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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) on Thursday recognised 46 listed and non-listed organisations in 17 categories for their best corporate practices based on financial parameters and non-financial indicators. Winners of the ICMAB Best Corporate award...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The interim government has asked ministries to halt fund allocations for infrastructure development, car purchase, land acquisition and foreign tours by public servants as part of revising down the current national budget.To this end, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Seven banks have so far received Tk 65.85 billion in liquidity support from 10 affluent banks and the cash feeding under the regulator-underwritten guarantee scheme will continue, officials said. "Such liquidity support will be continued in the coming days," spokesperson...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Days after restoring tax incentives for renewable energy-based power producers for 10 years to attract potential investors, the government is now set to extend the tax-breaks for five more years to 15 years.Top government officials in a meeting Thursday decided...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN FROM BAKU, AZERBAIJAN | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Azerbaijan is interested in investing in Bangladesh and is exploring the possibility of opening a resident embassy in Dhaka, as both nations see growing opportunities for trade, commerce, and international cooperation.This interest was expressed by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh has expressed sheer annoyance at deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's frequent political statements from India, urging the Narendra Modi government to restrain her from doing so anymore.Toufique Hasan, director-general of the public diplomacy wing and also spokesperson for foreign ministry,...
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, told AFP on Wednesday that reforms were needed before Bangladesh could elect a government following the ouster of autocratic former ruler Sheikh Hasina.The speed of reforms "will decide how quick the election...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), according to the Met office.Night and day temperature may fall slightly over the country.The highest temperature of the country was...
The Ministry of Land has issued a circular directing the authorities concerned to take immediate actions against employees of the ministry, if found involved in corruption or irregularities in the delivery of land services, reports UNB.The circular, signed by Senior...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 14: The commissioning of the Chattogram-Dhaka oil pipeline is likely to take place in December and may be handed over to the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in January of next year. The project's works have almost been completed...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman speaking at the 43rd Annual Commanders' Conference of the Army Service Corps (ASC) 2024 at the ASC Centre and School at Jahanabad Cantonment in Khulna on Thursday. — ISPR
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Arrangements will be made to provide lifetime medical treatment and rehabilitation for the injured protesters and victims of the student-led July-August mass movement, said Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser.He made the remarks after a...
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has appointed 1,299 government law officers to courts across 25 districts from November 3 to 13, reports UNB.This includes Government Pleaders (GPs), Additional Government Pleaders, Assistant Government Pleaders, Public Prosecutors (PPs), Additional...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said his government would carry out vital labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign investment in the country's manufacturing sector, reports BSS.He made the comments during a meeting with former British...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
The Container Company of Bangladesh Ltd (CCBL) received no response to a bid invitation for investment and development of an inland container depot (ICD) at Ghorashal in Narsingdi, making the fate of the project uncertain.According to official sources, 12 private...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has imposed travel bans on Taqsem A Khan, former managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), and A F M Bahauddin Nasim, former Member of Parliament (MP), along with his family members.Dhaka Metropolitan...
Dhaka University (DU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has announced its full committee comprising 242 members, reports UNB.Ganesh Chandra Roy Sahos, a student from the 2010-11 session of the university, was made the President and Nahiduzzaman Shipon, a student...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said deposed Sheikh Hasina turned Bangladesh into a crippled state."Sheikh Hasina during her tenure has misruled the country and frightened the people," he said. "Jubo League and Chhatra...
FE Report | 2024-11-15 00:00:00
BNP leaders including ecretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to the residence of the charge d' affairs of the United States (US) Embassy to Bangladesh Megan Boldin in the capital for having a cup of tea on Thursday. Member...
Two Dhaka courts have sent former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Solaiman Salim and former lawmaker for Bhola-2 Ali Azam Mukul to jail in separate murder cases, reports BSS.A Dhaka court sent to jail former lawmaker Solaiman Salim in a case lodged over...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a discussion on the party's 31-point state reform proposal, held at a city hotel on Thursday, where BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was virtually present. — Focus Bangla
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
