FE REPORT | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
Former Dhaka University teacher Farzana Lalarukh has been appointed as commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for the next four years.The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued a notification in this regard on...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
The interim government has turned down the ICB's plea for a loan worth Tk 50 billion sought to strengthen its financial base and support the country's capital market."The government now is not willing to disburse any loan. It would be...
NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
In Bengali culture, rice is more than simply food; it's a daily staple, a habit, and a source of comfort. However, many people are thinking about cutting back on their use of white rice as they become more aware of...
RISANAN NID | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
Rain has the magical power of romanticising nature-be it melancholic or joyful. Adventurers can't help themselves answering that call. In Bangladesh, the monsoon typically lasts from June to September. Drenching the greens and painting the sky with clouds, the monsoon...
Entrepreneurs and businessmen are both essential parts of the business world. They create two distinct but significant values in the market. Entrepreneurs are more likely involved in innovation by creating new business ideas. They are more interested in startups or...
The entire nation remains acutely aware of the police brutality during the quota reform movement. Numerous individuals are currently fighting for life in hospitals, unsure whether they will ever reclaim a semblance of normalcy. Following the interim government's assumption of...
Universities serve as the meeting place of teachers and students, embodying the intellectual core of a nation. They play a pivotal role in cultivating the minds that will steer the country's future, providing an environment conducive to the exchange and...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
One of the most disturbing pieces of news of the year about economy was the revelation that there had been systematic distortion of data by government bodies, especially the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) followed by Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)....
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
Quite a few years have passed since the settlement of maritime disputes with neighbours in the designated international court. Still, there is nothing in view to suggest any mentionable work programme to explore the vast resources of the ocean- blue...
Remittance, the second biggest source of Bangladesh's foreign currency earning after exports, the expatriate workers send home may vary in amounts from time to time. The variation depends on multiple factors. Last month, for instance, the homebound remittance recorded a...
Saudi shipping firm Bahri said on Tuesday its tanker Amjad was not targeted in a Red Sea attack, and that it had been spared any damage from the incident that hit another tanker that was sailing nearby, reports Reuters.The US...
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Tuesday it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet after the in-flight failure of an engine part and found 15 aircraft with components that needed replacement, reports Reuters.Cathay Pacific said three of the...
Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday on optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month as attention shifted to upcoming jobs data which could provide more insights into the size of rate cuts, reports Reuters.Spot gold...
Brent oil prices declined 2 per cent on Tuesday as sluggish economic growth in China, the world's biggest crude importer, increased demand concerns that overshadowed the impact of halted production and exports from Libya, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures fell by...
CUMILLA, Sept 03 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered the bodies of a woman and her child, who were allegedly kidnapped from Padua area in Cumilla three days ago, from Cox's Bazaar town last night.The victims are Arifa...
The death toll from the recent catastrophic flood in 11 districts has risen to 71 with four more deaths reported on Tuesday, according to the report of Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, reports UNB.The fresh deaths were reported from worst-hit...
GAZIPUR, Sept 03 (UNB): Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended for one hour on Tuesday as some retrenched garment workers staged demonstration blocking the highway demanding reinstatement of their jobs.The agitated garment workers, who were sacked from various factories...
CHANDPUR, Sept 03 (UNB): Despite the peak of the Hilsa season, the supply of the prized fish has not increased at Chandpur's renowned "Boro Station Fish Landing Centre" (Big Station Fish Ghat).Consequently, the price of Hilsa from the Padma-Meghna rivers...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 03: Public concern has been raised about the weapons looted from police just after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on August 05.Miscreants vandalised and torched police stations and outposts in Rajshahi, looting 207 weapons and 11,027 rounds...
DUBAI, Sept 03 (AP): Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence imposed on a member of the all-volunteer wing of the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who stormed a house during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini...
RAIPUR, Sept 03 (AFP): Indian police killed at least nine Maoist rebels during a gunfight on Tuesday, officials said, with security forces still searching the forest for more remains and weapons.The clash is the latest in India's long-running Maoist insurgency...
JENIN, Sept 03 (AFP): Israeli forces were operating Tuesday in the northern West Bank, nearly a week into military raids in the occupied territory that the Palestinian health ministry said killed at least 27.An Israeli air strike overnight that the...
KINSHASA, Sept 03 (BBC): An attempt by inmates to break out of a high-security prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has led to the deaths of 129 people, the authorities say.Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said...
MOSCOW, Sept 03 (Reuters/AFP): Russian forces are advancing faster in eastern Ukraine than they have done for a long time, taking several square kilometres per day, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday as Moscow's forces tried to smash through a...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-09-04 00:00:00
Everybody who is somebody in the world of technology, economy politics and academia has a take on Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly in the West where it is undergoing rapid transformation, paving the way for the most important technological advance since...
MUMBAI, Sept 2 (Reuters): India's markets regulator said on Monday that investors in public issues sold 54 per cent of shares within a week of listing.Between April 2021 and December 2023, investors showed a greater propensity to exit from the...
HONG KONG, Sept 2 (Reuters): Shares in major Hong Kong property developer New World Development plunged 13 per cent after it estimated a net loss of as much as HK$20 billion ($2.6 billion) for the financial year that ended in...
HONG KONG, Sept 2 (AFP): Asian markets were mixed Monday, with optimism over an expected US interest rate cut offset by worries over the Chinese economy following the release of more disappointing data.Figures on Friday showed the Federal Reserve's favoured...
NEW YORK, Sept 02 (Reuters): Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company's board of directors to slice off unnecessary businesses and revamp capital spending, according to a source...
BENGALURU, Sept 02 (Reuters): India's manufacturing activity growth eased to a three-month low in August as demand softened significantly, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, casting another shadow over the otherwise robust economic outlook.Growth in Asia's third-largest economy slowed to...
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