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H1 tax revenue misses target by a big margin

Collection of tax revenue by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) fell short of the target by Tk 315.08 billion...

Reserves heist: Swift turns to govt, seeks unfettered staff travel

Swift, the global carrier of handling payment instructions between banks, has sought assurance from the government that its officials' planned...

Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 80 in China

The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, has killed 80...

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DNCRP's fines: Consumers get more than Tk 10 million as compensation

The total amount of compensation received by consumers against their complaints with the Directorate of...

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was...

Govt considers temporary travel ban to and from China

The government is considering a temporary ban on travel to and from China as a...

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Bangladesh

Thai Exim Bank, JBIC want to invest in sugar mills of Bangladesh

Thai Exim Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh for modernising the country’s state-run sugar mills....

Pressure builds on PC for new projects in RADP

Different ministries and agencies are piling pressure...

NBR chief cautions ‘greedy’ taxmen

The National Board of Revenue, or NBR,...

Global

Singapore says China virus outbreak will hurt its economy this year

Singapore said on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak will hurt its economy this year, as it announced new measures to tackle the disease which originated...

Coronavirus: Could it damage the global economy?

China is struggling with a new virus...

Sri Lanka aims to attract 4.0m tourist in 2020

Sri Lanka's Tourism Ministry is aiming to...

Stock

AIBL to form subsidiary, issue bond

The board of directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIBL) Limited...

Stocks descent in early trading

Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on...

Asia shares flatline, wait for US and...

Asian shares paused near 19-month peaks on Monday ahead of...

Saudi Aramco raises IPO to record $29.4...

Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday...

Stocks witness volatility in early trading Sunday

Number of active BO accounts dips

Stocks rebound strongly on govt move

Foreigners buy $10.16b of S Korean stocks in 2019

Asian shares rebound as Mideast tensions ease

Asian shares at 18-month highs; Nikkei finishes year up 18 per cent

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Deception complaints frequent at DITF

A government rights protection body has realised Tk 96,000 fine from the traders due to breaching consumers' rights at the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2020. According to Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), T...

GP asks review of SC order, seeks...

Europe-bound shipping route round the corner

Over 500 RMG units get listed as green factories

Shippers’ Council holds AGM

ICMAB seminar on 'Impact of Block Chain Technology on Business'

Rice prices rise by Tk 2.0-3.0 per kg

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

PM orders renovation of rail bridges

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the Railways Ministry to properly repair shabby rail bridges across the country and...

0.93m workers staying abroad with expired visas: FM

Over 93,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers have been staying in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Egypt, South Korea and Iran...

BD risks coronavirus outbreak: Experts

The authorities have tested over 2,000 travellers from China and no one has been found infected with coronavirus but experts...

Politics

BNP finding excuses for boycotting polls: Obaidul Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said...

AL candidate ‘attacks’ independent aspirant’s office in Keraniganj

The office of ward number 56 independent councillor...

Country

Truck hits auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh, killing two

Two people were killed and five others injured...

Police arrest ‘JMB members’ in Khulna

Police arrested two suspected members of banned militant...

Crime

Man to walk gallows for killing college student in Barguna

A Barguna court on Sunday sentenced a man...

Beheaded body found in Rajshahi

Police recovered the beheaded body of a youth...

World

Asia

Grenade attack on Afghan wedding

A hand grenade attack on an Afghan wedding ceremony wounded at least 20 people, including several children, a provincial official...

China reports 1,287 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, 41 deaths

Chinese health authorities announced Saturday that 1,287 confirmed cases of...

Shanghai shuts down all cinemas amid Coronavirus outbreak

Shanghai has shut down all cinemas during the Lunar New...

Americas

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, US President Donald Trump tweeted late on...

34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike

The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had...

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan by Tuesday

US President Donald Trump has said that he would unveil...

Europe

Erdogan says Haftar cannot be expected to respect Libya truce

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar could not be expected to respect...

Powerful quake hits eastern Turkey, leaving 18 dead

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at...

France offers to suspend digital tax in dispute with US

France has offered to suspend down payments on a digital...

Africa

Twenty soldiers killed in Mali attack

About 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday (local time),...

Five soldiers die in explosion in Burkina Faso

At least five soldiers were killed in a roadside explosion...

Eastern Libya halts more than half the country’s oil output

Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is...

Editorial

UNICEF on educational spending

The gap between spending public education resources for the richest segment of society and that for the poorest one has evoked concern in a study by the UNICEF recently. Looking at 42 countries it finds that allocation to education for children from the richest 20 per cent of households is double the amount spent on the poorest 20 per cent...

ICJ ruling on Rohingya crisis

The unanimous ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday, being a historic one would surely raise some hope among persecuted Rohingyas. The ruling has imposed a legal responsibility on the Myanmar government in the matters of brutal acts unleashed by its army against the Rohingyas in 2017. More importantly, the top court of the United Nations took...

Views

Will 2020 World Economic Forum deliver on combating climate change?

For the first time, the world's elites meeting this year at Davos have listed environmental issues as their top concerns about the next decade. The...

Boosting apparel export to China

Rejuvenating stock market: Long-term measures

Positive perceptions are prized

Streamlining food market: Introducing AMIS

Cotton import from US: Revoking the provision of double fumigation

Climate change and financial risk

Columns

ADP execution --- weaknesses aplenty

Plenty of things, it seems, are not right as far...

Opinions

Alternative housing to slums

On Friday last fires left two slums -one in the...

Reviews

Rejuvenating stock market: PM's six-point directive

In the backdrop of continuous fall in the country's stock...

Analysis

Uncommon errors in 'common abbreviations'

If you ask a credulous student about the elaboration of...

Education

IUB holds orientation programme for Spring 2020 semester

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has warmly welcomed the newly enrolled undergraduate students of Spring 2020 semester through an orientation ceremony...