JANATA BANK BEGINS FOUNDATION TRAINING COURSEA 30-working day foundation training course organised by the Staff College of Janata Bank PLC for officers (Batch 1/25) started in the city recently. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Md Mazibur Rahman inaugurated...
Kutubuddin Ahmed, one of the country's leading businessmen and entrepreneurs, has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Timor-Leste in Bangladesh by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In this connection, an official letter was handed over to Kutubuddin Ahmed by the...
Trust deed signing ceremony of AMS Global First Fund heldA trust deed signing ceremony of "AMS Global First Regular Income Fund" between Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), as trustee and AMS Global Asset Management Company Limited, as sponsor of the...
Ismail Hossain | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) Director General Abu Sayed Md Kamruzzaman on Wednesday said the 2016 Bangladesh Bank heist might have been prevented had cybersecurity been taken more seriously following the 2014 Sonali Bank hacking. He voiced concerns over missed...
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters): President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, accusing the carrier of illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passengers' travel.The US Transportation Department said in its civil suit in US District Court in...
SINGAPORE, Jan 16 (Reuters): Marine fuel sales reached fresh highs at the world's largest bunker hub of Singapore in 2024, official data showed on Wednesday, driven by record container throughput and higher deliveries of alternative marine fuels.Sales totalled 54.92 million...
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has increased the price of gold in the local market, with the price of 22-carat gold rising by Tk 1,155 per bhori to Tk 1,39,443, reports UNB.The new rates came into effect on Thursday (January...
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters): Oil prices fell back slightly on Thursday, a day after settling at multi-month highs on the latest US sanctions on Russia and a larger-than-forecast fall in US crude stocks.Brent crude futures were down 37 cents, or...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
SYLHET, Jan 16: Chilli cultivation has increased to a great extent in Sylhet division amid its high prices in local market.Agriculture officials said the farmers of four districts in Sylhet division are more interested in chilli farming after suffering huge...
OUR CORRESPONDENTPABNA, Jan 16: At long last ending all speculations, work has gone underway to resuscitate the ailing river Ichhamati in Pabna and to rescue it from its present perilous state through implementation of a mega project. The project involving...
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which excessive fluid accumulates in the brain, causing the head to become larger than usual. It might occur at birth or develop later in adulthood. If left untreated, it can impair brain development and cause...
Gas shortage has been a long-standing problem in Dhaka, but in recent times it has grown increasingly severe. City dwellers in various areas including Mirpur, Basabo, Rampura, Khilgaon, Banshri, Farmgate, Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi, Jatrabari, Mohakhali, and Uttara are being badly affected...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Lately, there are heated public debates about electric rickshaws: should these be allowed in Dhaka city or not? Plying of cycle rickshaws on the main roads in the city is also under scrutiny. Amid the hullabaloo a most important issue---...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Price slump at its lowest for some winter vegetables has raised the old question of troubles and travails farmers often undergo. Oversupply of perishable fruits and vegetables compared to demand has ever remained a problem in this country. If a...
The dismal implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) during the first half of the 2024-25 fiscal year highlights not only the sluggish progress of development projects but also the appalling performance of certain public sector agencies, notably the...
Yemad Fayed Ahmed | 2025-01-17 00:00:00
Unprecedented improvements in speed, connectivity, and digital innovation are anticipated with the introduction of 5G technology. Given the potential for economic transformation that 5G technology holds, nations are vying to build strong 5G networks. Bangladesh, a fast-developing country aspiring for...
Bangladesh Premier League franchise Durbar Rajshahi have promised to pay their local players on Thursday, a day after the players boycotted training in Chattogram to protest the non-payment of fees by the franchise. Jayed Ahmed, the operations in-charge of Rajshahi,...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 16 (BSS): Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal created a new record for his franchise during 48 ball-61 runs knock against Dhaka Capital, a knock which won his side the game by eight wickets.It was his seventh half-century for...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 16, 2025 (BSS): Local boy Tamim Iqbal continued his rich vein of form to hit 48 ball-61 as Fortune Barishal crushed Dhaka Capital by eight wickets in the first match of the Chattogram phase of Bangladesh Premier League...
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (AFP): US President Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a "dangerous" oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week.In a primetime speech from the Oval...
AZA, Jan 16 (Reuters): Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced to bring an end to 15 months...
SEOUL, Jan 16 (Reuters): South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to attend a second day of questioning by investigators on Thursday, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his martial law bid.Yoon on Wednesday...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 12:00:00
The stock exchanges have downgraded three companies to the 'junk' or 'Z' category, effective from Wednesday, as they failed to hold annual general meetings (AGMs) within stipulated time frame.The companies are Union Bank, Sea Pearl Beach Resorts and Sonali Life...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
The government is weighing an exit plan from its business activities gradually to give priority to private investment in different sectors within six months to one year to improve business climate in the country.Except national interest and security issues like...
SEOUL, Jan 15 (AFP): Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first sitting president to be detained in the nation's history.Yoon,...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
An allocation of Tk 14.23 billion has been sought for executing controversial projects taken posthaste by the Awami League government on demands from MPs in the wake of the student-mass movement that toppled it.Local Government Division (LGD) has placed such...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
Relaxing conditionalities of Chinese loans, trade support, Rohingya repatriation, and renewal of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on water resources will dominate the bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.The apex court allowed all the appeals filed by the accused and scrapped the verdicts delivered by...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
Inflation and economic downturn will remain the two major economic challenges for Bangladesh in the coming days, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).The three other issues would be extreme weather events like floods and heat waves, pollution, and unemployment...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-16 00:00:00
Full reports on reforms by Jan 31 Talks with parties by mid-Feb Govt circular today extending six commissions' tenure by one month A nomenclature update as 'Janoganotantric Bangladesh' through constitutional overhaul has been proposed among other recommendations like changes to...
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