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Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government installed after an August...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 11:49am

World

Bangladesh inquiry recommends feared police unit shut

DHAKA: A Bangladesh commission probing abuses during the rule of toppled leader Sheikh Hasina has recommended a...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:11pm

World

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak worsens

DHAKA: Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years, with more than 400 deaths as rising...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 09:52pm

World

Malaysia PM to visit Bangladesh, focus on labour issues

DHAKA: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is set to arrive in Bangladesh on Friday for talks primarily focused...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 12:14pm

World

Student ally of Bangladesh ex-PM beaten to death on campus

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student leader was beaten to death at his university campus in an apparent reprisal for attacks...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 05:31pm

World

Ousted Bangladeshi leader becomes diplomatic headache for India

NEW DELHI: Four weeks after ex-premier Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter during a student-led revolution,...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 04:37pm

Sports

Bangladesh players rally behind accused teammate Shakib Al Hasan

DHAKA: Bangladesh players have rallied round teammate Shakib Al Hasan, the ousted lawmaker who faces a case of...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 01:45pm

World

Bangladesh swears in chief justice as old guard removed

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s new chief justice has been sworn into office after his predecessor, viewed as a loyalist of...

Updated 11 Aug, 2024 07:19pm

World

Twelve killed in twin Bangladesh jailbreaks

DHAKA: Twin jailbreaks in Bangladesh killed at least 12 inmates and freed hundreds more in the chaotic days after...

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:40am

World

Bangladesh protesters expect interim government to be finalised on Wednesday

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s protest leaders said they expect members of an interim government, led by Nobel laureate...

Published 07 Aug, 2024 12:45pm

World

At least 73 killed as clashes rock Bangladesh, curfew imposed

Mobile services, internet remain tightly restricted

Updated 04 Aug, 2024 09:36pm

World

Bangladesh capital bans rallies after government buildings torched

DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh’s capital banned all public rallies on Friday after the deadliest day of ongoing student...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 01:42pm

World

Bangladesh police say senior opposition leader arrested in Dhaka

DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Friday arrested one of the country’s most senior opposition party leaders in the capital...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 12:32pm

World

Five killed in Bangladesh job quota protests

DHAKA: At least five demonstrators were killed in Bangladesh on Tuesday during violent clashes between rival student...

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 07:22pm

World

Bangladesh suspends job quotas after student protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:07pm

World

Millions without power as cyclone Remal pounds Bangladesh and India

DHAKA/KOLKATA: Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone...

Published 27 May, 2024 09:52am

World

Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert

DHAKA: Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering heatwave...

Published 28 Apr, 2024 02:42pm

World

Bangladesh likely to sign another long-term LNG deal, buy more spot cargoes

QUITOL: Bangladesh will likely sign its fifth long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract in “a couple of years”...

Updated 08 Feb, 2024 07:08pm

Sports

Bangladesh name Najmul captain for third New Zealand ODI

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday named batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto captain for the third one-day international against...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 11:39am

World

Hundreds of shops gutted in market fire in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A huge fire gutted several hundreds shops at a market in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, but there were no...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 12:33pm

Business & Finance

SAARC Presidency: Pakistani trade delegation set to visit Dhaka

KARACHI: A 35-member business delegation from Pakistan is expected to participate at the handover-takeover ceremony...

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

World

Tears, protests 10 years since Bangladesh factory tragedy

SAVAR: Hundreds of workers in Bangladesh shouted slogans for justice and survivors wept at the ruins of a factory...

Published 24 Apr, 2023 03:24pm

World

Bangladesh shopping centre fire doused after 27 hours

DHAKA: Firefighters, supported by military personnel, in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka finally extinguished a...

Published 16 Apr, 2023 05:32pm

Sports

Mushfiqur guides Bangladesh home in Ireland Test

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim shrugged off Bangladesh’s mid-innings jitters to hit a quickfire half-century Friday and seal...

Updated 07 Apr, 2023 03:12pm

World

Huge fire engulfs market in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters were mobilised in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to battle an inferno that...

Updated 04 Apr, 2023 11:57am

Sports

Roy ton powers England to victory in 2nd Bangladesh ODI

DHAKA: Jason Roy struck a century while Sam Curran put in a fine all-round performance as England thrashed...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 07:16pm

World

US says Bangladesh sanctions to remain until police reform

DHAKA: The United States will not lift sanctions on an elite Bangladesh police unit accused of extrajudicial...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 01:31pm

Pakistan

Dhaka debacle termed huge blow to Pakistani art movement

KARACHI: The painter and art professor, Salima Hashmi, said that the separation of East Pakistan in 1971 shattered...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:42am

World

Bangladesh opens first metro line in traffic-choked capital

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s sprawling capital inaugurated its first ever metro rail line on Wednesday as authorities work to...

Published 28 Dec, 2022 02:38pm

Sports

India beat Bangladesh in second Test thriller

DHAKA: India sneaked victory and a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh in a thrilling second Test on Sunday after the...

Updated 25 Dec, 2022 02:05pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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