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Pandemic clouds future for BD migrants stranded at home

Md Rezaul Islam, a 30-year-old native of Singair in Manikganj, went to Saudi Arabia in 2008 for work by borrowing...

37 more virus deaths, 2,949 daily cases

Bangladesh on Friday registered 37 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, the health directorate said, pushing the total death count...

IMF urges 'equity-like' govt support for virus-hit firms

International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath urged governments to shift to “equity-like” support from one focused on loans as...

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Experts fear spike in corona infections after Eid-ul Azha

Health experts have expressed apprehension that the Covid-19 infection rate may take an upward trend...

US bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot concerns

The US Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...

PM seeks explanation about fake Covid-19 test reports

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought explanation about how Regent Hospital was able to issue...

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Covid-19 Update

Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE

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Bangladesh

Covid exposes inept health sector

The COVID pandemichas laid barethe health sector's horrible record, underscoring the ministry's worst performance in executing development projects in the last decade, officials said on...

MoF blocks Tk 24.47b of road projects in FY 20

Fund crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic...

Indian economic zone: Delhi set to offer $115 million

The economic zone dedicated to Indian investors...

Global

US jobless claims continue to drop last week

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States continued to drop last week, as some states paused or partially reversed reopening efforts amid...

'Death Cross' strikes US dollar as Covid-19 cases grow

A resurgent coronavirus pandemic in the United...

China's consumer inflation rises to 2.5pc in June

China's consumer inflation remained generally stable in...

Stock

Brokerage firms' mkt operations: Deficiencies found in many accounts

The securities regulator and the premier bourse have strengthened monitoring...

Stocks open higher amid soaring turnover

Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early trading on Thursday...

Asian stocks rise on vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrolls

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment...

Chinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount

Chinese companies are putting off plans for US listings as...

Bata Shoe declares ‘no’ final dividend

Govt revenue from DSE hits 10-year low

Dutch-Bangla Bank approves 25pc dividend

Asian stocks set for best weekly gain in nine years

Zoom nearly doubles revenue forecast on remote-work boost

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Furnace oil price cut to Tk 34 per litre

The government has slashed furnace oil price in local market by 19 per cent to Tk 34.03 per litre from the previous price of Tk 42 per litre. The price cut is retrospectively effective from June 26 in line with the instruction from the Energy and...

Double-layer VAT: ISPAB considers legal battle or...

Pressurise buyers not to cancel work orders

China's market euphoria trumps political risk in Hong Kong

New move to amend Companies Act

28 teams to monitor price movement

Korean co keen to import plywood

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

Agrani Bank branch in Kushtia put under lockdown

Local administration has put Agrani Bank Kumarkhali branch in Kushtia district under lockdown as five employees of the bank tested...

Sahara Khatun passes away

Former home minister and Awami League presidium member Sahara Khatun has died at a Bangkok hospital. The 77-year-old breathed her...

Chinese builder complains of blocked highway

The Chinese contractor of the Padma bridge rail link project has raised complain about its difficulties to transport building materials...

Politics

Amu named coordinator of 14-party alliance

Veteran politician Amir Hossain Amu has taken the...

Public gathering during Eid must be avoided: Quader

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on...

Country

Over 1.0m people marooned in 14 districts

The ongoing flood, caused by rain and upstream...

Farmer found dead in Satkhira

Police recovered the body of a farmer from...

Crime

Regent Hospital MD, 15 others sued

A case was filed against 16 people, including...

College student stabbed dead in Pabna

A college student was stabbed to death by...

World

Asia

Missing South Korean mayor found dead

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found dead around midnight in Bugaksan mountain in northern Seoul, hours...

Indian gangster Vikas Dubey dies in encounter

Vikas Dubey, the gangster who organised the massacre of eight...

Al Jazeera defends report on migrant arrests in Malaysia

News broadcaster Al Jazeera has rejected allegations by Malaysian authorities...

Americas

Police ignored George Floyd's 'I can't breathe' plea: Transcript

The former US police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to stop shouting and save his...

Bolsonaro bets ‘miraculous cure’ for Covid-19 can save Brazil - and his life

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine...

Democrats want to keep schools shut for political reasons: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the leaders of...

Europe

COVID-19 pandemic plunges working world into crisis: ILO

Global leaders called for a comprehensive approach to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which International Labour Organisation chief...

England reopens after lockdown

People relished their first pub drinks in more than three...

Italy focuses on measures to support auto, tourism industries: PM

Italy is considering fiscal measures to spur investments in the...

Africa

Africa’s CDC urges more Covid-19 tests, masks, as continent’s cases top 500,000

African countries urgently need to scale up coronavirus testing and the use of face masks, a regional disease control body...

Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port

An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu...

Explosion at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least two

An explosion on Thursday at Astron Energy’s South African refinery...

Editorial

Jute mills under PPP arrangement

The decision of the government to close all the state-owned jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and run them under Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement did come as a surprise at a time when the government is struggling to secure livelihoods of small income earners across the country. Shutting down the 22 state-owned jute mills means more...

Disposal of contagious waste

Waste disposal is not a plus point for people in this part of the world. The tendency of littering home premises, dumping garbage hither and thither is mostly ingrained with the majority of the people. Torn papers, all kinds of rejected packets and bags - irrespective of paper, polythene and plastic - are mindlessly thrown away almost anywhere and everywhere...

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China's currency manipulation-- war of words only?

In August 2019, the United States Department of Treasury slammed China with the label "currency manipulator" as a result of the sharp devaluation of the...