The Financial Express

EU tariffs on US goods come into force

The European Union (EU) has introduced retaliatory tariffs on US goods as a top official launched a fresh attack on...

NBR tells banks to slash interest on loans

Banks will not get corporate tax benefits in the proposed budget if they do not lower interest rates on loans...

BB to issue prudential guidelines to execute proposed rates cut

The central bank has planned to issue prudential guidelines for implementing the proposed cut in the banks' lending and deposit...

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Nigeria beats Iceland, gives Argentina lifeline

Nigeria defeated Iceland 2-0 in their Group D match on Friday to register their first...

AL finalises mayoral candidates for three cities

Awami League has nominated AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Badar Uddin Kamran and Serniabat Sadeq Abdullah to...

Air over India, neighbouring countries looks different from space

There is something very distinct about the air over India and the surrounding countries in...

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Bangladesh

Central bank asks NBFIs to rationalise deposit rates

The central bank has asked the non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to fix the interest rates on deposits at reasonable level for ensuring stability in the...

ECNEC okays e-passport project, 14 others

The Executive Committee of the National Economic...

BD for greater connectivity with India

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem...

Global

Japan's core consumer prices rise 0.7pc in May

The core consumer prices in Japan gained 0.7 per cent in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. According to the data...

Greece gets debt relief from euro zone

Euro zone finance ministers on Friday extended...

Malaysia names new central bank governor

Malaysia has named Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus,...

Stock

BSEC forms body to probe 'unusual' price...

The securities regulator has formed an one-member enquiry committee to...

Delta Life approves 25pc cash div

The 32nd annual general meeting (AGM) of Delta Life Insurance...

European shares rise; set for worst week...

European shares rose slightly on Friday morning but the markets...

Asian stocks fall on trade tensions

Asian shares slipped on Friday following Wall Street losses overnight...

Zaheen Spinning's rights subscription to begin July 29

DSE turnover hits seven-month high

Bata approves 335pc cash dividend

Nikkei edges up, tech shares rally

Asian shares lower after Fed rate hike

US threatens veto against slow WTO rulings

The United States told the World Trade Organisation on Friday that appeals rulings can be vetoed if they take longer than the allowed 90 days. US Ambassador to WTO Dennis Shea gave the message of his country to the trade body, throwing down a new ch...

E-commerce business growing fast

Fish, vegetables see another round of price...

Govt extends deadline for remediation of RMG units

FBCCI seeks withdrawal of VAT from IT-based service sector

Biman cargo complex: Audit finds irregularities

62 companies to get National Export Trophy

Currency	Sell	Purchase
USD	81.70	80.70
GBP	104.0142	103.9739
EUR	96.2348	96.2186
Chinese Yuan	12.1496	12.1459
JPY	0.7379	0.7377
Singapore Dollar	59.5572	59.5133
AUD	64.0516	63.9709

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

Make fruits available year round: Matia

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has urged scientists to invent ways to ensure the availability of fruits all over the year....

PR in Canada from Bangladesh declines

Total number of Bangladeshis who have been granted Permanent Resident (PR) status in Canada has been declining for the last...

Four die, 23 injured in separate road crashes

At least four people were killed and 23 others injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Naogaon districts...

Politics

Obaidul Quader sees no necessity of dialogue with BNP

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader sees no...

'AL will certainly feel necessity of dialogue'

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said Awami League...

Country

Chattogram road crash leaves four dead

At least four people were killed and many...

Bus plunges into Sirajganj ditch killing two

Two people were killed and 23 others injured...

Crime

Rab arrests bus driver, helper with Yaba

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a...

Cops arrest BGB man 'selling Yaba pills'

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was...

World

Asia

Visitor finds cannabis plants growing in Japanese parliamentary building

Cannabis plants have been found growing in the grounds of a Japanese parliamentary building in Tokyo. The country has a...

China to build railway for connecting Tibet with Nepal: China Daily

China will build a railway connecting the western region of...

Philippines plans to take drug war to schools

The Philippines is planning to take President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious...

Americas

UN says Venezuelan security forces killed hundreds

Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights...

Trump threatens 20pc tariff on EU cars

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 20 per...

Pulitzer-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer dies

Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped...

Europe

Greece hails 'historic' Eurozone debt relief deal

Eurozone countries have agreed a long-awaited debt relief deal for Greece, which has been hailed as "historic". The deal gives...

Italy moves to seize migrant rescue ships

Italy says it will seize two migrant rescue ships in...

Female reporter faces sexual abuse at World Cup

A female reporter groped live on air at the World...

Africa

Congo opposition leader Bemba expected home in July

Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next...

Algeria blocks internet to prevent cheating in school exams

Algeria has turned off its internet nationwide during high school...

S Sudan rebel leader in Ethiopia for talks with president Kiir

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Ethiopia on...

Editorial

Waterlogging in small cities, towns

Dhaka and Chittagong nowadays are not alone in going through the ordeal of waterlogging. With urban development taking place under no well formulated plan, newer cities and towns are falling in the grip of waterlogging. Low-lying areas and the major roads of these cities and towns go under water, premises of offices and educational institutions remain submerged for days, transports...

Unauthorised and spurious medicines

Date-expired and substandard foreign medicines are reportedly entering the country's local markets through informal channels due to lax monitoring and supervision. Although authorised agencies are allowed by the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to import only registered drugs and medicines, about 20 to 25 per cent of foreign medicines enter the local markets through unauthorised channels. Besides, date-expired drugs,...