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Walton makes history with first-ever motherboard export to US

In a landmark achievement for Bangladesh's tech industry, local manufacturer Walton Digi-Tech Industries has become the first company from the country to export Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA), commonly known as motherboards, to the United States.In a significant move that reverses the long-standing trend of importing technology components, Walton is...

Digital bank applicants get until Nov 2

FE REPORT The Bangladesh Bank has extended the deadline for submitting applications seeking to establish digital banks by more than a month.Aspiring individuals and institutions will now be able to submit applications until November 02, 2025 (Sunday upto 6:00 pm), according to a press release.Applicants must also send soft copies...

Community clinics get medicine supplies in a couple of days

MANIKGANJ, Sep 15: Community Clinic Health Assistance Trust will supply medicines worth Tk 1.2 billion to all community clinics within the next couple of days, which is expected to resolve the shortages of basic medicines that prevailed in community clinics for a year.Md Akhtaruzzaman, managing director of the trust, made...

Teesta flows above danger mark

Lalmonirhat, Sept 15 (UNB): Authorities have opened all 44 sluicegates of the Teesta Barrage to control the swelling river as heavy rainfall and upstream onrush of water pushed its level above the danger mark.At 6am on Monday, the water level at Dalia Point in Hatibandha upazila was recorded at 52.18...

Dual delivery system introduced for AEO-recognised businesses

FE REPORTChittagong Customs House (CCH) has introduced a dual delivery system, allowing businesses with a compliant import-export record to release imported raw materials and other goods from both customs houses and off-dock facilities.The system is available only to businesses recognised as Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) by the National Board of...

Jamaat, other Islamic parties announce protest programmes

Jamaat-e-Islami and three other Islamic parties have announced protest programmes to voice their five-point demand.Jamaat-e-Islami announced their programme at a press conference to press for implementation of their demand. It will hold rallies on September 18, 19, and 26. Islami Andolan Bangladesh led by Charmonai Pir announced that it would...

Chittagong port tariffs rise by about 40pc

FE REPORT The government on Monday published the gazette notification on new tariffs schedule for goods and vessels at Chittagong port raising charges on an average 40 per cent.The port charge has been hiked at the moment when the private inland container depots are also raising their charges in the...

Rashidpur gas field adds 8 mcfd gas to national grid

An additional 8 mcfd gas would be supplied to national grid daily from the newly discovered Rashipur Gas Field under Bahubal upazila of the district, reports BSS.Director (Operation) Petrobangla formally inaugurated the gas supply to the national grid from the Rashidpur Gas Field Sunday evening when Managing Director of Sylhet...