Bengal Commercial Bank (BGCB) organised its Half Yearly Business Review Meeting at the bank's head office in Gulshan, Dhaka, on Thursday. Md. Jashim Uddin, Chairman of the bank and President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), and Tarik...
EXIM Bank organised Half Yearly Business Development Conference 2024 on Friday. Chairman of the bank Md. Nazrul Islam Mazumder was present as the chief guest while Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Feroz Hossain presided over the conference at Exim Bank...
PRAN-RFL Group won seven National Export Trophies, including three Gold, for its outstanding contribution to the export segment for FY 2021-22. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the awards to PRAN-RFL Group at an award ceremony held at Osmani Memorial...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Vietnam are expected to experience the fastest growth in cotton consumption and trade in the next decade as their capacities are projected to witness significant growth due to competitive labour and production costs, according to a global outlook.The...
MILAN, July 14 (Reuters): Italy's gas grid group Snam said on Friday it expected a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to become operational by March 2025, allowing the country to diversify further its energy supplies.The floating terminal in the...
HANOI, July 14 (Reuters): Vietnam's national power grid operator EVN plans to buy excess power generated by solar panels on homes and offices to feed into its own supply, state media reported on Friday.Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has...
BRUSSELS, July 14 (Reuters): The European Union will pressure other countries at this year's COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft of the bloc's negotiating position seen by Reuters showed.This...
Dubai crown prince named UAE defence ministerDUBAI, July 14: Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on Sunday announced he appointed his son, the emirate's crown prince, as defence minister of the United Arab Emirates in a cabinet reshuffle. "Sheikh...
KATHMANDU, July 14 (AFP): Tough-talking Nepali leader Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has spent a lifetime in communist politics, becoming prime minister for a fourth time Sunday in the Himalayan republic's revolving-door leadership.The often outspoken 72-year-old, head of the Communist Party...
REHOBOTH BEACH, July 14 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden called for an end to political violence after Republican challenger Donald Trump was shot in the right ear during a rally on Saturday, and Biden's campaign suspended all political communication, including...
TEL AVIV, July 14 (Agencies): The new British foreign secretary called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, his second international trip since Labour’s resounding victory in elections earlier this...
MOSCOW, July 14 (AFP): The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of a "paradox" in...
WASHINGTON, July 14 (AFP): World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally.Presidents and prime ministers globally spoke out against political violence and expressed their...
Jatrabari Jhotika Sangsad returned to a winning run in the Bashundhara Group Senior (First) Division Football League outplaying Uttar Baridhara Club by 3-0 goals at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur on Sunday, reports...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14 (AP): Luis Suárez still has a knack for big plays.The 37-year-old Suárez, Uruguay's career scoring leader, tied the score two minutes into second-half stoppage time, and Uruguay beat Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2...
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is going to audit the recently-concluded T20 World Cup at its next board meeting in Colombo next week. The board members have expressed disappointment over how the tournament was organized...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handing over the cheque of 1st runners-up of the Sheikh Hasina Inter-bank Football Tournament-2024 to Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank (FSIB), Md. Masudur Rahman Shah, Deputy Managing Director of FSIB...
The Copa America 2024 is already in its final stage and today (Monday, as per BST), it will be the day of the grand final between Argentina and Colombia. Beyond the pride of winning the oldest national team tournament in...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., July 14 (Agencies): Lionel Messi is one win from leading Argentina to a record 16th Copa America title. Colombia will do everything in its power to make sure that doesn't happen in a matchup that pits the...
JASHORE, July 14 (UNB): A 48-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants at Nauali village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Ferdousi Khatun, wife of Altab Hossain, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Spain...
KURIGRAM, July 14 (UNB): "We are heading to my sister's house in Guzimarir Char for refuge," said Rokeya from Haquer Char, a woman who just recently lost her homestead to the recent flood that stranded around 0.2 million (2 lakh)...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 14: Farmers have started cultivation of transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy in Sylhet division in a bid to recoup the crop losses caused by the recent and ongoing floods, officials and a number of farmers said.Contacted, additional director of...
It is deeply concerning to know about the widespread leaking of question papers for government recruitment exams, including the prestigious Bangladesh Civil Service exams, over the past 12 years. This alarming situation, disclosed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), underscores...
The metro rail service in Dhaka is hailed as the most efficient, fastest, and reliable mode of transport for its residents. It benefits millions of passengers. A megacity with a population exceeding 20 million and projected to grow further due...
Neil Ray | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
If Aristotle's famous saying, "One swallow does not make a spring" holds, one demon owl (barn owl) should not make a winter either. Right now developments all around are nightmarish with the exposure of dubious elements one after another in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
The annual inflation rate last month was 9.72 per cent, a welcome decline from seven-month high at 9.89 per cent in the previous month of May. Despite this temporary easing in comparative terms, there is nothing reassuring for the common...
Friday morning's torrential downpour -- the heaviest monsoon rainfall of the season so far -- was expected to provide the much-needed respite from the scorching heat. Momentarily it did, but the city dwellers had to suffer flooding of roads and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, sweeping hundreds of seats across the country and ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Sir Keir Starmer subsequently has been appointed Prime Minister, ending a tumultuous era...
Zaidi Sattar | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
Recently Bangladesh Bank dropped a bombshell on the data front. Bangladesh export data was sharply revised downwards raising concerns all around. If the revision involved a minor correction it could be glossed over. But the revision for July-April 2024 took...
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