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ECNEC approves Tk 3.19b project for DNCC traffic infrastructures

The government has approved a Tk 3.19 billion project to improve road safety, including traffic infrastructures development, as well as...

Over 225,000 Bangladeshi expats return home in last seven months

Some 225,582 expatriate Bangladeshis from 29 countries returned home in last seven months till October 24 due to various reasons...

Global FDI drops 49 pc in H1, Bangladesh also sees decline

Inflows of global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 49.0 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current year...

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Bangladesh regains 40pc cancelled RMG export orders: Foreign minister

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh has regained 40 per cent of...

Govt suspends Irfan Selim from DSCC

The government has suspended Irfan Selim, the councillor of Ward No. 30 under Dhaka South...

EU must not let Bangladesh’s workers down

The following article appeared on theparliamentmagazine.eu on October 27, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit...

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Bangladesh

GDP more of a 'black box' to common man: Economists

Some leading economists on Saturday suggested exploring 'exceptional indicators' that would help make the economic development visible and easily understandable to the common man. They...

‘Sea tourism can help Bangladesh beat Covid blues’

For a country that has the world's...

Bankers bullish on boost in country's exports

Open account financing has the potential to...

Global

Vietnam's economy to grow by 3pc in 2020: Standard Chartered

Vietnam's economy is expected to grow by 3.0 per cent in 2020, with rising consumption on improving sentiments and faster manufacturing driving the growth in...

Britain seals first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Britain and Japan formally signed a trade...

Indian economy set for deepest contraction this fiscal year: Poll

The Indian economy will suffer its deepest...

Stock

‘Investment in mutual funds more profitable than fixed deposits’

Chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Shibli...

DSE opens week on negative note

The Dhaka bourse opened the week’s session marginally lower on...

HSBC to overhaul business model

HSBC Holdings on Tuesday signalled it would embark on a...

Surging coronavirus cases subdue Asian shares

Asian shares got the week off to a hesitant start...

Ant may raise up to $17b in Shanghai IPO leg

Benchmark index, turnover edge up on DSE

Regent Textile to acquire 99pc shares of Legacy Fashion

Dhaka stocks maintain positive trend at midday

European shares bounce back from two-week lows

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Bank Asia signs agreement with BIID for fostering business incubation for women entrepreneurs

Bank Asia Limited and Bangladesh Institute for ICT Development (BIID) have signed an agreement aiming to foster entrepreneurship among women and rural youths through Business Incubation facility under B-Lab initiative, says a press release. Around 1...

DCCI, BUP to jointly work for research...

Month-long handloom fest to start Wednesday

Dhaka's Kamalapur railway station to be linked with MRT-6

Guardian Life Insurance inks agreement with Thyssenkrupp Elevator (BD)

Emirates expands A380 network with inclusion of Amman

Fund crisis thwarts growth of solar irrigation pumps

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

DoE shuts operations of 22 garment washing plants

The Department of Environment has suspended the operations of 22 illegal garment washing factories and liquid waste treatment plants in...

Trial in sabotage case against Jamaat chief begins

A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafikur Rahman and 185 others in a sabotage case. The...

Bangladeshi boy wins global art contest by ICCR

Anzar Mustaeen Ali, a six-year-old from Bangladesh, has won a special prize of $1,000 for his beautiful artwork. Indian High...

Politics

AL’s door shut for rapists: Obaidul Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday...

6.4 million people become poor during pandemic, BNP leader says

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on...

Country

Fire breaks out at Gazipur shoe factory

A fire broke out at a footwear factory...

Moratorium on house building damaging Dunkan Hills

The Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram has...

Crime

Ex-DIG prisons Rashid indicted for illegally amassing Tk 31.4m

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against...

Arrest PK Haldar immediately after he returns: HC

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the...

World

Asia

UN expresses concern over human rights situation in Myanmar

The UN human rights body has expressed serious concerns over the human rights situation and called on the government of...

Japan's cabinet approves plan for free coronavirus vaccines

Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to use public...

Saudi Arabia condemns caricatures offending Prophet Muhammad

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Muhammad...

Americas

Trump's Rust Belt boom wasn't there in fact

The voters of Monroe County, Michigan, may have expected an economic windfall when they flipped from supporting Democrat Barack Obama...

Int'l cooperation only way to tackle pandemic, climate emergency: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that international cooperation...

US Election 2020: Biden leads Trump in battleground states

Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by...

Europe

France issues travel alert to its citizens in Bangladesh

France has warned its citizens living or travelling in Bangladesh and several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions as...

Antibodies against coronavirus decline rapidly in British population: Study

Antibodies against the novel coronavirus declined rapidly in the British...

Europe warns of bleak winter as second COVID wave swells

European leaders warned of a bleak winter as resurgent COVID-19...

Africa

Opposition in Seychelles wins presidency for first time in 43 years

The Seychelles elected an opposition candidate as president for the first time since 1977, authorities announced on Sunday, and winner...

Sudan agrees to normalise relations with Israel, Trump announces

Sudan is to normalise relations with Israel - the latest...

Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist

Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul...

Editorial

Reforming labour laws

The government is going to amend its existing labour laws to accommodate some suggestions on labour right issues from the European Union (EU) and International Labour Organisation (ILO). The aim of the move is to ensure that Bangladesh is able to enjoy the continued duty-free access of its exports to the European markets under the EU's Generalised System of Preference...

Counterfeit currency notes

The busting of two counterfeiting dens in the capital's Mohammadpur area by the detective branch (DB) police within a week confirms increasing activities of counterfeiters, as observed by a member of the DB team, before and during festivals. In the first raid, four members of the counterfeiting racket including the mastermind were arrested with fake currency notes with face value...