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66701. Stocks end first session of new fiscal year on negative notePublished: July 02, 2020 15:30:30

Stocks ended slightly lower on Thursday, the first session of the new fiscal year (FY21), as investors were mostly cautious due to worsening pandemic situation and floor price limitation. DSEX,...


66702. Explosion at Astron Energy’s South African refinery kills at least twoPublished: July 02, 2020 15:08:08

An explosion on Thursday at Astron Energy’s South African refinery in Cape Town has killed at least two people and injured several others, a source who works at the 100,000...


66703. BD adds 50,000 virus cases in 14 days, tally tops 150,000Published: July 02, 2020 14:58:50

The number of confirmed Covid-19 patients surpassed 150,000-mark in Bangladesh on Thursday, 117th day of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 4019 new...


66704. UN assures BD of its support in absorbing Covid shockPublished: July 02, 2020 14:20:04

The United Nations has assured the government of Bangladesh of its full support in recovering from the socio-economic shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The...


66705. Lightning strikes kill three in Lalmonirhat, PanchagarhPublished: July 02, 2020 13:37:52

Three people were killed in lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh districts on Thursday. In Lalmonirhat, two people were killed and two others injured as a thunderbolt struck them while...


66706. ULAB organises online orientation prog for Summer 2020Published: July 02, 2020 12:59:25

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on Wednesday organised an online orientation programme for the incoming students of Summer 2020. The university arranged the online programme amid the Covid-19...


66707. Death toll in Myanmar landslide surges past 100Published: July 02, 2020 12:39:17

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 100 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a pile of mine waste collapsed into...


66708. US House passes bill to sanction Chinese banks over Hong KongPublished: July 02, 2020 12:37:19

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalise banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called...


66709. SBAC BANK gets Tariqul Islam Chowdhury as MD and CEOPublished: July 02, 2020 12:33:30

Tariqul Islam Chowdhury has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited. He was earlier the Acting...


66710. Tree fair in doubt as pandemic casts pall on nurseriesPublished: July 02, 2020 12:19:40

Since its inception in 2005, the month-long national tree fair in Dhaka has piqued the enthusiasm of nature lovers during monsoon to buy seeds and plants in millions. But the...


66711. Two-thirds of BD’s Covid cases recorded in JunePublished: July 02, 2020 12:12:06

Most of the confirmed coronavirus infections in Bangladesh and deaths from the Covid-19 disease it causes occurred in June. Until Wednesday morning, the government reported 149,258 Covid-19 patients, including 99,720,...


66712. Stocks open new fiscal year lowerPublished: July 02, 2020 11:37:15

Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the first session of the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, as investors mostly followed the cautious stance. DSEX, the...


66713. Five more die of fever, cold related problems in CumillaPublished: July 02, 2020 11:32:06

Five more people including a woman died of fever and cold related problems at Cumilla Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours until Thursday. With the new deaths,...


66714. Gunmen attack Mexican drug rehab centre killing 24Published: July 02, 2020 11:19:02

Gunmen killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, police said on Wednesday, underlining the government’s challenge in fulfilling its pledge to stop...


66715. India's tally of coronavirus infections crosses 600,000Published: July 02, 2020 11:08:33

India’s coronavirus infections surpassed 600,000 on Thursday, with 17,834 deaths, as authorities battled to contain the pandemic while easing lockdown rules, officials and the health ministry said. The increase presents...


66716. Japanese capital sees more than 100 more coronavirus casesPublished: July 02, 2020 11:07:14

Tokyo confirmed more than 100 more novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, the highest daily tally in two months in the city at the centre of Japan’s...


66717. Pandemic hits city's day labourers hardPublished: July 02, 2020 10:35:40

As the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of slowdown, livelihood of day labourers in the capital city becomes more vulnerable amid reduced economic activities, resulting in scarcity of work and...


66718. Dollar's dominance to slowly melt away over coming year: PollPublished: July 02, 2020 10:30:27

The dollar’s dominance will slowly melt away over the coming year on weakening global demand and a sombre US economic outlook, according to a Reuters poll of currency forecasters whose...


66719. Virus surge in Kishoreganj, 32 more infectedPublished: July 02, 2020 10:18:30

Thirty-two more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Kishoreganj in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the district to 1,552....


66720. Relief and fear as Rajabazar lockdown is liftedPublished: July 02, 2020 10:15:29

Bangladesh lifted draconian three-week lockdown measures on East Rajabazar, bringing some respite to its nearly 50,000 residents though fears of coronavirus transmission in this neighbourhood from outside still loom large,...


66721. Veg prices see steep risePublished: July 02, 2020 10:13:30

The prices of vegetables increased significantly in last few days which traders attributed to flash flood and heavy rain in some districts of the country. Heavy downpour and onrush of...


66722. Import of used clothes: Traders' plea for extension of timePublished: July 02, 2020 10:08:52

An association of second-hand or used clothes importers has requested the government to extend the time frame to import such clothes, officials said. It has recently sent a letter to...


66723. DSEX tumbles 26pc in outgoing fiscal yearPublished: July 02, 2020 10:01:20

The stock market passed yet another gloomy year as the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) eroded more than 26 per cent in the outgoing Financial Year (FY)...


66724. Benapole port users halt import trade with IndiaPublished: July 02, 2020 09:59:58

Port users' have suspended imported Indian goods through Benapole port from Wednesday morning to protest of India refused to accept Bangladeshi exports goods. As a result, hundreds of trucks loaded...


66725. BB announces policy on export against payment guaranteesPublished: July 02, 2020 09:52:46

The central bank has issued a policy allowing banks to export goods under open account credit terms instead of letters of credit (LCs) with foreign payment guarantees. Under the new...


66726. Floor price now applicable for newly-listed companiesPublished: July 02, 2020 09:48:18

The opening prices of the shares of newly-listed companies will be their floor prices after commencing trading on the bourses. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has set the...


66727. Asian stocks rise on vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrollsPublished: July 02, 2020 09:48:05

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of US employment data while copper prices jumped to more than six-month highs on a better global...


66728. Elderly most at death risk, show dataPublished: July 02, 2020 09:45:21

Although the people above 60 years make up less than 20 per cent of coronavirus infections in the country, they account for over 43 per cent of fatalities recorded so...


66729. VAT reg display: Non-compliant firms face penaltyPublished: July 02, 2020 09:41:31

Businesses and shops may have to face penal action for not displaying VAT registration certificates on their premises from now on. The Value Added Tax implementation wing of the National...


66730. Cropland declining for rampant sale of topsoil in RajbariPublished: July 02, 2020 09:34:49

FARIDPUR, July 01: Unabated sale of topsoil from the crop fields has become a commonplace in Rajbari district for the past several years, much to the deterrent to agricultural production....


66731. RMG exports drop 19pc in FY'20Published: July 02, 2020 09:34:40

The country's readymade garment (RMG) exports declined by 18.84 per cent to US$ 27.70 billion in the just concluded fiscal year (FY 2019-20). The sector had fetched $ 34.13 billion...


66732. ACC summons five over graft in medical equipment purchasePublished: July 02, 2020 09:30:53

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned five contractors of the health ministry, including chairman of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd, over alleged graft in procuring medical equipment to fight coronavirus....


66733. Rights body concerned over move to shut down jute millsPublished: July 02, 2020 09:28:28

Workers Safety Forum has expressed concern over the announcement of shutting down state-owned jute mills and voluntary retirement of workers through 'Golden Handshake'. The Forum said the decision is inhuman...


66734. HI operating profits of a number of PCBs plungePublished: July 02, 2020 09:25:05

Operating profits of a number of private commercial banks (PCBs) dropped significantly in the first half of the current calendar year. The decline in profit is largely attributed to the...


66735. Endeavours to proliferate AI in retail marketPublished: July 02, 2020 00:43:03

It was the summer of the year 1993. Mohammad Oli Ahad, just another boy from Dhaka was bracing up for his SSC result to come out. At that time, he...


66736. Toward a promising head start in engineering and aeronauticsPublished: July 02, 2020 00:41:47

Institution of Mechanical Engineers Unmanned Aircraft System (IMechE UAS) Challenge is an engineering competition solely focused on the development of an Unmanned Aerial System more popularly known as UAS. Held...


66737. Impacts of Covid-19 on FMCG industryPublished: July 02, 2020 00:40:31

Worth $3.4 billion as of 2017, the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is one of the biggest industries of the country. Hence, it would be beneficial to find out...


66738. Illegal capital outflow hampers investmentPublished: July 01, 2020 23:53:33

Bangladeshi expatriates held a protest rally in Canada's Toronto city recently for building social awareness and demanding punishment of those involved in laundering money from Bangladesh to the North American...


66739. Corona-induced fault-lines in Bangladesh economyPublished: July 01, 2020 23:49:24

The Covid-19 pandemic has wielded a devastating impact on the country's socio-economy during the past quarter, weakening and exacerbating numerous fault-lines and vulnerabilities that existed in various sectors. That becomes...


66740. Oxford coronavirus vaccine developers encouraged by immune responsePublished: July 01, 2020 23:42:02

A leading scientist behind the University of Oxford's potential COVID-19 vaccine said on Wednesday the team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials but declined to give...


66741. Launch accidentPublished: July 01, 2020 22:09:03

The frequency of launch accidents, for understandable reasons, is much lower compared to road accidents. But when a launch carrying hundreds of people sinks or capsizes, the chance of loss...


66742. Reforming system of parliamentary oversightPublished: July 01, 2020 21:59:48

The post-budget placement period in June brings with it an inundation of various analyses, scrutinies and assessments of the most important policy document of the year. As a clear reflection...


66743. Trends of excess liquidity versus banks' real lending capacityPublished: July 01, 2020 21:57:19

The government offered a number of bailout packages worth more thanTk.1.00 trillion to cope with the adverse impacts of COVID-19. Obviously the onus of bulk financing has fallen on the...


66744. Reopening Asia: How the right policies can help economic recoveryPublished: July 01, 2020 21:50:24

For the first time in living memory, Asia's growth is expected to contract by 1.60 per cent-a downgrade to the April projection of zero growth. While Asia's economic growth in...


66745. Workers Safety Forum expresses concern about golden handshake for jute mill workersPublished: July 01, 2020 21:44:44

Workers Safety Forum expressed concern over the announcement of shutting down of state-owned jute mills and voluntarily retirement of workers through golden handshake. It said, the decision is inhuman as...


66746. JMI chief, Toma official to face ACC interrogationPublished: July 01, 2020 20:52:27

The Anti-Corruption Commission will interrogate five people, including the chairman of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd and an official of Toma Construction, over alleged graft in supply of mask, personal...


66747. ‘Supply rice at agreed price, otherwise we may go for import’Published: July 01, 2020 20:45:25

The government will import rice to keep the market stable in case the mill owners refuse to supply the staple at the agreed price, the food minister has warned. The...


66748. US FDA releases guidance for COVID-19 vaccine approvalPublished: July 01, 2020 20:34:17

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released guidance for approving a coronavirus vaccine, saying the vaccine has to prevent or decrease disease severity in at least 50 per...


66749. Flood condition posing threat to targeted Aus, Aman productionPublished: July 01, 2020 19:55:55

Deteriorating flood condition in several regions, due mainly to the onrush of water from the upstream of neighbouring India, has been posing threat to targeted production of Aus and Aman...


66750. Tackling flood: Red Crescent gets ready to save lives, reduce lossPublished: July 01, 2020 19:40:30

Urgent early action is being taken to protect lives in Bangladesh as floods threaten 4.1 million people in large areas across the country that is already grappling with COVID-19, according...