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Govt seeks higher growth for lower poverty, says budget document

A higher economic growth remains on top of the government's agenda for reducing poverty and inequalities that will lead to...

Bangladesh reports 67 virus deaths; Khulna emerges as new hotspot

Bangladesh has registered 67 new fatalities from the COVID-19 illness, the most in a day since May 2, with 24...

Hospitals in 37 districts lack ICU facilities

After Abdus Samad, 68, and his wife Husne Laila, 58, from Thakurgaon were diagnosed with COVID-19, Samad ended up in...

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Death toll from COVID-19 to pass half a million in Brazil

Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 is expected to pass 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn...

Woman called 999 after killing three of her family, police say

A police official has said a woman threatened to murder her husband and daughter in...

Report projects over 580m 5G subscriptions this year

5G mobile subscriptions will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021 owing to an...

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Bangladesh

$250m ADB loan for safety-net overhaul

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide US$250 million policy-based loan to Bangladesh for facilitating reforms in improving social safety-net programmes amid the Covid-19 pandemic....

Weak execution capacity creates corruption: SANEM conference

The policies, rules and laws formulated through...

SoCBs widen sector's Q1 provisioning shortfall

The provisioning shortfall against their loans in...

Global

European Union inflation rises to 2.3pc in May

Annual inflation in the European Union (EU) continued to rise in May, reaching 2.3 per cent, up from 2.0 per cent in April, according to...

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports grow 8.8pc in May

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by...

US budget deficit tops $2tr in first eight months of FY21

The U.S. budget deficit soared to 2.1...

খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পরীক্ষা হচ্ছে সশরীরে

খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের বিভিন্ন ডিসিপ্লিনে মাস্টার্স চূড়ান্ত পরীক্ষা সশরীরে নেওয়া হচ্ছে। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের জনসংযোগ ও প্রকাশনা বিভাগের ভারপ্রাপ্ত পরিচালক এসএম আতিয়ার রহমান বলেন,...

ত্ব-হা আদনান ‘৮ দিন ছিলেন’ গাইবান্ধার সেই বাড়িতে

বাংলাদেশের ভৌগলিক নির্দেশক (জিআই) স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া নয়টি পণ্যের বিশেষত্ব

‘৩ জনকে খুন করেছি, তাড়াতাড়ি আসেন, নইলে আরও দুজনকে মারব’

৫৪ দিন পর বাসায় ফিরছেন খালেদা জিয়া

সময় এখন ‘বাংলাদেশ মডেলে’ মনোযোগী হওয়ার: রাদওয়ান মুজিব

নিউ ইয়র্কের চেয়েও ভালো রাস্তা হচ্ছে নারায়ণগঞ্জে: শামীম ওসমান

Stock

Number of IPO applications for Sonali Life Ins falls drastically

The number of IPO applications for Sonali Life Insurance Company...

South Bangla Bank's IPO subscription begins July 5

The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of South Bangla Agriculture...

EU regulators set July 27 deadline for decision on Aon, Willis deal

European Union antitrust regulators have extended until July 27 the...

Insurance broker Aon's EU concessions for $30b Willis bid may not be enough

Insurance broker Aon’s offer to sell assets in five EU...

Regulator lifts floor prices of all shares

Stocks end week on flat note

Stocks open marginally higher on investors' buying appetite

CSE revises Shariah Index

Asian markets cautious ahead of US earnings and inflation data

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Trade

Experts suggest wider natural gas exploration for industries

Experts have urged the policymakers to carry out an extensive exploration for natural gas to ensure a cost-effective energy supply for the industries in future. They also described the use of natural gas as very cost-effective for industries at a we...

Over 200,000 Bangladeshis go abroad with jobs...

Walton receives trademark certificate in automobile production...

China's halt to live crab, eel fish imports costs Bangladesh Tk 3.18b

Call for ratifying ILO convention to uphold domestic workers' rights

foodpanda adds transgender riders to its delivery fleet

Women's engagement in wholesale and retail trade increases by 126pc

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

Recruiting agencies demand rationalised airfare for outbound d Bangladeshi workers

Manpower recruiting agencies, on Saturday, demanded rationalising air fare for outbound Bangladeshi workers so that they can avail it to...

Khaleda to return home from hospital Saturday evening

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to return home this (Saturday) evening from the capital's Evercare Hospital after a long...

Full fledge Monsoon showers drench Dhaka, most of the country

Dhaka woke up to another drenched morning Saturday as intermittent monsoon rains continued across the country. Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecasted...

Politics

Bangladeshis’ deposits in Swiss banks increased by 62.6pc in 2020, says BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on...

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury freed from jail

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury has been released...

Country

Jashore, Kushtia register record COVID cases

Jashore and Kushtia have reported a record rise...

Jute mills workers in Khulna demand payment of arrear salaries

Two state-owned jute mills workers' organisations at a...

Crime

Police arrest four with ties to ATM booth fraud

Police have arrested four people, including a woman,...

Policeman held over killing of ‘wife and stepson’

A policeman has been accused of publicly shooting...

World

Asia

India asks states to 'carefully calibrate' lockdown easing

India's central government on Saturday urged states to be careful in reopening COVID-19 lockdowns to prevent a resurgence of infections...

Experts urge India's Maharashtra to gear up for third Covid wave

Health officials in India's richest state have urged authorities to...

Israel to send 1.0m doses to Palestinians in vaccine exchange

Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1.0 million doses...

Americas

Antonio Guterres appointed as UN chief for second term

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appointed for a second five-year term on Friday by the 193-member UN General Assembly....

Sizzling heat wave blankets US Southwest

Much of the western United States baked for a third...

Quoting Irish poet, Biden ends EU trade war

US President Joe Biden ended one front in a Trump-era...

Europe

Italy launches Covid-19 digital ‘green pass’

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has signed a decree to create "green pass," a digital proof that the holder is...

Putin, Biden begin summit with slim hopes, deep disagreements

Shaking hands in front of a grand Geneva villa, US...

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

Every week, Mamadou Diagouraga comes to the Muslim section of...

Africa

Gunmen abduct over 80 students killing police officer in Nigeria

Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian...

Zambia's first president Kaunda passes away

Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age...

18 killed in Nigeria road crash

Eighteen people were killed in a road crash involving two...

Editorial

The rising cost of living in Dhaka

Consumers do not need the help of statistics to know that their cost of living has gone up. They feel the pinch when their everyday spending on essentials, healthcare, education, transportation etc., goes up. Yet statistics do help them recognise the extent of the rise during a particular time. The consumers' rights organization, the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), late...

Investing in nation's children

Looking at the current age structure of the population, it can be said that the growth potential of the country's economy is very high at the moment. In this context, consider that 20 per cent of the population are aged between 15 and 20 years. Children, according to the UNICEF, make up 40 per cent of the population. So, the...