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Loan gets costlier as BB raises policy rate

Borrowing funds gets costlier as the central bank raises the benchmark interest rate to 5.75 per cent to control spiraling...

NBFIs need BB nod to lend, waive interest

Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) must seek prior permission from the central bank to lend money to their subsidiaries or associates...

Coal-fired power capacity doubles in Bangladesh

Bangladesh may see a quantum leap in coal-fired power generation shortly with new capacity coming online as the country courts...

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At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre

Police in Kabul say a suicide attack at an education centre in the Afghan capital...

Daughter says Khulna woman found in Faridpur went into hiding, wasn’t abducted

Rahima Begum, the woman who was found in mysterious circumstances in Faridpur nearly a month...

BD to send abroad over 1.0m workers this year

The country is expected to send more than 1.0 million workers abroad this year, said...

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh needs a strong reform agenda to sustain its growth trajectory: World Bank

Bangladesh has made remarkable economic and development progress in the past five decades and now the country needs a strong reform agenda to sustain its...

Bangladesh Bank sets cost ceiling for short-term trade finance in forex

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has set the all-in-cost...

Inflation, unrest challenge Bangladesh’s ‘miracle economy’: AP report

Standing in line to try to buy...

Global

India's key policy rate raised by 50 bps

The Reserve Bank of India's benchmark repo rate was raised by 50 basis points on Friday, the fourth straight increase in the current cycle, as...

German inflation hits highest level in over 25 years

German inflation was at its highest level...

Sri Lanka looks to revive free trade deal with Singapore

Sri Lanka will step up efforts to...

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তুমুল আলোচনার জন্ম দিয়ে বেবি বাম্পের ছবি ফেইসবুকে প্রকাশ করেছিলেন চিত্রনায়িকা শবনম বুবলী, বলেছিলেন, শিগগিরই সব জানাবেন। তিন দিনের মাথায় তিনি বোমা ফাটালেন। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...

মা আত্মগোপনই করেছিলেন, এখন বলছেন মরিয়ম

২০৪১ সালের মধ্যে উন্নত দেশ গড়তে বাংলাদেশকে বিশ্ব ব্যাংকের ৩ পরামর্শ

বাংলাদেশ প্রতিযোগিতা কমিশনে ডিম-মুরগিতে কারসাজির মামলার শুনানি

কলড্রপের টকটাইম ফেরত দেওয়া শুরু করেছে গ্রামীণফোন

জবাবদিহিতা ও সংস্কার নিশ্চিত না হওয়া পর্যন্ত র‌্যাবের ওপর নিষেধাজ্ঞা বহাল থাকবে: মার্কিন রাষ্ট্রদূত

সহযোগী কোম্পানিতে বিনিয়োগে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের অনুমোদন নিতে হবে আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে

Stock

Stocks edge up amid thin participation of investors

Stocks posted a modest rise for the second day on...

BMBA teams up with BICM for stock market development

Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) and Bangladesh Institute of Capital...

World Bank president sees risk of stagflation, likely recession in Europe

World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday warned that it...

Asia shares rise as Wall Street on track to end loss streak

Asian benchmarks mostly rose Thursday, as investor optimism got a...

CSE gets BSEC nod to make ABG Ltd its strategic partner

Stocks edge up after choppy trading

Stocks marginally up at opening

Asian stocks rise on China stimulus, upcoming rate action

Gas pipeline shutdown hits European markets

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Financial reporting: DVS brings about drastic changes

The document verification system (DVS) would bring a radical change in financial reporting to ensure transparency and accountability in businesses, speakers told a dialogue on Thursday. They called for a combined effort by the business community, Fi...

CSOs for inclusion of ‘loss and damage’...

Rice prices rise as imports low

BTRC to start project to upgrade capacity

Price manipulation: BCC grills six entities

Bangladesh keen to sign FTA with Malaysia, says finance minister

Dollar hits 20-year high, sterling under pressure

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

Passing out parade of 849 BGB soldiers held in Ctg

A passing out parade and oath taking ceremony of the freshly trained 849 soldiers under the 98th recruit batch of...

Outgoing IGP pays courtesy call on president

Outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in...

Bridge cranes installed at Unit 2 of RNPP

Two bridge cranes have been installed in the turbine compartment of Unit-2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project. According to Rosatom,...

Politics

Obaidul Quader urges BNP to join elections dropping thoughts of caretaker govt

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport...

Awami League demonstrates its defeat as it attacking peaceful programmes: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on...

Country

Five die from electrocution in Chandpur, Barguna

Five people died from electrocution in Chandpur and...

Three go missing as boats sink in Rajshahi

Three agricultural labourers went missing as two small...

Crime

Three Rohingyas held with 0.10 m Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained three...

Five arrested in ‘gang-rape’ of election candidate in Rajshahi

Police have arrested five people on charges of...

World

Asia

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices...

Iran protests over young woman's death continue, 83 said killed

Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against...

Pakistan court acquits Nawaz Sharif's daughter in graft case

A Pakistani court on Thursday quashed the conviction of Maryam...

Americas

Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Cat 4 damage

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into...

Canada to remove all Covid border, travel measures from Oct 1

Canada will remove all Covid-19 restrictions for inbound travellers from...

How climate change is fuelling hurricanes

After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed...

Europe

Germany agrees $194b package to shield against surging energy prices

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out a 200 billion euro ($194 billion) "defensive shield", including a gas price brake and...

Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her...

Putin moves to ban some Western trucks from transiting through Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday authorising...

Africa

Sudanese taskforce battles snakes and scorpions during rainy season

In Khartoum, specialists from Sudan's Center for Poisonous Species Research are deployed at night in protective vests, gloves, and goggles...

At least 22 killed after two Ugandan army helicopters crash in east Congo

At least 22 people were killed when two Ugandan military...

Nigeria's northwest faces worsening malnutrition: MSF

Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity,...

Editorial

Subcontracting RMG factories — bringing them on board

Soon after garment export from the country took off in the mid eighties, subcontracting began to gradually assume an important role in catering to exports, albeit indirectly. Over the decades, subcontracting became almost integrally linked to exports as many exporting factories not able to cope with excessive seasonal orders preferred to give part of the contractual jobs to smaller factories...

Hybrid paddy's production fall

That high yielding varieties (HYV) hybrid paddy has replaced traditional paddies is not for nothing. Policymakers and farmers had to opt for a compromise on quality of rice in the interest of higher yield. This has, however, been the global pattern. Adequate production of hybrid varieties got priority to cultivation of tasty and more nutritious local kinds in order to...

Views

Ballad of rivers in their death throes

A veritable gloom fills the thoughtful and conscientious people during the nation's observance of special days. These occasions' observances are meant to sensitise people to...