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BD urges global trading partners to act responsibly

Bangladesh has urged the global trading partners to practise responsible business conduct during this crisis of COVID-19. "It is no...

DGHS reports 35 more deaths, 2423 fresh cases in 24hrs

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday reported 35 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the 24 hours to...

Forex reserves cross $34 billion mark for first time

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed US$34 billion mark for the first time, after a substantial amount of fund was...

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$35m WB support for a Rohingya project

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MODMR) and the United Nations World Food Programme...

What is lockdown exit for? WHO Bangladesh explains

As people are learning how to navigate life after hunkering down for more than two...

Dhaka chamber opens separate department for CMSMEs

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has opened a separate ‘SME Development Department’ operating...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

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Bangladesh

People urge govt to announce pro-poor budget

People who have been hit hard by the recent shutdown aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak, have urged the government to announce a pro-poor national...

5.4pc inflation rate likely next fiscal

The government is likely to keep the...

Budget spending to go up by 11pc in FY '21

The appointment of additional number of doctors...

Global

Vietnam garment export value falls 14.5pc in five months

Vietnam's total textile and garment export value in the first five months of this year declined by 14.5 per cent year-on-year to over 10.4 billion...

Virus brings Asia's online lending sector to juddering halt

The spring started out rosy for the...

Vietnam's new enterprises fall 10.5pc y/y in five months

A total of 48,300 enterprises with a...

Stock

Stocks keep losing amid growing coronavirus tension

Stocks kept the losing streak on Thursday as concerns over...

Stocks open lower as investors mostly cautious

Stocks witnessed downturn at opening on Thursday investors’ concerns over...

Zoom nearly doubles revenue forecast on remote-work boost

Zoom Video Communications nearly doubled its expectations for annual sales...

Dollar dips as virus recovery optimism holds

The dollar inched lower on Tuesday as growing optimism about...

'Floor price' keeps buyers aloof

Stocks end lower again amid sluggish turnover

Stocks witness slow trend amid virus tension

Fujifilm shares fall after report Avigan not showing clear efficacy

Global stocks rise as more economies emerge from lockdown

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Use of rail cargoes to halve import cost

Transportation of goods through rail cargoes on the Benapole-Petrapole route could reduce the import cost of goods by 50 per cent and ensure fastest delivery after customs assessment, customs authorities said. The time needed for importing goods, in...

Power and gas sector: PwC to assess...

Stop taking demurrage charge on containers

BD-India to use more frieght trains for essential goods transportation

Chinese company to invest $1.02m in Chattogram EPZ

72.12pc work of metro rail’s first phase completed

Hotel Sonargaon gets going fully June 08

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

Bus fare hike: HC drops petition from cause list

The High Court on Thursday dropped from the cause list a writ petition challenging the legality of the notification issued...

Health Services secretary transferred

Health Services Division Secretary Md Asadul Islam has been transferred to the Planning Division as its secretary. He will be...

Bus crushes two to death in city

Two people have died after being run over by a bus at Bangla Motor area in Dhaka. The vehicle, operated...

Politics

BNP infected with ‘virus of criticism’: Obaidul Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said...

‘COVID-19 situation deteriorates further due to mismanagement’

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said...

Country

Mobile schools launched in Magura town

Mobile schools have been launched in Magura town...

Untimely Teesta River erosion perplexes people

Untimely erosion in Teesta River in Gokunda Char...

Crime

College student stabbed dead in Pabna

A college student was stabbed to death by...

Two UPDF men shot dead in Khagrachhari

Two activists of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF)...

World

Asia

Hong Kong legislature passes national anthem bill

The Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passed the National Anthem Bill at the third...

Mumbai avoids brunt of cyclone

Mumbai escaped the brunt of a cyclone on Wednesday after...

Modi, Trump discuss India-China border issues

China on Wednesday said there was no need for a...

Americas

Brazil sets record for daily coronavirus deaths

Brazil registered a record number of daily deaths from COVID-19 for the second consecutive day, according to Health Ministry data...

‘Grateful to countries that opened borders, hearts to refugees, migrants’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded the developing countries that...

Protesters clash with police in New York City

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of...

Europe

Turkey says to gradually restart flights with 40 countries in June

Turkey is planning to gradually resume flights with 40 countries in June and it has reached preliminary agreements for reciprocal...

EU classifies coronavirus as mid-level threat to workers

The European Commission has classified the coronavirus as a mid-level...

Coronavirus lockdown eases in Moscow as cases fall in Russian capital

Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a...

Africa

Congo hit by new Ebola outbreak

Authorities in Congo announced a new Ebola outbreak in the western city of Mbandaka on Monday, adding to another epidemic...

South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy

South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on...

Armed bandits kill at least 18 in Nigeria's Katsina state

Armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina killed at...

Editorial

What follows SSC results

At a time when uncertainty looms large over completion of the academic year at all tiers of education, the publication of results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations brings some welcome relief. Although the celebration of success and exuberance expressed by top grade achievers on their respective campuses were sorely missed on account of the pandemic, they shared their...

Helping freelancers, IT platforms

Though it is common knowledge that businesses, both in the global and domestic spheres, have been severely affected by the pandemic-induced shutdowns, the picture of the damage so done to each sector individually is yet to emerge. The online-based freelancing sector of Bangladesh with some 500, 000 active operators, out of 650,000 registered ones in total, for example, had witnessed...

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Covid-19 and unemployment shock

The lockdown is attacking all groups of people in the world either physically or mentally. No employed or unemployed person will come out better from...