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Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has reduced the repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 4.75 percent, lowering borrowing costs for a third time this year to boost money flow into the pandemic-hit economy. Bangladesh Bank also reduced the reverse repo rate by 75 basis... Read more
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- Currency outside banks increases by 24.69 pc in a year
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Diplomatic
Deep concern expressed over Rohingyas Staff Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought strong partnership with the United Nations as he fears that COVID-19 may impede the progresses in the area of SDG achievements and the country’s graduation trajector... Read more
Soprts
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh national cricket team’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has been suffering from stomach pain for the last three months. He left for London on Saturday for better treatment as there is no improvement even after consulting doctors in the country. T... Read more
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BD lowers borrowing costs as pandemic hits economy
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has reduced the repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 4.75 perc... Read more
District
Hilsa contributes 1.15 Pc to the country’s GDP Industry Desk: Following a break of 65 days, the MV Bismillah went to sea on the morning of July 24. It netted fish for two nights before returning to the Fishery Ghat fish market in Chattogram. “Each hilsa weighs around 1-... Read more
Corporate
Industry Desk: Revenue collection nosedived in the negative terrain for the first time in history as the National Board of Revenue recorded 3.79 per cent negative growth in the just-completed fiscal year 2019-20 amid deepening impacts pf coronavirus outbreak on the econ... Read more
Tourism
Staff Correspondent: At this time in other years, the country’s only freshwater swamp forest, Ratargul, would be brimming over with hundreds of tourists. The beautiful Lalakhal, Jaflong, Pangthumai and Bisnakandhi, located around the swamp forest, would also pull in cro... Read more
Bank & Finance
BB asks banks to ensure smooth ATM, MFS services during Eid vacation
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday asked the commercials banks to ensure smooth and... Read more
Education
Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said yesterday that the number of educated unemployed graduates is increasing for the lack of technical and vocational education. The education minister made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at an online... Read more
World Wide
Industry Desk: Hoque International Tours and Travels, a Chittagong-based agency operating Hajj and Umrah services since 1999, finds itself trapped in an unprecedented business collapse this year. Each year, around 200-400 pilgrims go to perform Hajj through this agency.... Read more
Development
Staff Correspondent: Power Division has finally asked all the power distribution entities to directly purchase electricity from solar mini-grid operators to save their investment. According to sources at the Power Division, the distribution entities will now purchase el... Read more
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Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has reduced the repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 4.75 percent, lowering borrowing costs for a third time this year to boost money flow into the pandemic-hit economy. Bangladesh Bank also reduced the... Read more
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