FE REPORT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
Two of every three children under five in Bangladesh are living in child food poverty, according to a new report of UNICEF.This means that about 10 million Bangladeshi children consume fewer than the minimum five food groups, recommended by UNICEF...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project -- a 24-kilometre overhead highway stretching from Dhaka Airport to Dhaka EPZ in Savar -- has plunged into legal dispute over payments, eventually risking the project progress. The project's main contractor China National Machinery Import...
BRAHMANBARIA, June 07 (UNB): A case has been filed over the murder of an activist of Chhatra League who was shot dead allegedly by his rival group with the organisation in Brahmanbaria town on Wednesday.The case was filed against 16...
RAJSHAHI, June 07 (BSS): Bangabandhu Janmoshatobarsho International Parishad and Rajshahi Lekhak Parishad jointly observed the Historic 'Six-Point Demand Day' paying tribute to the six-Point Demands martyrs in a befitting manner on Friday.As part of the daylong programme, they hoisted the...
CHATTOGRAM, June 07 (UNB): An altercation between two factions of the Awami League (AL) turned violent in Anwara, Chattogram, leaving 18 activists, including Professor MA Mannan Chowdhury, president of the Upazila Awami League, and police constable Mohammad Jabber injured.The incident...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday said the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-25 would help increase corruption and serve the interests of some oligarchs in the business sector.Two standing members of the party, barrister Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar and...
Describing the six-point movement a turning point, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Friday those who don't acknowledge it don't believe in the independence of Bangladesh, reports UNB.He came up with the remark while talking to reporters after...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Friday on the occasion of the historic Six-Point Day, reports UNB.The premier placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of...
BEIJING, June 7 (AFP): China's exports accelerated far more than expected in May but imports slowed, official figures showed Friday, infurther evidence of an uneven recovery for the world's number two economy.Overseas shipments surged 7.6 percent on-year in dollar terms,...
MUMBAI, June 7 (AFP): India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the eighth time in a row on Friday, as inflation risks continue to linger in the world's fifth-largest economy.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said its benchmark repo...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
Sharif Zahir has been elected chairman of the National Finance Ltd (NFL) and Maruf Akter Mannan vice chairman (VC) during the financial institution's 207th board meeting held recently.Sharif Zahir is the managing director of Ananta Group Ltd, a prominent name...
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) Dulal Krishna Saha inaugurated 'SBC FDR Management System' software at the SBC Training Centre in Dhaka on Thursday. The software was developed by Sheikh Sadia Hasan, an assistant programmer...
Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Ambassador Antonio Alessandro has said visa applications accompanied by fake documents and illegal practice of paying hefty amount of money to middlemen are among the reasons that create problem in making smooth migration from Bangladesh to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 07: GPH Ispat Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) over bearing maintenance cost of the 10 smart school buses donated by the Prime Minister for Chattogram.BRTC Sub-depot Manager Zulfikar Ali...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 07: Ordinary people in Chattogram are not bothered about the 2024-25 fiscal budget, but what concerns them is the price hike of commodities and rampant corruption in projects.The spending power of the common people has been decreasing under...
Global investors returned to equity funds in the seven days to June 5, powered by optimism that major central banks would cut interest rates as inflation moderated, while a drop in US bond yields also lifted risk sentiment, reports Reuters.Investors...
BENGALURU, June 7 (Reuters): Indian benchmarks closed at record highs on Friday, erasing election-day-related losses, on domestic inflows, political continuity and a projection of faster economic growth.The NSE Nifty 50 ended 2.05 per cent higher at 23,290.15 points while S&P...
Md Abul Hossain, Managing Director of ICB, has recently congratulated Md Mohsin Chowdhury with a bouquet on his being appointed a Commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. Mahmuda Akhter, Chief Executive Officer of IAMCL, was also present.
United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) held a daylong training at the Shilpakala Academy Auditorium in Meherpur on Thursday to improve the skills of entrepreneurs working in the agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors. A total of 135 entrepreneurs from three upazilas...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
The initial public offering (IPO) of Techno Drugs is set to open for subscription tomorrow (Sunday), aiming to raise Tk 1 billion from the stock market under the book-building method.General investors can apply for IPO shares through electronic subscription system...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losses for a fourth straight week, but marginally, as investors were mostly watchful throughout the week ahead of the national budget placed in parliament on Thursday.DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed only 14.64...
IG Chowdhury | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
In our younger years there was a television serial titled Logan's Run. Logan was a fugitive in tomorrow's world as he had turned 27. He was now expected to make room for the young, as the planet was over-populated. But...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-06-08 00:00:00
Gone are the days when the Muslims with means willing to sacrifice animals had to wait anxious moments for days before the Eid-ul-Azha. Cattle brought in---legally or illegally --- from neighbouring India and Myanmar primarily decided the supply of sacrificial...
UN chief says 'deeply concerned' over escalating Myanmar violenceUNITED NATIONS, June 07: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday he was "deeply concerned" by escalating violence in Myanmar, including reports of the military killing scores of civilians as it battles opponents...
PORT SUDAN (Sudan), June 07 (AFP): A paramilitary attack on a central Sudan village has killed "up to 100" people, a local pro-democracy activists' committee said Thursday.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war with the regular army...
PARIS, June 07 (AFP): Global warming has accelerated at an "unprecedented" pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set targets closes, over 50 leading scientists warned in a study published on Wednesday.Looking at decade averages, temperatures climbed 0.26...
BEIJING, June 07 (Reuters): China is strongly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said on Friday.The ministry said it had lodged a complaint to the United States over the...
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, June 07 (AFP/Reuters): Israeli forces bombarded a Gaza refugee camp on Friday after a deadly strike on a UN-run school there, as the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel entered its ninth month.The conflict has killed...
ROME, June 7 (AFP): The decision to honour the founder of the AS Roma football club on a postage stamp has caused a furore in Italy due to his Fascist past.The stamp issued on Thursday bears the face of Italo...
Four-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek's 6-2, 6-4 semi-final win was her 11th victory in 12 meetings with Gauff Swiatek, Paolini set up Paris final showdown Iga Swiatek moved closer to a third successive French Open title by cruising past American...
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