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Bangladesh reports 446 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 446 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally of infections to 541,038. The...

Electronic devices for sales transactions not installed in 12 years

The majority of small and medium scale shopping outlets are yet to install the automated sales transaction system despite repeated...

Offshore bidding round on hold

The government prefers delaying further to launch a fresh bid round to offer offshore blocks fearing lukewarm response from the...

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Freedom fighters’ allowance to be raised to Tk 20,000

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced that the minimum monthly allowance of valiant freedom...

Bangladesh to get 2.0 to 3.0 million vaccine doses on February 22

Bangladesh will receive some 2.0 to 3.0 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Serum Institute...

BMD predicts rising temperatures over next three days

The country’s temperature in the next three days until Wednesday morning may rise gradually, according...

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s growth journey threatened by inequality, low tax: Economists

Bangladesh has made progress historically denying odds and eventually allowing a class to exploit public resources but a redistributive mechanism to address disparity is largely...

Merger & acquisition or closure considered only way-out for troubled banks

The government is unwilling to go for...

Domestic funding for development budget unlikely to be cut

The government has decided to keep the...

Global

Japan’s economy expands more than expected as exports, capex shake off pandemic hit

Japan’s economy expanded more than expected in the fourth quarter, extending the recovery from its worst postwar recession thanks to a rebound in overseas demand...

US 'back at the table' to help global economic recovery

US President Joe Biden’s administration told allies...

Record $58.1b pours into global equity funds: BofA

A record $58.1 billion poured into global...

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দেশে এর আগের বিভিন্ন মহাসড়ক চার লেইন করতে যে ব্যয় হয়েছিল, তার চেয়ে অনেক বেশি ব্যয় হতে যাচ্ছে ঢাকা-সিলেট মহাসড়ক চার লেইনে উন্নীত করতে। প্রায়...

ক্ষুদ্র ও মাঝারি উদ্যোক্তাদের জন্য এসএমই ব্যাংক চালু করতে চায় বিসিক

খাদ্যশস্য আমদানিতে গতবছর ব্যয় ২০০ কোটি ডলারের ওপরে

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৭ দিনে কোভিড টিকা নিল ৯ লাখ

নতুন মহাপরিচালক নিয়োগ চূড়ান্ত করতে ডব্লিউটি-র বৈঠক সোমবার

শুল্ক বিভাগের বিলম্বে ক্ষতি হচ্ছে আমদানি-রপ্তানি বাণিজ্যের

Stock

Stocks bounce back as large-cap stocks surge

Stocks rebounded strongly on Monday, snapping a two-day losing streak,...

Stocks inch up at opening after two-day fall

Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early trading on Monday,...

Bitcoin surges after Tesla move

Major US stock indexes registered all-time closing highs on Monday...

GameStop shares rise after Robinhood lifts trading curbs

Shares of GameStop and other companies caught in the recent...

Green Delta Insurance declares 32pc dividend for 2020

Stocks extend losses amid lacklustre trade

Stocks open week on choppy trading

Lufthansa raises 1.6b euros to repay German govt aid

GameStop shares halve

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Chinese firm to build plasma fractionation plant in Bangladesh

A Chinese biotechnology firm will start constructing its plant for plasma fractionation in Bangladesh soon. This will be the first biotechnology plant in the country. The biotech plasma fractionation plant will be built at the Block II of Bangaban...

BB to launch automated platform for inter-bank...

Mitsubishi keen on third terminal operation at...

Global air passenger traffic falls record 66pc last year

L'Oreal sees post-pandemic cosmetics rebound

Google's $76m deal with French publishers angers many outlets

Weighing scale spells trouble for Chattogram businesses

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

Chattogram BRTA office building catches fire

A fire broke out at the office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) at Natunpara area in Chattogram city on...

1,500 more Rohingya refugees start journey for Bhasan Char

The government is relocating around 1,500 more Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali. Dozens of buses carrying...

Bangladesh Coast Guard to be made stronger, says minister

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) will be equipped with sophisticated patrol vessels, hovercrafts and other modern vessels to make the force...

Politics

BNP hatching conspiracy after failure in movement elections, Quader says

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said...

BNP announces protest programme against move to revoke Zia's title

A day after a clash with police in...

Country

Pandemic hits Jashore flower growers' sales

Flower growers of Gadkhali in Jashore did not...

Boro farming on saline soils in Dacope for the first time

Boro paddy has been cultivated for the first...

Crime

Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

A Chattogram court on Tuesday granted two-day remand...

Cumilla court sentences four people to death for robbery-linked murder in 2016

A Cumilla court has sentenced four people to...

World

Asia

Suu Kyi on remand until Wednesday

Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been remanded in custody until Wednesday, not Monday as previously thought, her...

China cracks down on fake, illegal, pricey vaccines

China is cracking down on vaccine-related crimes, making dozens of...

Indian police arrest activist linked to Greta Thunberg's movement

Indian police have arrested a woman accused of editing and...

Americas

Peru's foreign minister resigns over vaccine scandal

Peruvian Foreign Minister Elizabeth Astete said on Sunday night that she resigned after acknowledging she received a dose of the...

Washington grapples with divisions with Trump impeachment trial over

Former President Donald Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting a...

Valentine's day to see more snow, ice, rain across much of US

Snow, ice and teeth-chattering temperatures will sock much of the...

Europe

Russians show Valentine's Day support for detained Navalny with candle-lit vigils

Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny held candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they...

French hospitals to move into crisis mode from Thursday

France’s Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals...

Russia's Lavrov holds climate talks with US envoy Kerry

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed climate change with US...

Africa

Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak

Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday when tests came back positive for the virus after three people died...

Africa's miners, winemakers toast China's row with Australia

For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have...

South Africa suspends use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health...

Editorial

Covid-19 vaccination campaign

As the countrywide mass vaccination campaign enters its 9th day today, the national mood in general is upbeat. Refuting the various misgivings and speculative prejudices, people in eight divisions of the country are getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. As predicted, cities and towns dominate the scene --- Dhaka division being at the top followed by Chattogram. After a wary...

The sad tale of embezzling allowances of the PWDs

Nothing can be more painful than the act of misappropriating a sizeable part of the state allowances meant for the persons with disabilities (PWDs). Unfortunately, as alleged by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), such an atrocious act has been taking place with no remedial measures from the relevant government agencies. Nearly 2.2 million PWDs are now on the list of...