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City Polls: 10 DU students fall sick during hunger strike

At least 10 students of Dhaka University (DU) fell sick on the second day of their fast unto death on...

EC would reach acceptable solution over city election date: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday hoped that the election commission (EC) would reach an acceptable solution...

S Arabia deports 109 more Bangladeshi workers

Some 109 more Bangladeshi workers have been sent back to the country from Saudi Arabia. A flight of Saudi Airlines-...

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Hindu Mohajote threatens to boycott city polls on Puja day

The Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote, a platform of Hindu community in Bangladesh, has threatened to...

Cold-related diseases affect 5,760 in 24 hours

Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,760 people across the country in the last 24 hours,...

City polls date EC’s concern: Asaduzzaman

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said the government has nothing to do with...

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Bangladesh

'Non-execution of Delta Plan to shrink GDP'

The execution of a longer-term development blueprint will raise Bangladesh's annual economic growth by 1.5 percentage points, considering the impact of climate change. But if...

BD on right track to attain SDGs: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh...

WB unlikely to lift lending for BD

The World Bank, or WB, is likely...

Global

Amazon promises to create 1.0m new jobs in India

Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it planned to create 1.0 million jobs in India by 2025. The announcement came a day after the country’s trade...

US drops China currency manipulator label

The US Treasury Department on Monday dropped...

US imposes more sanctions on Iran

The United States has imposed more sanctions...

Stock

PM meets policymakers to prop up stock...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met capital market policymakers to...

DSEX adds 21 stocks, drops 18

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has rebalanced two equities indices...

Asia shares flatline, wait for US and...

Asian shares paused near 19-month peaks on Monday ahead of...

Saudi Aramco raises IPO to record $29.4...

Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday...

Portfolio investors not blamed for poor turnover

Renata clocks 20pc growth against market growth of 17pc

Five large-cap cos shed prices up to 11.34pc

Foreigners buy $10.16b of S Korean stocks in 2019

Asian shares rebound as Mideast tensions ease

Asian shares at 18-month highs; Nikkei finishes year up 18 per cent

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‘Made in Bangladesh’ expo begins in Qatar on Jan 28

A three-day exhibition titled ‘Made in Bangladesh’ will begin on January 28 at the “Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC)” in Qatar. Under patronise of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ) wi...

Edible oil, veg, cardamom, rice become costlier

Cabinet body okays buying non-urea fertilisers

Yasir Azman new CEO of Grameenphone

Motorcycle registration marks slight increase

Pitha Fest at Le Méridien Dhaka

Carlos Ghosn's Japanese lawyers quit

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

Newly married couple die at DMCH

After receiving severe burn injuries from a newly-installed high voltage electric wire on Monday in Fatullah, a recently-married garment workers...

Eight hurt as two launches collide on Meghna

Eight people, including four children, were injured in a collision between two launches on the Meghna River in Chandpur district....

Man, nephew die in city road crash

A man and his nephew were killed in a road accident in front of Saddam Market in the capital’s Jatrabari...

Politics

Khokon made member of AL central committee

The Awami League (AL) has inducted outgoing Dhaka...

Allow MPs to join city polls electioneering: 14-party

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Saturday demanded...

Country

Dismembered body found in Cumilla

Police recovered a dismembered body from the Dhaka-Chattogram...

Tractor kills youth in Lalmonirhat

A young man was killed after being hit...

Crime

Two Rohingya ‘drug dealers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two Rohingya men, suspected of being drug dealers,...

Three doctors jailed for Tk 100m embezzlement bid

A Faridpur court has sent three doctors to...

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Asia

Chinese president begins 'historic' Myanmar visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Nay Pyi Taw on Friday for a state visit to Myanmar. It is Xi's first...

Khamenei defends Iranian military over plane crash

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the country's...

Suicides in Japan hit record low in 2019

Suicides in Japan in 2019 fell to their lowest number...

Americas

Trump impeachment trial opens in US senate

The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove US President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday (US local...

Iranian missile attack injures 11 US troops

Eleven US troops were treated for concussion symptoms as a...

US House sends Trump impeachment articles to Republican-led Senate

The US House of Representatives officially sent impeachment articles against...

Europe

Iran shot down airliner on reports of advancing US stealth fighters: Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred...

Prince Harry on first royal duty since talks with Queen

The Duke of Sussex is to carry out his first...

Russian PM, government resign

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his...

Africa

Three African nations reach preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute

Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement aimed at clearing the way for the...

Three killed in militant attack near Kenya’s Somalia border

Three teachers were killed in Kenya near the country’s border...

Libyan forces loyal to Haftar announce ceasefire

Libyan eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar announced on...

Editorial

Revamping the SoEs

Isn't it paradoxical that while the government is trying to revamp the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in an attempt to rid them of the perennial losses they are in, their products barely make it to the government's procurement list? Government agencies purchase many products round the year, sometimes in bulk, through tender or from open market, and although many of those...

Fast tracking some projects

The meeting of the 'fast-track monitoring committee' under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister couldn't have been timelier. The fast track projects are ten in number, and of vital national importance. No doubt once the projects are completed, people's lives will be better, but now as these are executed, there are a host of problems that prevail around. However, more...

Views

Private sector needs to play a big role in SDGs implementation

The developing countries will need investment in a range between US$3.3 trillion and US$4.5 trillion a year for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that cover...

Boosting export growth through efficient logistics

Industrial strategy in the advanced digital Age

Private sector development requires regulatory reforms

Let's give trade a chance

Tax revenue from multinational enterprises: Determining transfer pricing

Post-LDC graduation phase: Challenges of structural transformation

Columns

Crop diversification

Rice, a crop predominantly influencing Bangladeshi diet seems to have...

Opinions

Use of 'old script' in a rudderless market

A small group of 'investors' on Tuesday last took to...

Reviews

Ogling the ocean-bed: Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

We might know more of the moon and have had...

Analysis

Gravity of rural-urban migration and its impact on Bangladesh

In developing countries, rural-urban migration (RUM) is considered as the...

Education

Youths discuss policy issues

As Bangladesh is heading towards 49th year of independence, the nation is bound to shine rays of joy, victory and...

Learning through friendship

Residential Semester (RS) of BRAC University (BRACU) offers a lifetime...

Tomorrow’s leaders join beach cleanup campaign

Over the last decade, the number of tourists in Cox's...

Sci-Tech

India launches telecom satellite "GSAT-30"

India's telecommunication satellite "GSAT-30" was successfully launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) on Friday. The satellite was launched from...