CAIRO/DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) : Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning...
The process to ban Jamaat-Shibir is underway and notification can be issued anytime in this regard, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday, reports UNB.The minister came up with the remark while talking to reporters in his Secretariat office on...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Student demonstrators now staged 'March for Justice' Wednesday in different places of the country, including Dhaka, which ended in clashes with intercepting law-enforcement forces, spot reports said.The ongoing protests that originated from quota-reform movement and later 'Student Movement against Discrimination'...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Today (Thursday) is the 6th death anniversary of the iconic economic journalist and founder-editor of The Financial Express (FE), A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain.On August 01, 2018, he passed away at the age of 73.He was one of the leading organisers of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
A new partnership pact between Bangladesh and the European Union faces setback as the EU postponed negotiations on grounds of the current unrest in the country, a spokesperson said Wednesday."In the light of the prevailing situation, the first round of...
Siddique Islam | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain, who passed away on August 1, 2018, was a towering figure in the realm of economic journalism in Bangladesh. As we commemorate the sixth anniversary of his passing, it is befitting to remember and celebrate his indelible...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
When the young die, something goes out of the souls of the ageing. When the young die or are done to death by nature, by the elements of the dark, it is the future which becomes the casualty. The future...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) received accreditation certification from Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB). BSTI Director General (grade-1) S M Ferdous Alam received the certificate from Senior Secretary of Industries Ministry Jakia Sultana on Tuesday. BAB Director General Md Anowarul...
State-owned BASIC Bank Limited signed an Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with the Financial Institutions Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance for the financial year 2024-2025. Md. Abdur Rahman Khan, Secretary of FID, and Md. Anisur Rahman, Managing Director &...
The 14th annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Development Bank PLC was held at the bank's boardroom on Wednesday. Chairman of the bank's Board and former senior secretary Shamima Nargis presided over the meeting while Managing Director and CEO of...
BENGALURU, July 31 (Reuters): India's KRBL reported its fourth straight quarterly profit fall on Wednesday, hurt by slower demand for its basmati rice.KRBL, which makes the 'India Gate' brand of basmati rice, said its consolidated net profit fell 55.5 per...
BENGALURU, July 31 (Reuters): Oil prices climbed around $2 on Wednesday, rebounding from 7-week lows, as the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East and overshadowed concerns about weak China demand.Brent crude futures...
Gold prices were on track to register their best month since March on Wednesday led by geopolitical concerns and hopes of an interest rate cut in September as focus shifted to the US Federal Reserve's upcoming policy decision, reports Reuters.Spot...
Although Bangladesh has over one crore Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) holders, nearly 59 per cent of these individuals did not file tax returns in the fiscal year 2023-24. This gap highlights a critical issue in our tax system, as the...
The recent internet shutdown and subsequent slow internet speed has dealt a heavy blow to the garment export industry. The garment sector, the backbone of Bangladesh's economy, operates on razor-thin margins and relies heavily on efficient communication and timely logistics....
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh has a huge trade gap with China. In the FY22-23 the gap was worth over US$15.48 billion. For long, Bangladesh has been trying to reduce the gap but it could hardly make any headway in its pursuit. Bangladesh's export...
This is no time for celebration but the country's enviable achievements in fisheries and livestock certainly deserve to be celebrated. The usual fanfare with which the National Fisheries Week is observed is likely to be missing this year for understandable...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-07-31 12:00:00
It seems that the poison called arsenic that severely affected ground waters in various regions of the country is no longer a cause for worry! Had this been so, the country could flaunt its accomplishment of containing the dreaded threat...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 30 (AFP): Haiti's prime minister escaped unharmed Monday after gangs opened fire near a hospital he was visiting, a government source told AFP, as the troubled nation seeks to restore stability after months of gang related violence.Garry Conille,...
RABAT, July 30 (AFP): France said Tuesday that autonomy within Morocco was the "only" basis for a solution to the decades-old Western Sahara dispute, drawing an angry reaction from the pro-independence Polisario Front.In a letter to King Mohammed VI congratulating...
BEIJING, July 30 (BBC): After months of negotiation, Taiwan and China have "reached an agreement" on how to respond to the deaths of two Chinese fishermen following a sea chase by Taiwan's coastguard, Taipei said.The settlement involves compensation to the...
KABUL, July 30 (AFP): The Taliban government has severed consular ties with swathes of Afghan embassies in Western countries, Kabul said Tuesday, cutting off diplomats loyal to the former foreign-backed administration.The 2021 Taliban takeover left diplomats staffing Afghanistan's foreign missions...
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters): British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organisation.Choudary, 57,...
CARACAS, July 30 (BBC): Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Sunday's disputed election result.Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains...
GAZA, July 30 (Reuters/AFP): Israel and the Islamist group Hamas traded blame on Monday over the lack of progress in reaching a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Gaza Strip despite international mediation.Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
CHATEAUROUX, France, July 30 (Xinhua): Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec came from behind to edge Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec of Türkiye 16-14 in the 10m air pistol mixed team final to secure Serbia's first gold medal of the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has included former Test skippers Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque for one of the four-day matches against Pakistan Shaheens in preparation for the two-match Test series against their senior men's side, reports Cricbuzz.Bangladesh will play...
Bangladeshi swimmer Samiul Islam Rafi finished overall 69th among 79 competitors in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming in the ongoing Paris Olympics held at the Paris La Defense Arena on Tuesday, reports UNB.Samiul Islam, who was trained in Thailand ahead...
NANTERRE, France, July 30 (AP): Katie Ledecky got started on what she hopes will be her first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, topping the field in the preliminaries of the women's 1,500-meter freestyle on Tuesday.Finishing more than a half-lap...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would appear to have some stigma when it comes to evaluating local coaches and these coaches from the country's cricket system still remain outcasts despite all the bluster of the board in recent times, reports Cricbuzz.In...
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