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Reopening of schools may get delayed until after Eid, Dipu Moni says

The government is reviewing its decision to reopen the educational institutions on Mar 30 due to a rise in coronavirus...

Fire-hit Rohingya refugees begin rebuilding homes

Thousands of Rohingya refugees began rebuilding their makeshift homes on Thursday, after a fire ripped though a Bangladeshi refugee camp...

Country’s COVID death count rises by 34, highest in three months

Bangladesh has logged 3,587 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the tally of infections to 584,395, reports bdnews24.com. The death...

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Police to restrict traffic in Dhaka during Golden Jubilee celebration

The authorities will restrict traffic on key streets in Dhaka from Friday morning to Saturday...

Suez still blocked, efforts on to free stranded ship

The Ever Given vessel, almost as long as the Empire State Building is high, ran...

PM to address nation today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation on the eve of the...

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Bangladesh

Japanese Economic Zone expected to start full-swing operation in H1 of 2023

Japanese Economic Zone (EZ) is expected to go on full-swing operation in the first-half of 2023 as all development work of the zone is likely...

Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar train service likely to boost tourism

Unveiling a fresh route with the potential...

Bangladesh Bank avoids gold as reserve despite value addition

Bangladesh's investment in the form of gold...

Global

Japan unveils measures to support pandemic-hit firms

Japan’s government on Tuesday unveiled measures to help midsize and large companies boost capital funds, officials have said, a step aimed at backing mainly restaurants...

Global warming could cut 63 countries' credit ratings by 2030, study warns

A new algorithm-based study by a group...

African economies likely to grow 3.4pc this year, AfDB says

African economies are expected to grow by...

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Stock

Stocks edge up amid volatile trading

Stocks edged higher at opening on Thursday amid choppy trading...

Desh General Insurance to make trading debut Mar 29

Desh General Insurance will make its shares trading debut on March 29...

Asian shares wobble in volatile trade

Asian equities bounced between gains and losses on Thursday as...

What rising bond yields mean for markets

Yields on US Treasuries have surged to their highest level...

Outbound remittance up to 6.0pc allowed sans approval

Stocks slide at opening amid virus worries

Finance minister terms stock market fluctuation a normal phenomenon

Stocks inch higher after high volatility

First Finance declares 2.0pc stock dividend for 2019

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NBR imposes import limit on home consumption bond facility to avert misuse

The customs authority has imposed a cap on the annual entitlement for duty-free import volume of raw materials under the home consumption bond facility. As per a latest order, a licence holder will be allowed to import raw materials up to 80 per c...

After H&M, more foreign retail brands come...

Jute sack prices zoom up 180pc

Payra Bridge toll fixed

Tea Association seeks duty cut on irrigation unit import

Robi expands 4.5G to all its network sites

Abu Dhabi companies invest $150 million in Telegram

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

HRW urges Bangladesh to immediately remove fencing around Rohingya camps

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Bangladesh to immediately remove the fencing around the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar...

Dhaka's gas crisis intensifies further

The gas crisis in the capital aggravated further Wednesday as one of the two operational FSRUs (floating storage and regasification...

Digital device, innovation expo to begin on April 1

The three-day Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2021 will begin on April 1, aiming to promote IT products and services...

Politics

Obaidul Quader urges all not to incite chaos over Modi’s visit

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday...

Fakhrul questions purpose of Modi’s upcoming visit

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has...

Country

Thirteen rivers in Jhenidah about to die

Severe pollution, encroachment, and sand and soil lifting...

Magura sees outstanding success in green banana production

MAGURA: Outstanding success has been achieved in Magura...

Crime

Widow serving life term for money, convict not keeping promise

A woman in Chattogram has claimed that she...

Prime accused in Sunamganj attack case put on five-day remand

A Sunamganj court on Tuesday placed Shahidul Islam...

World

Asia

Israel's 4th election in two years sees no clear winner

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a solid parliamentary majority in the country’s election on Tuesday but a...

Myanmar’s junta frees hundreds of demonstrators, businesses remain shut

Myanmar’s junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal...

Australian floods kill two, more evacuations as clean-up starts

The bodies of two men were found in Australia on...

Americas

Argentina leaves Lima Group, blaming bloc's Venezuela policies

Argentina has said it would withdraw from the ‘Lima Group’ of Latin American nations, blasting the regional bloc’s policy of...

Republicans fail to label migrant surge at US-Mexico border a crisis

US Senate Republicans put their opposition to President Joe Biden’s...

Eruption of Guatemala's Pacaya volcano grounds planes

Guatemalan authorities closed the capital’s international airport on Tuesday as...

Europe

Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologises

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism....

Pine forest near Rome to get protection from satellites, drones

Italian aerospace and defence group Leonardo and a consortium of...

Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’

A popular Polish writer is facing a potential sentence of...

Africa

Armed men kill more than 22 civilians in Niger

Armed men kill at least 22 civilians in Niger Armed men killed at least 22 civilians in southwestern Niger on...

Finland ranked happiest country in the world

Finland has been named the happiest place in the world...

Nigerian designers fashion a new aesthetic with traditional fabrics

Weaving contemporary designs into a traditional West African fabric, Nigerian...

Editorial

Fire at hospital ICU

Investigation into the fire that broke out into the Dhaka Medical College Hospital's newly built intensive care unit (ICU) is yet to be completed. So there is no knowing about the exact cause of the fire, although report has it that the fire originated from a 'high-flow nasal cannula'. In an earlier such incident, the temporarily built isolation centre for...

Challenges of sustainable and inclusive growth

Industrialisation is the universally accepted path to economic development or growth. Bangladesh is no exception to this norm. But it is also true that environmental degradation caused by economic activity including operation of industry is an issue of global concern. So, there is the need to strike a balance between the two: achieving economic growth and protecting the natural environment....