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Gold price increases by Tk 1,878 per bhori

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has raised the price of gold by Tk 1,878 per bhori for the local market, effective from Thursday. The decision was made by the BAJUS Stan... Read More


Southeast Bank's loan installments, DPS payments now through Nagad

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Customers can now pay savings and loan installments of Southeast Bank through Nagad, the mobile financial service provider of the Bangladesh Postal Department. This initiative was l... Read More


Hajj Finance gets new managing director

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Md Shafiqur Rahman has recently joined Hajj Finance Company Limited (HFCL) as the Managing Director, according to a press statement from the financial institution on Wednesday. Befo... Read More


Dhaka's air ranked third in world's most polluted city this morning

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Dhaka ranked third on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality on Wednesday morning. Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy' with an AQI score of 249 at 9:10 a... Read More


Bangabandhu Trust, Hasina, Rehana accounts under probe

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Banks are instructed to submit information on the bank accounts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Mem... Read More


A new Syria in a crises-enveloped world

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The speedy fall of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria brings about a dramatic change in the politics of the Middle East. In the first place, it changes the dynamics in Syria, given tha... Read More


Int'l migration leads to a rise in fallow land: BIDS

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- International migration often contributes to an increase in fallow land and a decline in cropping intensity in own land in rural Bangladesh, according to a study by Bangladesh Instit... Read More


Oil volatility continues as retailers yet to start supplying at new rate

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Volatility in the edible-oil market continued on Tuesday as refiners had not yet supplied oil to distributors at the newly fixed price. After a meeting with refiners, the government... Read More


Bangladesh's hunger situation improves

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Bangladesh's ranking in the global hunger index (GHI) improved slightly with a score of 19.4 this year, narrowly escaping the category of serious-hunger group. The country ranks 84 ... Read More


Martyr Abu Sayed's father admitted to Dhaka CMH

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Maqbul Hossain, father of martyr Abu Sayeed, has been admitted to the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for advanced cardiac care following a heart attack. The 74-year-old was ... Read More