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  BRAC Bank offers spl auto loans on purchases at 25 vendors

  Business Desk | Updated at 11:20pm on March 06, 2021

  BRAC Bank is offering auto loans at special interests and processing fees on purchases made at 25 car vendors, said a press release. At an...

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  Biden’s COVID rescue plan grinds toward Senate approval

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:19pm on March 06, 2021

  US Democrats were on track Saturday for a final vote on president Joe Biden’s massive COVID-19 relief package after agreeing to scale back unemployment benefits,...

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  Stocks snap six-week losing streak

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:12pm on March 06, 2021

  Dhaka stocks in the past week snapped a six-week losing streak as a section of investors went for bargain hunting while many others remained cautious....

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  17pc of food production wasted globally: UN report

  Associated Press/United News of Bangladesh . New York | Updated at 11:05pm on March 06, 2021

  Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that...

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  17pc of food production wasted globally: UN report

  Associated Press/United News of Bangladesh . New York | Updated at 11:05pm on March 06, 2021

  Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that...

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  Employment growth in RMG sector 1pc a year: study

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:58pm on March 06, 2021

  Employment in the country’s readymade garment sector witnessed only 1.07 per cent growth a year from 2015 to 2020, according to a study report released...

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  No alternative to revenue for development: NBR chairman

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rangpur | Updated at 08:46pm on March 06, 2021

  National Board of Revenue chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Saturday urged the country’s citizens to pay income tax and value added tax as...

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  HM Steel in Ctg begins production activities

  Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 08:38pm on March 06, 2021

  HM Steel and Industry Limited, a concern of Mostafa Hakim Group, started its production activities formally on Saturday. Land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury inaugurated the operations...

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  Britain launches competition probe into Apple’s App Store

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:06pm on March 05, 2021

  Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple that will focus on the US technology giant’s use of its App Store. The Competition...

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  Virus pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20yr high: UN

  Agence France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 11:05pm on March 05, 2021

  Extreme poverty in Latin America has reached its worst level in 20 years due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the UN said on...