FE REPORT | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
A nearly 15-percent tax growth until May of the passing fiscal year generates hope in the taxmen about getting close to a revised revenue target, with a big haul in June.The tax-revenue collection in the past eleven months of the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
Over US$2.0 billion is received thus far this June and $650 million more is expected by Sunday in budget support as the government races against time to meet an IMF-set forex target by this fiscal yearend. Bangladesh has to have...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
Debt-servicing pressure against large foreign loans taken by Bangladesh builds up as repayment during 11 months to May rose 24.36 per cent, year on year, to US$3.0 billion. Although the debt repayment has surged, the foreign-aid disbursement has not increased...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
Dubai Taxi, a government-owned company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will hire at least 2,000 taxi and motorcycle drivers from Bangladesh annually.As part of the programme, the Gulf nation will recruit 1,300 drivers this year, with 1,000 being motorcycle...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
Dhaka airport's much-vaunted new terminal is found wanting on several counts in customs test, including inadequate capacity to accommodate burgeoning trade cargos until checking against tax evasion. Official sources said Bangladesh customs found such limitations, including insufficient spaces in cargo...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; at many places over Dhaka and Barishal divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui taking salute at the passing-out parade of the 101st recruit batch of the paramilitary force at Border Guard Training Centre and College at Satkania upazila in Chattogram on Thursday....
Railways Minister Md. Zillul Hakim claimed that no accident has occurred so far due to signal system error of Bangladesh Railway, reports UNB.The minister said this while replying to a tabled question of ruling party MP elected from Chattogram M...
CHATTOGRAM, June 27 (UNB): Police arrested another accused in connection with the gang rape of a 19-year-old girl in a Chattogram-bound train on Thursday. The accused, Abdur Rab Russel, was arrested from Kutubpur area in Noakhali. SM Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge...
FE REPORTHealth and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen assured the public that government hospitals have sufficient stocks of antivenom for Russell's Vipers, locally known as 'Chandrabora', and urged people to avoid spreading misinformation."There have been rumours of vaccine...
FE Report | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday said he was not worried about the foreign exchange reserves position as he considers the current stock enough. "Why are you thinking about the reserves?" he told journalists, replying to a question...
Britain's Labour party has been forced to issue a clarification on comments made by its leader Keir Starmer regarding the removal of Bangladeshi migrants from the UK, as reports emerged of outrage among members of the British-Bangladeshi community ahead of...
OUR Correspondent CHATTOGRAM, June 27: Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury announced Tk 19.81 billion (1,981 crore) annual budget for CCC for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 in the port-city on Thursday.He announced the third budget as the...
The ruling Bangladesh Awami League has earned Tk over 271.4 million and spent Tk over 98.7 million in the last calendar year (2023), according to annual financial report of the party, reports BSS.The report, which was submitted to Election Commission...
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has observed that the country's very existence is now at stake following signing of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the neighbouring India.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this from a rally, held...
FE Report | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
India's assistance with the Teesta river water management project would be good for Bangladesh, as it is a common river for both the countries, said Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday.Talking to reporters at the foreign ministry, he said...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave the national players a two-week rest after their disastrous T20 World Cup campaign, reports BSS.The cricketers are now on the way to the country and expected to land in Dhaka at 08:00 am today...
NEW DELHI, June 27 (AFP): India's World Cup-winning cricket captain Kapil Dev has been appointed president of the Professional Golf Tour of India.The switch in sports will enable Dev's "valuable experience as a professional sportsman" to drive "the further growth...
Dhaka-Assam Handball Series (men's and women's) begins Sunday at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city, reports BSS.Four matches of men's section will be held between Dhaka handball team and Assam Handball team while three matches...
Bangladesh National Women's Football team will play two FIFA Women's Tier-1 International Football matches against Bhutan National Women's team next month, reports UNB.The two-match series will be held in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on July 11 and 14.BFF EC member...
DHAKA, June 27 (BSS): State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said automation programmes must be implemented on priority basis to ensure energy security in the country.Urging officials to work more sincerely to boost production and...
Petrobangla signs APAs with its subsidiary cosThe Annual Performance Agreements (APA) for the fiscal year 2024-25 were signed between Petrobangla and its subsidiary companies according to the 'Annual Performance Agreement Formulation, Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines, 2024-25' in Dhaka on Thursday....
A contract has been signed between ACI Marine & Riverine Technologies Ltd. and Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited, one of the country's biggest shipyards, for the supply of Mitsubishi Marine Engine and Gearbox at the latter's office on Thursday. Subrata...
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) signs MOU with Mayfair StylewearS. M. Sajjad Hossain, CEO and Founder of Mayfair Stylewear, and Dr. Md. Abdul Awal, Director General of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, exchanged documents after signing an agreement in Dhaka recently...
PARIS, June 27 (AFP): Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use litigation to fight climate change, according to a new report Thursday.Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, 230 "climate-aligned" lawsuits have...
A two-day workshop on 'Capacity Strengthening Analysis in Bangladesh', began at a city hotel on Thursday. The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) is organising the event in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
FE REPORT | 2024-06-28 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) called upon the government on Thursday to facilitate easy access to air-cargo facilities in order to boost the country's exports of vegetables and fruits.It also urged the government to keep...
Rupali Bank PLC opens two model branches in Rajshahi and CumillaRupali Bank PLC has opened a corporate branch in Rajshahi and another corporate model branch in Monohorpur, Cumilla. Managing Director and CEO of the bank inaugurated two branches on a...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh is partnering with the Bidyanondo Foundation to launch a plastic exchange programme to promote recycling and sustainability while supporting approximately 82,000individuals, says a press release. As part of this project, the bank will collaborate with the Bidyanondo...
HONG KONG, June 27 (AFP): The yen edged back slightly Thursday after hitting a 38-year low against the dollar, putting investors on alert for a possible intervention by Japanese authorities, while investors awaited US inflation data that could spark another...
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