Addressing the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Sunday, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Tajul Islam identified unfit vehicles, factory emissions, and dust from urbanisation as primary contributors to air pollution, reports UNB.The minister said this while responding to a question...
The opposition Jatiya Party and independent MPs have raised allegations of widespread corruption in the education system in parliament, reports UNB.They said there are various irregularities, corruption and discrimination in the education system."The level of corruption in education sector cannot...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) termed on Sunday the 10 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed with India as a 'new version of slavery' of the Awami League government. "In the name of connectivity, India was given corridor for railway...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is doing politics over the illness of Khaleda Zia, reports BSS."BNP leaders are spreading falsehood over the health condition of Khaleda Zia. They are making confusion among the people through...
CHEVRON-SPONSORED AUW SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM 2024 LAUNCHED Asian University for Women (AUW) has launched its Summer School program for 2024, supported by Chevron Bangladesh. An inauguration ceremony was held on the AUW campus in Chattogram recently. Abu Taher, Vice Chancellor...
ASIA PACIFIC GENERAL INSURANCE HOLDS 24TH AGMThe 24th AGM of the Asia Pacific General Insurance Co. Ltd. was held on a digital platform recently. Chairman of the Company Aftabul Islam presided over the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors...
Md. Anwar Hossain, Additional Secretary to the government, joined the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) as its Vice-Chairman on Sunday, says a press release. Prior to this, he served as the wing Chief of the World Bank wing in the Economic...
RUPALI BANK SIGNS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT Managing Director and CEO of Rupali Bank PLC Mohammad Jahangir signed Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for FY 2024-25 with general managers of local office and divisional offices of the bank at the head office...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday that Bangladesh will discuss financial sector cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), focusing on attracting deposits from Saudi companies into offshore banking accounts, reports UNB."If they want to invest in the...
FRANKFURT, June 30 (Reuters): Swiss food giant Nestle is targeting stable growth in sales volumes from the second quarter throughout the remainder of the year as cost inflation eases, its CEO told Swiss weekend paper "Schweiz am Wochenende" on Saturday."From...
JANATA BANK GETS APA APPRECIATIONJanata Bank PLC has achieved the third position among the state-owned banks in the evaluation of Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for FY 2022-2023. Secretary of Financial Institutions Division (FID) Md Abdur Rahman Khan handed over an...
As part of efforts to attain SDG Goal 12 as well as Target 12.7, Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) mulls piloting of Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) in the country from the financial year of 2024-25.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BPPA,...
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Newly-appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines Zahidul Islam Bhuiyan on Sunday vowed to deal with ticket mismanagement in the national flag carrier."The Biman Bangladesh Airlines aims to be 100 per cent free from...
RIYADH, Jun 30 (Arab News): Raising SR29.95 billion ($8 billion) from sukuk and debt instruments and securing SR198 billion in foreign investments are some of Saudi Arabia's achievements underscored in the Kingdom's Capital Markets Authority's latest report.In an analysis of...
LONDON, June 30 (Reuters Breakingviews): Nvidia briefly became the most valuable company in the world last week after shares in the leading supplier of chips and networking infrastructure used to train artificial intelligence models nearly tripled since January. Yet the...
UCB holds 41st AGM Vice-Chairman of United Commercial Bank Bashir Ahmed along with other directors at the 41st Annual General Meeting of UCB, held on June 30. In the AGM, shareholders approved 5 per cent stock dividends and 5 per...
Abdul Hai Sarker has recently been re-elected for the next two years as chairman of the board of directors of Dhaka Bank. Mr. Sarker is the founder chairman of Dhaka Bank, former vice chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB)...
Monzurur Rahman re-elected chairman of Pubali BankMonzurur Rahman has been re-elected chairman of the board of directors of Pubali Bank. Nuruddin M. Sadek Hossain, vice president of Chauddagram Banker's Society and managing director of South East Bank, congratulated him with...
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Individual investors will be responsible for settling the payment of capital gain tax if their profits exceed Tk 5 million. The tax rate is fixed at 15 per cent on the excess amount earned from transactions of shares that the...
Babul BarmanCapital gain tax on individual investors that the parliament passed for FY25 will help streamline the equity market by encouraging long-term investments and deterring stock manipulations to some extent, experts say. The fear that the bearish market will be...
OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, June: 30: The flood triggered by incessant rain in the district has caused losses of Tk 9.71 billion in different sectors.However, hundreds of dwelling houses in the low-lying areas have been inundated due to the heavy rain.However, heavy...
OUR CORRESPONDENT MAGURA, June 30: Once running forcefully, seven rivers in Magura district are now losing navigability for various reasons, especially lack of dredging. Even the water bodies have turned into croplands in some places, depriving the people, businesses and...
MIAMI, Florida, June 30 (Reuters): Lautaro Martinez struck twice in the second half to help Argentina's second string beat Peru 2-0 at the Copa America on Saturday and finish top of Group A, knocking Peru out of the tournament.Martinez, featuring...
India has lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 title after a thrilling victory by 7 runs against South Africa in the Final on Saturday (June 29).This was the 9th edition of the tournament and India won the title for the...
NEW DELHI, June 30 (AFP): India's T20 World Cup triumph was hailed by former cricketers on Sunday as inspiring the next generation, after Rohit Sharma and his team ended the country's global trophy drought.Virat Kohli hit a match-winning 76 to...
STOCKHOLM, June 30 (Reuters): H&M plans to offer more discounted fashions in the second half of this year as it tries to win back customers from the likes of Zara owner Inditex and Shein.H&M has over the past year or...
SINGAPORE, June 30 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices held steady last week as forecasts of higher temperatures during the summer months in the northern hemisphere kept demand elevated for electricity used for cooling purposes.The average LNG price...
AGRANI EXCHANGE HOUSE SINGAPORE HOLDS GENERAL MEETING Agrani Exchange House Private Limited, a subsidiary of Agrani Bank PLC, operating in Singapore, organised its 22nd General Meeting and the 37th Board Meeting at a hotel in Singapore recently. Dr. Zaid Bakht,...
SOCIAL ISLAMI BANK HOLDS BUSINESS REVIEW MEETING Social Islami Bank arranged a business review meeting with the branches and sub-branches of Cumilla Zone at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla on Saturday. Zafar Alam, Managing Director and CEO of...
FE ReportKorea is going to fund the Karnaphuli Rail-road Bridge Project in Chattogram, the total cost of which has been estimated at Tk 1.24 billion.Bangladesh government will provide $0.43 billion to implement the project while the EDCF and the EDPF...
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