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Virus lockdown extended till April 28

The government has issued a notice extending the ongoing nationwide lockdown by one week to April 28. The Cabinet Division...

Covid vaccines should be declared as global public goods, PM says

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh firmly believes that coronavirus vaccines should be declared as global public goods...

ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis

Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat...

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Al Jazeera report on Bhasan Char false, FM says

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday trashed Al Jazeera’s latest report on Bhasan...

Cigarette, mobile, pharma sectors pay higher value added tax

Three sectors - cigarette, pharmaceuticals and mobile phone - made an impressive contribution to the...

India to vaccinate all adults over 18 as infection surges

India has widened its vaccination programme as infections surge and the capital goes into lockdown....

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Bangladesh

Sectors that contribute most shouldn't be targetted: Zahid Hussain

Firefighting and recovery efforts on both health and economic fronts ought to be the central features of the budget for the next fiscal year (FY...

e-fund transfer system resumes at Bangladesh Bank after five days

Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer...

Bangladesh sees 17m 'new poor', loses 3pc jobs during pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered about 3.0...

Global

India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power

Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India's rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit...

China’s economy grows at record pace in first quarter

China’s economic recovery quickened sharply in the...

India to spend $200m in next 5-7 years to promote hydrogen use

India will spend $200 million over the...

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২৮ এপ্রিল মধ্যরাত পর্যন্ত চলবে লকডাউন

করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ নিয়ন্ত্রণে দেশজুড়ে চলমান ‘সর্বাত্মক লকডাউনের’ মেয়াদ ২৮ এপ্রিল পর্যন্ত বাড়ানো হয়েছে। মঙ্গলবার মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ থেকে জারি করা প্রজ্ঞাপনে বলা হয়েছে, “করোনাভাইরাসজনিত রোগ (কোভিড-১৯)...

টিকা নেওয়ার পর কোভিড আক্রান্ত হলেও সংক্রমণের ‘তীব্রতা কম’: সিভাসুর গবেষণা

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‘সর্বাত্মক লকডাউনে’ রাজধানীর সড়কে মানুষ-গাড়ি চলছে দেদার

করোনার দ্বিতীয় ধাক্কায় যশোরের ফুল চাষিদের অন্তত ১০০ কোটি টাকার ক্ষতি

Stock

Stocks open marginally higher amid lockdown

Stocks opened marginally higher on Tuesday as bargain hunters remained...

Stocks rise at opening despite lockdown

Stocks open higher on Monday, maintaining the past four days’...

EU regulators set July 27 deadline for decision on Aon, Willis deal

European Union antitrust regulators have extended until July 27 the...

Insurance broker Aon's EU concessions for $30b Willis bid may not be enough

Insurance broker Aon’s offer to sell assets in five EU...

Nitol Insurance declares 10pc cash dividend

Share prices of two insurers soaring sans PSI

Stocks extend gaining streak despite lockdown

Stocks open mixed trend amid lockdown

Stocks snap four-week losing streak despite lockdown

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Trade

Tea Association seeks loan at 4.0pc interest rate

The apex trade body of tea producers has requested the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to provide loan at 4.0 per cent concessional interest rate for the survival of the pandemic-hit tea industry, officials said. The Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) recently s...

Rights groups demand safe transportation of garment...

Chattogram traders oppose fresh lockdown

Walton offers discount on online purchases

Investor group calls for banks to set tougher climate targets

Microsoft to invest $1.0b in Malaysia to set up data centres

GM and Toyota take different electric roads in China

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

Seven more Hefazat men arrested over Brahmanbaria mayhem

Police have apprehended seven more people in connection with last month's mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, taking the total...

12 more Hefazat supporters held over Brahmanbaria violence

Twelve more people were arrested in the past 24 hours over the vandalism and arson carried out by Hefazat-e-Islam activists...

Auto-rickshaw, light vehicle workers seek food, financial support from govt

Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle workers demanded direct food and financial support from the government to survive in the all-out lockdown...

Politics

Mirza Abbas accuses media of distorting his comments about Ilias

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Sunday...

BNP spreading propaganda over lockdown, Obaidul Quader says

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and...

Country

Extreme heat affecting growth of mango, litchis in Rajshahi

Juvenile mangoes, litchis and even standing paddy in...

Corona threatens livelihoods of Netrakona potters

The livelihood of potters in the district is...

Crime

Man stabbed dead in Jatrabari

A man was stabbed to death by allegedly...

Life of housewife cut short in ‘loan trap’

A housewife was murdered by an interest trader...

World

Asia

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh hospitalised after contracting coronavirus

Former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh has been hospitalised after contracting for COVID-19, according to reports in the Indian...

Japanese journalist picked up by Myanmar troops from his home in Yangon

Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese journalist in Yangon on Sunday...

Delhi locks down as Covid cases surge

India's capital region of Delhi ordered a six-day lockdown on...

Americas

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale dies

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale has died in Minneapolis on Monday aged 93, his family has announced. Mr Mondale...

Canada reports second case of blood clots after immunisation with AstraZeneca vaccine

Canada on Saturday reported a second case of rare blood...

US Sikh group demands probe of possible hate bias

Half of the eight workers shot to death at an...

Europe

'I don't want that' - France struggles to pitch AstraZeneca vaccine

Tasked with persuading shoppers at an outdoor market to consider taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Paris city hall employee Leo...

US warns of consequences if Navalny dies in prison

US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said...

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats over explosion row

Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic...

Africa

Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the...

Egyptians celebrate Ramadan despite Covid-19 worries

Egyptians are celebrating the start of the Islamic holy month...

Ten lost lives in inter-communal violence amid protests in eastern Congo

Ten people have been killed and 34 injured in fighting...

Editorial

Swelling rank of the poor

Loss of jobs and income erosion combined together to push 16.38 million people below the poverty line during the first wave of the pandemic between March and September last year. During the same period 0.4 million migrant workers also lost their jobs. A virtual dialogue jointly organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Bangladesh Institute of Labour...

Lockdown-hit petty traders

Any lengthy suspension of normal economic activities first hits the petty businesses. It has been seen in this country during non-stop hartals and other similar political programmes. Few seem to have bothered to give serious thoughts to their plight. The nondescript traders suffer in silence. These days the state-recognised small businesses and cottage industries receive financial stimulus to keep them...

Views

E-waste management challenges in the country

The Government of Bangladesh has approved the Hazardous Waste (e-waste) Management Rules, 2021 under the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 and it is expected to...