FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday sought an increase in budgetary support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which helped Bangladesh make a quick recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic.He made the request at a meeting with visiting ADB...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Former revenue board chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid has said Bangladesh's economy needs to get rid of prolonged bouts of inflation through reforms and proper financial planning. "Inflation has remained high for the past two years. If it continues for two...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Rice import has become uncertain amid the higher import duties imposed by Bangladesh and India, thereby adding to a record global price, insiders say.The food ministry on March 21 allowed 31 companies to bring 83,000 tonnes of rice primarily from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the Russian state-run ROSATOM on Tuesday to set up another nuclear power plant at Rooppur, if there is any scope for that, reports BSS.The premier made the request when ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Merchandise exports fetched Bangladesh US$5.10 billion in March in a 9.88-percent annualised growth but narrowly missed the month's target in sync with past nine-month trend. Overall export trade of the country during the past nine months of the current fiscal...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Money market gathers heat as the demand for cash in the liquidity-scant banking sector surges ahead of Eid festival, officials and bankers said.To meet the growing demand for credits under the persisting contractionary monetary regime, many of the commercial banks...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Forced mergers of commercial banks in Bangladesh sans thorough asset-quality assessment may be counterproductive and could erode investor confidence in the financial sector, the World Bank says in an exhaustive economic reassessment. "….it will still require a thorough assessment of...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 06:00 pm today (Wednesday),...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
Speakers at a view-exchange meeting have opined that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should make maximum use of information technology including social media to strengthen the involvement of journalists in human rights issues. Free flow of information, and communication...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2024 will begin on June 30 with Bangla 1st paper, reports BSS.The written examinations will continue until August 11 while practical examinations will be held between August 12 and August 21.Inter-Education Board...
The Fire Service and Civil Defense formed a three-member investigation committee over the fire that broke out in 14 Volvo buses of London Express Paribahan, parked in a garage in Dhaka's Demra on Monday.Headed by Md Saleh Uddin, deputy director...
A court in the city on Tuesday took into cognizance the charge-sheet filed in a case against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 250 million (25 crore) from the company...
Director General of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Tuesday — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-04-03 00:00:00
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is set to conduct a combing operation against chemical warehouses at old Dhaka with intent to relocate them after Eid-ul-Fitr.DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh made the announcement during a meeting hosted by the...
SATKHIRA, Apr 02 (UNB): A day after a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Satkhira Medical College, the authorities asked all the students to vacate the halls on Tuesday.The decision was taken at the academic council...
A special court in the city on Tuesday set July 24 for holding a hearing on whether to accept a supplementary charge-sheet filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed under now replaced Digital Security Act (DSA)...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, MP, on Tuesday called for protecting young generation from ill politics of BNP-Jamaat, reports BSS."Young generation is an important segment of the total population . . . they (young generation) have...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has pushed Bangladesh to cultural, political and economic subordination of a neighouring country, reports UNB.He said this while distributing Eid clothes among the...
Awami League (AL) on Tuesday gave organisational directive to its party leaders, ministers, and lawmakers to refrain from interfering in the upazila parishad election and not to be involved in any activity that will destroy the neutrality of the upcoming...
The atmosphere was tense at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus following the High Court's order to suspend its ban on student politics, reports bdnews24.com.At 11:30am on Tuesday, the campus was largely empty with few students in...
Mohammed Al Shalloudi, a 21-year-old graduate data analyst in the United Arab Emirates who invested in Donald Trump's social media company, has little in common with the former US president's political supporters, reports Reuters.Al Shalloudi bought shares in Trump Media...
MUMBAI, April 2 (Reuters): India's largest real estate investment trust, Embassy Office Parks, plans to raise up to $400 million from investors, two sources with direct knowledge said, as it looks to meet demand for office space from global and...
MOSCOW, Apr 2 (Reuters): Russian wheat export prices rose for the third week in a row, with analysts pointing to increased weather risks to the new crop.The price of 12.5 per cent protein Russian wheat scheduled for free-on-board (FOB) delivery...
Janata Bank PLC has distributed food items among underprivileged, helpless and poor people at Bara Harishpur in Natore recently on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Director of the bank Ajit Kumar Pal was present at the distribution programme as the chief...
TOKYO, Apr 2 (Reuters): Japan must shift its policy focus away from crisis-mode stimulus towards achieving private sector-driven economic growth, a government panel said on Tuesday in the wake of the central bank's decision to end eight years of negative...
Green Delta Insurance announced a 25 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year ending December 31, 2023, at its 38th annual general meeting held virtually on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Abul Hasan Chowdhury, chairman of...
Shahjalal Islami Bank has been awarded the title of 'strongest Shariah-based bank' by the Global Economist Forum. Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, managing director of Shahjalal Islami Bank, received the award from Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, former foreign affairs advisor of the...
In an effort to enhance the competitiveness of the garment industry, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) launched the 'Khalilur Rahman Knowledge Centre' at its headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports BSS.As the apex trade body representing the...
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