SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Aug 12 (Reuters): China's bond market, the world's second largest, is on edge following a turbulent week in which the central bank started intervening heavily to stem a plunge in yields even as the economy is struggling.But die-hard...
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters): The Biden administration on Monday unvei-led new rules and efforts targeting consumer annoyances ranging from hard-to-cancel subscriptions, cumbersome insurance forms, and not being able to get a live customer service agent on the phone.The "Time is...
Minister-MyOne Group has come up with 'Shorot Offer' for this autumn season, offering discounts on all products, including air conditioners (AC), refrigerators, and televisions, says a press release. Shorot Offer includes special discounts of up to 53 per cent on...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
Stock brokers have admitted their failure to hold the market watchdog to account for allowing listing of weak companies, one-sided regulatory decisions, and corruptions of its top officials in the last 15 years. "We acknowledge we could raise our voices...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
The DSE Brokers Association (DBA) of Bangladesh placed a 30-point demand, including a massive overhaul of the securities regulator and immediate removal of corrupt officials to ensure good governance. The past two chairmen of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
HANOI, Aug 12 (Reuters): Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet said it will take delivery of up to 10 Airbus jets this year, at a time when local airlines are facing a shortage of aircraft due to engine recalls by manufacturers and...
Managing Director & CEO of Social Islami Bank Zafar Alam held a view-exchange meeting with the senior executives at the bank's head office on Sunday. Mohammad Forkanullah, Abdul Hannan Khan and Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Deputy Managing Directors of the bank,...
With the situation returning to normal after installation of the interim government, businesses and shops have reopened gradually. The photo shows a customer coming out of a jewellery shop at Baitul Mukarram Market in the city on Monday.
SINGAPORE, Aug 12 (Reuters): Bangladesh's electricity demand grew 7 per cent over three weeks of deadly nationwide protests that disrupted industrial and commercial activity, data showed, as households cranked up air-conditioners to cool down amid searing heat.Protests against quotas in...
The Board of Directors of Takaful Islami Insurance Limited, at its 139th meeting held on August 10, unanimously re-elected Tahmina Afroz as chairman and Emdadul Hoque Chowdhury (Emdad) as vice chairman for the year 2024-2025, says a press release.Tahmina Afroz...
Mobile financial service provider Nagad Ltd has long been the target of various conspiracies and smear campaigns, the company stated in a press release on Monday, reports UNB.According to Nagad, certain vested interests are deliberately spreading misleading and false information...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
A group of BGMEA members on Monday demanded resignation of its current president, SM Mannan Kochi, and his board of directors due to their controversial roles during the recent students' quota reforms movement.They also alleged that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers...
LONDON, Aug 12 (AFP): Graham Thorpe's wife Amanda has revealed the former England cricketer took his own life after battling depression and anxiety for several years.Aged just 55, Thorpe's death in August plunged the cricket world into mourning for the...
Litton Das was in good spirits ahead of Bangladesh's departure to Pakistan for the Test series. The photo was taken from the city on Monday — BCB
PARIS, Aug 12 (AFP): France bid a reluctant farewell on Monday to an "enchanted" fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show...
PORT OF SPAIN, Aug 12 (AFP): Alick Athanaze missed out on a maiden Test century but played the key role in ensuring the safety of a draw for the West Indies against South Africa on the final day of the...
Bangladesh chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain said on Monday that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is available for all the Test matches in 2024, reports Cricbuzz. Bangladesh are scheduled to play eight Test matches in the remainder of the year that...
The Bangladesh A team will take on Pakistan A team in the first four-day game at Islamabad today (Tuesday) with the players, called up for the national team, gearing up for match practice ahead of the upcoming Test series against...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
Child labour is a persistent and complex issue in Bangladesh, rooted in socio-economic factors such as poverty, lack of education, and inadequate social protection systems. Despite efforts by the government and various organisations, millions of children in Bangladesh are still...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams that began on June 30th have been repeatedly disrupted due to the students' quota reform movement and the subsequent unrest and violence across the country. According to various media reports, around 80 HSC candidates...
Under the Sheikh Hasina government, which has remained in power for three consecutive terms, factionalism has seriously vitiated the police force. A faction within the force has extensively used the police to enforce party agendas, including the excessive use of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
There is nothing wrong in supporting a particular political ideology. And being the activist of a political party is also nothing out of the ordinary. But the problem of present-day politics in Bangladesh is that supporters or activists of one...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
The banking sector has been witnessing ugly events following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's government. Slogan-chanting processions, the abstention of high officials in the face of protests by employees, and incidents like shootouts are now common events in a section...
It is heartening to know that a move is underway to form a citizen security committee for each police station in the country. When the police's morale is at its lowest, such a step may prove encouraging for lifting the...
PABNA, Aug. 12 (UNB): Two children from the same family drowned on Monday morning while picking water lilies in a pond in Pabna's Sathia upazila.The deceased were identified as Ruhan, 03, and Yamin, 04, were both residents of Dhulauri Purbo...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 12: Two children were injured in a bomb explosion at Tikapara under Boalia thana in Rajshahi on Monday afternoon.The victims are identified as Md. Abdullah, 07, son of Alamgir Hossain and Md. Saba, 08, son of Md. Shahin...
JAMALPUR, Aug 12 (BSS): Farmers here have continued jute harvesting during this kharip-1 season, agriculture officials said.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said jute harvesting is on the last stage as farmers have already harvested jute on 20900 hectares...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 12: Arum cultivation has made its cultivators rapturous in different upazilas of the district as they are earning remarkable financial benefits through its farming.This season, growers get huge arum yield and profits, which encourage them to cultivate the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Aug 12: Bhavadaho has become known as Jashore's sorrow for the perennial water-logging problem. Bhavadaho sluice gate was constructed in 1961 and soon afterwards, the farmers of Bhavadaho between Jashore's Manirampur, Keshabpur, Abhaynagar upazilas and Phultala and Dumuria upazilas...
TOKYO, Aug 12 (AFP): A report of white smoke coming from a landing Singapore Airlines plane forced a runway at Japan's Narita Airport to close temporarily on Monday, officials said, though responders found no signs of fire and no one...
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