An elderly woman in a long queue of her likes looks anxiously to guess her position in the line before buying low-price commodities from an OMS (open-market sale) truck in the capital's Jatrabari area on Thursday. — FE Photo by...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's debt servicing for external loans has hit a record high of $1.44 billion in the first four months, nearly 5.5 times higher than the foreign aid commitment by development partners, official data showed on Thursday.The foreign debt servicing against...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy is left in a state even more alarming than the "dangerous economic situation" perceived by the masses because of corruption and looting during the last regime, says Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.The CPD Distinguished Fellow and head of the committee...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy is gradually overcoming local and global headwinds with foreign-exchange reserves and export-import trade showing signs of a rebound, says a leading trade body. Drawing a mixed picture of the latest situation on the economic front in its quarterly...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Six cash-hungry banks have been fed with Tk 225 billion in a regulatory somersault over a moratorium on printed-money circulation, in a last resort for banking rescue, the central bank disclosed Thursday. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday), according to the Met Office. Night and day temperature may rise slightly over...
Signal no-1 for maritime ports Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal no one as the deep depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved slightly...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday published the circular for the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, announcing a total of 3,688 vacancies, reports UNB.Among these, 3,487 positions are for various cadres, while 201 are designated for non-cadre roles.According...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) have signed a MoU to implement joint collaborative activities to improve the quality of higher education and research in Bangladesh.In the presence of Malaysian Minister of Higher Education...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has said he considers himself a son of Rangpur, as he is moved by the bravery and sacrifice of July uprising martyr Abu Sayed."Consider me as an adviser from Rangpur," said Professor Yunus while...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
A latest International Labour Organization (ILO) report has revealed that wage inequality has declined in most countries since 2000, but it remains a significant challenge. The report published on Thursday examined global and regional wage trends, real wage growth, and...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee has staged a demonstrtion, condemning the attempted murder of Anti-discrimination Students Movement conveners Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, reports UNB.The two were reportedly targeted in a deliberate truck run-over incident while returning from Chattogram on Wednesday.Students from...
An 11-member committee has been formed at the first conference of the Anti-Corruption National Coordination Council, reports UNB.Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf has been appointed president of the committee, while Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque will serve as the vice-president.The announcement...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
State lawyers have informed the High Court (HC) that government is giving highest priority to ISKCON issue and chaotic situation created following the murder of a lawyer on the Chattogram Court premises. Additional Attorney General Aneeq R Haque and Deputy...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has asked two former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers before the tribunal onDecember 2 in a case filed over enforced disappearances during the Awami League (AL) regime, reports BSS. A judicial panel led by Chairman...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said an early general election is the only way out of the present political restlessness across the country."Announcing an election schedule shortly should be the only aim right now...
India's benchmark indexes posted their steepest declines in nearly two months on Thursday, dragged down by heavyweight IT firms and as investors adjusted positions due to the expiry of monthly derivatives contracts, reports Reuters.The NSE Nifty 50 fell 1.49 per...
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters): November was a month of clear winners and losers from Donald Trump's November 5 US election victory.Trump trades, essentially punishing tariff-sensitive assets from European exporters to Mexico's peso and driving investment towards US stocks and the...
Major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Thursday following Israel's agreement to a ceasefire deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah group under a deal brokered by the US and France, reports Reuters.The agreement, a rare diplomatic feat in...
NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (Reuters): Bribery allegations against Adani Group founder Gautam Adani have highlighted the growing problem India's renewable energy developers face in finding buyers for the power they generate.While India's central government wants to shift away from polluting...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Bangladesh and DBL Lifestyles Ltd., the flagship retail brand of DBL Group, have collaborated to enhance DBL Lifestyle's digital payment services under an agreement signed recently in presence of M. A. Rahim,...
The 37th Annual General Meeting of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) was held in the city on Wednesday with Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Chairman of RPGCL Board of Directors in the...
Social Islami Bank held its 522nd Board meeting at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Thursday. Chairman of the Bank Professor Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam presided over the meeting. Vice Chairman Maksuda Begum, and Directors Major (Retd.) Dr. Md....
Islami Bank Bangladesh inaugurated 398th Laxmipur branch in Rajshahi on Thursday. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, chairman of the bank, addressed the programme as the chief guest. Md. Abdul Jalil, chairman, executive committee, Professor Dr. M. Masud Rahman, chairman of Risk...
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) recently signed an agreement with PFEC Global to provide payroll banking services to its employees. Md. Shafquat Hossain, deputy managing director & head of retail banking of Mutual Trust Bank, and Md. Shahidul Islam, CEO of...
Mirza Azhar Ahmad has joined Bank Asia PLC as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) & Chief Operating Officer recently, says a press release. Mr. Ahmad started his career with Standard Chartered Bank in 1999 and served there till 2022. Afterwards, he...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 28: The Bangladesh Ship Breakers and Recyclers Association (BSBRA) held its 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the port city on Thursday. Members attending the meeting called for united efforts and dynamism to boost the industry, which has...
FE REPORT | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
The liquidity crisis-hit National Bank is hopeful of its turnaround within the next few months, largely riding on the cash support provided by the central bank.The recently-reconstructed board members of the first-generation commercial lender expressed this optimism at a press...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-11-29 00:00:00
Market leaders, including Grameenphone and Square Pharmaceuticals, which experienced significant gains on the bourses after the August change in the political regime, endured sharp corrections in recent sessions.Experts say the companies having the ability to influence the index had witnessed...
SYLHET, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com): A Sylhet court has sentenced three people, including the wife of the victim and her "fiancé", to death for the murder of a man in the tourist centre of Jaflong.Judge Shaila Sharmin of the Sylhet Additional...
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