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Cigarette, mobile, pharma sectors pay higher value added tax

Three sectors - cigarette, pharmaceuticals and mobile phone - made an impressive contribution to the government's revenue collection efforts during...

Sectors that contribute most shouldn't be targetted: Zahid Hussain

Firefighting and recovery efforts on both health and economic fronts ought to be the central features of the budget for...

Importance on agriculture as it can take country forward, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government gives immense importance to the development of agriculture as it can...

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CAAB bans domestic, international flights for another week

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has extended the ban on all domestic and...

Doctors condemn alleged harassment by police in lockdown

The Bangladesh Medical Association has condemned the alleged harassment that doctors face on their way...

Govt considering relaxing lockdown before Eid, says Quader

The government is mulling to relax lockdown before Eid-ul-Fitr taking into consideration the people's lives...

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Bangladesh

e-fund transfer system resumes at Bangladesh Bank after five days

Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system of Bangladesh Bank resumed on Sunday morning after five days of suspension. The system was suspended on...

Bangladesh sees 17m 'new poor', loses 3pc jobs during pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered about 3.0...

Experts for more growth-friendly, transparent tax system

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) should...

Global

India's 'Solar Man' lights path out of poverty with clean power

Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India's rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit...

China’s economy grows at record pace in first quarter

China’s economic recovery quickened sharply in the...

India to spend $200m in next 5-7 years to promote hydrogen use

India will spend $200 million over the...

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Stock

Stocks rise at opening despite lockdown

Stocks open higher on Monday, maintaining the past four days’...

Nitol Insurance declares 10pc cash dividend

The board of directors of Nitol Insurance Company has recommended...

EU regulators set July 27 deadline for decision on Aon, Willis deal

European Union antitrust regulators have extended until July 27 the...

Insurance broker Aon's EU concessions for $30b Willis bid may not be enough

Insurance broker Aon’s offer to sell assets in five EU...

Share prices of two insurers soaring sans PSI

Stocks extend gaining streak despite lockdown

Stocks open mixed trend amid lockdown

Stocks snap four-week losing streak despite lockdown

Asian markets cautious ahead of US earnings and inflation data

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National

12 more Hefazat supporters held over Brahmanbaria violence

Twelve more people were arrested in the past 24 hours over the vandalism and arson carried out by Hefazat-e-Islam activists...

Auto-rickshaw, light vehicle workers seek food, financial support from govt

Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle workers demanded direct food and financial support from the government to survive in the all-out lockdown...

Politics

Mirza Abbas accuses media of distorting his comments about Ilias

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Sunday...

BNP spreading propaganda over lockdown, Obaidul Quader says

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and...

Country

Farmers expecting bumper maize yield in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT: Farmers of the five upazilas of the...

One Covid-19 hospital for 17 upazilas can't cope with pressure

The number of coronavirus infected people and deaths...

Crime

Man stabbed dead in Jatrabari

A man was stabbed to death by allegedly...

Life of housewife cut short in ‘loan trap’

A housewife was murdered by an interest trader...

World

Asia

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh hospitalised after contracting coronavirus

Former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh has been hospitalised after contracting for COVID-19, according to reports in the Indian...

Japanese journalist picked up by Myanmar troops from his home in Yangon

Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese journalist in Yangon on Sunday...

Delhi locks down as Covid cases surge

India's capital region of Delhi ordered a six-day lockdown on...

Americas

Canada reports second case of blood clots after immunisation with AstraZeneca vaccine

Canada on Saturday reported a second case of rare blood clots with low platelets after immunisation with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine...

US Sikh group demands probe of possible hate bias

Half of the eight workers shot to death at an...

US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions including election meddling

The United States on Thursday (US standard time) imposed a...

Europe

'I don't want that' - France struggles to pitch AstraZeneca vaccine

Tasked with persuading shoppers at an outdoor market to consider taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Paris city hall employee Leo...

US warns of consequences if Navalny dies in prison

US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said...

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats over explosion row

Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic...

Africa

Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the...

Egyptians celebrate Ramadan despite Covid-19 worries

Egyptians are celebrating the start of the Islamic holy month...

Ten lost lives in inter-communal violence amid protests in eastern Congo

Ten people have been killed and 34 injured in fighting...

Editorial

Swelling rank of the poor

Loss of jobs and income erosion combined together to push 16.38 million people below the poverty line during the first wave of the pandemic between March and September last year. During the same period 0.4 million migrant workers also lost their jobs. A virtual dialogue jointly organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Bangladesh Institute of Labour...

Lockdown-hit petty traders

Any lengthy suspension of normal economic activities first hits the petty businesses. It has been seen in this country during non-stop hartals and other similar political programmes. Few seem to have bothered to give serious thoughts to their plight. The nondescript traders suffer in silence. These days the state-recognised small businesses and cottage industries receive financial stimulus to keep them...

Views

E-waste management challenges in the country

The Government of Bangladesh has approved the Hazardous Waste (e-waste) Management Rules, 2021 under the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 and it is expected to...