FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Grameenphone, the largest stock in terms of market capitalisation, topped the weekly turnover chart of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) this week for the first time in two years, as buoyant investors poured fresh funds into the market amid renewed optimism.This...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Stocks slipped back into the red this week after a huge jump the previous week, as risk-averse investors chose to lock in profits on quick-gaining shares.The correction was due to profit taking on stocks that saw irrational price appreciation the...
IG Chowdhury | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Being digital is the norm of life today. It is efficient and fast. There are many steps on the digital ladder of using the services. The step is related to the ability of a user in terms of digital savviness....
Nilratan Halder | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Sharate aaj kon othithi elo praner dware Ananda gan ga re hridoy ananda gan ga reThis is how Rabindranath celebrates the arrival of the Sharat or Autumn. In the United States, known as the Fall, it is the most favorite...
WARSAW, Aug 16 (AFP): Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Friday that Poland would officially bid to host the Olympic Games in 2040 or 2044."I dedicate this decision to the 10, 12 and 15-year-olds of today. Poland will officially...
LONDON, Aug 16 (AFP): Leicester striker Patson Daka has been ruled out for a "few months" with an ankle injury, new Foxes manager Steve Cooper said Friday.Zambia international Saka suffered the setback during Leicester's final pre-season friendly with Lens and...
LONDON, Aug 16 (AFP): Premier League new boys Ipswich signed Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips on a season-long loan on Friday.Phillips has endured a difficult time with Premier League champions City and the move to Ipswich marks the latest attempt...
Barcelona's Spanish forward Lamine Yamal (R) takes part in a training session ahead of the Spanish league football match between Valencia CF and FC Barcelona, at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona on Friday — AFP
Zimbabwe have emerged as one of two options being considered to host the Women's T20 World Cup this year, reports espncricinfo.com. The tournament, which is due to start on October 3 and was scheduled for Bangladesh, is likely to be...
TAIPEI, Aug 16 (AFP): Taiwan's president praised Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting on Friday for showing "grace" despite attacks on her gender, as he hosted a party for the island's Olympians.Competing under the name Chinese Taipei, Taiwanese athletes brought...
The change in government following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina has brought about a wave of changes in every sector of Bangladesh, including the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Nazmul Hassan Papon, the current President of the BCB, has expressed his...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (AP): Bangladesh spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed said the senior cricketers, including former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, are helping the team to focus on the Test series against Pakistan after political turmoil at home disrupted preparations."All the...
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Thursday as cheap Black Sea exports kept weighing on the market, which had risen overnight on a rally sparked by a Russian attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure, reports Reuters.Chicago soybean futures...
Gold prices pared gains on Thursday as the dollar and Treasury yields rose after stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data that could influence the size of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at...
Oil prices fell by more than $2 on Friday and were on track for a weekly decline, with Brent slipping below $80 a barrel after a string of dismal indicators for July from China overshadowed geopolitical risks, reports Reuters.Brent crude...
Many instructors have contributed to the expansion of IT education in our country, with some even offering free classes to various groups. IT plays a crucial role in the development of our nation, as it is being increasingly utilised across...
The reopening of primary schools across the country after nearly a month of closure marks a crucial step towards resuming normalcy in our education system. Following the indefinite closure of government primary schools and related educational institutions on July 17...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian regime last week, the demand for broad-based reforms in various sectors has become vociferous. The interim government is, however, not in a position to fulfil all such demands within a short period, as...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Despite having built up an over-capacity of power generation in the energy sector), the past government did little to ensure a cheap and reliable supply chain of primary energy, over which it would have total control. That is the irony...
The failures of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the government agency created two decades back to combat graft, to deliver the goods are legendary. Also, the records of similar other bodies like the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the Criminal Investigation...
Md Abdul Latif | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
The traditional linear business model, with its extractive philosophy, "take, make, dispose" prioritises short-term profits over sustainability. This leads to cheap, disposable products that generate excessive waste, depleting resources and harming the environment. Resource extraction, production, transportation, and disposal all...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-08-16 12:00:00
The chief adviser of the interim caretaker government of Bangladesh and pioneer of micro-credit cum social business programmes across the globe – Professor Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Micro-credit programmes offer an alternative strategy for...
ZURICH, Aug 15 (Reuters): UBS has put a real estate fund of its former competitor Credit Suisse worth over $2 billion into an "orderly liquidation" as of Thursday, the Swiss bank said.The Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund International's total net...
RIYADH, Aug 15 (Arab News): The number of operational entities in the Abu Dhabi Global Market rose to 2,088 in the first half of 2024, reflecting a 31 per cent surge compared to the same period in 2023.During the first...
TEXAS, Aug 15 (Reuters): Toyota may be one of the slowest legacy automakers to develop electric vehicles but it could be the first to jettison cars powered only by gasoline.Almost three decades after launching the Prius, its pioneering gasoline-electric hybrid,...
LONDON, Aug 15 (BBC): The UK's economy grew by 0.6 per cent between April and June as it continued its recovery from the recession at the end of last year.The latest figure was in line with forecasts and follows a...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 15 (Reuters): Google parent Alphabet said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries, just two months after it rolled back some capabilities following a problem-riddled launch.The search giant made...
BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters): China's factory output slowed for a third straight month in July, showing the recovery in the world's second-largest economy was losing steam, although the battered consumer sector perked up slightly as stimulus targeting households took effect.A...
Shares of former US President Donald Trump's media company dipped and neared record lows on Wednesday, following weak quarterly results and the Republican presidential candidate's return to social media platform X, reports Reuters.Trump's dwindling lead in polls and election betting...
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters): Big investors are bracing for this summer's stock market rout to run into the autumn, fearing a broader wave of selling will follow the turmoil sparked by US recession concerns and the Bank of Japan wrong-footing...
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