Southeast Bank PLC held its "Annual Risk Conference 2024" via hybrid mode at the bank's Head Office in Dhaka on Wednesday. Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank, inaugurated the conference. In his speech, Hossain emphasised the importance...
FRANKFURT, Oct 09 (Reuters): Several European Central Bank policymakers argued their case on Wednesday for another interest rate cut next week, even if some of their colleagues remained unconvinced as turmoil in the Middle East fuels volatility in energy costs.The...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Grameenphone has made a significant leap forward in enhancing digital connectivity by launching the country's first-ever speed-based limitless internet packs. The new packs were launched at a function at a city hotel on Tuesday night. These new offerings are designed...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Tapan Chowdhury, former advisor to the caretaker government and CEO of Square Group, has emphasised on the urgent need for ensuring stability in Bangladesh's readymade garment sector as escalating unrest is driving away international buyers. Speaking at a dialogue organised...
VIENTIANE, Oct 09 (AFP): Southeast Asian leaders met for talks with a Myanmar junta representative at a regional summit Wednesday as they try to kickstart faltering diplomatic efforts to broker an end to the country's civil war.The disputed South China...
TAMPA, Oct 09 (AFP): A "catastrophic" Hurricane Milton was closing in on the storm-battered state of Florida on Wednesday as US officials pleaded with residents to flee or risk dying.President Joe Biden warned that the Category 5 storm could be...
LONDON, Oct 09 (AFP): A record 9.3 million people, including three million children, are facing hunger and hardship in the UK, a study said Wednesday, with the new Labour government under pressure to do more to tackle child poverty.The findings...
BEIRUT, Oct 09 (Reuters): Hezbollah officials are no longer demanding a truce in Gaza as a condition for reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon, rowing back from an oft-repeated promise to keep fighting until Israel halts its offensive against Hezbollah's Iran-backed...
KYIV, Oct 09 (AP/AFP): A Ukrainian drone struck an important arms depot inside Russia, the Ukraine military said Wednesday, three weeks after another drone blasted a major Russian armory and three days after a drone smashed into a key oil...
KATHMANDU, Oct 09 (BBC): A Nepalese teenager has broken the world record for the youngest mountaineer to summit Earth's 14 highest peaks. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 18, stood atop Tibet's Mount Shishapangma at about 06:05 local time on Wednesday.In doing so,...
GAZA, Oct 09 (AP/AFP): A large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed and wounded dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals over a year into the war with Hamas, Palestinian officials and residents said Wednesday.Heavy fighting...
WELLINGTON, Oct 09 (AFP): New Zealand on Wednesday named prolific batter Kane Williamson in its squad to tour India, despite a lingering groin injury likely ruling him out for at least the first of three Tests.Williamson will delay travelling to...
DUBAI, Oct 09 (AFP): South Africa produced a superb all-round performance to thrash Scotland by 80 runs in their Group B match at the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Wednesday.After winning the toss and choosing to bat first,...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi is ready to return to their line-up when they play Venezuela in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers, but midfielder Alexis Mac Allister's availability is in doubt, manager Lionel Scaloni said.Argentina were boosted by the return of...
MULTAN, Pakistan, Oct 09 (AFP): Joe Root went past Alistair Cook as England's highest Test run scorer with an unconquered hundred against Pakistan, anchoring his team to 492-3 in the first Test in Multan on Wednesday.The 33-year-old overhauled Cook's aggregate...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal, a regular face in the commentary box during the ongoing India-Bangladesh series, expressed concerns that infrastructural shortcomings are hindering the development of Bangladesh cricket, reports UNB.Tamim gave an interview to the Indian sports magazine, Sportstar,...
Bangladesh will play former champions West Indies in their 3rd Group B match of the 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup'2024 today (Thursday), reports UNB.The match will kick off at 8:00 pm Bangladesh time at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Oct 09: The Department of Business Administration of Varendra University (VU) and Grameenphone (GP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the VU campus in the city on Wednesday.The memorandum is aimed at strengthening collaboration in education, research, and...
A new executive committee of the Dhaka University Science Friends Association -85 (Dusfa-85) has been formed with Md Arif Razzaque Joy (Physics) and Hasinur Rahman Suruj (Applied Physics) as its president and general secretary respectively, says a press release.The committee...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Oct 09: The jute farmers of the district are become benefitting from their newly harvested jute to selling at a high price in local markets this year.It jute farming is comparatively below earlier year but jute quality is better...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 09: Business enterprises in tourist town Cox's Bazar are expecting to see a surge in their turnover this month (October) due to Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus. Meanwhile, holidaymakers have already started flocking...
Munir Ahmed and Sahos Mostafiz | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh has made significant strides in healthcare over the past decades, but eye health remains a pressing issue that requires a focused and strategic approach. As we move towards the goal of Universal Eye Health Coverage by 2030, it is...
During the anti-discrimination movement, many students were brutally attacked by the leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chatrat League (BCL). After the fall of the Awami League government, most of them are now in hiding. Some have fled the country...
Following the fall of the Awami League government, the country saw a massive increase in remittance, reaching $2.4 billion in September 2024-80 per cent rise compared to the same month last year. This increase may be attributed to favourable changes...
Depositors of five or more commercial banks face uncertainties as they cannot access their funds. This is troubling, particularly when some managing directors continue to withdraw their salaries. Although the central bank has extended some support to the banks, more...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
The recent visit of Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu to India marks a significant turn in Indo-Maldivian relations, which has nosedived in recent years. For some time, tensions between the two countries were palpable, with leaders from both sides trading...
The allegation made by the entrepreneurs of the leather sector is serious. Contrary to the claim successive ministers of the past Awami League government put forward about readiness of the Savar Industrial Estate for relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh, they...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-10-10 00:00:00
One wishes there were more politicians able and willing to write books. When political figures write tomes —- and many have done this commendable work in the past —- it is not only their intellectual abilities which manifest themselves but...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.It may also occur...
CUMILLA, Oct 08 (UNB): Members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a 33-year-old Bangladeshi man near the Paharpur border adjacent to the Jashpur BGB camp in Goliara union of Cumilla Sadar upazila on Monday.The deceased, Kamal Hossain,...
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