Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC launched a stall at the 12th National SME Fair 2025, a seven-day event organised by the SME Foundation. Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Managing Director of the bank, inaugurated the stall at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Thailand want to further expand their existing trade relations and make more effective use of maritime transport facilities between the two nations.The views came when Thailand Ambassador to Bangladesh, Thitiporn Chirasawadi, made a courtesy call on Commerce Adviser...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Mobile phone traders on Sunday staged a demonstration in the capital's Agargaon area demanding the reform of NEIR initiative.The road in front of BTRC building was blocked as part of the protest - held under the banner of "Bangladesh Mobile...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Advisor for Industries, Housing and Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan has laid importance on strengthening the SME Foundation structurally to further energise the small and medium enterprise sector and accelerate its development for expanding domestic and international markets for different...
FRANKFURT, Dec 07 (Reuters): Volkswagen Group plans to invest 160 billion euros ($186 billion) through 2030, its CEO Oliver Blume said, reflecting belt-tightening as Europe's top automaker faces a major crisis in its two key markets, China and the United...
Bank Asia, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), organised a day-long "Regional Workshop on Proactive Transaction Monitoring for Automated Early Alert Generation of Trade-Based Money Laundering" in Jashore. BFIU Additional Director Ruman Ahamed attended the programme as...
Modhumoti Bank on Thursday donated a 12-seater electric cart under the bank's corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme to the Department of Prisons to facilitate transportation inside Dhaka Central Jail. Humayun Kabir, chairman of the board of directors of Modhumoti Bank,...
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) inaugurated a month-long entrepreneurship programme in Jashore in collaboration with the Bangladesh Bank. Twenty-five entrepreneurs have registered with the programme funded by the Asian Development Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Finance. Husne Ara Shikha,...
PARIS, Dec 07 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday."I told them that if they don't...
Prime Bank Investment PLC (PBIL), a leading Bangladeshi investment bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Prime Bank PLC, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Consortium of Bluenergy Solutions Ltd and Gtech Infrastructure Ltd., two pioneers in...
In a major push toward clean energy, the government has taken up a plan to ramp up renewable power generation and reduce reliance on coal and fuel-based electricity that contributes to environmental degradation, reports UNB.The project titled "Construction of Sonagazi...
BRAC Bank once again obtained a B+ long-term credit rating with a stable outlook from the world's leading credit rating agency, S&P Global Ratings.This is equivalent to the sovereign rating of Bangladesh. BRAC Bank has continued to achieve the rating...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has revised its CSE-30 Index based on the performance of listed companies.The new index will come into effect on December 18. The port city’s bourse reviews the index twice a year.After the latest revision, three...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Foreign investors have continued to withdraw funds from Bangladesh's equity market over the past year through November this year amid persistent political and macroeconomic uncertainties.Economic reform measures taken by the interim government after the political changeover had given rise to...
LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters): Europe has finally taken major steps to build up its rare earths sector to counter Chinese dominance, but the region also needs to guard against being overwhelmed by the United States, the head of an EU-funded...
NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Reuters): India does not have any immediate plans to add coal power generation capacity beyond 2035, a top power ministry official said on Sunday."India wants to secure its energy requirements," Pankaj Agarwal, secretary at the power...
COTONOU, Dec 07 (BBC): Benin's interior minister has appeared on national TV to announce that an attempted coup in the West Africa nation has been thwarted.Earlier, a group of soldiers, led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri, had made a broadcast saying...
BENGALURU, Dec 07 (Reuters): Indian authorities ordered an investigation and offered compensation to victims on Sunday after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25."I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident...
KYIV, Dec 07 (Reuters/BBC): U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the future of Ukraine's Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia...
TOKYO, Dec 07 (AFP): Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island, Japan's defence ministry said Sunday, slamming it as a "dangerous act".Beijing-Tokyo relations have soured over the past month, following remarks by Japanese...
COLOMBO, Dec 07 (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.More than two million people-nearly 10 percent of the population-have been...
JERUSALEM, Dec 07 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expected to move into the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza "very shortly".Speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
NATORE, Dec 07 (UNB): Farmers on Sunday blocked a road in Naldanga upazila of Natore district demanding fertiliser ahead of Boro season.A number of farmers went to the shop of Shyam Sundar Agarwal, a fertilizer dealer at Naldanga intersection around...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
SYLHET, Dec 07: Construction works for a bridge over the Chhora River - long demanded by students and workers in the Surma tea garden area in Madhabpur Upazila - remain incomplete for years.The earthen access route at one side of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 07: The government has taken up a special initiative to manage the dog population on St. Martin's Island as part of a broader effort to protect the island's fragile environment and biodiversity, particularly its endangered marine turtles....
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five Regional Commissions under the jurisdiction of the UN Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to increase economic activity in...
Mohammad Mainul Islam | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
In the midst of the demographic transition, Bangladesh is experiencing rapid shifts in the relative numbers of children, the working-age population, and elderly persons. Here, changes in the age structure suggest that two-thirds of the total population are of working...
Dhaka is regarded as one of the rapidly developing megacities across the globe. Its expansion has created the attendant ills such as traffic congestion, pollution, street congestion and deplorable services. Smart city technologies must be introduced in Dhaka to transform...
Winter arrives quietly, with foggy mornings, cold winds and the familiar chill in the air. While many look forward to this season with warm clothes, blankets and hot meals, the same period becomes a harsh struggle for countless poor and...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's export sector has of late been facing headwinds mainly from the dual impact of the fall in demand in the international market and the reciprocal tariff imposed by the USA. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), last November...
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