Janata Bank PLC celebrated the International Women's Day with a cake-cutting ceremony at its head office in Dhaka recently. The bank's MD & CEO Md Abdul Jabbar along with women employees cuts a cake. DMDs of the bank Golam Mortuza...
Puro Foods Ltd has opened a new outlet of 'Puro Pastry & Bakery' at Landmark Shopping Centre, Gulshan-2, in Dhaka on Sunday. Managing Director of Puro Foods Momin Ud Dowlah was present as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony....
Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), formerly CPTU, held an orientation programme on Monday for the prime stakeholders on the establishment of BPPA and its functions. Abul Kashem Md. Mohiuddin, Secretary, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division under the Ministry of Planning,...
National Bank Limited (NBL) and Mastercard launched the country's first Multi-Currency Prepaid Umrah Card in Bangladesh at a hotel in Dhaka recently. Chairman of the bank Syed Ferhat Anwar unveiled the card. The bank's EC Committee Chairman and Director Parveen...
Dhaka Bank has signed two participation agreements with the Bangladesh Bank (BB). These agreements will provide credit guarantees for women entrepreneurs under a Tk 30 billion refinance scheme and for the agro-product processing sector under a Tk 14 billion refinance...
Modhumoti Bank recently signed a participation agreement with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for a credit guarantee facility. This facility will support women entrepreneurs in small enterprises and the agro-processing industry under a central bank refinance scheme. The signing ceremony was...
To commemorate the holy month of Ramadan, the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel has been decorated in gorgeous way, with Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited standing as the Exclusive Brand Partner, says a statement. This year, maintaining the proper tradition, culture and...
Omera Petroleum Limited organised a comprehensive LPG safety training session for hotels, restaurants, cafes and corporate clients at its head office in Dhaka on Sunday. The training programme was aimed at educating participants on the safe usage and storage of...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
The blue-chip index and Shariah index of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) were revised on Tuesday.The CSE 30 Index has been revised on the basis of the performance of the companies listed on the bourse. The new index will be...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
One of the founders of Runner Automobile has decided to sell 4.76 per cent of his holdings, bringing his stake down to 2.11 per cent in the company. Mohammad Ali Deen, who has 2.52 million shares of Runner Automobiles, disclosed...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
Tension has been heightened among investors as they saw one after another an operational failure wiping out most of the prime index and a conflict between two regulatory bodies over the Ramadan trade schedule. That made a huge impact on...
RASSIQ AZIZ KABIR | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
Megacity Dhaka is the seventh most populous city in the world and the slowest city in terms of average vehicle speed. To make life a bit faster here, you might need to find an analogue solution: bicycle. Using cycles in...
TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
The holy month of Ramadan has just started, and before long, Eid will be celebrated. The biggest religious festival for Muslim Ummah is an auspicious day and a day of sharing happiness with loved ones. Eid offers us the time...
Mehenaz Sultana Tisha | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
Kamini Roy's poem "Pachhe Loke Kichhu Bole" (Lest they say something) might be written with female oppression as a theme; however, in this age of curated lifestyles, everyone can relate to those carefully crafted words. We constantly feel that the...
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (Reuters): Ford Motor will pay $365 million to resolve US allegations it violated a federal tariff law by misclassifying and understating the value of hundreds of thousands of its Transit Connect vehicles.The Justice Department said the settlement...
Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort has offered special discounts on every service in the month of Ramadan, says a press release. The hotel also invites guests to join in for an exquisite Buffet Iftar + Dinner, featuring a diverse selection...
Daraz Bangladesh has come up with much-anticipated 3.3-4.4 Grand Eid Fest that began on March 10 and will continue up to April 4, says a press release. Under the tagline 'Bhalobasha Pouche Jai Daraz Theke Dorjai', the Grand Eid Fest...
Bengal Commercial Bank celebrated its third anniversary with a cake-cutting ceremony at its head office in Dhaka on Sunday. Chairman of the bank and President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry Md Jashim Uddin and the chairman of Bengal...
The insurance sector of the country though quite old has not been able to make penetrations up to the desired level. This is far more true in the case of life insurance. The Financial Express recently talked to Mr. Md....
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
The country's green concrete block manufacturers have been facing difficulties, as they have to pay much higher tax compared to that of traditional clay-brick makers, stakeholders have said.Besides, comparatively lower scheduled rates of concrete blocks, ambiguity in the definition of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 12 (BBC): Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country.It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in...
PARIS, Mar 12 (AFP): Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline than previously thought, a major study said Tuesday.This marked a...
KYIV, Mar 12 (BBC/AP): Three Ukraine-based Russian paramilitary groups say they have crossed into Russia and are now fighting government troops there. The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL) and Siberian Battalion (SB) posted videos purportedly showing their fighters in Russia's...
KATHMANDU, Mar 12 (AP): Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back.The capital...
GAZA, Mar 12 (BBC/AFP/Reuters): Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month.Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser...
The Men's T20 World Cup is round the corner, and teams around the world are eagerly awaiting the provisional squads that will be sent to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in May. For Team India, however, there may be a...
INDIAN WELLS, California, Mar 12 (AP): Luca Nardi used a combination of poise and power to stun his boyhood idol and top-seeded Novak Djokovic with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win on Monday night in the third round of the BNP...
RIYADH, Mar 12 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored in extra time but Al Nassr side were dumped out of the Asian Champions League quarter-finals on penalties by Al Ain on Monday.The 39-year-old Portuguese was the only Al Nassr player to score...
Usha Krira Chakra returned to winning ways in the 11-team Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League beating Ajax SC by 4-2 goals in their 3rd match at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB.The old...
Bangladesh are seeking an improved performance to make a winning start to the three-match ODI series as they will take on the visiting Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today (Wednesday), report agencies.The match will start at...
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