FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Umpteen economic units and businesses, especially CMSMEs, across Bangladesh struggle to run for massive capital shortfalls as one-third of them have no access to easy loans, according to official statistics.Some 34.41 per cent of the economic units across the country...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
A package remedy is now offered for the rescue of scam-hit weak lenders through bail-ins like mergers and acquisitions or guaranteed securities issuance of bank companies to avert printing money needed to feed them. Officials say a top national intelligence...
Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Noakhali and Cumilla until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Weather may remain mainly dry with...
At least nine people have been killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur, Mymensingh and Kushtia on Friday, report agencies.In Rangpur, a night coach crashed into a three-wheeler travelling in the opposite direction from Kaunia in the Nabdiganj Bazar area...
Students from Dhaka's Government Titumir College have blocked the road for a second consecutive day to demand their institution be turned into an independent university. They started the protest programme on the road in front of the college's main gate...
KHULNA, Jan 31 (UNB): A lighter vessel carrying 1,175 tonnes of cement clinkers capsized in the Rupsha River in Khulna on Thursday night.The vessel, 'MV Seven Circle-23,' sank after it collided with the pillar of the Rupsha River rail bridge,...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a fugitive convict who was awarded life-term imprisonment in a case filed over gang-rape of a woman.Assistant director (Media) of RAB-2 ASP Khan Asif Topu said on Friday.The convict, Barkat Hossain...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
The Joyeeta Central Women Entrepreneurs Forum has demanded the withdrawal of eviction orders issued by the Joyeeta Foundation, a government entity under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.The Forum, operating under Joyeeta, has been conducting business at the city's...
The North South University (NSU) has hosted a book-launching programme for 'Decoding Ad Culture: Television Commercials and Broadcast Regulations in Bangladesh', authored by Dr. Harisur Rahman, Associate Professor of Media, Communication, and Journalism (MCJ), said a press release.The event, held...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sent a legal notice to US Bangla Airlines and its newly appointed pilot, Captain Sazid Ahmed, stating that the pilot was recruited without following due process of law.The notice demands the cancellation or suspension of Sazid's...
Jagannath University (JnU) has resumed admissions tests under self-management despite repeated requests and directives from the Ministry of Education to return to the cluster system, reports bdnews24.com.The admission test for the "E" unit was held at 10am on Friday.Initially, the...
GAZIPUR, Jan 31 (BSS): The first phase of the 58th Bishwa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims, began on Friday on the Turag River in Tongi, Gazipur on the outskirts of the capital.The Ijtema commenced with Aam Bayan...
Despite the rapid digitalisation of reading materials, paperback books still remain the preferred choice among readers in the country, as research, surveys, and reports consistently indicate that physical books offer a more comfortable and distraction-free reading experience compared to digital...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 31: Police have arrested five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists for bringing out a flash procession spanning up to ten minutes at GEC intersection in the port city of Chattogram. The banned student organisation staged the programme between...
The political leadership ordered the excessive use of police force during the July uprising, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), one of the world's most respected human rights group, said in a report released on January 27, reports BSS."Multiple police officers...
BNP leader and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar has fallen ill during his Umrah flight and has been hospitalised in Dubai after falling critically ill and experiencing breathing difficulties, reports bdnews24.com.Babar's Personal Assistant Mirza Haider Ali said, "Sir was on...
A meeting was held between Gono Odhikar Parishad and US Chargé d'Affaires to Bangladesh Tracy Ann Jacobson, reports BSS .The delegation from Gono Odhikar Parishad included its President Nurul Haque Nur, General Secretary Md. Rashed Khan, and International Affairs Secretary...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 29 (BSS): The supreme sacrifices of countless martyrs will go in vain if we cannot establish a discrimination- free, humane and democratic Bangladesh, bullet injured Tanvir said as he shared his feelings with the news agency lying on...
RANGPUR, Jan 31(BSS): A court in Rangpur has granted a five-day remand to former Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed in a case over killingMahmudul Hasan Munna during the anti-discrimination movement in Rangpur. Rangpur Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Judge Debi Rani Roy...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has urged all to take lesson from the nightmare of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS."Imprudence and fascism are not at all beneficial for the nation and it has been proved again in...
The BNP has held two separate meetings with the leaders of Jamiat Ulama-e Islam and the 12-party alliance to discuss the country's current political situation and their future course of action to force the government to arrange the next election...
MILAN , Jan 31 (AP): Italy's data protection authority on Thursday blocked access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.The authority, called Garante, expressed dissatisfaction with DeepSeek's...
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters): Russian banks made record annual profits of 4 trillion roubles ($40.7 billion) in 2024, the central bank said on Thursday, as Russia's financial sector continued to rebound from sanctions, riding a wave of high interest rates...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 31: The operation of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) will face a delay until the end of this year due to the open tender method (OTM).Sources said the government would not give the contract to the Chinese company...
Singer Bangladesh Limited, a subsidiary of Beko, a flagship of Türkiye's Koç Holding, held the 'Grand Opening Ceremony' of its state-of-the-art Home Appliances Plant on Thursday. The opening ceremony was attended by Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA),...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Local investors in the country's paint industry are deeply perturbed at the recent tax hike, fearing significant disruptions to their business plans midway through the year. They have urged the government to reconsider the decision of the hike emphasising the...
LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters): Euro zone governments saw record demand for bond sales in January, showing that investors are ready to cover unprecedented funding needs if paid the right price.Strong demand for the sales followed a surge in bond yields,...
Global equity funds witnessed a surge in investments in the week through January 29, driven by a record rally in European shares, softened US tariff expectations on China, and prospects of further rate cuts by major central banks, reports Reuters.Investors...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank signed an agreement with the IBN Sina Trust recently to provide payroll banking services for the employees of the Trust. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Farman R Chowdhury and Member (Finance) of the Trust Kazi...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-01 00:00:00
Square Pharmaceuticals, the flagship company of Square Group, posted a nearly 26 per cent year-on-year growth in profit for the second quarter (Q2) of FY25, driven by increased sales. The drug manufacturer's net profit stood at Tk 6.60 billion in...
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