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BPC posts Tk2,050cr profit amid fuel price hike: CPD

Dhaka, June 27 -- Riding on the back of fuel price hikes under the government's automated pricing mechanism, the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) posted a robust profit of Tk 2,050 cro... Read More


Social protection vital to curb inequality

Dhaka, June 27 -- Terming social protection a vital tool for reducing inequality, experts have urged the government to increase allocations for the sector in the national budget. Speaking at a discus... Read More


Trump wants more drones, missiles in $893bn budget request

Dhaka, June 27 -- US President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops, more high-tech missiles and drones in next year's defence budget, while cutting Navy jobs, and buying fewer ships and fighter ... Read More


NBR officials strike on, RAB, BGB deployed

Dhaka, June 27 -- For the fourth consecutive day, officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) continued their pen-down strike, demanding, among other things, the removal of NBR Chai... Read More


Rate cuts to reforms: Fiscal policy must power India's growth engine

India, June 27 -- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) statement on June 6 announced a reduction in the Repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.50 per cent, cumulatively cutting the repo rate by 100 basis po... Read More


DRI seizes Pakistan-origin goods worth Rs 9 crore

New Delhi, June 27 -- In a significant enforcement action, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized goods worth Rs 9 crore under 'Operation Deep Manifest', targeting illegal imports of... Read More


Nexus Ventures Sells 1.2 Cr Shares Of Delhivery

India, June 26 -- Amid a flurry of large deals for new-age tech stocks today, VC firm Nexus Venture Partners offloaded 1.2 Cr shares of logistics major Delhivery via block deals for INR 461 Cr. The V... Read More


Assam: 128-year-old mosque demolished in Dibrugarh for drainage project

Guwahati, June 26 -- The district administration on Monday, demolished the 128-year-old Chaulkhowa Jama Masjid in Assam's Dibrugarh to make way for the construction and expansion of a key drainage sys... Read More


'Namaskar from space': Shubhanshu Shukla dials Earth before reaching ISS

India, June 26 -- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla sent out his first message from space onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, saying he is learning to do things in orbit like a baby. The message come... Read More


SBI, HAL to BEL: MOSL says PSU stocks still attractive, shares top long-term bets

New Delhi, June 26 -- Indian public sector undertakings (PSUs) have experienced a remarkable revival in recent years, with Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOSL) spotlighting their long-term potentia... Read More