Stock markets in the Gulf tracked global shares lower on Thursday as tension between Russia and Ukraine kept investors on edge, while Egypt's index snapped a four-day losing streak, reports Reuters.Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on...
NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (AFP): India's Adani Group on Thursday called US charges that their billionaire tycoon founder Gautam Adani had paid more than $250 million in bribes "baseless", as the opposition leader demanded his arrest.The stiff denial came after...
PUBALI BANK HOLDS PROGRAMME ON GREEN FINANCEPubali Bank organised a capacity development programme on 'Sustainable Finance and Green Finance' at the bank's head office on Thursday. Mohammad Ali, managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank, presided over the programme. The...
SOUTHEAST BANK SIGNS MOU WITH SUMMERFIELD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLSoutheast Bank recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tiny Tots and Summerfield International School at the bank's head office in the capital for providing tuition fees collection services, payroll services, among...
BANK ASIA WINS SAFA AWARD 2023 Bank Asia won 'SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award 2023' for 'Integrated Reporting' at a recent event in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In addition, the bank also achieved 'Certificate of Merit' among private sector banks...
Professor Dr. Melita Mehjabeen, a tenured faculty member of IBA, Dhaka University, has been appointed as independent director to British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh, according to a press release.She has about 20 years of proven track record in academia, research,...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-22 00:00:00
Keeping shareholders in the dark for the last five years, Appollo Ispat Complex finally disclosed a huge pile-up of losses worth Tk 7.6 billion, incurred between FY19 and FY23.Once renowned for its corrugated iron sheets brand "Rani Marka Dheutin," Appollo...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-22 00:00:00
The struggling Emerald Oil Industries' production has remained suspended for more than six months for what the company said was a shortage of gas supply to its factory. It communicated the matter to the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday in...
BAGERHAT, Nov 21 (UNB): Students of the Medical Assistant Training School (MATS), Bagerhat blocked the road in front of the Bagerhat Police Superintendent's office on the Bagerhat-Khulna highway over four-point demands on Thursday.This caused traffic congestion on both sides of...
NAOGAON, Nov 21 (UNB): Police recovered two bodies, one of a young man and another of an elderly man, from separate locations in Naogaon on Thursday.The discoveries were made near the Atrai River bank in Manda upazila and in the...
BARGUNA, Nov 21 (UNB): A waste treatment plant in Barguna town constructed at a cost of Tk 160 million (16 crore) under the LGSP project with World Bank funding has been lying inoperative for the last three years amid environmental...
OUR CORRESPONDENT SYLHET, Nov 21: The authorities concerned are yet to take any measure to repair or reconstruct the roads damaged badly by floods in Sylhet region, local people have alleged.Officials concerned said they carried out some repair work on...
Bangladesh Women's team is confident of making a direct entry to the ICC World Cup despite knowing that the equation is quite tough for them, reports BSS.To ensure a direct entry to the World Cup, to be held in India...
After a disappointing clean sweep at home against South Africa in their last Test series, Bangladesh are gearing up to take on the West Indies in a two-match Test series, with the first match starting in Antigua today (Friday), reports...
Dhaka is one of the most traffic-congested cities in the world, with some of the worst public transport services globally.Every year, Dhaka's traffic nightmare costs Bangladesh billions of dollars. According to data from the BUET, the annual financial loss due...
On Monday, at around 12:15 PM, protesters pelted stones at the Antanagar train, the Akoost Express, travelling from Noakhali to Dhaka. The students of Government Titumir College were demanding that their college be declared a university. While blocking roads might...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-11-22 00:00:00
Online gambling has, as elsewhere, witnessed a steep rise in Bangladesh in recent years. The allure of easy money is attracting a growing number of Bangladeshis to this fool's game. A century-old statute and cultural and religious norms that discourage...
The idea of limiting the number of bus operators in the capital has been floated once again. This initiative, initially endorsed by the Cabinet during the previous government's tenure, was a key feature of the draft Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower for a second consecutive session on Thursday, as fears of US tariffs imposed on China and muted demand for palm sparked a sell-off in the vegetable oils market.The benchmark...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Spot gold price rose for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, with safe-haven demand for the precious metal supported by global stocks under pressure after AI bellwether Nvidia's revenue growth forecast failed to excite investors.Spot gold...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Copper prices retreated on Thursday on concerns about the latest developments in the war in Ukraine, a firmer dollar and worries about demand in China.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.4 per...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Oil prices climbed more than 2 per cent on Thursday as Russia and Ukraine launched missiles at each other, overshadowing the impact of a bigger-than-expected increase in US crude inventories.Brent crude futures rose $1.48, or 2.03...
PARIS, Nov 21 (AFP): Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.Roughly 160,000 light years...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 21 (AFP): Gunmen in northeastern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in two attacks on Thursday, officials said, adding that the incidents were linked to sectarian violence that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months."Two separate...
NEW YORK, Nov 21 (AFP): A fresh banana taped to a wall-a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan-was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in...
KYIV, Nov 21 (AFP): Moscow on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukraine for the first time, Kyiv said, marking the latest escalation of the conflict since Ukraine fired Western-supplied long-range missiles on Russia.The Ukrainian air force said...
FE REPORTA violent clash took place between students of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College in the capital's Science Laboratory area on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 students injured.The incident brought traffic to a halt in the busy area, causing...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 12:00:00
The government has formed 39 teams to monitor the overheated commodities markets in the city to ensure smooth supply of essential items and keep prices stable, sources said.The teams were constituted with members from seven entities - the ministries of...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-21 12:00:00
Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday told the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in the capital that Abdullah Al-Mamun Chowdhury, former inspector general of police (IGP), was the 'supreme commander' of the mass killing that took place during the July-August...
Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, chairs a meeting of the council of advisers at the secretariat for the first time on Wednesday since the assumption of his interim government on August 08. —...
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