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BSEC seeks tax on future reserves

The securities regulator has suggested imposing tax on the profit to be transferred as reserves from next year by the...

Private importers free to sell LNG to other users

The private parties concerned will have the liberty to sell re-gasified LNG at the prices negotiated with their buyers under...

Burnt Narsingdi student loses battle for life

Fulon Rani Barman, who had been doused with kerosene and set on fire in Narsingdi, has died in Dhaka Medical...

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21pc RMG workers say they don't get sick leave: Report

About 21 per cent of garment workers responded in a survey that their factories do...

18 suffer burns in Chattogram microbus blast

At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns when the compressor of a microbus...

Iran president says White House is 'mentally retarded'

US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked...

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Bangladesh

Donors disburse $5.2b in 11 months

Donors disbursed development assistance worth US$5.21 billion in 11 months (July-May) of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, up 11 per cent compared to the same period...

External sector shows sign of recovery in H2

Current-account balance-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio improved...

BD receives record FDI in last calendar year

Bangladesh received its highest-ever FDI (Foreign Direct...

Global

Malaysia's May inflation stays below forecast

Malaysia’s annual inflation rate in May remained unchanged at 0.2 per cent for the third month in a row, government data showed on Wednesday. Inflation...

Indians stash $490b black money in abroad: Report

Indians have stashed 490 billion US dollar...

Bank of Thailand likely to hold key rate

Thailand’s central bank is expected to keep...

Stock

Stocks rise at opening ahead of budget...

Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on...

Esquire ICL Apparel Fund gets BSEC approval

The securities regulator has approved the draft prospectus of Esquire...

SE Asian stocks slip as Fed curbs...

Most Southeast Asian stock markets slipped on Wednesday as comments...

Asian shares fade ahead of G-20 meeting

Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors awaited developments...

Stocks end flat, sentiment still fragile

SE Asian stocks slip ahead of G20 meeting

Asian shares lower ahead of G-20 summit

Stocks edge up in volatility trade

Ten-traded cos snare 28pc DSE turnover

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Apple acquires self-driving car startup Drive.ai

Apple Inc on Tuesday confirmed that it has acquired self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai. Technology news website The Information reported earlier this month that the iPhone maker was considering acquiring the firm as a move to bring aboard some of it...

China suspends some Canadian pork imports as...

Curbing money laundering: MFS, courier service providers...

Doha to host 'Made in Bangladesh' show

Tech know-how modernises China's century-old industrial city

JICA frets over delay in land acquisition

Capital dredging of Karnaphuli likely to be completed in 2022

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

DIG Mizan suspended

The government has finally suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman who made recently headlines over Anti-Corruption Commission investigation...

Conduct surveys on road-rail bridges: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed the authorities concerned to conduct surveys on dilapidated rail and road bridges in...

Two die in Mymensingh road accident

Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Lengra Bazar in Muktagaccha upazila of Mymensingh...

Politics

BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls

BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj was unofficially declared...

Expelled JCD leaders stage demo near BNP office

The disgruntled members of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal...

Country

Miscreants shoot dead PCJSS man in Bandarban

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity...

Mob beats Narail youth for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

A young man was injured in a mob...

Crime

Throat-slit body found in Chattogram

The throat-slit body of a jeweller was recovered...

Rohingya man among two dies in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’

Two people, including a Rohingya man accused of...

World

Asia

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It...

Three children die in Australian house blaze

Three children have died in a house fire in the...

North Korea says US extension of sanctions ‘a hostile act’

The recent US extension of sanctions against North Korea was...

Americas

Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Panama

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on the border between Panama and Costa Rica on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said....

Trump slaps sanctions on Iranian supreme leader

US President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Mexico deploys 15,000 troops in north to halt US-bound migration

Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 soldiers and National Guard in...

Europe

Boris Johnson says he is serious about 'no-deal' Brexit threat

Seeking to regain momentum in his bid to become the next prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson said on Monday...

Frace braces for 40C heatwave

France is braced for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to...

Jeremy Hunt calls Boris Johnson a ‘coward’ for avoiding debate

Jeremy Hunt, one of the two people vying to replace...

Africa

Ethiopia holds memorial for slain military chief

Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday for the army chief of staff slain at the weekend along with four other...

Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed

Ethiopia’s government foiled a coup attempt in a region north...

Egypt's ousted leader Mursi dies after court hearing

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, the first democratically elected head...

Editorial

Deadly air pollution

How air pollution has intensified is realised from the fact that about 0.2 million lives are lost each year on account of it. Of the 10 most potent reasons behind untimely human death, air pollution finds itself in the fifth place. Deaths due to impure drinking water and poor sanitation could be reduced in the country over the past 30...

Alerting BRTA to driver's drug addiction

The Supreme Court's ruling last week that drivers must be tested for drugs and their eye sights must be certified to be in order to make them eligible for sitting behind the driving wheel must be welcome by all and sundry. A two-judge bench of the High Court Division asked the government, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and law...

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Compliance challenges in banking sector: Effectiveness of new measures

During the last three decades the financial and corporate world has come across many terminological juggleries and financial institutions and business houses have to cope...