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Economists caution against complacency about robust remittance inflow

The record inflow of remittance in the last two months should not give any sense of complacence for Bangladesh as...

Malaysia to lift limit on hiring of foreign workers

Malaysia has decided to lift an earlier limit on the hiring of foreign workers meant to protect jobs for locals...

Bangladesh assumes presidency of Conference on Disarmament

Bangladesh has assumed presidency of the Conference of Disarmament in the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva and reiterated its commitment...

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Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinians dismayed

Israel talked of “history” and Palestinians of “betrayal” after Thursday’s surprise announcement of a deal...

Artist Murtaza Bashir falls sick, hospitalised

Noted artist Murtaza Bashir, an awardee of the Ekushey Padak, has been admitted to the...

India appoints new envoy to Bangladesh

India has appointed Vikram Kumar Doraiswami as the country’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh, one...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

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Bangladesh

Fisheries sector entrepreneurs get Tk 260m loans so far

The government has disbursed around Tk 260 million as loans to the entrepreneurs of fisheries sector to help offset the financial losses due to the...

July revenue collection falls 22pc

The overall revenue collection fell by 22.07...

Govt fortifying BIDA to be investment-friendly

The government is strengthening the Bangladesh Investment...

Global

Indonesia must use pandemic to reboot S Asia’s biggest economy: President

Indonesia must use the pandemic to reboot Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, including by improving food and energy security, as well as processing more natural resources...

Chinese banks expected to dispose $490 billion of bad loans in 2020

China’s banking industry is expected to dispose...

German cos see business returning to normal in 11 months

German companies expect business to return to...

Stock

BSEC restructures Z-category companies’ boards

The securities regulator has taken a number of decisions including...

City Bank approves 15pc cash div

The 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of City Bank was...

Asian stocks rise on vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrolls

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment...

Chinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount

Chinese companies are putting off plans for US listings as...

Berger’s EPS tumbles 79pc in Apr-Jun quarter

Stocks keep gaining riding on regulatory moves

Stocks jump at opening amid growing confidence

GSP Finance declares 10.5pc dividend

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BPC seeks relief from oil firms

State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought use of force majeure provision with the global oil suppliers to avoid the 'demurrage' due to cancellation or deferment of cargoes over the past several months on coronavirus pandemic. Force...

Amazon launches online pharmacy in India

Pilot to prod firms to automate accounts

ICC Bangladesh remembers Latifur Rahman

Padma Bridge O&M work: Korean co may get contract through unsolicited proposal

Virus impact on RMG: Non-member units' half of June capacity goes unused

Covid-19 and rain slow down Khulna-Mongla railway project

Currency	Sell	Purchase

Commodity	Price	Change
GOLD	2,034.80 (US$/oz)	+1.38%
SILVER	28.32 (US$/oz)	+2.32%
COPPER	6,437.00 (US$/oz)	+1.05%
CRUDE OIL	42.19 (US$/bbl.)	-2.36%
COTTON # 2	0.62 (USc/lb)	+2.47%
WHEAT (CBOT)	210.09 (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

Three die in Jashore juvenile correction centre clash

Three teenagers were killed in a clash at a juvenile correction centre in Jashore on Thursday evening. The deceased as...

CCC administrator directs to renovate damaged roads in Ctg

The newly appointed Administrator of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Khorshed Alam Sujan has directed to renovate the Airport Road within...

NOAB urges calm over Ctg incident

Closure of Chattogram daily newspapers as a sequel to gherao of senior editor MA Malek's house by a section of...

Politics

BD shining example of communal harmony: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday...

Political identity can’t be shield of any wrongdoer: Obaidul Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has...

Country

Sylhet farmers start T-Aman farming

Farmers in the greater Sylhet region are busy...

Bumper yield brings smile to Netrakona Aus farmers

Netrakona: Glimpses of delight are glimmering in the...

Crime

59 members of ‘dope gangs’ held in city

Detectives in separate drives arrested 59 members of...

BD witnesses rise in crimes after lockdown

The number of crimes across Bangladesh has been...

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Asia

Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who the militants want...

S’pore launches digital plan for training, adult edu industry

The SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority...

Released tycoon Lai says Hong Kong needs patient, not radical, democracy campaign

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Thursday he...

Americas

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie,” despite...

Why Kamala Harris may prove a target for Trump

Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running...

Democrat Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Senator Kamala...

Europe

Coronavirus cases surge as France goes ‘wrong way’

Coronavirus cases in France have nearly doubled in the past 24 hours as Prime Minister Jean Castex warned that the...

Russia names COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V'

Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V'...

UK says getting children back to school is a national priority

It is a national priority for children to return to...

Africa

Gunmen kill six French aid workers in Niger

Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger...

South Africa's coronavirus cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a...

South Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass half a million

South Africa’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 have crossed half a...

Editorial

Railways in shambles

How does one explain the dismal performance of the Bangladesh Railways in the ADP (Annual Development Plan) implementation of its high priority projects in the last fiscal? News on the issue has come up prominently in the newspapers recently. Clearly, when the urgency of revamping the Bangladesh Railway -- a long-felt need left to utter neglect for decades -- is...

Snapping overhead cables

No one in his right sense will dispute the fact that overhead wires and cables, those too jumbled together at some points, of various service providers - both public and private - are an eyesore. Hanging loosely from electric or other poles some of those can even cause fatal accidents. An alternative to this arrangement is laying an underground network...

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Switching between job and entrepreneurship

The Covid-19 pandemic has heavily impacted household and individual level earnings in Bangladesh as about 13.0 per cent of the people have reportedly become unemployed...