The 133rd board meeting of Padma Bank PLC was held on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Padma Bank Chairman Md. Shawkat Ali Khan, Managing Director & CEO of Sonali Bank. The meeting was conducted by Padma Bank Chief Executive...
A Deed of Agreement has been signed between Trust Bank PLC and Heguang Electronic Distribution Co. Ltd. (OPPO Bangladesh). The signing ceremony was attended by Md. Kamal Hossain Sarkar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of the Islamic Banking Division of...
Mercantile Bank PLC organised a daylong "Cash Management" training workshop in Chattogram recently to strengthen operational efficiency and enhance professional competence among its cash officers. Head of Training & Development of Mercantile Bank S. M. Salim Uddin attended the inaugural...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), one of the country's leading trade bodies, successfully conducted its 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday at the DCCI Auditorium in the capital, reports BSS.During the meeting, members of the DCCI...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
Yields on long-term treasury bonds increased further on Tuesday, as banks were reluctant to invest surplus funds in the government securities ahead of the year-end closing and upcoming national polls. The cut-off yield, generally known as the interest rate, on...
NRBC Bank has organised a workshop on Reporting to Online Import Monitoring System (OIMS) and Online Export Monitoring System (OEMS) introduced by Bangladesh Bank.The workshop was held at the bank's head office recently. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer...
BRAC Bank, with support from the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank, has completed a month-long intensive training for the promising entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector in Sirajganj. The Finance Division of the Ministry...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has stepped up preparations for the upcoming parliamentary election and is shaping its election manifesto with a sharper focus on digital transformation and artificial intelligence.In a recent interview with The Financial Express, the party's IT...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures closed more than 1% higher on Tuesday, for a second consecutive session, as stronger soyoil prices lifted the market.The benchmark palm oil contract for March delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives...
LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters): Copper prices hit a record high on Tuesday, crossing the $12,000 mark as thin year-end trade extended momentum for speculative buying on a weaker dollar and worries about tighter supply.Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal...
LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters): London cocoa futures on ICE touched a two-week low on Tuesday, with recent rains seen as beneficial for crops in top grower Ivory Coast while a strengthening in the value of sterling added to downward pressure...
LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters): Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as potential sales of Venezuelan crude seized by the United States were countered by heightened supply disruption fears after Ukrainian attacks on Russian vessels and piers.Brent crude futures rose...
Silver rose past $70 for the first time on Tuesday, while gold hit a record high, trading just below $4,500 an ounce, as a weaker dollar and persistent geopolitical uncertainty lift demand for safe-haven assets, reports Reuters.Spot silver gained 2.2...
SUBAH JAHWA PURBA | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
As winter settles in Bangladesh, the mesmerising sight of local winter vegetables and colourful seasonal fruits, and the joy of enjoying 'pitha' with friends and family on a chilly day, bring us much joy. From early-morning bazaar trips to drinking...
MALIHA TASNIM | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
"People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath." Marshall McLuhan's words drift easily into the first light over Dhaka. They capture a feeling many once knew well, when the newspaper was not just...
The problem that is not receiving as much attention as it should is the slow and bureaucratic nature of business registration and licensing in Bangladesh, which is undermining the country's ambition to become a viable investment destination. For most entrepreneurs,...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
For years, poor implementation of Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP) has remained a recurring concern, despite ever-expanding budgets and ambitious targets. The Ministry of Planning has candidly acknowledged that flawed project design and absence of competent project directors lie at...
The 3.32 km Karnaphuli Tunnel, South Asia's first underwater river tunnel connecting the port city of Chattogram with Anwara upazila, aimed at increasing connectivity and boost trade, has turned out to be a white elephant. The reason is that the...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2025-12-24 00:00:00
The country has plunged into another upheaval again– suspected by many as an ominous sign of conspiratorial machinations. The countrywide unified protests did not begin with attacks on newspaper offices or assaults on journalists. It began with the shooting and...
The government is set to slash profit rates on national savings certificates (Sanchaypatra) from January 1, 2026, marking the second reduction in six months, following calls from the banking sector. The Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance has drafted...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
Regulatory and institutional gaps as well as technical-capacity constraints of the stakeholders are the key challenges for implementing environmentally-friendly Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs) in Bangladesh, speakers observed at a workshop.The workshop titled 'Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) Light Touch Activities in Bangladesh' was...
FE REPOPRT | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
Gold prices jumped to an all-time high at Tk 222,082 per bhori in the local market as the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) revised the price of the 22-carat gold anew on Monday night.The new rate will come into effect from...
Motaleb Shikdar, the Khulna divisional chief of the NCP-affiliated Jatiya Sramik Shakti, has been declared out of danger after being shot in the head in Khulna city, reports bdnews24.com.Khulna Medical College Hospital Superintendent Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman told reporters on Monday that...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
Loan and advance disbursements by non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) continued to decline in the July-September period of 2025, extending a downward trend that began after peaking in the first quarter of the year, despite remaining well above last year's levels.Total...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
A Dhaka court has directed that household items seized from the Gulshan flats of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, including used and unused clothes, kitchen appliances, crockery and other consumables, be handed over to the Chief Adviser's...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will complete the formalities to become a registered voter on December 27 after returning home from London on December 25, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said on Monday."December 25 is Thursday, December 26 is...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) on Monday signed loan agreements worth $688 million to upgrade the 35-kilometre Chattogram-Dohazari railway line.The South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)-Chattogram-Dohazari Railway Project will also construct a 2.5-kilometre bypass,...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus presides over a high-level meeting on economic progress and budget expenditure at the State Guest House Jamuna on Monday. — PID
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-23 00:00:00
US-based Excelerate Energy is set to begin supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh from early January under a long-term contract, providing a fresh boost to the country's strained natural gas-supply system."We will start purchasing LNG from the US company...
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