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Stocks extend gains as large caps surge

FE REPORT | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

The benchmark equity index maintained its upward momentum this week, extending its winning streak for a third consecutive week, as regulatory measures helped ease investor concerns amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty.The market rally was largely driven by fundamentally strong stocks, supported...

The perspective of Bangladesh

Subbir Sikder | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

The advent of the new millennium has brought about a new reality and dynamism in the socio-economic perspective in least developed and developing countries. The access to information through Internet and mobile phone has helped the common people understand more...

4B Movement takes America by storm, can it sustain?

Nilratan Halder | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

Few people were aware of 4B Movement before it got going following Donald Trump's election as the 47th US President. Neither is it American homegrown. It has its origin in South Korea way back in the mid-2010s before the #Me...

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka

2024-11-16 00:00:00

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka attends the 2024 GQ Men Of The Year party at Bar Marmont in Los Angeles on Friday — AFP

Ex-SL cricketer gets new 10-yr Australia ban

2024-11-16 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Nov 15 (AFP): Australian cricket slapped a 10-year ban on Sri Lankan Test player Dulip Samaraweera on Friday for alleged "inappropriate behaviour" -- to run concurrently with a 20-year suspension he is already servingThe 52-year-old, who played seven Tests...

New Zealand’s Southee to quit Test cricket

2024-11-16 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, Nov 15 (AFP): Former New Zealand captain Tim Southee said Friday the team's upcoming Test series with England would be his last, with the 35-year-old set to finish up at his home ground in Hamilton.The irrepressible seam bowler made...

40 arrests at France-Israel football match in Paris

2024-11-16 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov 15 (AFP) : Police made 40 arrests at a tense football match between France and Israel in Paris but the city's police chief said on Friday the huge security operation had "worked very well". The Nations League game...

Argentina fall in Paraguay, Brazil held in Venezuela

2024-11-16 00:00:00

MONTEVIDEO, Nov 15 (AFP): World champions Argentina suffered a 2-1 defeat to Paraguay while rivals Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw at Venezuela as South America's big guns struggled in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Thursday.It started well for...

England wrap-up T20 series win over WI

2024-11-16 00:00:00

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, Nov 15 (AFP): England beat West Indies by three wickets in their T20 international in Saint Lucia on Thursday to take an insurmountable 3-0 lead in their five-match series.West Indies recovered from 37-5 to make 145-8 largely...

Japan hammer Indonesia to edge closer to World Cup spot

2024-11-16 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Nov 15 (AFP): Japan hammered a hapless Indonesia side 4-0 on Friday, extending their lead at the top of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and edging them closer to an eighth consecutive spot at football's premier spectacle.Despite several...

BKSP Green team make winning start

2024-11-16 00:00:00

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan (BKSP) Green team beat Khulna Mohammedan Academy by 3-0 goals in the inaugural match of the BKSP Cup Football Tournament on Friday at BKSP ground in Savar, re4ports BSS.BKSP Director General (DG) Brigadier General Md Munirul...

Indian players Virat Kohli (R), Rishabah Pant (L) and Jasprit Bumrah look

2024-11-16 00:00:00

Indian players Virat Kohli (R), Rishabah Pant (L) and Jasprit Bumrah look on during the internal practice match between India and India A cricket teams at the WACA in Perth on Friday — AFP

Bangladesh to face Maldives today

2024-11-16 00:00:00

After losing the first match, Bangladesh looking forward to restore its lost pride in its second match against visiting Maldives today (Saturday) at Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital, reports BSS.Private Satellite Channel T-Sports will telecast the match of two-match...

Is TikTok impacting your concentration?

2024-11-16 00:00:00

In the age of social media, TikTok has become one of the most widely used short-video streaming platforms, with billions of active users. While these engaging, bite-sized videos entertain us, they may also be decreasing our attention spans. This constant...

Smart money moves to secure the future

2024-11-16 00:00:00

Financial literacy has become more essential than ever as economic opportunities expand and financial products become increasingly accessible. For Bangladeshis, financial literacy enables informed decisions regarding saving, spending, investing, and managing debt.A strong foundation in financial basics helps individuals navigate...

Pursuing unconventional careers

2024-11-16 00:00:00

A career is an individual's journey of lifelong learning, extensive training, and skill development. Simply put, a career is what one does for a living. At various stages of life, everyone must decide what they want to achieve. This choice...

Acceptance and relinquishment of citizenship

Tanim Asjad | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

At least 2,606 Bangladeshi citizens have surrendered the country's citizenship formally in the last eight years. Most of them availed of citizenship in Germany during the period under review. This is quite intriguing. What prompted these people to leave the...

The days of fossil fuel not over yet

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

President Aliyev has described the country's rich deposits of natural resources including oil and gas as the "Gift from God". Azerbaijan is rich in both of these fossil fuels. Under his presidency, the country has been roaring ahead with development,...

Towards a zero-waste textile sector

2024-11-16 00:00:00

Given the highly pollutant nature of the textile and fashion industry, the Western importers of textile products from developing nations including Bangladesh want to see that waste generated by the industry is managed efficiently and sustainably. In the textile industry,...

IPR and consumer interest at home and abroad

Manzur Ahmed | 2024-11-16 00:00:00

Protecting the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) is critical for international trade and foreign investment. Bangladesh is struggling to improve the country's IPR regime for long despite being part of a number of major international bodies and agreements for the protection...

Quick-rental power producers' functions can now be challenged

FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 12:00:00

Quick-rental power producers' functions now can be challenged as the High Court rescinded the contentious legal impunity given to them during the past regime. The High Court Thursday passed its orders declaring illegal two impugned provisions of the 'Quick Enhancement...

Southeast Bank accords reception to SAFF women's champions

2024-11-15 12:00:00

Southeast Bank PLC accorded a reception to the unbeaten SAFF Women's Champions Bangladesh Football team at its head office in the city on Thursday, reports UNB.The bank rewarded Tk 300,000 to each of the 23 booters of the team and...

Gold prices steady ___

2024-11-15 00:00:00

Gold prices steadied near the previous session's two-month lows on Friday and were poised for their worst weekly performance in over three years as a rallying US dollar and expectations of less aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve...

China demand fears hold back oil prices

2024-11-15 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters): Oil prices were steady on Friday, heading for a weekly loss, as investors mulled waning Chinese demand and a possible slowing of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cut path.Brent crude futures dropped 30 cents, or...

Dengue: Five more die

2024-11-15 00:00:00

Five people have died of dengue, while 1,107 more patients been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease throughout Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as...

Shot during uprising, Abdullah dies

2024-11-15 00:00:00

Md Abdullah, a college student who was shot during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests on Aug 5, has died at a hospital in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.He died at 7:30am on Thursday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital,...

Tarique Zia vows to curb power abuse, autocracy if BNP returns

2024-11-15 00:00:00

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh in such a way that no one, not even the prime minister, can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat, reports UNB.He came up...

Oil, potato get pricier; veggies cheaper

FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00

The prices of edible oils, potatos, and eggs increased further last week, while that of vegetables showed a decline.Loose soybean-oil prices increased to Tk 170-172 a litre, and super palm oil to Tk 164-165 a litre.Traders said oil prices had...

Weekly service on anvil for higher cargo demand

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-11-15 00:00:00

A local shipping company, which has been on trial for a direct shipping route between Karachi and Chattogram, now plans to offer weekly services for an increased cargo demand on this line.Previously, this vessel used to ply the Dubai-Chattogram route.It...

Find $1.0tn a year for poor countries

2024-11-15 00:00:00

BAKU, Nov 14 (Reuters): Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the...