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Investment-GDP ratio increases slightly in FY20

Country’s total investment in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased modestly in the last fiscal year (FY20) ended on...

UN to provide help to flood-hit Asian countries

Highlighting the severe flooding in Asia, including Bangladesh and India, the United Nations has expressed its willingness to help. In...

UK officially in recession for first time in 11 years

The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April and June as coronavirus lockdown measures pushed the country...

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Covid-19 disrupts education of over 70pc of youth: ILO report

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young...

BIDA adds three new services to its OSS

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) on Wednesday formally launched three new services to its virtual...

Bourses open higher amid rising turnover

Prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

Confirmed Cases

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Bangladesh

Govt fortifying BIDA to be investment-friendly

The government is strengthening the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) to make it is more sophisticated and investment-friendly. As part of reinforcing the investment promotion...

Kamal happy with GDP growth, per capita income attained in FY20

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expressed...

BD economy grew 5.24pc in FY20 amid pandemic

Bangladesh has reported 5.24 per cent GDP...

Global

UK suffers biggest job losses since 2009

The number of people in work in Britain fell by the most since 2009 in the three months through June as the coronavirus crisis took...

Singapore narrows 2020 GDP growth forecast

Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)...

ADB, UNDP sign deal to boost disaster recovery in Asia Pacific

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United...

Stock

Agrani Insurance declares 10pc cash dividend

The board of directors of Agrani Insurance Company Limited has...

General insurers’ share prices soaring sans PSI

Share prices of general insurance companies are soaring without having...

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...

BSEC hell-bent on holding minimum 2.0pc shares by directors of listed cos

Premier Bank AGM approves 5.0pc cash, 5.0pc stock dividend

IPO subscription of Associated Oxygen opens Sept 10

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Registration hiatus: Buying houses in tiff with BGMEA

Two trade associations involved in garment business are wrangling over the authority of buying houses, sources said. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is pressing the government to register 1,500 buying houses wi...

Boring for one tube of Karnaphuli tunnel...

Business directory for women entrepreneurs

So far 3.0m pieces of rawhide stored in warehouses

Metro rail work: Foreign experts start arriving

Online VAT system hits rough patch

Emirates launches special portal for trade partners

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

Gonoshasthaya’s plasma centre to be opened Aug 15

The Plasma and Blood Donation Centre set up by Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in memory of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will...

U-loop projects to be finished by Dec 31: DNCC Mayor

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said the construction of 10 U-loop from Uttara to...

City dwellers suffer as mercury rises

Sufferings of the city dwellers increased further on Tuesday amid rise in mercury with low rain. The maximum temperature 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...

World

Asia

Pakistan rolls back social distancing restrictions as virus counts drop

Pakistanis flocked to gyms, salons and restaurants that opened on Monday for the first time in five months after being...

Facebook has not shared 'evidence' of Myanmar crime: UN investigator

The head of a UN investigative body on Myanmar said...

Nepal extends flight suspension

Nepali has decided to extend suspension of domestic and international...

Americas

'China targeting US election infrastructure with cyberattacks'

Chinese government-linked hackers have been targeting US election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser...

Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus...

Latin America now has world's highest coronavirus death toll

Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region...

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

A new dimension to air-quality health index

While the covid-19 pandemic now occupies the centre stage when it comes to the issue of global health concern, fresh light has been shed on an old health issue, the air quality of a place. The health hazard that air pollution poses to a population has the potential to considerably reduce its life expectancy, a Chicago University-based energy-policy think tank...

Meeting post-flood challenges

Now that the flood waters are receding from the northern and central regions of the country, the ravages wrought by three successive deluges within a month or so are getting exposed. The initial swelling waters destroyed cash crops along with staples only days or weeks before harvest in some areas of the north. Then the second wave of onrushing water...

Views

Hope for a new 'UN moment'

On September 21, 2020, the United Nations will mark its 75th anniversary with a negotiated declaration to be endorsed at a high-level meeting the same...

Fixing the Covid numbers

ASEAN: The journey of 53 years of development

Covid-19 boosts digitisation of higher education in Bangladesh

Time to adopt green at all policy interventions

Purpose of capital adequacy in banking: A critical view

Helping MFIs to serve pandemic-hit poor

Columns

Developing a sound agri-mechanisation strategy

Reducing production cost in agriculture and increasing the yield are...

Opinions

It's time to turn focus on the poor

It's such a crisis, in terms of its economic and...

Reviews

EU economic rescue plan: An attempt at debt mutualisation

In the very early hours of Tuesday, July 21, 27...

Analysis

Response in emerging economies

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging market...

Education

Ministry plans cancellation of PEC examinations

The Primary and Mass Education Ministry will send a proposal to the Prime Minister over cancellation of the Primary Education...

Bangladesh Betar to broadcast class lectures for primary students

Along with the Sangsad Bangladesh Television, the state-run radio Bangladesh...

Encouraging youths about branding of agricultural products

Branding has always been one of the most important parts...

Sci-Tech

US ban on TikTok could cut it off from app stores, advertisers

President Donald Trump’s executive order banning China’s TikTok could prevent US app stores from offering the popular short-video app and...

Russia fines Google for not blocking banned content - Ifax

A Russian court on Monday fined Google 1.5 million roubles...

Zoom beats peers as people retreat to living rooms

Dewan Ali Ahmed, a sexagenarian businessman, starts his workday through...

Health

Shoddy lab tests put people's lives on line

Unholy practices by ill-equipped private laboratories escalate the cost of pathological tests in Bangladesh, forcing people to conduct multiple tests...