ISTANBUL, Sept 19 (Reuters): Turkey's central bank held its main interest rate steady at 50% for a sixth straight month on Thursday as expected, saying it remained highly attentive to inflation risks but removing a reference to potential tightening.The bank...
M. Khorshed Anowar, DMD and Head of Retail and SME Banking, Eastern Bank PLC (EBL), and Jin Hyuk Paik, Managing Director, JW Apparel Limited, signed a Payroll Banking agreement at the latter's head office in Chattogram recently. Under the agreement,...
The Premier Bank PLC and SSLCOMMERZ have signed an agreement on omni-channel solution. Under this agreement, omni-channel solution will be seamlessly integrated with the bank's app money and other platforms, with existing merchants allowing bank's customers to have more channels...
Prime Bank PLC., a leading financial institution committed to innovation and customer-centric financial solutions, has recently signed an agreement with Neofarmers Ltd. at the bank's corporate office. Under the agreement, Prime Bank customers will get exciting offer on purchasing products...
Midland Bank PLC (MDB) inaugurated its first SME Centre at Gazipur Chowrasta, Gazipur, and also relocated its Bogura branch at Joleshowritola, Bogura Sadar to Zamzam Tower, Shahid Abdul Jabbar Road in Bogura on Wednesday. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director &...
Delta Life Insurance Company Limited and United Lube Oil Limited, the exclusive distributor of Petronas Lubricants in Bangladesh, have recently signed an insurance agreement and launched the 'Ride Safe Campaign'. This initiative aims to enhance bikers' safety by providing health...
The 11th edition of the Asian Tourism Fair begins at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Thursday. The three-day fair will continue until Saturday. Focus Bangla
Huawei Bangladesh has started providing housing support for flood-affected people, reports BSS.In the second phase of its flood relief initiative this year, the tech giant is building houses on the land of flood victims and delivering those to them free...
IPDC Finance has been recognised as the global champion in the category of Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs at the prestigious Global SME Finance Awards 2024. The award, presented by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the SME Finance Forum, celebrates...
The cash crisis facing five banks, which were unable to give money to customers after the government changeover, looks set to end for the time being as Bangladesh Bank opens an opportunity for them to borrow money from other banks...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains to a second consecutive session on Thursday, underpinned by firmer soyoil prices and production concerns in the world's second-biggest producer.The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery on the...
Food companies Ajinomoto and Danone unveiled on Thursday a partnership to reduce the dairy industry's greenhouse gas emissions, reports Reuters.Livestock is a major source of methane emissions, often from manure and the routine bodily functions of animals such as cows'...
Gold prices climbed over 1 per cent on Thursday after hitting a record high in the previous session, as the US Federal Reserve embarked on its rate easing cycle, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 1.1 to $2,586.37 per ounce by 1105...
Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent on Thursday after a large interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve, helping Brent to recover from below $69 last week - its lowest all year - to above $74, reports...
TOKYO, Sept 19 (AFP): Japan's prime minister demanded an explanation from Beijing on Thursday about the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen and urged China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens.Wednesday's attack, on the anniversary of a...
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (BBC): New York police have arrested a teen suspected of taking a joyride on an empty subway train then crashing it.A 17-year-old girl is charged with criminal mischief over the incident in Briarwood subway station in...
MOSCOW, Sept 19 (Reuters): Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government...
PARIS, Sept 19 (AFP): Longer and more frequent heatwaves, soaring demand for air conditioning, and widespread disease: life in cities would become unbearable should the planet keep warming at current rates, researchers warned Thursday.The World Resources Institute (WRI) looked at...
HAVANA, Sept 19 (AFP): Subsidized food, without which most Cubans would not eat at all, is becoming ever more scarce and expensive as the government, battling sanctions, struggles to pay for imports.Breads are smaller-not even the size of an adult...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (AP): Malaysian police on Thursday detained the CEO and other top leaders of an Islamic business group that is under investigation after hundreds of children believed to be sexually abused were rescued this month from welfare...
BEIRUT, Sept 19 (AP/AFP/Reuters): Hezbollah fired a new barrage into northern Israel on Thursday, continuing its drumbeat of exchanges with the Israeli military as fears of a greater war rise after hundreds of electronic devices exploded in Lebanon, killing at...
BERLIN, Sept 19 (AFP): Carlos Alcaraz has admitted to being starstruck when he first faced Rafael Nadal, saying that facing the 22-time Grand Slam champion was "kind of a nightmare".Speaking in Berlin on Thursday ahead of the Laver Cup, the...
MANCHESTER, England, Sept 19 (Agencies): Inter Milan escaped Etihad Stadium with a surprise 0-0 draw against Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday, exacting a small measure of revenge for their narrow loss to Pep Guardiola's side in the...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Sept 19 (Agencies): Tom Latham and Kane Williamson led New Zealand's fightback with sparkling half-centuries as the Black Caps reached 255-4 on the rain-hit second day of their opening Test against Sri Lanka in Galle to trail...
CHENNAI, Sept 19 (India Today Sports Desk): Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal praised the Bangladeshi analyst for his meticulous planning behind Virat Kohli's dismissal on Day 1 of the series-opening Test in Chennai. Kohli's much-anticipated return to red-ball cricket on...
CHENNAI, India, Sept 19 (AFP): A counter-attacking century from Ravichandran Ashwin pulled India to a "good position" at 339-6 on day one of the first Test after Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud rattled the hosts with four wickets on Thursday.India...
PATUAKHALI, Sept 19 (UNB): A Patuakhali court on Thursday sentenced 16 people to life term in jail in a case over the killing of a man centring union parishad election in Sadar upazila around 13 years back.District Additional Sessions Judge...
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GOPALGANJ, Sept 19: Red lady papaya cultivation is gaining popularity among farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district due to huge profits.Farmers say the papaya has proved a profitable vegetable crop in this region.Nayab Mollah, a farmer of Pona village...
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COX'S BAZAR, Sept 19: Erosion fury of the Bakkhali in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar is threatening existence of a large number of structures on the river's bank. Onslaughts of the river erosion have intensified in the recent time after...
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