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BUILD urges central bank to support services sector

The central bank has been urged to extend policy support to the services sector under its monetary policy, which was...

FE founder editor Moazzem Hossain’s 3rd death anniversary today

The 3rd anniversary of the death of iconic business journalist and founder editor of The Financial Express (FE) A.H.M. Moazzem...

System of electronic tax deducted at source to be introduced soon

The taxpayers would soon be able to adjust or claim a tax credit or seek a refund of their paid...

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Eight companies see decline in stakes held by foreigners

Some eight listed companies having good fundamentals saw a decline in stakes held by foreigners...

Karnaphuli Tunnel won't be inaugurated in 2022: Official

The dream project Bangabandhu Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli will not be completed in next...

Call for rationalising duty, VAT on dredging equipment

Experts at a programme on Saturday called for rigorous river training and river dredging to...

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Bangladesh

Execution of foreign-funded projects being hampered

The execution of development projects, especially those funded by donors and mega ones, is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The disruption caused to the...

Lockdown dealing a severe blow to low-income people

The ongoing strict lockdown imposed to stem...

All export-oriented industries in Bangladesh will resume operations on Aug 01

The Bangladesh government has allowed export-oriented factories...

Global

Covid 'pingdemic' sharply slows UK’s growth

Britain's rapid economic bounce-back from the Covid-19 pandemic slowed sharply in July as a new wave of cases forced hundreds of thousands of workers to...

Delta dims global recovery outlook

A drubbing in world equity markets and...

ADB lowers developing Asia’s economic growth forecast

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has marginally...

রোববার সারাদিন বাস চলবে

লকডাউনের মধ্যে কারখানা খোলায় দুর্ভোগে পড়া শ্রমিকদের কর্মস্থলে ফিরতে আগামীকাল রোববার সারাদেশে দিনভর যাত্রীবাহী বাস চলাচল করবে। বাংলাদেশ সড়ক পরিবহন মালিক সমিতির মহাসচিব খন্দকার এনায়েত...

শ্রমিকদের কর্মস্থলে ফেরাতে রোববার দুপুর পর্যন্ত লঞ্চ চলবে

ঢাকাগামী পরিবহন চালুর দাবিতে রংপুরে পোশাক শ্রমিকদের সড়ক অবরোধ

প্রতারণার অভিযোগ থেকে রেহাই পেলেন ব্রিটিশ-বাংলাদেশি এমপি আফসানা বেগম

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Stock

SBAC Bank’s investors get minimum 60 IPO shares

A general investor will get a minimum of 60 initial...

DSEX records new high as investors stay afloat

Stocks posted a marginal gain on Thursday, with the key...

Axiata seeks 66pc stake in Indonesia's Link Net

Malaysian telecoms group Axiata Group Bhd is exploring a deal...

Asian shares hit 1-week lows on renewed virus scare

Asian shares slipped to a one-week low on Monday and...

Stocks down in early trading on profit-booking

Premier Bank to issue Tk 4.0b perpetual bond

National Life Insurance declares 32pc cash dividend

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

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

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FBCCI urges government to keep banks open all weekdays

The country's apex trade body -- FBCCI -- urged the government on Saturday to keep banks open all the five weekdays this week beginning today (Sunday) during the lockdown. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) made...

BTRC to hold virtual public hearing Aug...

Walton showcase of country’s development: Golam Murshed

Sustainable river dredging, management necessary for economic growth, experts say

Crab exports to China begin after nine-month gap

Substandard solar panels banned

Nomita Halder gets appointed as next PKSF managing director

Currency	Sell	Purchase

Commodity	Price	Change
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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

Army detains four armed extortonists from Rangamati

A patrol team of Bangladesh Army on early Saturday detained four alleged armed extortionists from Choto Kattoli area of Langadu...

Momen appreciates health ministry’s ‘efficiency’ in managing vaccination programme

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday appreciated the Health Ministry for its competency and efficiency in managing the...

No decision on lockdown extension yet, says State Minister

There has been no decision yet on the extension of the ongoing lockdown that will expire on August 5, said...

Politics

Some int’l media spreading propaganda against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today...

Lawmaker Ali Ashraf dies at 73

Professor Md Ali Ashraf, a lawmaker from Cumilla-7...

Country

Flood-hit people in Cox’s Bazar facing shortage of food, drinking water

Around 250,000 flood-hit people in Cox’s Bazar district...

Netrakona farmers start harvesting jute

Farmers in Netrakona district have started harvesting jute,...

Crime

Pradip, wife ‘amass over Tk 23.5m’ beyond known sources of income

The Anti-corruption Commission has formally charged in court...

Man arrested for attempt to smuggle Tk 25m in foreign currencies

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man...

World

Asia

Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections as Delta variant rages on

The Olympics host city Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, announced record COVID-19 infections on Saturday, mostly driven by...

‘Anti-govt elements’ attack UN compound in western Afghanistan

"Anti-government elements" in Afghanistan attacked the main UN compound in...

India's Serum ties up with industry in push for vaccinating rural areas

The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Friday it...

Americas

Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge a suspect in president's assassination

Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of...

Trump's son-in-law to leave politics, launch investment firm

Jared Kushner, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump,...

$100 incentive for Covid shot: Biden pushes cash reward to get Americans vaccinated

President Joe Biden on Thursday urged local governments to pay...

Europe

Four dead as wildfires sweep Turkey; villages and hotels evacuated

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a...

Migrant volunteers clear up flood-hit Germany

Syrian volunteers have rushed to towns hit by Germany's most...

Johnson worried about his dog's 'romantic urges'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that his...

Africa

Tunisia's democracy in crisis as president ousts government

Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and...

Kidnappers in Nigeria free 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held

Kidnappers who raided a boarding school in northern Nigeria earlier...

Sierra Leone parliament repeals death penalty

Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the...

Editorial

Monetary policy in a troubled time

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Going by this piece of advice or saying or whatever, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been pursuing an 'expansionary' and 'accommodative' monetary policy stance since history's most brutal pandemic started leaving its devastating impact on the life and livelihood of people. The BB, on Thursday last, announced its monetary policy for the current fiscal...

The crucial mass vaccination drive

The government's announcement that mass vaccination drive at the Union level will start from August 07 could not have come a day later. Further, reports have it that arrangements have been made so that at the Union level people with or without NID cards will get the jabs. This is definitely a practical approach towards a speedy and hassle-free conduct...