Warm and cosy nights are not for everyone in winter. It is a difficult time for the children who spend night on city footpaths. The cold winds during the winter nights pierce their skin, but they have hardly anything to...
Zahid Huq | 2023-12-15 00:00:00
The slaughter of the consumers centring around prices of onion, the pungent bulb, is over. The noise over onion prices has been rather short-lived, as the price of the item has scaled down to the previous level at almost identical...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-12-15 00:00:00
The Indian reality or game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' hosted by celebrated actor Amitabh Baccchan had its premiere in 2000 giving contestants the opportunity to win Rs 1.0 crore or 10 million in 96 minutes at the latest or even...
Soumya Bhowmick | 2023-12-15 00:00:00
In a significant policy shift, the government is poised to allow investments in the establishment of refineries and marketing of refined oil products, both for domestic consumption and export. A recent gazette notification has unlocked the previously restricted industry sector...
Abdullah A. Dewan | 2023-12-14 12:00:00
Is the current onion shortage a supply-demand imbalance or an episode of market failure? Whatever the reason, exorbitant onion price spirals are an indication of the failure of coordination of the market by the government. Despite multiple measures being taken...
BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (Reuters): Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed up to push for open digital ecosystems in response to new EU tech rules in a move that may also...
BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters): Tesla's Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive and Long Range vehicles will lose an up to $7,500 federal tax credit from Dec. 31 based on new guidance under the US Inflation Reduction Act, a message on the U.S...
Sheikh Akhter Uddin Ahmed, SEVP & Head, Human Resources Division of the National Bank Ltd, addressed as the chief guest and distributed certificates on the concluding day of the fifteen-day 'Advance Course on Credit Operation & Risk Management in Banks'...
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) organised a "Professional Awareness Programme for Trainers" virtually on Tuesday. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Additional Managing Director of the Islami Bank, was present as the chief guest and Md. Nazrul Islam, Principal of IBTRA,...
First Security Islami Bank PLC (FSIB) organized a workshop virtually titled 'BAMLCO Conference-2023' for all branch anti-money laundering compliance officers (BAMLCOs) of the bank recently. Md Masud Biswas, Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), inaugurated the workshop as the...
Prime Bank's women banking initiative, Neera has recently announced a strategic partnership with Shohay Health at a virtual event. Under the deal, Neera customers will enjoy 15 per cent discounts by Shohay Pregnancy App. Shohay Health is a pioneering health...
An agreement has been signed between Union Bank and AMZ Hospital at the bank's head office in Dhaka recently. Under the deal, employees of the bank along with their dependents and clients having Visa Debit Card can enjoy exclusive discounts...
BRAC Bank arranged medical consultations by Malaysian physicians for its employees and their family members. GD Assist, a sister concern of the bank's valued business partner, Green-Delta, arranged this medical consultation. Specialist doctors from renowned Malaysian hospitals assisted BRAC employees...
Malaysian Rubber Council Chairman Dato Sri Mohammad Suparadi Bin Md Noor met BSEC Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam at the BSEC office in the capital on Wednesday. They discussed collaborative measures in establishing 'Commodity Exchange' of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)....
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revived its $2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the South Asian nation clinched a debt restructuring deal with China, its biggest official lender.The IMF said its board had...
Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in sustainable fashion, boasting 206 LEED-certified green factories. This impressive lineup includes 76 platinum-rated and 116 gold-rated facilities, underscoring the country's strong commitment to environmental stewardship, reports UNB.In just the past six months, this growth...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and other regulatory bodies should have coordination between them while supervising the mutual fund sector. "It [monitoring the sector] is not a task that can be performed by a single department of the...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
AFC Agro Biotech is going to produce molecular diagnostic kits as per an agreement with South Korean Bioneer Corporation. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, it said molecular diagnostic kits would be used to detect Dengue, Chikungunya, Hepatitis B...
BABUL BARMAN | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
Sponsor-directors of some companies have purchased or have declared to purchase shares of their own firms at a time when investors have shown reluctance to put money in the stocks. For example, three directors of Square Pharmaceuticals, announced last week...
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): Gold prices edged up on Wednesday, buoyed by weaker Treasury yields, but bullion was still near its lowest in over three weeks as the dollar inched higher ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision...
BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters): Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday, after falling by more than 3 per cent to six-month lows in the previous session on oversupply and demand concerns.Brent crude futures for February were up 6 cents, or...
TEXAS, Dec 13 (Reuters): Southwest Airlines on Wednesday raised its forecast for fourth-quarter fuel costs, sending its shares down 1.4 per cent in premarket trading.The carrier, however, expects unit revenue for the quarter to improve to the higher end of...
Dr. Muhamad Abdul Mazid, retired Secretary to the government of Bangladesh and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has been appointed adviser of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB), says a statement. Mr. Mazid started his...
The 337th meeting of the board of directors of Islamic Finance and Investment Limited (IFIL) was held at its head office in the city on Tuesday. KBM Moin Uddin Chisty, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFIL, presided over...
SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters): Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios thinks his well-documented mental health issues have taken a couple of seasons off his career and he will play on for only one or two more years after he finally gets...
Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan delivering his speech at the concluding and prize-giving ceremony of Army Assault Course Compitition-2023 at Cumilla Cantonment in Cumilla on Wednesday — ISPR
Bangladesh will take on New Zealand XI for their only warm-up game today (Thursday) at Lincoln, reports BSS.The 50-over match will start at 4am Bangladesh time.The game will give Bangladesh a match practice ahead of their three-match ODI series against...
PERTH, Australia, Dec 13 (AFP): David Warner will take centre stage when the three-match series against Pakistan begins on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be the Australian opener's farewell to Test cricket.The 37-year-old has indicated that he plans...
A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy...
Social Islami Bank’s Gulshan Branch arranged a client get-together at a hotel in the city. Zafar Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, was present as chief guest at the event.
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