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Banks asked to provide loans to small businesses sincerely, at low interest

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the private banks to be more sincere in providing loans at low interest...

Latifur Rahman : An exemplar of ethical and patriotic businesses

Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group, was the founding member and vice president of ICC Bangladesh and founding vice president...

Cooking oils dearer in Bangladesh amid global supply shortage

Edible oil prices in Bangladesh have been rising for a month. Palm and soybean oil prices have gone up by...

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ShopUp’s journey: How the Bangladeshi startup secures the largest Series-A funding

The goal of bringing the country’s neighbourhood shops and online sellers on a single digitised...

Maldives wants to recruit doctors, nurses from Bangladesh

The Maldives has expressed its keen interest to recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh....

Govt to procure 850,000 MT food grains from marginal farmers

The government will procure a total of 850,000 metric tonnes of food grains this year...

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Bangladesh

Plastic industry policy aims to create 500,000 jobs

The country's plastic and packaging industry is projected to grow at a rate of 15 per cent annually, and generate fresh employment for around 0.5...

Exporters given Tk 18.31b incentive

The government has released a sum of...

Bangladesh regains 40pc cancelled RMG export orders: Foreign minister

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday...

Global

Global FDI drops 49 pc in H1, Bangladesh also sees decline

Inflows of global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 49.0 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current year ‘due to the economic fallout...

Tourist arrivals fall 70pc worldwide: UNWTO

Global tourism has witnessed a fall by...

Vietnam's economy to grow by 3pc in 2020: Standard Chartered

Vietnam's economy is expected to grow by...

Stock

DSE daily turnover exceeds Tk 11b mark

Stocks extended the losing streak for the five consecutive sessions...

Stocks witness downtrend at open

Stocks witnessed a downward trend in the early trading on...

HSBC to overhaul business model

HSBC Holdings on Tuesday signalled it would embark on a...

Surging coronavirus cases subdue Asian shares

Asian shares got the week off to a hesitant start...

Sajedul Islam new vice-president of DBA

Marico BD declares 200pc interim cash dividend

Olympic Industries recommends 52pc cash dividend

Ant may raise up to $17b in Shanghai IPO leg

European shares bounce back from two-week lows

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Interoperability facility: Consumers association for strengthening service security, charge withdrawal

A consumers’ association has urged the authorities' concerned for strengthening service security of interoperability facilities among Mobile Financial Service (MFS) and demanded withdrawal of service charges. The association titled 'Ban...

Bank Asia signs agreement with BIID for...

DCCI, BUP to jointly work for research...

Month-long handloom fest to start Wednesday

Guardian Life Insurance inks agreement with Thyssenkrupp Elevator (BD)

Emirates expands A380 network with inclusion of Amman

Fund crisis thwarts growth of solar irrigation pumps

Currency	Sell	Purchase

Commodity	Price	Change
GOLD	2,034.80 (US$/oz)	+1.38%
SILVER	28.32 (US$/oz)	+2.32%
COPPER	6,437.00 (US$/oz)	+1.05%
CRUDE OIL	42.19 (US$/bbl.)	-2.36%
COTTON # 2	0.62 (USc/lb)	+2.47%
WHEAT (CBOT)	210.09 (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

ACC starts probe against Haji Selim's son

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday started collecting data on the wealth statements of Irfan Selim, son of Awami League leader...

Govt forming policy to safeguard poultry, dairy industries

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Wednesday said that the government is formulating a policy to safeguard the...

‘India to resume issuing tourist visas for Bangladeshis soon’

Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami has assured that the process of issuing of tourist visas to Bangladesh travellers will restart...

Politics

AL’s door shut for rapists: Obaidul Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday...

6.4 million people become poor during pandemic, BNP leader says

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on...

Country

Fire breaks out at Gazipur shoe factory

A fire broke out at a footwear factory...

Moratorium on house building damaging Dunkan Hills

The Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram has...

Crime

Ex-DIG prisons Rashid indicted for illegally amassing Tk 31.4m

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against...

Arrest PK Haldar immediately after he returns: HC

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the...

World

Asia

US asks Suu Kyi to ensure safe return of Rohingyas

United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale has asked Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi...

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Tyagi suspended

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Tyagi has been placed...

Iran starts building underground nuclear facility, UN watchdog confirms

Inspectors from the UN’s atomic watchdog have confirmed Iran has...

Americas

Biden thrusts into Trump country, Bloomberg funds Texas ads

US Republican President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the national election again on Tuesday, saying it would be “inappropriate”...

'America can't shield Trump from rape accuser's defamation lawsuit'

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a US government request...

Trump's Rust Belt boom wasn't there in fact

The voters of Monroe County, Michigan, may have expected an...

Europe

Germany, France prepare new lockdowns as COVID sweeps Europe

Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns on Wednesday as COVID deaths...

France cautions citizens to be alert as anger seethes in Muslim world over cartoons

France warned its citizens in several Muslim-majority countries to take...

France issues travel alert to its citizens in Bangladesh

France has warned its citizens living or travelling in Bangladesh...

Africa

Opposition in Seychelles wins presidency for first time in 43 years

The Seychelles elected an opposition candidate as president for the first time since 1977, authorities announced on Sunday, and winner...

Sudan agrees to normalise relations with Israel, Trump announces

Sudan is to normalise relations with Israel - the latest...

Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist

Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul...

Editorial

Reforming labour laws

The government is going to amend its existing labour laws to accommodate some suggestions on labour right issues from the European Union (EU) and International Labour Organisation (ILO). The aim of the move is to ensure that Bangladesh is able to enjoy the continued duty-free access of its exports to the European markets under the EU's Generalised System of Preference...

Counterfeit currency notes

The busting of two counterfeiting dens in the capital's Mohammadpur area by the detective branch (DB) police within a week confirms increasing activities of counterfeiters, as observed by a member of the DB team, before and during festivals. In the first raid, four members of the counterfeiting racket including the mastermind were arrested with fake currency notes with face value...