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TCB starts selling Maynmar onion at Tk 45

Amid the overheated onion market, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling onions imported from Myanmar at Tk...

Holey Artisan tragedy: Court to announce verdict on Nov 27

A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case over the 2016 terror attack on the Holey Artisan cafe...

Seven die in Chattogram gas explosion

At least seven people have died in an explosion in a house in Chattogram’s Patharghata area, according to police. The...

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Ex-defence chief Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidency

Sri Lanka's former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won a presidential election that has...

Around 400 killed in Jan-Oct

As many as 396 children were killed in the country between January and October of...

Bangladesh under serious threat for money laundering: Finance minister

Mentioning that Bangladesh is under serious threat for money laundering, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal...

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Bangladesh

BB steps up forex support to banks

The central bank has scaled up its foreign currency support to the commercial banks to help settle their import payment obligations, particularly for oil, officials...

Kamal vows to cut tax rates using all matrixes

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal...

Govt adopts new strategy to curb money laundering

The government has adopted a new strategy...

Global

US import, export prices decrease in Oct

US import and export prices decreased in October, the US Department of Labor has reported. The price index for US imports fell 0.5 per cent...

Global debt to top record $255 trillion by year's end

Global debt is on course to end...

Sri Lanka Prosperity Index improves record high

Sri Lanka's Prosperity Index (PI) saw a...

Stock

Earnings of many textile cos down

The EPS (earnings per share) of majority number of listed...

Weak earning disclosures affect stock prices

Stocks backed to the red again in the outgoing week...

Alibaba starts listing in Hong Kong

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. started listing on...

Saudi Aramco gives some details on IPO...

DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters): Saudi state oil giant Aramco will...

Govt earnings from DSE fall 28pc in Oct

Wata Chemicals posts highest EPS growth among local cos

Renata generates highest turnover

Global stocks near record highs on US-China trade deal hopes

Asian shares mixed on possible trade snag

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China's insurance companies report robust performances

The total assets of insurance companies reached 20 trillion yuan (about US $2.86 trillion) at the end of September, up 1.63 trillion yuan or 8.9 per cent from the beginning of the year, official data showed. Among them, the total assets of property...

Maiden auto policy in final stage

IBCCI elects new directors

BRAC Bank organizes ‘TARA Business Owners’ Fair'

New website speeds up tax return submission

Nissan recalls nearly 40000 vehicles in US over braking system defect

Online based ISHO furniture opens first outlet

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

BCSCL to appoint int’l consultant for second satellite soon

The Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) is going to appoint an international consultant to finalise the type of country’s...

PEC, Ebtedayee exams begin across the country

The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations began on Sunday. The examinations are being held at 7,470 centres across...

Three workers go missing as sand-laden vessel sinks in Meghna

Three workers went missing as a sand-laden vessel sank after being hit by a launch in the Meghna River in...

Politics

Nirmal named president, Babu general secretary of Swechchhasebak League

The Awami League has announced the names of...

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day today

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day, a red-letter day to...

Country

Govinda Mandir - an ornamented terracotta temple at Puthia

Pancharatna Boro Govinda Mandir in Puthia is one...

Two bodies recovered in Magura, Sylhet

Bodies of an unidentified woman and a youth...

Crime

RU BCL activists beat student

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) was beaten...

Police find Missing FMCH student’s body

The body of a missing student of Faridpur...

World

Asia

Xi urges BRICS countries to champion multilateralism

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to undertake their due obligations in championing and practicing...

Bushfire conditions worsen in east, west Australia

Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and gusty winds further raised fire...

China owns 2,750 natural reserves

China owned 2,750 natural reserves across the country at the...

Americas

US, S Korea postpone joint exercise criticised by N Korea

The United States and South Korea on Sunday said they were postponing a joint military air exercise that North Korea...

Trump's Ukraine phone call was 'inappropriate': Pence aide

The phone call between US President Donald Trump and his...

'Wonder City' Havana celebrates 500th anniversary

As Cuba's capital celebrates its 500th anniversary of its founding...

Europe

Nine-year-old child to finish university degree

Nine-year-old Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) -- a tough course even for...

EU citizens warned over missing Brexit residency deadline

Britain is threatening to deport European Union citizens if they...

Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit by second worst high tide

Venice was hit by the second highest tide recorded in...

Africa

South African Airways, unions meet for talks amid damaging strike

South African Airways (SAA) and unions on Saturday met for talks the troubled state-run carrier hopes can bring an end...

Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign

Gambia filed a case Monday at the United Nations’ highest...

UNHCR welcomes release of immigrants from Libyan detention centre

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday...

Editorial

Saving the deviant teenagers

Not long ago street urchins used to be seen roaming the Dhaka streets aimlessly. Some were seen with jute sacks slung over their shoulders. They belonged to the groups of rag pickers. They would keep themselves busy rummaging through garbage piles in search of objects having resale value. These once slum-dwelling, floating, adolescent boys and girls no longer move places....

Improving Bangladesh's competitiveness

A World Bank report titled 'Moving Forward: Connectivity and Logistics to Sustain Bangladesh's Success' released last Wednesday underlined some factors standing in the way of accelerating the pace of Bangladesh's progress. One important piece of statistic given at the report launching was that logistic costs being high in Bangladesh ranging from 4.0-5.0 per cent to 47.9 per cent of aggregate...

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Will artificial intelligence help resolve the food crisis?

When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a global appeal for "zero hunger" on World Food Day last month, he provided some grim statistics rich in...