RIYADH, Sept 26 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product is projected to grow by 1.4 per cent in 2024, with an acceleration to 5.3 per cent in 2025, according to S&P Global's latest analysis of emerging markets.The US-based credit...
ZURICH, Sept 26 (Reuters): The Swiss National Bank reduced interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, echoing steps to lower borrowing costs by the European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve, and left the door wide open for more...
BERLIN, Sept 26 (AFP): Germany's economy is expected to shrink slightly in 2024, leading economic institutes said on Thursday, as the traditional manufacturing powerhouse continues to stagnate.Output in Europe's largest economy will decline by 0.1 per cent this year, five...
LONDON, Sept 26 (AFP): Chinese stocks surged and major European indices mostly rallied Thursday as China signalled further stimulus measures aimed at lifting the world's second-biggest economy out of the doldrums.Hong Kong closed up 4.2 per cent and Shanghai finished...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Managing Director Niranjan Chandra Debnath distributes certificates at the end of the 41st foundation training course for newly-recruited officials of the bank on Thursday.
SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Arab News): New Zealand on Thursday reached a trade deal with the UAE, which it said would unlock economic opportunities for exporters and boost supply chains with one of its most important trading partners in the Middle...
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US-Bangla Institute of Aviation (UIA), an aircraft training center of the US-Bangla Airlines, received an approval for providing different trainings on aircraft engineering and maintenance, which enables engineers to get training at lower costs in Bangladesh, without requiring to spend...
BAT Bangladesh has appointed its Commercial Director Numayer Alam to the Board of Directors, with effect from October 1, says a statement.The appointment was confirmed at a Board meeting on Wednesday. Numayer Alam brings two decades of experience to the...
BRAC Bank has completed a three-day eye-screening initiative for its non-executive co-workers at its head office, making eye care accessible to them.The one-of-a-kind initiative in the corporate sector bears testimony to the bank's unwavering commitment to nurturing a culture of...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-27 00:00:00
All four telecom operators in the country lost 3.65 million subscribers during July-August uprising, according to data published by the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission.The four operators also lost nearly 2.2 million internet subscribers during the period. However, it is...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus urged the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's leading charitable organisation, to come forward with an enhanced support for the health sector of Bangladesh.Global CEO of the Gates Foundation...
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Stakeholders on Thursday accentuated the need to ensure labour rights of and better access to finance and entrepreneurship by informal waste workers with intent to enable a sustainable circular plastic economy in Bangladesh.They said city corporations and the local government...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters): New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday he expected to be charged with federal crimes and declared he was innocent, after the New York Times reported he had already been indicted following a...
PESHAWAR, Sept 26 (AP): At least 25 people have been killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a lingering land dispute in northwest Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.The clashes - which started over the weekend in...
KABUL, Sept 26 (AFP): The Taliban government rejected on Thursday concerns raised at the United Nations General Assembly this week about the treatment of women in Afghanistan.Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands announced at the meeting in New York that...
PATNA, Sept 26 (AFP): At least 46 people, including 37 children, have drowned while celebrating a Hindu festival in eastern India, a local government official told AFP on Thursday.The victims drowned in separate incidents in Bihar state while ritually bathing...
OTTAWA, Sept 26 (AFP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in the first major test for his minority Liberal government whose popularity has waned after nine years in office.His tenuous grip on power,...
TOKYO, Sept 26 (BBC): A Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China for the first time, according to reports in Japanese media.The JS Sazanami, a naval destroyer, passed through the strait from north to south on...
BEIRUT, Sept 26 (AP/Reuters): An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon hit a building housing Syrian workers and their families, killing 23 people, Lebanese officials said Thursday. It was one of the deadliest single strikes in an intensified air campaign against the...
MOSCOW, Sept 26 (BBC): Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a "joint attack", in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Sept 26 (AFP): Dinesh Chandimal's century in Galle powered Sri Lanka to 306-3 at stumps on Thursday's opening day of the second Test against New Zealand.The left-hander was bowled by Glenn Phillips in the final session after...
Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is the leading all-rounder of his era, whose laundry list of achievements is rivalled only by his disciplinary infractions and his brief political career under his country's loathed ex-leader, reports AFP.Shakib, who announced his international...
Bangladesh will play Pakistan and India will face Nepal in two semifinals of the seven-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-17 Championship tomorrow (Saturday), reports UNB.Group A champions India will play Group B runners up Nepal in the first semifinal...
KANPUR, Sept26 (Agencies): As India and Bangladesh gear up for the second Test at Green Park Stadium here on Friday, there's plenty of anticipation, intrigue, and uncertainty surrounding the match. Both teams have everything to play for, with India looking...
The golden jubilee celebration of Adarsha School in Narayanganj will take place on January 11 next year (2025). In this connection, all the former students of the school have been requested to complete their registration by September 30 (Monday), 2024.Former...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 26 (UNB): Three people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Shibalaya upazila of Manikganj on Thursday morning.The identities of the deceased could not be...
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Chattogram police on Wednesday recovered illegal arms and ammunition from the house of a former lawmaker.He tried to escape to India after the fall of the Awami League (AL) regime, but law enforcers detained him and sent him to jail...
Days of continuous rainfall have led to severe waterlogging in the low-lying areas of Dumuria and Phultala upazilas in Khu-lna, and four unions in Daulatpur upazila of Kush-tia along the Padma River have been also inundated, reports UNB.In Khulna, rainfall...
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RAJSHAHI, Sept 26: Due to the excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides on land in Rajshahi, the nutritional quality of crops is being destroyed with soil fertility decreasing and environment being polluted.Doctors said that eating these crops is causing...
In recent years, Bangladesh has made significant progress in adopting digital technologies, which have reshaped various sectors, including finance, education, healthcare, and trade. The growth of mobile banking and digital financial services, such as bKash and Nagad, has played a...
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