Five more personnel from Myanmar's Border Guard Police, or BGP, have fled across the border into Cox's Bazar's Teknaf, seeking shelter from ongoing violence near the border, reports bdnews24.com.They entered Bangladesh around 11:30pm on Sunday in the Kharangkhali area of...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
Inward remittance has witnessed a downward trend amid the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, with expatriate Bangladeshis remitting $877.10 million in the first 12 days of this April.Earlier in January, remitters sent home $915.91 million in the first 12 days of the month,...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
Government and non-government offices, including banks, financial institutions and courts, resumed their activities with limited presence of staff on Monday after a five-day vacation of Eid-ul-Fitr and Bangla New Year.However, a festive mood was still prevailing in the capital as...
Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World Bank said in a report on Monday.The differential between...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, also the chairman of Grameen Telecom, and some other officials of the organization will appear before the Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka today (Tuesday).They will present to seek permanent bail in a labour law...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
The country's overall gas supply from gas-fired power plants increased with the resumption of regasification by the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), owned by Summit LNG Terminal Co (Pvt).The floating regasification unit of Summit Group has started regasifying liquefied...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
The scorching heat wave persisted across the country on Monday, triggering suffering among the people, and it may continue for the next several days.According to the latest bulletin from the Meteorological Department at 6:00 pm, isolated spots in three divisions...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
The potato and onion market experienced a significant surge even after the Eid holidays, with prices soaring by Tk 5.0-10 per kg.Despite the conclusion of Eid holidays, the kitchen and groceries in the city had yet to return to normal,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a rule making an electronic lock and seal mandatory for transit and transshipment goods through Chattogram and Mongla ports to India.Also, e-tracking would be conducted through the GPS system to ensure accuracy...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
A nightmarish ordeal for the crew, their families and the owners of the MV Abdullah ends as the Somali pirates freed the Bangladeshi-flagged cargo ship on a 'successful negotiation'. Reports by newswires have said a king's ransom bought the hijacked...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
Motor vehicles owned by government or local authorities, projects, diplomats, development partners, MPO-listed educational institutions, public universities and injured gazetted freedom fighters need not pay advance tax on registration or fitness renewal.The income tax wing under the National Board of...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
A queue jam prompts the central bank to plan a pause in taking fresh merger proposals in Bangladesh's banking industry before completion of the existing bids for strong-weak amalgamation.Bangladesh Bank (BB) spokesperson Md Mezbaul Haque shared the information regarding the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
A substantial industrial-output fall and dollar crunch slowed Bangladesh's economy with the gross domestic product (GDP) growth having nearly halved to 3.78 per cent in the second quarter of this fiscal compared to previous quarter's. An analysis on Monday of...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Mild to moderate heat wave may sweep over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 15: A devastating fire broke out in a slum at Firingi Bazar in the port city on Monday, burning down some 20 shanties.Witnesses and official sources said the blaze started around 1:20pm and engulfed the slum.Abdur Razzak, deputy...
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslim, was celebrated across the country on Thursday amid due religious fervor, gaiety and festivity.The very auspicious occasion began with sighting of the Shawwal moon of 1445 Hijri Wednesday...
On Sunday, Bangladesh joyously welcomed Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, marked by vibrant traditional festivities and widespread enthusiasm. The celebrations commenced at dawn as artistes from Chhayanaut serenaded the arrival of the new year under Ramna...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has described Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi's programme defying the directives issued by the government for the sake of public safety and its negative statement unexpected and unfortunate, reports BSS."Udichi Shilpigoshthi's programme defying...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has sought the list of imprisoned BNP leaders, reports BSS.The AL leader claimed that the number of the imprisoned party men the BNP revealed is false."The number of BNP's captive leaders was 20,000...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Monday that the high-ups of the ruling Awami League (AL) were seeking mental relief through jugglery after deceiving the people."They (ruling AL) directly deceived the people through...
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into session on May 02 after a 58-day recess as the first session of the current parliament was prorogued on March 05, reports UNB.President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday summoned the 2nd session of the 12th...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana beside, waves at the invited guests at the Eid greetings programme at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Thursday, marking the Eid-ul-Fitr — Focus...
Top Wall Street brokerages, whose investment banking units helped Reddit prepare for its public issue, started coverage of the social media company with doubts over its user growth, while staying bullish on ad revenue and its use of artificial intelligence,...
TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters): A coalition of climate groups filed shareholder proposals with Japan's top three banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, calling for stricter board oversight of climate-related risks, people familiar with the matter said.The proposals from Australia's Market...
SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters): South Korea's finance minister stepped up warnings on Monday that the government is ready to act to counter any renewed volatility in currency markets after the won has extended declines against the dollar to hit the...
MOSCOW, April 15 (Reuters): The Russian broker organising a frozen asset swap scheme that could free up stranded funds for Russian and non-resident investors has seen tens of billions of roubles of demand from foreigners including US banks and funds,...
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters): Europe's main share and currency markets started the week modestly higher while oil and bond prices dipped, as investors kept Middle East concerns in check after Iran's weekend attacks on Israel.Tehran's offensive involved more than 300...
HANOI, Apr 15 (Reuters): A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence on Thursday to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5-billion) financial fraud, the country's biggest on record, state media said.Her trial, begun...
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