The officials and employees of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry have decided to donate an amount equivalent to one day's salary to relief and welfare fund of the Chief Adviser to the interim government, reports BSS.In order to help...
The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industry (BAPI) in collaboration with the 'Anti-Discrimination Student Movement,' organised a relief programme to provide medical and food support to flood-affected people of the country on Saturday. To mark this initiative, a meeting was held...
Janata Bank PLC has made a donation equivalent to one-day salary of all levels of employees to the Chief adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund for the flood-affected people, said a press release on Sunday.The recent devastating floods have caused immense...
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said on Sunday the devastating floods in 86 upazilas of 12 districts caused an estimated loss of over Tk 15.90 billion in the fisheries and livestock sector, reports BSS."The flash floods have incurred a...
Ukraine extended an incentivised "early consent" deadline on Friday for international bondholders to back its plan to restructure more than $20 billion of its debt due to what it described as "technical issues", reports Reuters.The deadline was due to run...
Mercantile Bank has donated Tk 20 million for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims. Md. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director, and Mati Ul Hasan, additional managing director of the bank, has deposited one day's salary of the bank's officials to...
Southeast Bank has recently signed an agreement with Genex Infosys at the bank's head office, marking a step forward in the financial technology sector, according to a press release. Nuruddin Md. Sadeque Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank, and Shah...
BRAC Bank has announced a contribution of Tk 50 million to the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to support their ongoing rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the country. This decision, made with the wholehearted support of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
Brokers have demanded non-political appointment in the independent director posts of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).In a letter to the economic advisor of the interim government, they also provided a list of professional people for selection for the positions.All seven...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
The stock price of GPH Ispat jumped 4.44 per cent to Tk 28.2 per share on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday after the steel manufacturer announced its decision to issue right shares. The board of the Chittagong-based steelmaker...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
Transparency and accountability will be ensured in the stock market and those who have been involved in irregularities in the past will be punished based on probe findings, said the new chief of the securities regulator."We will thoroughly investigate the...
Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, the former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), has allegedly died after falling from a hill in Shillong in India's Meghalaya, reports bdnews24.com.Panna slipped and fell to his death on Saturday morning, said his nephew...
A vested quarter is spreading propaganda against media using the name of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said Chief Adviser's (CA) office in a message on Sunday, reports UNB."Using the name of Anti-Discrimination Student movement, the vested quarter is spreading propaganda against...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
The BNP-led 12-Party Alliance called for intensifying the ongoing relief efforts for helping the flood-affected people in the country. It also requested the countrymen to stand beside the flood victims with their all means. The Alliance made the appeal at...
Detectives in a drive arrested Awami League (AL) leader and former lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap from the capital's Tejkunipara on Sunday, report agencies. A DB official requesting anonymity confirmed the arrest. Golap was arrested around 2:00 pm in a...
SYLHET, Aug 25 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party is willing to give the current interim government a reasonable time, not an indefinite time, to hold an acceptable election by reforming all the institutions.While...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature...
SYLHET, Aug 25 (UNB): Jailed retired Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) following surgery to stop internal bleeding from ruptured testicles.Jail authorities said...
The Hindu community in Bangladesh is set to celebrate Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, today (Monday) with due religious fervor, reports UNB.According to Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe as Lord Krishna in the prison of...
The National Committee to protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Sunday called for dredging and excavation of all rivers in the country to deal with annual floods, reports UNB.Besides, the civic organisation demanded to investigate the corruption and looting...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC), challenging legality of the Article 116 of the Constitution that vested the control and discipline of persons employed in the judicial service and magistrates exercising judicial functions in the...
Students of a kindergarten at Shantibag in the capital formed a human-chain on Sunday with appeals to donate money for the flood-hit people. — FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
As the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency over Mpox, virologists have said that Bangladesh is under a moderate threat of the viral infection. The viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
Interim Government Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has called upon China to relocate some of its solar panel factories to Bangladesh in an effort to boost the country's green transition and exports.Prof Muhammad Yunus made the call when...
Education and Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said forcing people now working in different positions in educational intuitions might create instability and action would be taken if there is any reasonable complaints against them, reports UNB. He said these...
CHATTOGRAM Aug 25: Authorities on Sunday morning opened all 16 spillway gates of the Kaptai Hydropower Plant as water levels in the lake had risen above the danger level due to heavy rains and downpours from the hills.Sources reported that...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks in the country to freeze the accounts of Exim Bank Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his wife Nasrin Islam for the next 30 days.The BFIU, an anti-money laundering agency under...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of two acts enacted to give special security to the family members of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The two laws are--- "Father of the Nation Family Members'...
A legal notice has been served for publication of a list of the persons whose sentences have been remitted, suspended or commuted by the President during the period from January 1991 to July 2024.Copies of the notice were sent to...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
State-owned Sonali Bank managed to recover a mere 4.5 per cent of classified loans from top 20 defaulters as of May, 2024. According to data from the bank's Loan Recovery Division, 17 out of the top 20 defaulters did not...
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