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Volume of NPL in SoBs shrinks in Q2

The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the state-owned banks (SoBs) declined in the second quarter of the calendar year...

Professor Barkat protests Priya Saha’s claim

Professor Abul Barkat, president of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), has protested Priya Saha’s misinterpreting data from his study. Earlier, Priya...

'Govt not to spare anyone involved in bank irregularities'

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has reiterated that those who are involved in the banking sector irregularities would not be...

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Volume of NPL in SoBs shrinks in Q2

Tree fair witnesses rise in sapling sales this year

The month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Fair-2019 has got an overwhelming response from plant...

HC seeks explanation on failure to control mosquitoes in city

The High Court (HC) on Monday summoned the chief health officers of the capitals’ two...

Habiganj civil surgeon dies of ‘dengue' fever

Civil Surgeon of Habiganj died at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital (SBMCH) in Dhaka...

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Bangladesh

NBR earns Tk 24.13b through ADR in two fiscal years

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) earned Tk 24.13 billion in the last two fiscal years by disposing of some 345 revenue-related cases through the...

Speakers stress coordination between academicians and policy makers to achieve SDGs

South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM)...

Ministry sends biotechnology policy draft to cabinet soon

The Ministry of Industries (MoI) has prepared...

Global

Malaysia’s CPI likely to rise at record pace in June

Malaysia’s consumer prices likely rose at their fastest pace in more than a year in June, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, as the effects...

Lebanon passes ‘reforming’ 2019 budget

Lebanon’s parliament passed a “reforming” 2019 state...

UK budget deficit swells in Q1 of 2019/20 tax year

Britain’s budget deficit swelled in the first...

Stock

DSEX sinks below 5,000-mark in early trading

The key index of the premier bourse slumped below 5,000-mark...

Posts of MDs at DSE, CSE remain...

The posts of managing directors (MDs) at both the stock...

HDFC Bank drags down Indian shares

Indian shares fell to their lowest since mid-May on Monday,...

Asian shares fall, tracking Wall Street losses

Asian shares were mostly lower Monday, tracking losses on Wall...

Fortune signs export deal with Steve Madden

Ten cos account for 25pc transactions on DSE

US stocks fall as Fed signals small rate cut

World stocks up on Fed rate cut hopes

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Salt mill owners place four-point demands to govt

Bangladesh Salt Mill Owners Association (BSMOA) on Monday urged the government to take immediate measures to protect the local salt industry. The association pointed the local industry is passing a critical time due to some initiatives taken by the...

Dutch envoy appreciates green initiatives of N'ganj...

High officials of Isuzu and Itochu arrive...

Dairy cos meet today to devise salvage plan

Seven win Colors Platinum Business Women Awards 2019

Retaining GSP: EPB starts registering local exporters with EU database

BD becomes top destination for scrapped ships, NSP data shows

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

BRAC allocates additional Tk 5.0m as flood relief

BRAC has allocated Tk 5.0 million as flood relief across the country on top of their ongoing programme of distributing...

Floods-damaged roads to be repaired before Eid, in time: Quader

Roads damaged by floods across the country will be repaired before the rush of Eid-ul-Azha sets in, Road Transport and...

Two die in Chapainawabganj road crashes

Two people, including a retired army person, were killed and another one was injured in two separate road accidents in...

Politics

Awami League imported dengue virus in 1997: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...

Sheikh Hasina was arrested to halt democracy, Hasan tells discussion

Information Minister and Awami League Publicity and Publication...

Country

Pleasure trips by boats in Padma becomes risky

RAJSHAHI, July 16: Pleasure trips by boats in...

Worker dies in Chattogram hotel fire

A worker died after a fire broke out...

Crime

‘Deranged son’ kills father in Munshiganj

A father was stabbed to death allegedly by...

Rab arrests 14 members of ‘teen-gang’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested 14 members...

World

Asia

Arrested 17 CIA spies, sentenced some to death: Iran

Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who it says were working for the CIA, and sentenced some of them...

NZ plans firearm register, tighter licencing amid gun law reforms

New Zealand on Monday said it aims to establish a...

Death toll from flood reaches 152 in Nepal, India, Bangladesh

The death toll in monsoon flooding in South Asia has...

Americas

'Apologise to America,' Trump tells Democratic congresswomen

US President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen who have criticised his policies, calling...

Mexico fulfils migration pact with US

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that Mexico...

US will talk to Britain, says Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would talk...

Europe

1,000 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal

Some 1,000 firefighters are working to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured eight firefighters and 12 civilians,...

Britain mulls sanctions on Iran in tanker row

British ministers are making plans aimed at targeting Iran with...

Britain calls ship seizure a 'hostile act'

Britain has denounced Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker...

Africa

Kenya’s finance minister arrested on corruption charges

Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption....

Airstrike hits field hospital in Libya; four hurt

At least four people were injured after an airstrike hit...

South Africa's Zuma to face graft inquiry

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at...

Editorial

Investing in human capital

This paper front-paged findings of a Planning Commission paper, titled `Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2021-2041), Saturday that forecasts Bangladesh's edge in production based on cheap labour is not `guaranteed for all time'. Economists in the Commission, as well as outside of it, have all along said that such advantages diminish over time. Arguing, or getting in line with other long-held...

Battling adulteration

Adulteration of food items with unhygienic substances in this country has finally degraded into the mixing of edibles with things harmful to humans. They include toxic and purely hazardous objects. Take the cases of powdered dried chili and turmeric. They have long been singled out for their being mixed with crude colourant like brick dust and synthetic dyes. Most often...

Views

Pursuing an endless frontier of growth

Through successful trading of labour based productive activities in the global value chain, Bangladesh has succeeded in increasing its per capita income close to $2000....