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Eight organisations recognised at ‘1ST HSBC Business Excellence Awards’

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh has awarded eight organisations in different categories for their leadership...

City polls rescheduled to Feb 1, SSC exams from Feb 3

Elections to both the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will now be held on...

BD economy may grow by 7.80pc in FY20: UN

Growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bangladesh may decline to 7.80 per cent in the current fiscal...

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BB underscores branding of local teas

The central bank of Bangladesh has underscored branding of local varieties of tea to access...

Myanmar, China ink dozens of infrastructure project deals

China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in...

BASIS members can make digital payments with co-branded credit cards

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has authorised digital marketing payments with co-branded credit cards for the BASIS...

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Bangladesh

Japanese 41st ODA fund use unsatisfactory

The fund disbursement for 31 projects under the 41st Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in nine months was only 42 per cent of the target...

Indian LoCs: Project deadlines see pushback

Dozens of projects for which the Indian...

'Non-execution of Delta Plan to shrink GDP'

The execution of a longer-term development blueprint...

Global

China-US trade deal to reduce global uncertainty: IMF chief

The newly signed China-US phase-one trade deal will reduce the uncertainty that has impeded global economic growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva...

Italian exports fall 4.2pc in November

Italian exports fell by 4.2 per cent...

Amazon promises to create 1.0m new jobs in India

Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it planned...

Stock

Weekly review: Investors welcome PM's directives on...

Some market supportive measures helped Dhaka stocks end the sharp...

Prices of five large-cap companies up

The share prices of five large cap companies closed positively...

Asia shares flatline, wait for US and...

Asian shares paused near 19-month peaks on Monday ahead of...

Saudi Aramco raises IPO to record $29.4...

Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday...

PM meets policymakers to prop up stock market

DSEX adds 21 stocks, drops 18

Portfolio investors not blamed for poor turnover

Foreigners buy $10.16b of S Korean stocks in 2019

Asian shares rebound as Mideast tensions ease

Asian shares at 18-month highs; Nikkei finishes year up 18 per cent

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Veg exports grow by 117pc in H1

Country's vegetables exports showed strong performance in the first half of the current fiscal year 2019-2020. Insiders said improvement in compliance issues and opening markets by the European Union for Bangladeshi fresh crops have helped achieve s...

FSIBL holds biz confce, 2020

City Bank, bKash sign deal

Salman suggests amending Companies Act 1994

DITF abuzz with weekend visitors

‘Made in Bangladesh’ expo begins in Qatar on Jan 28

Edible oil, veg, cardamom, rice become costlier

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

City polls: Minority bodies announce weeklong demo

Thirty-one organisations of minority communities on Saturday declared that they will go on a weeklong countrywide protest from Monday demanding...

Physically-challenged's participation in edn, employment still challenging

Participation of physically-challenged people in education and employment is still challenging in Bangladesh as they are facing ordeals and noncooperation...

PM mourns death of Bogura-1 MP Mannan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League leader and Member of...

Politics

City polls campaign goes at full throttle

Campaign in both Dhaka north and south city...

Khokon made member of AL central committee

The Awami League (AL) has inducted outgoing Dhaka...

Country

22 shops gutted in Bhola fire

Twenty-two shops were destroyed in a fire that...

Dismembered body found in Cumilla

Police recovered a dismembered body from the Dhaka-Chattogram...

Crime

Two Rohingya ‘drug dealers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two Rohingya men, suspected of being drug dealers,...

Three doctors jailed for Tk 100m embezzlement bid

A Faridpur court has sent three doctors to...

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Asia

India restores internet, 2G mobile services in parts of Kashmir

India has restored broadband internet and 2G mobile internet services in some areas of its Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Principal...

Chinese president begins 'historic' Myanmar visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Nay Pyi Taw on Friday...

Khamenei defends Iranian military over plane crash

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country's...

Americas

Iran plane cash: Canada offers compensation to families of Canadian victims

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will compensate families of the victims of the Ukraine Airlines crash. The...

Two die in plane crash in Chile

At least two people died on Friday in a plane...

After base shooting, US restricts foreign trainee access to guns

The Pentagon announced on Friday new restrictions on international military...

Europe

Putin to attend Berlin Conference on Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed over the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday the Berlin Conference on Libya,...

Iran shot down airliner on reports of advancing US stealth fighters: Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran's...

Prince Harry on first royal duty since talks with Queen

The Duke of Sussex is to carry out his first...

Africa

Five soldiers die in explosion in Burkina Faso

At least five soldiers were killed in a roadside explosion on Friday in northern Burkina Faso's province of Soum, a...

Eastern Libya halts more than half the country’s oil output

Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is...

Three African nations reach preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute

Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached...

Editorial

Plugging VAT leaks through electronic device

The failure of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to introduce electronic devices to help plug leaks in the collection of value added tax (VAT) revenues from selected retail outlets even eleven years after making the first move is really disheartening. Taking advantage of the indecision, deliberate or otherwise, on the part of tax authorities, the traders have been evading...

Revamping the SoEs

Isn't it paradoxical that while the government is trying to revamp the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in an attempt to rid them of the perennial losses they are in, their products barely make it to the government's procurement list? Government agencies purchase many products round the year, sometimes in bulk, through tender or from open market, and although many of those...

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Climate change and financial risk

Climate change is already a reality. Ever-more-ferocious cyclones and extended droughts lead to the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of livelihoods and contribute to...