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Robust financial sector can be fourth driver of BD economy: ADB

Bangladesh needs to be serious to get the fourth pillar for its growing economy giving much importance to financial sector...

'No child to remain unschooled'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government does not want any children to remain unschooled as an educated...

BTRC to stop issuing fresh NOCs to GP, Robi

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to stop issuing fresh no objection certificates (NOCs) to Grameenphone and Robi over...

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Ex-OC Moazzem indicted for spreading Nusrat’s video

A tribunal here on Wednesday framed charges against former Sonagazi Police Station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain...

University admission tests through cluster system next yr: Minister

Admission tests in most of the universities will be held through cluster system from the...

Minny remanded over husband Refat’s murder

Police have been given five days to grill Ayesha Siddika Minny over her involvement in...

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Bangladesh

BD gets $6.21b foreign aid, $9.78b pledged in FY ‘19

Bangladesh received foreign assistance amounting to US$ 6.21 billion in the last fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, which was nearly $150 million lower than that of...

Import growth 6.0pc in July-May of FY '19

Country's imports grew by nearly 6.0 per...

PPP Office seeks a host of tax benefits for new areas

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority has...

Global

Singapore exports fall as electronics slump

Singapore’s exports fell more than expected in June, marking their biggest decline in six years, as the city-state struggles against tepid global demand and the...

China's GDP grows 6.3 pc in first half 2019

China's GDP expanded 6.3 per cent year...

Singapore's decade-low growth triggers recession warning

Singapore’s economy grew at its slowest annual...

Stock

Stocks keep gaining amid choppy trading

Stocks posted marginal gain for the second straight session on...

Stocks rise amid low turnover at opening

Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on...

SE Asian stocks inch lower on trade...

Southeast Asian stock markets struggled in a tight range on...

Asian stocks mixed after US stocks retreat

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as Wall Street ended a...

Sea Pearl Beach Resort jumps 261pc on DSE trading debut

BSEC approves draft prospectus of new mutual fund

DSE, CSE break seven-day losing streak

Indian shares edge higher in volatile trade

Asian shares mixed; Nikkei falls 0.6pc

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Ericsson Q2 operating profit matches expectations

Mobile telecom equipment maker Ericsson reported on Wednesday a rise in line with expectations in second-quarter (Q2) operating earnings helped by strong sales growth in North America. The Swedish firm posted an operating profit of 3.7 billion crown...

Emirates offers exclusive hotel rates across UAE

Over 1,700 covered vans registered in Jan-June

BD moves to comply with EU REX certification system

Chinese state co shows interest in building longest ever bridge

BPC closer to securing $1.2b costlier ITFC loan

Dhaka to export 0.1 million tonnes of rice to Manila

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

One killed, another feared trapped in Old Dhaka building collapse

A man was killed and another believed to have trapped as an abandoned two-storey building collapsed at Patuatuli in Old...

HSC results acceptable, good: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday appreciated the results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations but...

Two ‘drug peddlers’ die in ‘gunfight’ in Cox’s Bazar

Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Jajimura Shikolpara...

Politics

CU BCL gets new committee

The new committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Chittagong...

President can arrange dialogue to end rape, killing: BNP leader

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday...

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

Drug peddler held with yaba in C’nawabganj

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an...

‘Murder accused’ dies in Natore ‘gunfight’

An accused in a college student murder case...

World

Asia

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 14

The death toll from a building collapse in Mumbai rose to 14, while eight people have been rescued and hospitalised,...

Australian death rate hits all-time low

The rate of death in Australia is the lowest it...

Four dead, dozens trapped in Mumbai building collapse

A four-storey building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai...

Americas

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar commander in chief, other military leaders

The United States has announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders it said...

Mexico curbs migrant flow: Official

Mexico has succeeded in "substantially" curbing the flow of undocumented...

US House condemns Trump over 'racist comments'

The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday (local time)...

Europe

Hackers steal millions of Bulgarians' financial data; one arrested

Bulgarian police have detained a suspect in a hacking attack on the Balkan country’s National Revenue Agency that led to...

Italy seizes missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis

Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including...

Turkey defies US as Russian S-400 missile defence arrives

Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400...

Africa

Airstrike hits field hospital in Libya; four hurt

At least four people were injured after an airstrike hit a field hospital in south of the capital Tripoli, said...

South Africa's Zuma to face graft inquiry

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

Death toll in Tunisia boat accident hits 82

The number of bodies recovered by Tunisia after a ship...

Editorial

TV dedicated to education only

That the government is considering introduction of a television channel dubbed Sikkha TV, especially dedicated to education is most welcome. Education Minister Dipu Moni disclosed the government intent at the Deputy Commissioners' Conference on the Education Ministry when the participants suggested special classes for students of schools in rural hinterlands to be conducted by guest teachers from reputed educational institutions....

Fighting dengue effectively

Dengue's seasonal visitation in the capital has now become axiomatic ever since its first appearance here in 1999. Although the first cases of dengue fever were detected in Chattogram in 1996-97, the port city has not come under as epidemic an attack as that of Dhaka. This is for the first time that two other urban centres have also reported...

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Identifying financial cycles of Bangladesh

The heath of the country's financial sector is a subject of much discussion for some time. Policymakers are comfortable with the current status of the...