automation

Two in five jobs are facing risk of automation in five key sectors like RMG and textile, agro-food, furniture, tourism and hospitality and leather and footwear, according to a study. Of the five, nearly 60 per cent job will be automated in RMG secto...

India's central bank says all-day digital money...

Maruti Suzuki recalls over 60,000 vehicles across...

China Harbour celebrates Volunteers’ day with Mirsarai school students

E-banking impacts banks' profitability

BCIC disputes Q1 financial report of Miracle Industries

Saudi, Russia win over oil producers to deeper cuts

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

Rabab Fatima presents her credentials to UN SG

The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima presented her credentials to the UN Secretary...

BGB detains 12 Bangladeshis returning from India

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained twelve Bangladeshis on Saturday from Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district shortly after returning to...

Police recover scientist’s body in Rajshahi

Police have recovered the body of a retired scientist from his house in Moulovipara area in Rajshahi district. The deceased...

Politics

'AL to choose leaders on merit'

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned...

Pro-BNP lawyers’ behaviour unpardonable: Obaidul Quader

Terming the behaviour of pro-BNP lawyers at a...

Country

Meghna launch collision kills one

A collision between two launches on the Meghna...

Coordinated and evidence based response is key to disaster management

Department of Disaster Management (DDM) of the Ministry...

Crime

Four to die for Kushtia double murder

A Kushtia court on Sunday sentenced four people...

World

Asia

Suu Kyi departs for genocide hearings amid fanfare at home

Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi departed on Sunday for the UN’s top court in...

Brucellosis cases rise in NW China’s Gansu Province

At least 96 people in a veterinary research institute in...

Dinosaur footprints found in ancient Chinese imperial resort

Paleontologists announced Friday the discovery of numerous dinosaur footprint fossils...

Americas

Shooting near Mexico’s presidential residence kills four

Four people were killed and two injured in a shooting on Saturday near Mexico’s National Palace, the presidential residence in...

White House declines to participate in Trump impeachment hearing

The White House said on Friday it would refuse to...

Trump halts plan to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists

US President Donald Trump has delayed plans to legally designate...

Europe

Hungary fines Facebook for misleading users

Facebook has been fined around $4.0 million for allegedly misleading its users in Hungary by claiming the use of its...

Denmark passes climate law

A climate law to ensure that Denmark achieves the goal...

France paralysed by biggest national strike in years

A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport...

Africa

Ceramics factory fire in Sudan kills 23

Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when a fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded while...

At least 24 die in Tunisia bus crash

At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a...

Burkina Faso church attack kills 14

At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened...

Editorial

Negative sign on export horizon

The numbers that have emerged lately about the country's exports are enough to trigger worries. For, those represent a worsening export scenario that unless rolled back in good time could destabilise the overall macro-economy, at least, to a certain degree. The development has again brought to the fore a couple of weaknesses of the country's export sector. The first one...

Steering the vehicle of growth

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)-sponsored two day conference that ended in the capital city last Monday came up with a host of basic issues that may be considered pivotal to the future of the country. Despite a good rate of GDP growth, in fact one of the fastest in the world at nearly 8.0 per cent per annum,...

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SDGs implementation: Where does Bangladesh stand?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a follow-up on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000 and completed in 2015. However, SDGs differ from...