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Retaining money whitening facility hinges on data availability, Kamal says

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says the government at this moment lacks data on the outcome of the provision of...

Budget lacks innovative policy to tackle pandemic, CPD says

The Centre for Policy Dialogue says the government has overlooked the challenges of meeting the targets set out in the...

Bangladesh records 1,887 new infections; 34 deaths

Bangladesh’s coronavirus caseload has jumped by 1,887 in a day to 807,867. The death toll from the COVID-19 illness rose...

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Imran Khan ready for India talks if given Kashmir roadmap

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that Pakistan is ready to restart talks with...

Indian variant found in 80pc samples tested mid-May, reveals IEDCR

The genomic sequence of about 80 per cent of the coronavirus samples tested by researchers...

Bangladesh, other Asian countries to get 7.0m vaccine doses from US

Bangladesh and other South and Southeast Asian countries will get 7.0 million doses of COVID-19...

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Bangladesh

Budget may help recovery, say business leaders

Leaders of trade bodies have termed the proposed budget as inclusive one, expressing hope that the proposals, if implemented, may revitalise the economy. In their...

Luxury items may be pricier, home appliances cheaper

The cost of imported mobile phones may...

‘Made in Bangladesh’ brands get tax exemption

Bangladesh has announced a 10-year tax exemption...

Global

Food prices rise at rapid rate in more than a decade, FAO says

World food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, posting a 12th consecutive monthly increase to hit their...

Thai parliament passes $99.7b budget bill at first reading

Thailand's House of Representatives on Wednesday approved...

Vietnam's garment export rises 15pc in five months

Vietnam raked in over 12.2 billion US...

লাভজনক হলে অপ্রদর্শিত অর্থ বৈধ করার সুযোগ থাকতে পারে, ইংগিত অর্থমন্ত্রীর

অপ্রদর্শিত অর্থ বৈধ করার পক্ষে বা বিপক্ষে উভয় ধরনের মতামত থাকার কথা জানিয়ে এমন সুযোগ আবারও রাখার ইঙ্গিত রয়েছে অর্থমন্ত্রী আ হ ম মুস্তফা কামালের...

করোনার ভারতীয় ধরন বাংলাদেশে ‘বেশ অনেকটাই’ ছড়িয়ে পড়েছে: আইইডিসিআর

রাজশাহী মেডিকেলে ২৪ ঘণ্টায় ১৬ জনের মৃত্যু, প্রায় সব শয্যাই পূর্ণ

‘বাজেটে বরাদ্দ যাই থাক, স্বাস্থ্য খাতে অর্থের কোনো সমস্যা হবে না’

ফেইসবুকে রাজনীতিকদের বিশেষ ‘খাতির’ বন্ধ হচ্ছে

মহামারীকালের বাজেটে সঙ্কট উত্তরণের দিশা কই?

দাম কমতে-বাড়তে পারে যেসব পণ্যের

Stock

Budgetary move to facilitate collecting long-term capital

The government has proposed exemption in capital gain tax applicable...

BSEC removes floor price for 30 more listed firms

he Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) lifted the floor...

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...

Stocks extend winning streak as budget unveiled

Stocks open sharply higher on budget hopes

DSEX crosses 6,000-mark again

Asian markets cautious ahead of US earnings and inflation data

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Government borrowing set to rise by more than 15pc

The government's borrowing from both foreign and domestic sources is set to increase by more than 15 per cent in the next fiscal year to meet budget deficit. The proposed budget has earmarked Tk 2.11 trillion from external and domestic sources again...

Foodpanda initiates ‘Petuk Olympics’ for foodies

Bangladesh to secure 40pc electricity from renewable...

BAAPA seeks to reopen parks with less than 50pc capacity

Sabnam Faria becomes Evaly's head of PR, media & communications

Dhaka to ease onion imports to increase supply

The $15 billion jet dilemma facing Boeing’s CEO

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

‘Preparedness strengthened ahead of cyclone, monsoon season in Cox's Bazar’

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Friday said it has strengthened preparedness ahead of cyclone and monsoon season in Cox's Bazar...

Call for inclusion of women in sustainable food systems

Despite playing a critical role in ensuring food security and proper nutrition for families, women remain common victims to malnutrition,...

‘Khaleda’s condition still vulnerable’

Though BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken back to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital,...

Politics

Budget only to widen debt burden, says BNP

BNP on Thursday described the proposed national budget...

Jatiya Party terms budget ‘impractical’

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, has...

Country

Vermicompost brings self-reliance to Faridpur women

Tania Parveen of Faridpur has become self-reliant by...

Indian variant raises fears among Cumilla people

CUMILLA: Cumilla district covers at least 106 kilometres...

Crime

Police arrest suspect believed to have killed 70 tigers

Bangladeshi police have arrested a suspected wildlife poacher...

Police say woman killed husband over second wife, cut off limbs

Moyna Mia, the man whose body has been...

World

Asia

India extends visa validity of stranded foreigners till Aug 31

India Friday extended visa validity of foreigners, who have remained stuck in the country since March last year to August...

Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage

A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail...

Growing tensions threaten order, balance of Indo-Pacific region, says EU

High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell has said...

Americas

In Brazil's Amazonian, rivers swell to 100-year highs

Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping,...

More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada

The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3...

Bill and Melinda Gates explore changes in structure of foundation

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are discussing changes to...

Europe

Opponents resist Covid vaccine patent waiver despite US backing

A deal on an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was no closer to...

Pope revises Church law, expands rules on sexual abuse

Pope Francis on Tuesday issued the most sweeping revision to...

UK PM Johnson marries fiancee in wedding secret ceremony, reports say

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds...

Africa

Gunmen kidnap students from Islamic school in Niger state

Nigerian officials say gunmen have kidnapped many students from an Islamic school in Nigeria - the latest in a series...

Egyptian court postpones hearing in Suez container ship compensation case

An Egyptian court on Saturday postponed a hearing in a...

Military arrest Mali's president, prime minister

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and...

Editorial

Using remittance money productively

Maintaining an upward trend in the remittance inflow from migrant workers over the past 11 months from July to May of the current fiscal year (2020-21), the total remittance receipt stood at around US$23 billion. This is 39 per cent more than what it was during the same period of the previous fiscal (2019-20). Interestingly, the development has been consistently...

Saving St Martin's Island

The recent appeal by the Department of Environment (DoE) as published in various daily newspapers for the rescue of the St Martin's Island could not be more welcome. In fact, it should have come years and years earlier. Better late than never as the appeal sounds; and time has come for the strictest of measures to implement necessary actions for...

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Blue bond — an inventive financing solution for blue economy

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were set by the United Nations in 2015. SDGs are considered the universal calls...