FE REPORTUnilever Consumer Care endured a 49 per cent year-on-year decline in profit to Tk 159 million in the third quarter through September this year as its sales plummeted. The quarterly income was the lowest in four years. In the...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
Brokers of the Dhaka bourse have demanded the removal of the existing categorisation of securities, saying it creates scope of manipulation in the secondary market.The DSE Brokers Association (DBA) on Monday sent a letter to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
Grameenphone's revenue dropped 3.8 per cent year-on-year to Tk 39.5 billion in the third quarter this year due to a sharp fall in data revenue amid July unrest, internet shutdown and unprecedented floods in several regions.GP reported a degrowth of...
JIUQUAN (China) Oct 29 (AP): China said all systems are ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday, the latest mission to make the country a major space power.The two men and one woman will...
DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) Oct 29 (AP): Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship traveling through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea on Monday, though it escaped undamaged, authorities said.The attack ended an 18-day lull in reported assaults...
MOSCOW/SEOUL Oct 29 (Reuters): North Korea's foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be...
LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters): Copper prices bounced on Tuesday after a Reuters report gave investors renewed hope that top metals consumer China will unleash a large fiscal stimulus package.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) gained 0.8 per cent...
DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters): QatarEnergy, one of the world's top suppliers of liquefied natural gas, said on Monday it had agreed to take a 50 per cent stake in TotalEnergies' 1.25-gigawatt solar project in Iraq.The French energy giant will retain...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures rose more than 2 per cent on Tuesday, after two sessions of decline, lifted by expectations of reduced palm production and low inventory in the country.The benchmark palm oil contract for...
Gold prices hovered near all-time high levels on Tuesday, aided by US election uncertainty and expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in November, while focus was also on a series of economic data, reports Reuters.Spot...
Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous session's 6% tumble, as a US plan to buy oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) provided some support though wider concerns about weaker future demand growth...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
War and conflicts involving countries have always affected the way they trade among themselves and pay for the same, using reserve currencies. The trading and financial order prevailing before the second world war having become dysfunctional, some would say functious...
Many young people in Bangladesh are turning to pets for companionship, a trend influenced by social changes and mental health needs. As cities grow and life becomes busier, young individuals often find themselves living alone or with smaller families, which...
Despite the widespread use of information technology throughout the country, the banking activities at the University of Chittagong (CU) still rely on analogue systems. As a result, university students are facing numerous challenges, particularly when it comes to depositing admission...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
The online tax return festival is all set to go far beyond the parameter drawn before. Policymakers think that simplifying tax filing procedure online will inevitably draw in a lot more people who will get enrolled in filing taxes regularly....
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
Who could tell one of the key issues on the reform agenda of the interim government would be statistical data! Yet, this is indeed the case, as businesses and economists consider this a prerequisite for ensuring the decisions and plans...
In a welcome development, the Chief Justice (CJ) is reported to have sent a proposal recently to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs for setting up a separate secretariat for the judiciary. Understandably, the objective of the proposal...
Umme Habiba | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
Physical activities become less intimidating and more pleasurable as the summer's intense heat gradually disappears and a more relaxed winter breeze takes hold. The more extraordinary temperature fall adorns the surroundings with its natural beauty, making outdoor activities more fun...
Sumia Zahid | 2024-10-30 00:00:00
The first light of the morning had just begun to creep through the window. The distant honking of horns signalled the city was slowly waking up. Time was slipping away. We hurried out of the hotel and went through the...
Along with her guardian, a minor child waiting in a long queue to buy agricultural commodities at subsidised rates from an OMS sales point at Mugda in the capital on Monday. Amid the price spirals of essentials, such sales programme...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion laid importance on functioning of the media as institutions to ensure freedom of speech and responsible journalism for a new Bangladesh. They also stressed self-regulation taking responsibility of journalists to society, humanity as well as the...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
The interim government directed three ministries to reduce the consumption of electricity by 25 per cent as part of an austerity measure and sought cooperation from all concerned.It also directed to avoid usage of air conditioners as much as possible...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court for its direction upon the government bodies concerned not to allow Bangladesh Awami League and 10 other political parties to carry out any kind of political activities within the territory...
The interim government has so far taken no decision to ban any political party.Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said this at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy here on Monday evening.Replying to a question over...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has filed an application with the High Court seeking the repeal of the fifteenth constitutional amendment that terminated the Caretaker Government system.The party's Secretary-General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, filed the petition on Monday.The filing lawyer,...
FE Report | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's development works have been hit hard due to the July-August student uprising as the government could spend the lowest-ever development budget under its annual programme, officials said on Monday.The ministries and agencies implemented only 4.75 per cent of Tk...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
Farm-credit disbursements dropped by nearly 27 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25) due to political unrest across the country and severe flooding in different parts, officials said.The disbursements came down to Tk...
FE Report | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
UN High Commissio-ner for Human Rights Volker Türk is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day visit.He will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and civil-society representatives, among others, said a statement released from the UNHRC...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apparel export dipped 36.02 per cent to US$8.83 billion in the last quarter of the past fiscal year, compared to the turnover of previous three months. Latest data from Bangladesh Bank (BB) sowed the significant decline in the April-June...
Three more people have died of dengue while 1,197 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as...
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