FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, has been banned on charges of "killings and destructive and terrorist acts", in the first major action following the AL government's fall.To this effect, the Public Security Division of the...
REZAUL KARIM from Washington, DC | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank is set to start assessing the quality of banks' assets next month to know the overall situation of the sector, in a prelude to comprehensive reforms."We may start the assessment phase from November," BB Governor Dr Ahsan H....
Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is the idol of many fans, who are ready to do anything to meet him, and one fan from China went one step further, report agencies. According to the Record newspaper, the Chinese fan lacked...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP): Pakistan has retained its spin-heavy team for Thursday's series-deciding third Test against England as both sides anticipate another dry wicket that will suit the slow bowlers.The groundsmen have been trying to dry out the track for the...
PUNE, India, Oct 23 (AFP): Skipper Tom Latham said Wednesday that New Zealand had been buoyed by their historic Test victory in India but must now adapt fast to a likely turning track in Pune.New Zealand won the opener on...
MADRID, Oct 23 (Reuters): Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinicius Jr grabbed a hat-trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday.In a rematch of last-season's final, Dortmund lit...
Defending champions Bangladesh secured a dominant 3-1 victory over five-time champions India in their final Group A match of the 2024 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Championship at Dashrath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu on Wednesday, earning their place in...
Mehidy Hasan Miraz defied a spirited South Africa to quell Bangladesh's fear of an innings defeat and raised a hope of setting a good target in the first Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Wednesday, report...
SAVAR, Oct 23 (BSS): Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Teuti Mahalla in Savar municipality area on Wednesday."Police recovered the decomposed body of a youth from Teuti Mahalla in Savar municipality area on Wednesday morning", said Officer-in-Charge...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Oct 23: Tomato farmers of Kalabari union under Kotalipara upazila in the district are now busy cultivating tomato in advance to make profit amid the price spiral of daily essential commodities.A total of 413 hectares of land have been...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Oct 23: Onslaughts of erosion by the Dakatia River are taking a heavy toll on both infrastructure and agriculture in a neighborhood adjacent to Chandpur town. During a recent spot visit, this correspondent came to know that a vast...
LABUHAN HAJI, Oct 23 (AP): About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said,...
KAZAN, Russia, Oct 23, (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed offers by BRICS leaders to mediate in the Ukraine conflict and told them Moscow's forces were advancing on the battlefield, his spokesman said Wednesday.Many countries "expressed a desire to...
NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (AFP): Acrid clouds engulfed India's capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked "hazardous" by monitors for the first time this winter.Commuters walking to work were coughed through poisonous...
SEOUL, Oct 23 (AFP): North Korea has sent 1,500 more soldiers to Russia, Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday, with 10,000 troops expected to be deployed by December.The latest deployment brings the number of Pyongyang's troops in Russia to 3,000,...
BELGRADE, Oct 23 (AFP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday starts a tour of six Balkan nations aspiring to join the bloc amid signs that enlargement is back on the Brussels agenda.Von der Leyen's fourth visit to the...
BEIRUT, Oct 23 (AP): Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to have replaced the militant group's longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month.There...
LONDON, Oct 23 (AP): Britain's drug regulator approved the Alzheimer's drug Kisunla on Wednesday, but the government won't be paying for it after an independent watchdog agency said the treatment isn't worth the cost to taxpayers.It is the second Alzheimer's...
Millions of Americans can't afford to buy a home or rent a suitable apartment, making housing a central issue for voters in the upcoming presidential election, report agencies.The biggest single reason homeownership is out of reach for many is there...
Social Islami Bank held a view-exchange meeting with the members of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) at the bank's head office on Monday in order to facilitate all banking services for the Hajj & Umrah performers. Maksuda Begum, Vice...
Rupali Bank opened its 32nd sub-branch at Ichail Notun Bazaar in Mymensingh on Tuesday. Parsuma Alam, Managing Director (acting) of the bank, inaugurated the sub-branch as the chief guest virtually. The bank's DMDs Hasan Tanvir and Md Harunur Rashid were...
The Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) organized a workshop titled 'Concept and Application of Free Trade Agreement (FTA)' on Tuesday at the Academic Block of the BFTI at Karwan Bazar in the capital, reports BSS.Md. Selim Uddin, Secretary, Ministry of...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) has called for dropping lawsuits against worker groups and protesters and also exhorted global fashion brands to stand up for them in Bangladesh.The global rights groups claimed in a statement on Wednesday that one year...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-24 00:00:00
Air Astra, the youngest carrier in Bangladesh, has become a member airline of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).Sakib Hasan Shovo, deputy manager (public relations) of the Astra Airways Limited, issued a press release to this effect on Wednesday.IATA's mission...
bKash, the country's largest mobile financial service provider, won a total of 16 awards for advertising and creative communications, including three gold medals, at the 'Commward 2024' organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum, says a press release. Last year, bKash won...
Bank Asia is currently offering home finance and investment facilities at the lowest profit rate, making it much more convenient to build a dream home or own a dream flat, says a statement. Under Bank Asia Islamic Banking services, desired...
Md. Kamal Hossain Sarker has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Trust Bank PLC with effect from October 01, 2024, says the bank in a statement. Prior to his new assignment, he was Senior Executive Vice President and Head...
Mohammad Ali has been appointed as the chairman of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank for a term of three years, says a recent notification issued by the Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Finance.In 1982, he joined Chittagong University as a lecturer...
August 5 marked a landmark victory for the people through an unprecedented Anti-discrimination Students' Movement. The "Quota Reform Movement," which initially aimed to reform the 2018 quota system for government jobs, ultimately attributed to the end of Prime Minister Sheikh...
The banking sector in Bangladesh, once facing a liquidity crisis, is now seeing a surplus, holding Tk 1.90 trillion (lakh crore) in excess liquidity, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB). This shift is being attributed to a rise in depositor...
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