GAZA, Sept 21 (Reuters/AP): Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a command centre of militant group...
Veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scripted history on Saturday by becoming the oldest Bangladesh cricketer from his nation to feature in a Test match, according to Indian daily newspaper India Today. At 37 years and 181 days, Shakib took the...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said that Bangladesh won't be benefitted in the long run if their batters keep getting out in their 30s and 40s. The veteran was not pleased with Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan getting out after...
CHENNAI, India, Sept 21 (AFP): Centuries from Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant helped India close in on victory in the first Test despite a spirited start to Bang-ladesh's chase for their target of 515 in Chennai on Saturday.Bangladesh started briskly...
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters): Raw sugar futures jumped more than 3 per cent on Friday to gain 19.2 per cent for the week, the highest weekly price increase since 2008, as speculators rushed to buy following a breach of...
US crude oil stockpiles dipped to their lowest level in a year in the second week of this month, while fuel inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, reports Reuters.Crude inventories fell by 1.6 million barrels to 417.5 million...
BB STARTS CUSTOMER AWARENESS WEEK-2024 WITH MERCANTILE BANKThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started its five-day long Customer Awareness Week-2024 in Cox's Bazar district under the Chattogram division, aiming to enhance banking awareness among customers. Md. Nurul Amin, executive director of...
Investment advisers are urging clients to dump hefty cash allocations now that the Federal Reserve has begun its much-anticipated interest-rate easing, a process they expect to limit the appeal of money-market funds in the coming months, reports Reuters.Retail investors' assets...
BENGALURU, Sept 21 (Reuters): Indian shares surged to record highs and registered weekly gains on Friday, as an outsized interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve earlier in the week whetted investor risk appetite across global markets.The NSE Nifty...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-09-22 00:00:00
Stock investors would have better protection from fund misappropriation by brokers had the intermediaries not opposed the finalising of proposed Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (stock dealer, stock broker and authorised representatives) Rules, 2023.The securities regulator received public opinions on...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 20: At last, the news on result tampering that was published on December 29 in 2023 in The Financial Express has proved true after investigation.Professor Narayan Chandra Nath, former secretary of the Chattogram Education Board and incumbent Director...
LAXMIPUR, Sept 20 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Advisor of the Interim government M Nahid Islam on Friday said the government has a plan to bring more sectors, including education and mass media, under reform programme."As part of the 'state reform...
A total of 154 more undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated to the country from Libya on Friday, reports BSS.The repatriation was conducted under a coordinated effort by the foreign ministry, Bangladesh mission in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration...
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 20 (AFP): World leaders will descend on the United Nation's New York HQ from Sunday for the organization's annual signature gathering against an explosive backdrop of raging wars, growing populism and diplomatic deadlock.The war in...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL) PLC is unwilling to merge with the state-run Sonali Bank PLC with an eye to bring back confidence in customers, sources said.The BDBL has sought one-year exemption from maintaining the stipulated statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) in...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
More than 39 million people are likely to die from antibiotic-resistant infections by 2050, according to an in-depth global analysis of antimicrobial resistance published recently in The Lancet.The research has found that more than one million people died from drug-resistant...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Dhaka's Metro rail has started its seven-day-a-week service, with launching its first Friday operation yesterday (Friday), almost two years after its journey started.On the very first Friday, most of the trains were seen packed with commuters who expressed their satisfaction...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Eggs, chicken and vegetables have become pricier further in a week though the government has recently fixed maximum retailed prices of the first two daily necessary items.Meanwhile, rice, fish, beef and onion prices remained static maintaining previous highs.The Department of...
NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (Reuters): Bangladesh's efforts to clear debts of more than $1 billion owed to Indian power companies are being hampered by its inability to access the dollars it requires to pay them, documents showed and sources familiar...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Clashes in two hill districts left four people dead and scores injured until Friday afternoon, officials and locals said, prompting a government call for calm and assurance of action against offenders.News reports from the hill districts said violent incidents in...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Regional trade in South Asia has remained the least integrated in the world and has not improved much over decades due to the narrow and non-cooperative political economic approach in the region, experts viewed at a webinar on Friday. South...
Six people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a youth on the Dhaka University campus while the Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have filed a murder case against eight students after the death of Shamim Ahmed alias Shamim...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Dhaka is enduring an intense heatwave, with relentless high temperatures and elevated humidity making life unbearable for its residents.For three consecutive days, the city's inhabitants have faced scorching heat. According to the Meteorological Office, moderate heat is sweeping across all...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Nonbanks saw a surge in deposits in a phenomenon that belied a drop in the number of accounts with them, as of the last April-June quarter.Deposit accounts with the country's nonbank finance companies (NBFCs) fell over 11 per cent in...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-09-21 00:00:00
A hope-raising rise in commercial banks' foreign-exchange holdings ebbed to US$5.25 billion in August, when the economy navigated a changeover in state power.Officials and bankers have said the overall economic activities were upended in the first half of the eventful...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately...
A Dhaka court has sent Rongdhanu Group director and former vice chairman of Rupganj upazilla Md Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case lodged for allegedly demanding Tk 50 million as extortion, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain passed the...
Since being relieved of his appointment as Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Robed Amin has not been coming to the workplace, reports UNB.On August 18, Dr Amin, a professor of medicine at Dhaka...
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