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Onion market heats up again

Prices of onion soared again on Friday, fuelled by higher demands and a supply crunch as the imported bulb are...

Bangladesh can export bicycles to West Bengal, Mamata says

Chief Minister of India's West Bengal State Mamata Banarjee has said there is a huge demand of bicycles in her...

UN adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on natural fibres

The plenary of the second committee of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted Bangladesh’s...

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Despicable batting display by BD puts India on top

India took charge of the second Test of the series straightway at the packed Eden...

Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in city

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrived in Dhaka on Friday night on a brief...

Super hostels in city bring comforts for singles

A student of Government Titumir College and part-time jobholder, Limon used to stay at a...

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Bangladesh

BB waives PKB from keeping 13pc SLR

The central bank has waived the Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) from maintaining the stipulated statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) in line with the existing Banking Companies...

BD among top four countries in digital economy growth

Bangladesh is one of the top four...

Remittance incentives: Conversion of local currency allowed

Remitters who will wire $1,500 or equivalent...

Global

Fed official sees biggest risk to US economy from tariffs

The biggest risk to the overall US economy remains tariffs and trade as businesses have cut back on investment, a US Federal Reserve official has...

ADB introduces new loan pricing for higher income countries

The ADB has introduced a new loan...

China 'not stepping up' in trade talks, Trump says

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday...

Stock

Chiefs of merchant banks allowed to conduct...

The securities regulator has allowed the chiefs of merchant banks...

Standard Bank to issue perpetual bond worth...

Standard Bank will raise a capital worth Tk 5.0 billion...

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...

BSEC halts Shepherd Industries' move

Earnings of many textile cos down

Govt earnings from DSE fall 28pc in Oct

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

Asian shares mixed on possible trade snag

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Over 7,000 trucks registered in ten months

The number of truck registration in the country stood at 7,365 in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of the total, 5,558 trucks were registered in Dhaka alone, according to Bangladesh Road Transport Author...

Russia bans smartphones without local software

South Korea halts WTO complaint against Japan

Transport strike hits veg trading

GM sues Fiat Chrysler, alleging union bribes cost it billions

BMW orders over 10 billion euros’ worth of battery cells

EBL holds workshop on Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

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

Transport crisis ends as vehicles moving normally: Obaidul Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the problems created in the transport sector due to strike were...

Bogura man detained for shaving wife’s head

Police have detained a man for forcibly shaving his wife’s head in Bogura’s Nandigram Upazila following an altercation over a...

PM greets Trudeau on his reinstallation as Canadian premier

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Justin Pierre James Trudeau on his assumption of office as Canadian Prime Minister for...

Politics

Working to 'restore democracy: Fakhrul

Stating that the current government is worse than...

BNP slams govt over price hike of essentials

Criticising the government for the soaring prices of...

Country

Lynch mob in Laxmipur kills robber

A suspected robber was killed and five others...

'Early warning and forecast system will help save livelihoods'

CARE’s SHOUHARDO III, a food security programme with...

Crime

RAB nabs UP member with Yaba pills

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

RU BCL activists beat student

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

World

Asia

Sydney takes eight spot in global pollution index

The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever recorded on Friday...

New Zealand jury convicts man of murdering British backpacker

A jury in New Zealand on Friday convicted a 27-year-old...

Malaysia arrests 680 suspected members of Chinese fraud gang

Malaysian authorities have arrested 680 Chinese nationals suspected of operating...

Americas

Afghanistan chopper crash kills two US service members

Two United States service members were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US military said in...

Peace becomes more elusive as US backs Israeli WB settlements

The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel's right to...

Thousands of Canadian railway workers go on strike

About 3,000 workers of Canadian National Railway, the country’s largest...

Europe

UK outraged at ‘torture’ of ex-Hong Kong consulate employee

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday condemned China’s treatment of a former employee of Britain’s Hong Kong consulate who...

Boris Johnson to tell business chiefs he will end uncertainty

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell business leaders on...

Nine-year-old child to finish university degree

Nine-year-old Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven...

Africa

An appeal for Sudan's future

On December 19, 2018, peaceful protests erupted spontaneously in cities across Sudan. Just four months later, the brave demonstrators succeeded...

24 soldiers die in militant attack in Mali

Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants...

South African Airways, unions meet for talks amid damaging strike

South African Airways (SAA) and unions on Saturday met for...

Editorial

Arresting salt price machination

Last Tuesday was marked by people lining in front of retail shops and squabbling for a grain of salt with the essential item selling at double its normal price without any rhyme or reason. In the city's inner parts, in allays and streets, people, fresh from their bad luck with onions, swooped on wherever they could to buy the precious...

Reining in criminalities of drug vendors

Selling date-expired drugs that too by renowned drug stores in the capital did cause a stir some days ago. While spurious drugs are already a cause of worry in the country's healthcare sector, the latest shocker is too upsetting to spare any confidence for the consumers while buying medicines-often for critically ailing patients at high and even unaffordable prices. Fining...

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Leveraging knowledge and leadership for sustainable development

Once, hundreds of miles of power distribution line got installed in the country without adding a single megawatt of additional electricity. Now, there is more...