Biman Bangladesh Airlines' acting Managing Director and CEO Md. Siddikur Rahman receives prizes from Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md. Mahbub Ali and secretary Md. Mokammel Hossain at a function recently as the national carrier was adjudged champion among the...
MOSCOW, Nov 09 (TASS): The value of bitcoin rose above $36,000 on Thursday for the first time since May 6, 2022, the Coindesk platform said at 2:47 a.m. Moscow time.As of 2:47 a.m. Thursday Moscow time [11:47 p.m. GMT on...
NBL Taltola sub-branch opensThe Taltola sub-branch of National Bank Limited officially started its journey on Thursday. The 41st sub-branch under the bank's Malibagh branch was inaugurated by NBL Managing Director & CEO Md Mehmood Husain as the chief guest.
Community Bank's financial support for Sajeda Foundation Masihul Huq Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Community Bank Bangladesh Limited, handed over a pay order to Zaheda Fizza Kabir, Chief Executive Officer of Sajeda Foundation at the latter's office in Dhaka...
MetLife Bangladesh has successfully retained the AAA credit rating for its strong financial capability to operate smoothly and pay insurance claims without any financial difficulty. AAA is the highest rating available for an organisation, says the insurer in a statement....
CIRATA, Nov 09 (AFP): Indonesia inaugurated a $100 million floating solar farm on Thursday, the largest in Southeast Asia, as it seeks more opportunities to transition to green, renewable energy.The Cirata floating solar farm, which is expected to generate enough...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) recognised recently 53 listed and non-listed organisations in 17 categories for their best corporate practices based on financial parameters and non-financial indicators, said the ICMAB in a statement.Winners of the...
FE REPORTThe apparel apex body, BGMEA, has urged the global brands, retailers and their representatives in Bangladesh to adjust the prices of all goods to be shipped from December next commensurate with the wage hike announced on Tuesday.On the following...
M KabirHassan and José Antonio Pérez Amuedo | 2023-11-10 00:00:00
In the last month, October 2023 to be specific, Claudia Goldin, the American Professor of Economics at Harvard University, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her comprehensive research on women’s history in the labour market....
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-11-10 00:00:00
The 1971 Liberation war documents project didn't produce narrative and opinions, but documents. There are however, three volumes where interviews and remembrances can be found but basically they are documentary in nature. The volumes don't carry any opinions, no matter...
Bangladesh reportedly spends nearly Tk 100 billion every year on social media-based digital marketing. Foreign companies such as Facebook and Google have become main beneficiaries of these expenses. To contain this, we must rethink about social media advertisement and find...
We have more than 160 public and private universities. But their failure in securing a respectable position in global university rankings has long been frustrating for educationists, teachers and students. This year, only three Bangladeshi universities found place at the...
Zahid Huq | 2023-11-10 00:00:00
That the National Board of Revenue (NBR) cannot hit the annual tax revenue earning targets set in the national budgets is no secret. The failure, though unintentional, makes the estimated budget deficits bigger, leading to higher bank or non-bank borrowing...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-11-10 00:00:00
The academic year 2023 for schools ---both primary and secondary---is drawing to a close. But how this will end is of serious concern. Confrontational politics apart, the new school curriculum introduced post-haste has presented unforeseen problems for evaluation of student...
It is pretty well known that although Bangladesh as a least developed country (LDC) has been a beneficiary of the EU Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by way of zero duty, continuation of the benefit under the new version of...
SYDNEY, Nov 09 (AFP): Record-breaking Australian women's captain Meg Lanning said she had "nothing left to achieve" after retiring on Thursday from international cricket.The 31-year-old top-order batter led Australia to four Twenty20 World Cup titles, one 50-over World Cup triumph...
MUNICH, Nov 09 (AP): England captain Harry Kane has made a brilliant start in Germany, where 15 goals in 10 Bundesliga games have matched another Bayern Munich great's league record.Gerd Müller is the only other player to have scored so...
NEW DELHI, Nov 09 (Agencies): Afghanistan need a victory and a significant boost to their net run rate to keep their semi-final hopes alive when they face a South Africa on Friday looking to bounce back from a crushing defeat...
BENGALURU, India, Nov 09 (Agencies): Trent Boult led an inspired bowling display to help New Zealand down Sri Lanka by five wickets on Thursday and move to the brink of the World Cup semi-finals.Chasing a modest 172 for victory, New...
BANGKOK, Nov 09 (BBC): The military-installed president of Myanmar has warned that the country is in danger of breaking apart if the government cannot control fighting which has broken out in Shan State.Former General Myint Swe, who was appointed after...
AUSTIN, Nov 09 (AP): Eight people died Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a South Texas highway.The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. when the driver...
SRINAGAR, Nov 09 (AP): Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard, officials said Thursday.Authorities in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir said Pakistani soldiers fired mortars and...
PARIS, Nov 09 (AP/AFP): Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations were set to gather Thursday in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip during Israel's war...
SINGAPORE, Nov 09 (Reuters): Gold prices retreated for a third straight session on Wednesday as investors looked for fresh cues on the US central bank's interest rate stance, while palladium hit a five-year low.Spot gold was down 1 per cent...
SINGAPORE, Nov 09 (Reuters): Oil prices edged up on Thursday as markets shrugged off deflationary indicators in China and looked for further clues on the status of demand from the world's two biggest oil consumers.Brent crude futures rose 67 cents,...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-11-09 12:00:00
A female garment worker identified as Anjuara Khatun was killed on Wednesday in Gazipur garment hub while the area witnessed massive protests and clashes between agitated RMG workers and law enforcers. Enraged workers, rejecting the RMG wage board's proposal for...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-09 12:00:00
Small borrowers will be eligible for credit-guarantee facilities under two new refinancing schemes of the central bank.The refinancing schemes, totalling Tk 44 billion, are for agricultural-product processing and small enterprises run by women, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) said on Wednesday.In...
FE Report | 2023-11-09 12:00:00
Seventy-three companies received National Export Trophy for the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 for their outstanding contribution to the development of the country's economy.Out of the entities, Rifat Garments Ltd has received the "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Exports Trophy" as the best...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said that the movement will continue till the goal of restoring democracy is achieved, reports UNB.Rizvi said this while speaking at a virtual press briefing amid the first day of...
FE REPORTIn the full text of a verdict, the High Court has made a 16-point recommendation for the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) with an eye to building a corruption-free Bangladesh.The formation of an independent cadre service for recruitment of officials...
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