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Fire breaks out at Rajdhani Supermarket

A fire has broken out at the Rajdhani Supermarket in Dhaka’s Tikatuli. The fire erupted at about 5:00pm on Wednesday,...

'90pc RMG workers to get wages through digital system by 2021'

At least 90 per cent workers of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector will receive their wages through the digital payment...

Reconciliation critical for resolving Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh tells Myanmar

Bangladesh has said it believes reconciliation can be a critical enabler for resolving the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the brunt of...

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Strike brings transport to a halt

A strike by transport workers to demand amendments to the new road transport law has...

Bangladesh has to play leading role in int’l negotiations: Debapriya

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the distinguished fellow of Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), on Wednesday said...

Govt will work to promote tennis: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will undertake projects to develop tennis...

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Bangladesh

Rise in issuance of T-bonds, bills pushes up yield curves

The increase in issuance of T-bonds and T-bills propelled their yield curves upward in last fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB)...

NBR gets Tk 3.57b tax on sixth day of fair

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected...

FRB NY to give BB technical support

The Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New...

Global

China's civil aviation industry posts robust growth

China's civil aviation sector reported steady expansion as well as continuous high safety standards in the first 10 months of this year, official data showed....

US import, export prices decrease in Oct

US import and export prices decreased in...

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

Global debt is on course to end...

Stock

Standard Bank to issue perpetual bond worth...

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

BSEC halts Shepherd Industries' move

The securities regulator has halted the execution of the Shepherd...

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...

Earnings of many textile cos down

Weak earning disclosures affect stock prices

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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Emirates Bangladesh clinches Chairman’s Award for Sales Excellence

The Emirates team in Bangladesh trumped strong competition from the airline’s global network to win the prestigious Chairman’s Award for Sales Excellence. After tough preliminary rounds that were shortlisted to four finalists, Banglade...

India likely to extend onion export ban...

Most outbound workers go to KSA in...

Fuel oil import to drop 24pc in H1, 2020

Lotto Business Summit 2019 held

Tata Steel to cut 3,000 jobs in 'severe' market

Japan lower house passes US trade deal

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

HC stays case against Nawshaba

The High Court has put a freeze on the legal proceedings against actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in an ICT case...

BGB arrests 54 Bangladeshis at Benapole border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 54 Bangladeshis, including women and children, and a trafficker while they were illegally returning...

Rohingya crisis: Turkey will stay beside Bangladesh

Speaker of Turkish Grand National Assembly Mustafa Sentop said Turkey would remain beside Bangladesh in resolving this problem. He said...

Politics

Oikyafront seeks permission to meet Khaleda

Jatiya Oikyafront has sent a letter to prison...

Hasan Mahmud describes BNP's letter as hollow

Information minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has described a...

Country

Bulbul takes its toll on Bagerhat tomato farmers

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ dealt a heavy blow to the...

Female patient ‘kills self’ at Rajshahi hospital

A female patient undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical...

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

Sri Lankan prime minister to resign

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to resign on Wednesday as his party’s candidate lost in a presidential...

‘Catastrophic’ fire alerts in South Australia, Victoria

Heat and winds are threatening to widen Australia's bushfire crisis,...

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment

The former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving...

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

More focus needed on Cox's Bazar airport

A recent report relating to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism reveals a scam in the land acquisition for Cox's Bazar airport expansion. It cannot but worry people interested in development of tourism in the country. The report, the result of an enquiry, initiated by the ministry concerned found negligence on the part of the project director and at...

Automobile policy

That the country's first automobile policy is in its final stage and is likely to see the light of the day by next month augurs well for a very important sector. In fact, automobile manufacture deserved attention of the policymakers much earlier. One of the reasons is that the country has been importing a large number of vehicles of all...

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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...