Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians killed during an Israel raid in the northern part of occupied West Bank, during a group funeral procession in the Jenin refugee camp on Friday. — AFP
Former Foreign Minister and Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud has left the country for Belgium before the travel ban imposed on a number of ministers including him, claimed a Chattogram-based media and a national private TV channel,...
CUMILLA, Sep 06 (UNB): Four people, including three of a family, were killed in a fatal road accident on Dhaka-Chattgraom highway in Chauddagram end of Cumilla district early Friday, said police.Dewan Nazmul Huda, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chauddagram police station, confirmed...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Provisioning shortfalls in the country's banking industry surged by nearly 19 per cent to Tk 315.49 billion as of June 30, 2024, according to Bangladesh Bank statistics.This significant shortfall is concentrated mainly in ten banks, including six private commercial banks....
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Officials of state-owned Agrani, Janata and Sonali banks have demanded an amendment to the promotion and placement policy for the positions of general manager (GM) and deputy managing director (DMD).In a letter to finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed recently, the officials...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
A potential venture like an inland container and bulk terminal misses time and turns wasteful as the project authority has sought over 62-percent cost hike, sources say. The plea for more than doubling the cost comes four years after the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has twice returned stolen asset to the UK under a UN model following detection and requests from London and this modality can also apply to bid for repatriating its own laundered wealth, experts say.The then Bangladesh government returned stolen...
Battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes have come out of lanes and by-lanes to rule major roads in the capital cashing in on a lax law-and-order situation after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 05. The snap was...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Future metro-rail ride for the city commuters might not be as smooth as in other parts of the world allegedly for violative and domineering control of the non-technical company boss over highly technical operations of the modern mass transport.This is...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
A Bangladesh Bank report for January to June 2024 has revealed notable disparities in women's participation in the banking sector.While female representation on bank boards remains low at 13.58 per cent, foreign commercial banks lead with the highest share of...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
A latest regulatory policy prompts a switch towards free float of currencies by redirecting banks to the interbank forex market instead of direct dollar sale to them, for remedying foreign-exchange quandary. Officials and bankers have said the Bangladesh Bank has...
Bangladesh's interim government will 'work with' India in order to resolve the issues over the long-pending Teesta water-sharing treaty, says Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, report agencies.The issue has been left hanging for an extended period, which is not good for...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Females are leading an agricultural transformation in Bangladesh with many coming out from home-management chore to run small and medium commercial-farming entrepreneurships across the country, labour transition shows.The transformation-visibly occurring over a decade now--has already kept a positive impact on...
(L-R) Germany's midfielder Jamal Musiala, defenders Jonathan Tah and Benjamin Henrichs attend a training session on Friday in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on the eve the UEFA Nations League football match. — AFP
Rangana Herath and Vikram Rathour have linked up with the New Zealand Test squad, who are set to play six Tests in Asia over the next two months. Herath will be the spin-bowling coach for New Zealand's next three Tests...
Rahul Dravid has been formally announced as Rajasthan Royals' new head coach for a multi-year term, and he said it was the "ideal time" to "take on another challenge" after guiding India to the T20 World Cup title in June...
Afghanistan have named three uncapped players - opening batter Riaz Hassan, offspin allrounder Shams Ur Rahman and fast bowler Khalil Ahmed - in their 16-member squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand in Greater Noida, starting on September 09,...
NEW YORK, Sept 06 (AFP): World number two Aryna Sabalenka reached a second successive US Open final on Thursday when she defeated a battling Emma Navarro to move one win away from her third Grand Slam title.Double Australian Open champion...
Centre-back Topu Barman said players are morally boosted and confident after the first match victory against host Bhutan and upbeat to continue the same spree in the second match, reports BSS."Look we have no alternative option but to win in...
FIDE master Mehdi Hasan Parag took solo lead in the points table with 5.5 points after the sixth round of Manha's Castle 26th Open FIDE Rating Chess tournament held at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room on Friday, reports BSS.Four players shared...
LONDON, Sept 06 (AFP): Ben Duckett's typically quickfire fifty guided an England side chasing a series whitewash against Sri Lanka to 76-1 before bad light forced an early lunch break on the first day of the third Test at the...
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters): World shares rose on Friday after U.S. jobs data only slightly missed expectations, muddying the outlook on the size and speed of coming interest rate cuts in the world's largest economy.MSCI's broadest index of world shares...
Modhumoti Bank inaugurated its 51st branch at Bagerhat on Thursday. Humayun Kabir, chairman of the board of directors of the bank inaugurated the branch through a virtual platform. Salahuddin Alamgir, chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Envoy Textiles, one of the leading denim manufacturers and exporters, has announced plans to set up a 'Waste Fabric Recycling Plant' on its factory premises in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, to boost production capacity and meet growing demand. The company has estimated...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
Equity benchmark index slipped back into the red after a single-week break, as concerns over looming macroeconomic pressures prompted jittery investors to offload their holdings to avoid further erosion of their portfolios. This week, the market witnessed high volatility as...
British high-end homebuilder Berkeley on Friday reiterated its annual profit forecast, saying trading has been stable over the first four months of its current fiscal year, reports Reuters.The housing market is expected to benefit from the UK's first rate cut...
WASHINGTON (AP/UNB) - Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U.S. and across the world,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-07 00:00:00
The executive members of the Police Plaza Merchant Association in Chattogram resigned after traders of the association alleged that its president ARM Shamim Uddin misappropriated Tk 24 million.Accepting the allegations against him, Shamim Uddin also submitted his resignation and said...
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