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  Lawmakers criticise govt

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Two members of parliament on Wednesday criticised the government over the plunge of Dhaka stock market saying that the investors had lost their interest as...

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  BDCom offers broadband internet pack at Tk 300

  BSS | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Broadband service provider BDCom Online on Wednesday announced the launching of the country’s lowest broadband internet package in line with the ‘Digital Bangladesh’ campaign. The...

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  Davos bosses sound alarm over climate, political fires

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Business chiefs head into their first global gathering of 2020 warning that a litany of environmental disasters risk defining the world over the new decade,...

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  Rashed becomes Standard Bank MD, CEO

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Khondoker Rashed Maqsood has been appointed managing director and CEO of Standard Bank Limited, said a press release. Prior to joining SBL, he was the...

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  Sajjad becomes AB Bank AMD

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Sajjad Hussain has recently been promoted as additional managing director (AMD) of AB Bank, said a press release. Sajjad joined the bank in 2014 as...

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  Curtain falls on Germany’s ‘golden decade’ of growth

  Agence France-Presse . Frankfurt am Main | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  German economic growth plummeted in 2019, official data showed on Wednesday, providing fresh ammunition for debate about how to use fiscal surpluses to boost gross...

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  India plans more palm oil curbs as Malaysia PM talks tough

  Business Desk | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  After refined palm oil, the government is looking to further step up the heat on Malaysia with a plan to restrict the import of microprocessors...

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  Lebanon banks in tatters after angry night-time demos

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Cleaners in crisis-hit Beirut swept away shattered glass outside banks on Wednesday after angry nighttime protests over informal capital controls that left dozens of people...

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  Bezos promises $1b in bid to see off Indian e-com storm

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos promised on Wednesday a new billion-dollar investment in India, just two days after authorities launched an anti-trust investigation into the e-commerce...

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  BDF meeting on Jan 29

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2020

  The next meeting of the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) will be held on January 29 in a bid to enhance cooperation between the government with...