CAPE TOWN, Jan 02 (Reuters): South Africa have already sealed their place in this year's World Test Championship (WTC) final ahead of the second and final Test against Pakistan at Newlands on Friday but will want to keep their momentum...
SYDNEY, Jan 02 (AP): The scenarios are clear-cut for Australia going into Friday's final match of the five-Test series with India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.If the Australians win or draw the match they will regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for...
The unrest surrounding the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)- the country's only franchisee T20 tournament - has continued. Agitated fans have now vandalised and set fire to booths at the swimming complex next to the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in the city after...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official confirmed on Thursday that Najmul Hossain Shanto has decided to step down as the national T20I captain, reports Cricbuzz.The sports online portal earlier reported that Najmul is not interested to lead the side after the...
Taskin Ahmed of Durbar Rajshahi creates history by taking seven wickets just for 19 runs against Dhaka Capitals in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Thursday, reports UNB.This is now the best-ever bowling record in the history of the event....
Alliance Finance PLC organised a brief function along with its first Town Hall meeting of the year 2025 at its corporate head office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Wednesday to welcome the New Year. Jowher Rizvi, Chairman of the company,...
The 587th meeting of the Board of Directors of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) was held at its head office on Thursday. Chairman of the bank Dr Mohammad Ali presided over the meeting. Managing Director of the bank Niranjan Chandra...
Union Bank PLC has launched a new initiative to recover defaulted investments, with a sit-in demonstration organised on Wednesday in front of the house of Mohammad Aminul Hasan, owner of Swapna Agro Farm and Swapna Poultry Feed. Bank officials took...
Bangladesh General Insurance Company PLC (BGIC) welcomed the New Year 2025 and also celebrated the 102nd birth anniversary of MA Samad, the pioneer of insurance industry and founder of BGIC, with a programme held at its Head office in Dhaka...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has raised the exchange rate of the US dollar by Tk 12 throughout 2024, resulting in a 12.72% depreciation of the local currency, the taka, over the year.A central bank data analysis shows that the central...
The government has approved a proposal, in principle, for appointment of operations and maintenance contractor for the Installation of Single Point Mooring (SPM) through open tender method (OTM) instead of G2G basis, reports BSS.The approval was given in a meeting...
The tourism sector in Bangladesh weathered a difficult year in 2024, plagued by political instability, environmental calamities and security concerns in popular destinations, reports UNB.Tourism businesses warn that unless political stability is restored, 2025 may offer little respite for this...
JAMALPUR, Jan 02 (BSS): A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Sadar upazila in 2023.The court also fined convict Uzzal Mahmud 28, son of Md Majnu Miah, a resident of Deuliyabari village...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chuadanga and Khagrachhari districts on Thursday, reports BSS.In Chuadanga, a man was killed and another was injured in a road accident in the Naudapara area under Alamdanga upazila here on Thursday...
KHULNA, Jan 02 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here on Thursday unanimously viewed that infusing dynamism into the social services can be the best way of welfare of the people with special needs and other underprivileged sections of the society.Emphasis...
OUR CORRESPONDENT & UNB | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
Public life in Lalmonirhat district and adjoining areas is now in a vulnerable state because of a severe cold wave coupled with chilly weather blowing in the northern region for the last couple of days.Meanwhile, lowest temperature in Bangladesh was...
TUNIS, Jan 02 (AFP): Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.The rescued and dead passengers, who were found off the Kerkennah...
NEW YORK, Jan 02 (BBC): US authorities say they believe multiple people were involved in an attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and wounded dozens on New Year's Day.The driver of a pick-up truck that sped into large crowds...
GAZA STRIP, Jan 02 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said on Thursday that an overnight Israeli air strike killed at least 11 people, including the chief of the territory's now dismantled Hamas police force."Eleven people were martyred, including three children...
DAMASCUS, Jan 02 (AFP): Syria's top diplomat said he hoped to open a "new, bright page" with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) upon arriving in the kingdom Wednesday, the first foreign visit for Syria's new rulers, who seized power last...
NEW DELHI, Jan 02 (AFP): Indian authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world's deadliest industrial disaster struck the city of Bhopal, media reported Thursday.Communities have for decades blamed a high level...
HARARE, Jan 02 (BBC): An eight-year-old boy has been found alive after surviving five days in a game park inhabited by lions and elephants in northern Zimbabwe, according to a member of parliament.The ordeal began when Tinotenda Pudu wandered 23...
SEOUL, Jan 02 (Reuters/AFP): South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has sent a letter rallying his supporters saying he would "fight until the end" as he faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec 3...
Gold prices rose on Thursday, buoyed by volatility in equities and fresh positioning while the US Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook remained in focus ahead of trade tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.7 per cent...
LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Thursday as investors returned for the first trading day of the new year with an optimistic eye on China's economy and fuel demand after a pledge by President Xi Jinping to promote...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Jan 2 (Reuters): Last month, in the waning days of the Biden administration, the SEC set a tight deadline of several days for demanding that Elon Musk pay a settlement or face civil charges relating to alleged securities...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
The straggling Standard Ceramic Industries suffered a loss of Tk 47 million in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year, owing to the closure of its factory amid adverse economic conditions.The tableware manufacturer endured a loss of Tk...
BRAC Bank on Wednesday inaugurated a dedicated client service unit to facilitate international trades for its corporate and institutional customers. Tareq Refat Ullah Khan, acting managing director and chief executive officer of BRAC Bank, formally launched the unit at the...
Pubali Bank held a tree plantation event with a science club of Dhaka Residential Model College on the educational institution's premises as part of the bank's corporate social responsibility programme. Mohammad Ali, managing director and chief executive officer of the...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
Transactions through the DSE mobile app jumped more than 26 per cent year-on-year to Tk 214.3 billion in 2024, as tech savvy younger generations and professionals prefer to trade remotely.Investors purchased securities worth Tk 108.67 billion and sold shares worth...
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