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Govt keeps export incentives same in 43 sectors for FY27

SMEs in the RMG sector will continue to receive an additional 3% incentive, while exporters expanding into new products or new markets in the textile sector will be eligible for 2% support.

2h | Economy
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Foreign stock buy-sell up 25% amid sustained capital outflow

1h | Stocks
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Why DSE's mobile app losing users despite 79% surge in trading?

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BRAC Bank celebrates 25 years

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led the Islamic Republic from 1989 until he was killed at the age of 86 in an airstrike on the opening day of the US-Israeli strikes in Iran. Photo: AFP via HT

'Ideals can't be killed': Iran hits back at Trump over 'one shot' remark amid Khamenei's funeral

3h | World+Biz
Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury speaks at a view-exchange meeting with officials of the Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in Dhaka on 5 July 2026. Photo: Courtesy.

Public confidence in official statistics depends on credible, transparent data: Khosru

1h | Bangladesh
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33 senior police officers, including 14 DIGs, sent on compulsory retirement

1h | Bangladesh
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DU weighs merging 8 depts into 3, teachers oppose move over lack of consultation

3h | Education
Norway striker Erling Haaland and Brazil winger Vinícius Júnior are set to headline their sides' Round of 16 showdown. Photo: Reuters

Brazil seek first-ever win over Norway to end long-standing hoodoo

1h | Sports
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Kamalapur metro rail extension to open in April next year

3h | Bangladesh
BRAC Bank Chairman Meheriar M Hasan presents a gift to a guest during the bank's 25th anniversary celebration on 5 July 2026. Photo: TBS

BRAC Bank aims to become 'Amazon of Banks' with new retail banking strategy: Chairman

1h | Banking
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet today paid a courtesy call on Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at his office. Photo: Courtesy

France interested to expand support, explore new financing instruments through French Treasury

1h | Foreign Policy
Burn-injured victims from the Karnaphuli fishing vessel fire receive treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Photo: TBS

Fishing vessel fire on Karnaphuli River: Engineer succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 3

56m | Bangladesh
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DSE turnover jumps 55% in FY26 as stock market rebounds

1h | Stocks
The newly-appointed Chief of Mission of the IOM in Bangladesh, Dr Laura Nicole Tomm-Bonde, met with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam at the foreign ministry today. Photo: MoFA

Shama Obaed seeks stronger IOM support for skills-based migration

1h | Bangladesh
Industries Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir presides as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of the BSCIC Monsoon Fair at the BSCIC Bhaban in the city today, 5 July 2026. Photo: TBS

Govt working to raise CMSME's contribution to 60% of economy: Industries minister

3h | Industry
Firefighters and emergency responders work to contain a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, 4 July 2026. Photo: AP/Giannis Papanikos via UNB

Hundreds of firefighters battle Portugal blaze; Greece issues toxic smoke alert

1h | Europe

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আদর্শকে হত্যা করা যায় না: ট্রাম্পের ‘এক শটেই সবাইকে শেষ করা যেত’ মন্তব্যের জবাবে ইরান

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২০২৭ সালের এপ্রিলে কমলাপুর পর্যন্ত চালু হচ্ছে মেট্রোরেল

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১৪ ডিআইজিসহ পুলিশের ৩৩ ঊর্ধ্বতন কর্মকর্তা বাধ্যতামূলক অবসরে

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হারমোনিয়ম বাজিয়ে 'সেপ্টেম্বর অন যশোর রোড', কবিতাটি গানের সুরে গাইছেন গিন্সবার্গ; তার অ্যাপার্টমেন্টে ১৯৯১। ছবি: নাসির আলী মামুন/ ফটোজিয়াম

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Stocks

Logo of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Photo: Collected

DSE turnover jumps 55% in FY26 as stock market rebounds

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Foreign stock buy-sell up 25% amid sustained capital outflow

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Why DSE's mobile app losing users despite 79% surge in trading?

Paramount Textile to convert Tk293cr investment in solar subsidiary into preference shares

Paramount Textile to convert Tk293cr investment in solar subsidiary into preference shares

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TBS NEWS AT 8 PM, 5 July 2026

TBS NEWS AT 8 PM, 5 July 2026

Ali Khamenei's funeral draws massive crowds as Middle East tensions remain high

Ali Khamenei's funeral draws massive crowds as Middle East tensions remain high

BRAC Bank celebrates 25 years

BRAC Bank celebrates 25 years

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Panorama
Bare offices.Thin ranks: Bangladesh's fringe parties fight for relevance 

Bare offices.Thin ranks: Bangladesh's fringe parties fight for relevance 

Wheels
Park it beside the endless procession of grayscale crossovers occupying Gulshan avenue and it looks like someone accidentally left a Hot Wheels car at full scale. PHOTO: Ahbaar Mohammad

The pony car that went global: 2017 Ford Mustang EcoBoost

Pursuit
Abir visited UC Berkeley last month for a pre-admission orientation. Photo: Courtesy

What earned Abir 6 offer letters from prestigious US universities

Earth
A flash of electric blue and a tail that defies proportion — the red-billed blue magpie commands the Shivapuri mornings. PHOTO: MD ARIF HOSSAIN PRODHAN

What you seek is seeking you: A morning at Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park

Offbeat
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250 years on: How American English carved out its own identity from British roots

In Focus
The exploded fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen in this aerial view from April 1986. Photo: REUTERS/Files

In photos: Rare captures from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

The Big Picture
World Cup's $50b bet: How football became a global economy

World Cup's $50b bet: How football became a global economy

Illustration: TBS

No more ‘Hand of God’ in the age of AI, tracking systems and smart footballs

Food
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Moja Korean Fusion Restaurant: Korean comfort with a contemporary accent

Tech
Logos of TikTok are seen at the TikTok house on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

TikTok eyes the super app future

Brands
ENOVAR: Designed for now

ENOVAR: Designed for now

Health
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain visits the newly constructed second unit of the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka today. Photo: PID

PM to inaugurate second unit of neurosciences hospital on 15 Aug: Health minister

Wellbeing
Photo shows broccoli, tomato, cucumber and thai pepper. File Photo: Pixabay

8 tips for healthy eating

By The Numbers
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Oldest players in World Cup history

Thoughts & Analysis

Subodh: The man who carried the Sun abroad

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The geography of low-cost medicine

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Economy

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Foreign stock buy-sell up 25% amid sustained capital outflow

Govt keeps export incentives same in 43 sectors for FY27

Beza secures $65m in fresh investment for National Special Economic Zone

World+Biz

Firefighters and emergency responders work to contain a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, 4 July 2026. Photo: AP/Giannis Papanikos via UNB

Hundreds of firefighters battle Portugal blaze; Greece issues toxic smoke alert

Vessel forced out of New York ship parade over 'politically charged' banners

Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march through DC

Stocks

Logo of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Photo: Collected

DSE turnover jumps 55% in FY26 as stock market rebounds

Foreign stock buy-sell up 25% amid sustained capital outflow

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