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Stock market today: Trade setup for Nifty 50 to India-Pakistan tension; nine stocks to buy or sell on Friday

Stock Market Today, May 9 -- The benchmark Nifty-50 index ended 0.58% lower at 24,273.80 on Thursday. Bank Nifty at 54,365.65 was also down 0.45% as most other indices, led by realty, metal, and auto,... Read More


5x higher tablet prices raise eyebrows

Dhaka, May 9 -- The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) plans to purchase 150 tablet computers at Tk 59,300 each for a new project. This is more than five times the price paid per device bought dur... Read More


Get repayment plans justified by int'l auditors for settling default loans

Dhaka, May 9 -- Settling classified loans gets tougher as government's loan-recovery support committee asks defaulters to justify their annual revenue earnings and loan-repayment capabilities by engag... Read More


Pune railway division earns rRs.r62 crore in revenue from ticket cancellations

India, May 9 -- The Pune division of the Central Railway (CR) has earned a revenue of Rs.62.7 crore from cancelled tickets alone in the last financial year 2024-25, marking a significant rise of appro... Read More


RI Govt prepares Rp50 trillion boost for free meals

Jakarta, May 9 -- The mechanism to add Rp50 trillion (around USD3 billion) to the budget for the Free Meals Program is being prepared through a presidential regulation, Head of the National Nutrition ... Read More


SriLankan Cargo secures South Asia's first IATA Lithium Battery Certification

Sri Lanka, May 9 -- SriLankan Cargo, the air freight arm of SriLankan Airlines, has become South Asia's first airline cargo division to secure the prestigious CEIV Lithium Batteries Certification (Cen... Read More


Sensex, Nifty Extend Losses As Operation Sindoor Continues

India, May 9 -- Indian shares fell sharply on Friday to extend losses from the previous session after the Indian Army said it had countered the Pakistani attack on Indian cities late last night, fueli... Read More


Dilemmas foreshadow budget making for funding holdback

Dhaka, May 9 -- Finance officials seem in dilemmas crafting the upcoming fiscal budget with uncertainty overshadowing budget-support credits worth some billion dollars from foreign development financi... Read More


PCL case: ED attaches assets worth rRs.r54 crore in Thailand, USA, UAE

India, May 9 -- The Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 30 assets worth over Rs.54.32 crore located overseas in three countries as part of its money- laundering ... Read More


AI and VUCA: The perfect storm for humanity

Bangladesh, May 9 -- Artificial intelligence is often portrayed in dystopian scenarios-killer robots, sentient overlords, or apocalyptic sci-fi nightmares. Yet the real threat AI poses to humanity may... Read More