The Financial Express

Belated settlements of int’l payments hurt country’s image: ICCB President

A number of commercial banks in Bangladesh do not make payments on time against letters of credit (L/C) despite having...

EIU predicts election win for Awami League

The Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, expects the ruling Awami League will return to power in the Dec 30 parliamentary...

Drastic fall in legal overseas incoming calls in last 3 years

The number of overseas incoming calls using legal channels recorded a drastic fall during the last three years with the...

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New bench formed to hear plea on Khaleda’s candidature

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday formed a new bench to hear the petition...

PM reaches Tungipara to begin election campaign

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Tungipara in Gopalganj on Wednesday to...

RMG workers stage demo in Gazipur demanding wage hike

Several hundred workers of different garment factories have been staging demonstration in front of their...

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Bangladesh

First ever NRB engineers’ confce in Dhaka in Feb

‘Bridge to Bangladesh’ is set to organize a conference of Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers, which is the first of its kind in the history...

Banks' provisioning shortfall swells in nine months

Overall shortfall in provisioning against loans in...

BD third among remittance-receiving countries in South Asia

Bangladesh has been ranked third among remittance-receiving...

Global

Asia to grow 6.5-6.9pc in 2018, 2019: ADB

The ADB expects developing Asia to meet its growth forecasts for this year and next on strong domestic demand and easing inflation pressures. The Manila-based...

Mexico to invest $30b in southern states

Mexico will invest more than $30 billion...

France’s GDP to grow 1.5 pc in 2018: Deputy FinMin

The growth domestic product (GDP) of France...

Stock

Stocks lose ground again

Stocks lost ground again on Wednesday, extending the losing streak...

Bourses light up in early trading

Stocks moved up amid choppy trading in early hour of...

Nikkei rallies as trade tensions ease

Japan’s Nikkei rallied on Wednesday morning, recouping some of the...

Asian shares rise on hopes for trade...

Asian shares rose Wednesday amid hopes for US-China trade talks....

BSEC directs Pacific Denims to refund Tk 209m

Bangladesh Venture Capital gets licence

RAK suspends production of a tiles plant

China shares edge higher in thin trade

Asian shares mixed in narrow trading

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Rwanda, Russia ink deal over peaceful use of nuclear energy

Republic of Rwanda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy in Moscow recently. The agreement was signed following the memorandum of understanding between Rosatom State Corporation of Russ...

RHD likely to cut lease rate by...

Local producers eye big share of powdered...

Trade thru Benapole port remains suspended

McDonald's to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Govt body suggests duty rates for gold import

CAB call centre gets good responses

Currency	Sell	Purchase
USD	81.70	80.70
GBP	104.0142	103.9739
EUR	96.2348	96.2186
Chinese Yuan	12.1496	12.1459
JPY	0.7379	0.7377
Singapore Dollar	59.5572	59.5133
AUD	64.0516	63.9709

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

President urges BAF officers to improve skills through practice

President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the newly commissioned officers of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to remain active to improve...

ORBIS, CEH open eye surgery camp for Rohingya children

Chittagong Eye Hospital (CEH) has launched a surgical and eye care programme for the Rohingya children sheltered in refugee camps...

‘ASTHA’ to strengthen support for gender violence survivors

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organisation, has officially launched a new project titled...

Politics

BNP leaders Tuku, Dulu lose court battle for election

An Appellate Division order has ruined the prospects...

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s...

Country

18 migratory birds rescued in Sunamganj

A mobile court in Sylhet on Wednesday awarded...

Man dies in Gopalganj road mishap

A man was killed as a truck crushed...

Crime

20 get life in prison for Madaripur police killing

A court has sentenced 20 people from the...

Police recover schoolboy’s body in Jashore

Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with...

World

Asia

Hundreds in New Zealand hold vigil for murdered British tourist

More than 1,000 people across New Zealand joined candlelight vigils on Wednesday to commemorate British tourist Grace Millane, who police...

China detains Canadian ex-diplomat; Huawei CFO secures bail

A Canadian, reported to be a former diplomat, has been...

India appoints new central bank governor

India's government has appointed former finance ministry official Shaktikanta Das...

Americas

Bomb threat at Facebook headquarters

Facebook has evacuated a few buildings at its headquarters campus in Menlo Park following a bomb threat, a company spokesman...

Khashoggi, persecuted journalists named Time Person of the Year

Time magazine has collectively named Jamal Khashoggi and other killed...

US sanctions three N Korean officials for ‘rights abuses’

The United States said it had sanctioned three North Korean...

Europe

UK PM May to face leadership challenge

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership later on Wednesday. Conservative MPs...

Gunman on the run after three killed in France shooting

Hundreds of police officers are hunting a gunman after three...

Russia sends two nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela

Two Russian strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have...

Africa

Mozambique busts '30,000 ghost workers'

Proof-of-life tests in Mozambique have revealed that 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll. The civil service minister said...

Congo’s Kabila ‘may seek re-election in future’

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila says he will...

Fifteen civilians die in ethnic attack on Mali village

Fifteen civilians from the Fulani community were killed last week...

Editorial

Of public display of loan defaulters' lists

The news that the state-owned banks (SoBs) have not carried out a finance ministry directive on publication of the names of their respective top ten loan defaulters does raise questions about their loyalty to the owner -- the government. The SoBs do rarely demonstrate defiance, but they have done it in the case of publication of loan defaulters' list. One...

Savar tannery estate still limping

Two major developments with regard to the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate have taken place lately. Both of these reflect the Prime Minister's eagerness to see a fully functional tannery complex and her high optimism over the huge export potential for the country's leather products, including footwear. Upon sensing the export prospects for the country's leather goods, she has announced the...

Views

Exploring plurilateral trade deals as LDC graduation nears

Following the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Buenos Aires in December last year, there is no progress at...