Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday laid emphasis on creating confidence to achieve a greater goal as he joined the centennial celebration of the Bose-Einstein Statistics in the city, reports UNB."We must create confidence in the minds of...
Four Bangladeshi-Americans have joined president-elect Donald Trump in securing notable wins in the recent US elections, reports bdnews24.com.They are Sheikh Rahman, Aboul B Khan, Nabilah Islam, and Md Masudur Rahman.Each of them was elected to prominent state-level positions, although no...
NATORE, Nov 7 (UNB): A case has been filed against 25 people in connection with the killing of Jubo League leader Saidur Rahman Babu in Sadar upazila of Natore district.Saiful Islam Tara, brother of Saidur, filed the case with Sadar...
Some students of Dhaka University (DU) have burst into protest after Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, put up posters on the campus to mark the National Revolution and Solidarity Day, reports UNB.Students from Bijoy Ekattor Hall first...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has proposed five names for consideration of the search committee in the formation of the new Election Commission (EC). However, the names that the party recommended could not be ascertained immediately. BNP standing committee member Salahuddin...
Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman has urged the political parties to work together for the sake of the country burying all divisions, reports UNB.He was speaking at an event organised by Dhaka Metropolitan unit of Jamaat-e-Islami at Bara Moghbazar...
A Dhaka court has placed former industries minister and senior Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu on a six-day remand in a case over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud in the capital's New Market area during the anti-discrimination protests,...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the interim government to hold the national election within an appropriate timeframe to help eliminate uncertainty in the country."The interim government can hold the general election at rational...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections will not have major impact on the US Bangladesh bilateral ties, said foreign adviser Touhid Hossain on Thursday."There is no need for speculation, let him take over the office. It will take...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday set November 14 for pronouncing judgment on a rule that questions the legality of two provisions regarding quick rentals, reports BSS. These provisions include giving quick rental power plants immunity from legal bindings and...
Hundreds of boats shuttle between both banks of the Buriganga, the lifeline for Dhaka, to ferry passengers. Many boatmen live in their water vessels after their service. This Thursday morning picture shows a small boat with its owner sleeping inside...
Seven more people have died of dengue while 1,209 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's purchasing managers' index (PMI) climbed to 55.7 in October, a 6.0-point spike from the previous month, thereby signalling an economic expansion after three consecutive months of contraction.A PMI reading above 50 indicates that the economy is generally 'expanding'. A...
Leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies observed the 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day' on Thursday by holding various programmes, commemorating the 'civil-military uprising' in November 7, 1975.On October 31, BNP announced a 10-day programme to mark the...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
As many as 42 government organisations are unable to recover their money from the troubled Padma Bank, formerly Farmers Bank, as a staggering Tk 60-billion deposits remain locked in it.Of the deposits is Tk 8.74 billion from the Climate Change...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave for Azerbaijan on November 10 to join the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at COP 29 in the country's capital, Baku.A bilateral meeting likely to be held between Dr Yunus...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Despite the Bangladesh government's green signal to go ahead, uncertainty over implementation of the projects of Bangladesh Railway (BR) under the Indian Line of Credit (LoC) is still persisting due to continued inaction by the authorities concerned from the Indian...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters): Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 climate summit next week and will increase pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
The Cyber-security Act now gets under the axe as the council of advisers of the interim government Thursday decided in principle to repeal the contentious law.Disclosing this, among other decisions made in a meeting of the council, Shafiqul Alam, Press...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
The government has introduced Orange Bonds with an intent to mobilise $1.0 billion immediately and up to $10 billion by 2030, aiming for sustainable and inclusive growth and gender-equitable economic empowerment.The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Impact Investment Exchange...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Woes of private entrepreneurs compounded with formal-credit flow to the businesses having plummeted by 66 basis points to 9.20 per cent in September as their business-expansion plans get stymied.Money-market analysts and industry-insiders term such continuous ebb in the demand for...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Controlling inflation may take 12 to 18 months, as required in the case of all countries after the tightening of monetary policy, says the central bank's governor as inflationary pressure hits a new high. The Bangladesh Bank Governor, Dr Ahsan...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-08 00:00:00
Over-all inflation heated up to 10.87 per cent in October with people in rural Bangladesh hit hard as the consumer price index (CPI) rose faster there by official count.The revelation made Thursday prompted the interim government's finance and banking authorities...
Asian equities, excluding China, witnessed sharp foreign outflows in October, as investors wary of the US presidential election outcome reacted to concerns over weaker-than-expected corporate earnings, overvalued stocks and rising bond yields, reports Reuters.According to LSEG data, foreigners offloaded a...
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters): Investors are bracing for further economic pain in Europe that could deepen euro losses and hurt its stocks, as a second Donald Trump presidency raises the prospects of hefty tariffs.European bonds emerged as winners, as expectations...
HONG KONG/SYDNEY, Nov 7 (Reuters): More US financial firms may pull back from China, hive off local units to minimise risks or pause expansion plans on concerns about geopolitical tensions in a Donald Trump presidency, industry executives and analysts said.Mainland...
TOKYO, Nov 07 (Reuters): Nissan Motor announced a $2.6 billion cost saving plan on Thursday, including 9,000 job cuts and a 20 per cent reduction in global production capacity as it battles falling sales in China and the United States.Japan's...
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