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Bangladesh made “substantial progress” in cutting child, maternal mortality

Bangladesh is among the countries that showed “substantial progress” in reducing child or maternal mortality, according to the World Health...

RAB detains Jubo League leader Shamim

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested Jubo League leader Golam Kibriya Shamim alias GK Shamim with illegal firearms...

More than one in five babies born in conflicted areas

More than one in five babies, totalling to over 29 million, were born in conflict-affected areas last year, said UNICEF...

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RAB detains Kalabagan Krira Chakra president over casino links

Kalabagan Krira Chakra President Safiqul Alam Firoz was arrested from the city’s Kalabagan area on...

PM reaches Abu Dhabi on way to NY for UNGA

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reached Abu Dhabi on her way to New York...

'76 journalists face harassment in eight months'

At least 76 journalists were harassed across country in the first eight months this year,...

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Bangladesh

IMF’s panacea to retain trust in banking system

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested the regulatory authorities adopt a comprehensive timely action plan to help maintain confidence in the banking system. It...

Outbound travel rises but tax receipts drop

Travel tax collection slipped by almost 8.0...

Find funds from other sources for power dev work: Nasrul

State minister for power, energy and mineral...

Global

Global growth to hit 11-year low: OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has predicted further slowdown in the global economy this year and in 2020, citing escalating trade tension...

BOJ holds rate amid global uncertainties

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted...

Canada posts budget deficit of $10b in FY2018-19

Canada ended the fiscal year 2018-2019 with...

Stock

The IBN Sina Pharmaceuticals recommends 30pc cash...

The board of directors of The IBN Sina Pharmaceuticals Industry...

Eastern Housing recommends 20pc cash dividend

The board of directors of Eastern Housing Ltd has recommended...

Saudi stocks plunge after attack on oil...

Saudi stocks .TASI opened 2.3 per cent lower on Sunday,...

SoftBank urges WeWork to shelve IPO over...

SoftBank Group, a leading shareholder in the holding company of...

Apex Footwear recommends 55pc cash dividend

Kamal to transfer his shares in Asia Pacific Ins Co to his daughter

Ten cos account for 29pc transactions

Nikkei ends at six-week high

Asian stocks weaken as China's factory-gate prices fall sharply

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Talks with India soon for more diesel import

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) looks to enter into an agreement with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to import diesel using waterways. Officials of both the state-run entities of the two neighbouring countries will discuss the iss...

Price hike of egg and onion adds...

After onion, ginger prices also go up

EBL home loan clients to enjoy special privileges from Samsung

China to release pork from national reserves as swine fever hits industry

182 businessmen get CIP cards

Standard Chartered organises a series of post-flood health camps

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

Youth march Dhaka streets demanding measures against climate change

Hundreds of students marched Dhaka streets on Friday with demand of taking effective measures to check global climate change and...

Jubo League expels Khaled over casino links

Jubo League, the youth front of the ruling Awami League (AL), has expelled its leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, two days...

Children in Dhaka join global climate strike

Thousands of children in Dhaka today (Friday) joined a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate...

Politics

Chhatra Dal gets new leadership

Fazlur Rahman Khokon has been elected president and...

BNP demands JU VC’s removal

BNP on Monday demanded the government sack Jahangirnagar...

Country

Munshiganj road crash kills two

Two motorcyclists were killed in an accident on...

Two die as bike skids off road in Patuakhali

Two people were killed when a motorbike skidded...

Crime

DMP arrests 72 in anti-narcotics drive

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 72 people...

Three to walk gallows for killing woman, son in Rajshahi

A Rajshahi tribunal on Wednesday sentenced three people...

World

Asia

Tunisia's ousted president Ben Ali dies in Saudi exile

Tunisia’s Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, whose overthrow in a 2011 uprising triggered the “Arab Spring” revolutions, died in exile in...

US drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State...

Kiribati cuts ties with Taiwan

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati cut diplomatic ties with...

Americas

Trump sees many options short of war with Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after US ally Saudi...

One dead, five hurt in Washington, DC shooting

One person was killed and five others were wounded on...

Trudeau apologises for wearing brown face make-up in 2001

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised on Wednesday for wearing...

Europe

Three dead during Monte Carlo-Venice boat race

At least three people, including two Britons, have died after a boating accident in the Italian city of Venice. Local...

UK Supreme Court enters Brexit drama

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will seek to persuade...

UK will reject Brexit delay, Johnson to tell Juncker

The UK is not prepared to postpone Brexit beyond the...

Africa

Zimbabwe doctor is found alive after alleged abduction

A Zimbabwean doctor whose alleged abduction led to days of protests has been freed, activists announced on Friday, as the...

Fire at Liberia Islamic school kills 27 children

A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed...

Dozens feared dead in DR Congo boat accident

At least 34 people are feared drowned after a boat...

Editorial

Export certification still in limbo

It is disheartening to see that the Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) established way back in 2006 by an Act of Parliament is still not in a position to deliver the required services to exporters. No doubt setting up of the BAB did promise a lot of relief for the country's exporters who had to obtain pre-shipment certification of their merchandise...

Bank-rolling the SME sector

The gradual drying up of cash for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been noted in a report appearing in this paper last Tuesday. Money available for the sector has shrunk by over 15 per cent to BDT 112.93 billion during the January-June period of this year. A year back, the total amount was at least twenty billion more....

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Asia's multilateral balancing act

After World War II, Asia emerged from years of conflict and centuries of colonialism. The United States quickly became the main guarantor of regional security,...