The Financial Express

Trade with key partners: FTAs to pay off 'in long term'

Despite counting revenue loss in the short-term, Bangladesh should sign free trade agreements (FTAs) with its key trading partners for...

BKB mulls Tk 100b special credit scheme from next year

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) is planning to undertake next year a Tk 100 billion credit programme for the small and...

Maternity leave still goes unpaid in RMG sector

Women in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh do not receive legitimate benefits like paid maternity leave, according to...

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Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU for Brexit delay

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay...

BTRC proposes terms and charges for VAS

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has proposed terms and charges for various telecom value-added...

Anti-casino drive: DNCC councillor Rajib held

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Tarequzzaman Rajib, the councillor of ward No. 33...

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Bangladesh

Act promptly to fix banking ills: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put forwarded a six-point recipe for Bangladesh to address its banking sector weaknesses. The recommendations include strong corporate governance,...

BEZA to launch One-Stop Service on Oct 21

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) is set...

NBR cuts taxes on MS products, cement sheet

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has...

Global

World finance officials facing host of problems

The leaders of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank, are laying out their visions for the future, hoping to...

EU leaders approve Lagarde’s ECB appointment

European Union leaders have approved the appointment...

China's GDP grows 6.2 pc in first three quarters

China's GDP expanded 6.2 per cent year...

Stock

Ashuganj Power bond: BSEC extends timeframe for...

The securities regulator has extended the timeframe for public subscription...

Weekly review: Stocks continue to bleed

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

Netflix shares jump as subscribers grow ahead...

Netflix Inc added slightly more paying subscribers than Wall Street...

Apple's stock sets new all-time high

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

BSEC panel to have names of both audit firms, auditors

National Tubes tops turnover chart

Stocks keep losing amid confidence crisis

PBOC drains 30b yuan from market

Asian shares follow Wall Street higher on trade optimism

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Returns from livestock high: Study

Returns from livestock are high, but overall extent of households rearing livestock has been falling, according to a study. The study, conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, revealed that inadequate livestock services, high costs...

Huawei generates $86b revenue in nine months

EBL partners with BASIS to launch co-branded...

Sonali Bag gets ready for commercial production

Huawei in talks with US firms to license 5G platform

DFQF access to UK market to continue

Railway to procure 200 broad-gauge coaches

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

Police detain four over Chattogram father-daughter murder

Police have detained four people for interrogation over the murder of a man and his daughter in Nimtali Biswa Road...

'Flawless charge-sheet in Abrar murder case soon'

Describing the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad as ‘unfortunate’, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said the investigation agency...

President to join Japanese new emperor’s enthronement ceremony

President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka tomorrow on an eight-day official visit to Japan and Singapore. “The President will...

Politics

Oikyafront wants to hold public rally on October 22

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has...

UZ polls in C’nawabganj: Voting underway

Balloting was underway in the Sadar Upazila Parishad...

Country

Woman ‘kills self’ to escape ‘torture for dowry’ in Magura

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself...

Nearly one million rats eliminated in Rangpur

The farmers, filed level agriculture officials, teachers, students...

Crime

Man accused of killing toddler son in Faridpur

A man has been accused of killing his...

Eight Rohingyas held in Goalanda

Police arrested eight Rohingyas from Goalanda Bus Terminal...

World

Asia

Bus crash kills 35 in Saudi, BD people feared among victims

The 35 people were killed on Friday in a bus crash in Saudi Arabia may include some Bangladeshis, the Bangladesh...

Afghan mosque blast leaves at least 62 dead

Multiple explosions at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan collapsed the...

Inner Mongolia to lift all poor counties out of poverty by year end

Northern China's inner Mongolia autonomous region will lift all of...

Americas

Chile President declares emergency as riots rock capital

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early on Saturday, as the city of...

Mexico deports over 300 Indian migrants

Mexico has deported over 300 Indians to New Delhi, the...

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

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

Europe

Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over Brexit deal delay

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite MPs backing the principle of a...

Protests paralyse Catalonia

Spain's northeastern Catalonia region and its riot-swept regional capital, Barcelona,...

Britain will lose out from exiting single market: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Britain would become a competitor...

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

Getting numbers right in company financials

Numbers in the financials of companies, listed or otherwise, are always important. No less important is the role of the auditors who prepare the financials. Their honesty and integrity do matter most, particularly in the case of companies seeking to go public or those which are already listed on the bourses. Given such important role being played by the auditors...

Welcome boost to SMEs

The launching of the first ever Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) toolkit pilot project by the United Nations Global Contact (UNGC) in partnership with local banks and other development partners could not have been timelier and more to the point. The UN body partnered with international bodies like the ILO and UNICEF and local partners like the BRAC Bank, Global...