SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh government won't encourage businesses to use Indian ports for rerouting export-import trade as no special facility comes therefrom and a local deep-sea port is forthcoming, sources say. Vessel traffic from the under-construction Matarbari deep-sea port is not far off...
Asia-Pacific markets climbed Friday after economic data from the US calmed recessionary fears, while investors also assessed a slew of data from Japan, reports CNBC.Initial jobless claims in the US fell to 231,000 from the prior week's 232,000, but were...
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Major state-owned banks were buying dollars in China's onshore foreign exchange market on Friday to slow down a rising yuan, four people with knowledge of the matter said.The banks' actions come as the yuan strengthened to an...
Global bond funds attracted the biggest weekly inflow in six weeks in the seven days to August 28, buoyed by heightened purchases of government bonds amid anticipation of a September Fed rate cut and ongoing Middle East tensions, reports Reuters.According...
Md Nazrul Islam Swapan, a prominent businessman and industrialist, was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EXIM Bank at the 174th Emergent Board Meeting of the bank held on Friday, says a press release.Earlier, he...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATBC) dominated the weekly turnover chart this week for the first time in more than two years, while ten most-traded firms accounted for 37 per cent of the transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Being...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
The equity benchmark index bounced back in the outgoing week after two weeks of losses, as buoyant investors put fresh bets on shares, riding on renewed optimism spurred by market supportive measures.This week, the regulator took a series of actions,...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP): Inflation in the 20 European Union countries that use the euro fell sharply to 2.2% in August, opening the door for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates as the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve...
The 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Meghna Life Insurance Company Limited was held on a digital platform on Thursday with the company's Chairman Nizam Uddin Ahmed in the chair, says the company in a statement.The AGM approved 15 per...
Khulna, Aug 30 (UNB): Despite the ongoing peak season for hilsa, the prized fish is conspicuously absent from Khulna's markets, leaving both buyers and sellers in a difficult situation.Prices have skyrocketed, making it increasingly difficult for ordinary consumers to afford...
Garment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world's biggest clothing production hubs, are struggling to complete orders on time as flooding disrupts their cotton supplies - exacerbating a backlog caused by recent political turmoil, reports Reuters.Bangladesh is a leading global...
Jackie Kabir | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
As I drive through Gulshan road 24 everyday, the big posters of vast paddy fields, a winding bridge held by two gigantic palms and a water body with sprouting mossy hills allure me to visit the places. They are all...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
In his seminal novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding has shown how innocence transforms into crudity, generosity into selfishness, cooperation into conflict and peaceful cohabitation and camaraderie into domination and supreme authority. What begins as a genuine expression of...
Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan has taken a break from Test cricket on medical advice because of an "ongoing injury issue". He was hence not part of the 20-member preliminary Test squad to face New Zealand in the one-off Test in...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed has said the board is actively considering appointing an audit firm to investigate potential irregularities during the tenure of former president Nazmul Hasan Papon, reports UNB.Faruque, the newly appointed BCB president, presided over...
NEW YORK, Aug 30 (AFP): Naomi Osaka's return to the US Open ended in the second round on Thursday, but the two time champion said she felt "grateful" as she departed in the wake of a straight-sets loss to Karolina...
Persistent rain allowed no play, not even the toss, on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. The umpires had an inspection at noon, even though the rain had not stopped, and called it...
Bangladesh National Football team reached Bhutanese capital Thimphu on Friday to play two FIFA International Friendlies against hosts Bhutan on September 05 and 08, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh Football team left Dhaka for Thimphu.The Spanish Head Coach of Bangladesh National Football...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and chairman of the Women's Cricket Committee Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel resigned from the post during the board meeting on Thursday, reports UNB. The newly elected BCB President, Faruque Ahmed, chaired the board meeting.Nadel is...
Russian attack kills two, injures 11 in Ukraine's SumyKYIV, Aug 30: A Russian attack overnight damaged a factory in Ukraine's northern city of Sumy, killed two women and injured at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. Ukraine's Prosecutor...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters): Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters/BBC): Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee...
SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters): The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China security ally Solomon Islands supporting the Australian-funded initiative...
The recent clamour in Bangladesh over India causing floods by releasing water from its dams has been debunked by credible fact-checking sources, including DW. It confirmed that many of the videos allegedly showing water releases from the Dumbur Dam were,...
The interim government is currently focused on overhauling the entire system. As time progresses, the extent of the irregularities plaguing our state-owned institutions is becoming increasingly apparent. Addressing these issues is a lengthy process. Recently, people from various sectors have...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
It is heartening to find that hundreds and thousands of people, especially younger ones, have joined their hands to mobilise relief materials for the flood-affected people in the country's south-eastern part. People enthusiastically donate money, clothes, dry foods, bottled water,...
Life expectancy at birth predicts how long a newborn baby is expected to live. Obviously, such predictability in large measure depends on the overall health condition of the population in question. Admittedly, the healthier a population is the greater the...
Washim Ahmed from Toronto, Canada | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
In early 2020, Bangladesh was thrust into the global spotlight as several high-profile financial crimes came to light, igniting widespread outrage across the nation and among the Bangladeshi diaspora abroad, particularly in Canada. While money laundering and illicit money transfers...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-08-30 12:00:00
It was the time of explosion in British India and anti-British movements were getting in high gear across the sub-continent. Bengal was no exception. As series of events like the Jalianwallah Bag massacre in 1919, Khilafat Movement in 1920 and...
RIYADH, Aug 29 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia witnessed a 38 per cent rise in real estate transactions during the first half of the year, reaching 106,700 deals with a total value of around SR127.3 billion ($33.9 billion), according to Knight...
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