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India may extend anti-dumping duty

Instead of lifting anti-dumping duty as requested by Bangladesh repeatedly, India is now conducting a 'sunset' review of jute goods imported from Bangladesh.The 'sunset' review, according to the anti-dumping agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is made to extend the validity of anti-dumping duty for five more years through...

A flock of ducks surrounded these people having lunch inside Gulistan Park in the city, in search of food.

A flock of ducks surrounded these people having lunch inside Gulistan Park in the city, in search of food. These ducks stay in a nest there at night, while roam freely in the vicinity during daytime. The photo was taken on Friday — FE photo by Shafiul Alam

Nat’l highway awaits e-operation

A national highway is set to be brought under electronic road operation system for the first time - under a regional corridor development project.The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has incorporated the provision in the under-construction SASEC Road Connectivity Project II to operate the highway from Tangail to Rangpur electronically...

$250m ADB loan for safety-net overhaul

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide US$250 million policy-based loan to Bangladesh for facilitating reforms in improving social safety-net programmes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The Board of the Manila-based lender approved the loan on Friday, said a statement from the ADB.Under the 'Strengthening Social Resilience Programme', the Bangladesh government will...

Covid infection rate scales 18.59pc

54 more die in 24 hours across the country Khulna surpasses Dhaka with caseload FE ReportCovid-19 infection rate marked a phenomenal rise in Bangladesh, reaching 18.59 per cent on Friday, as the surge in fresh caseloads continued in some bordering areas including Khulna and Rajshahi divisions.On Thursday, the Covid-19 test...

Two held as Tk 37m 'vanishes' from Dhaka Bank vault

Over Tk 37 million has gone missing from Bangshal branch's vault of Dhaka Bank on Thursday night, officials and police confirmed.In connection with the money heist, police arrested two of the branch officials - senior officer and cash-in-charge Rifatul Haque and Manager (operations) Amran Ahmed for their alleged involvement with...

207,885 fly abroad with jobs

Bangladesh has sent 207,885 workers to different countries in last five and a half months amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official statistics. As per the data of the expatriates' welfare desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, a total of 168,178 male and 39,707 female workers went abroad with jobs...

Briefing 19-06-2021

Stocks slip into red Stocks slipped into the red in the outgoing week, snapping a nine-week winning streak, as cautious investors booked some profit on quick-gaining stocks amid rising trend of Covid-19 cases. Week-on-week, DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 13.89 points or...