OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 07: The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is going to implement a project at a cost of Tk 260 crore to modernise the street lighting system in the port city.The project will be implemented with the loan assistance from...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan adorning Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan with the Air Chief Marshal rank-badge, in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at a ceremony at Ganobhaban in...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
TikTok, a short video-sharing platform, has removed 7,171,832 videos for breaching the community guidelines in Bangladesh during the first quarter of 2024.An official statement says 94.0 per cent of videos were being removed within 24 hours of posting. The proactive...
The chairmen of Panchgaon Union Parishad (UP) in Munshiganj and Sarappur UP in Khulna have been shot dead allegedly by enemy and unknown assailants respectively, reports UNB. In Munshiganj, the chairman of Panchgaon Union Parishad (UP) was shot dead allegedly...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud speaking at a press briefing on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visit to China at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital on Sunday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced new committees for its four metropolitan city units, including Dhaka, to revitalise the party's ongoing anti-government movement. BNP declared the new committees through a circular, issued by its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir...
As public university campuses have become heated with separate movements by teachers and students, the BNP is readying to heat up the political landscape with a series of anti-government street programmes focusing on three specific issues, reports UNB.The BNP policymakers...
The government is closely monitoring the ongoing movements of the university teachers against a new pension scheme and the students against quota in government jobs respectively, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, report agencies.Quader, also the road transports and...
India's equity markets will take cues from global trends and trading activity of foreign investors, while in the latter part of the week the first quarter earnings from IT majors TCS and HCL Technologies would guide investor sentiments, analysts said....
NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters): A recalibration of how the US presidential election plays out is causing bond investors to bet yields stay higher for longer as November approaches.Yields have risen sharply after President Joe Biden's stumbling performance against Republican...
Amazon.com has said it would discontinue its security robot, Astro for Business, for small- and medium-sized businesses as it shifts its focus to household robots, reports Reuters.The e-commerce giant initially launched the canine-like robot for household use in 2021. Astro...
Janata Bank PLC Managing Director & CEO Md Abdul Zabbar inaugurated a 30-day foundation course for officers organised by Janata Bank Staff College, Dhaka (JBSC) in the capital recently. Some 50 senior officers participated at the training course. JBSC DGM...
A 14-day 'Foundation Training' for 26 newly recruited senior officers, assistant programmers, officers and librarian of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) began at the training center of ICB on Sunday. Chairman of the board of directors of ICB Prof Dr....
RAJSHAHI, July 7 (BSS): Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said Bangladesh will export rice in the future instead of importing."In the last two consecutive years, our government didn't import rice and there is also no need of importing rice...
Sheraton Dhaka has announced the launch of Sip & Save Card at Toastina (lobby level), a unique opportunity for coffee lovers to experience the most luxurious coffee culture with the hotel's exclusive rewards programme. This card offers benefits and rewards...
Some 31 more winners have received exciting gifts by participating in the country's biggest transactions campaign initiated by Nagad, a popular mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh. Under this Tk 200 million campaign named 'Nagad e Jomi', four winning teams...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
Tanners and traders have demanded that the government arrange cold storage facilities at the grassroots level to ensure the optimum preservation of rawhides of the sacrificial animals.They observed that it was easily possible to preserve the rawhides by modernising the...
Ali Reza Iftekhar, managing director of EBL receives the 'Best Climate Focus Bank' award from Lutfor Rahman, executive director of GreenTech Foundation, at the bank's head office in Dhaka. AQM Kibria, advisor, and Imrul Karim, director of finance of Greentech...
The 28th annual general meeting of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited was held virtually on Sunday, July 07, 2024. Syed Nasim Manzur, chairman of the company presided over the meeting. In 2023, the company earned a premium of Tk 305.50 crore...
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) has been honoured with the prestigious "Excellence in Consumer Financing Bangladesh 2024" award by Global Business Magazine, according to a press release. This prestigious accolade recognises MTB's commitment to providing innovative and inclusive financial solutions tailored...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
Stocks stayed upbeat for the fourth straight session on Sunday, with turnover crossing Tk 9 billion after nearly two months, as buoyant investors kept their buying spree in lucrative shares.Investor sentiment remained optimistic as institutional investors, including Investment Corporation of...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
The dollar crisis has become a stubborn hindrance to growth for manufacturing companies that rely heavily on imports of raw materials but some of them have found a way to overcome it -- arranging dollars themselves.These companies have leveraged their...
BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters): China's foreign exchange reserves fell in June, official data showed on Sunday, as the dollar rose against other major currencies.The country's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, fell by $9.681 billion to $3.222 trillion last month,...
Chattogram North Zone, Chattogram South Zone, Khatunganj and Agrabad Corporate Branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC organised half-yearly 'Business Development Conference' at the Chattogram Regional Centre on Saturday. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director of the bank, addressed the conference as...
The relocated Dinajpur Branch of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC started banking activities at the new address (Captain Tower & Shopping Complex, Gonesh Tola, Kotoali) on Sunday. Managing Director of the bank Mosleh Uddin Ahmed formally inaugurated the relocated branch as...
Modhumoti Bank PLC. signed an MoU with Mana Bay Water Park on Sunday at the bank's Head Office at Gulshan in Dhaka. In presence of Shahnawaj Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director of Modhumoti Bank, Kamrul Hasan Khan, Deputy Managing Director &...
Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka in association with the Thai Trade Center and Embassy of Thailand will organize a four day Thai Food Festival beginning from July 10, says a press release.A team of highly professional Thai Chefs from Bangkok will...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
The government has permitted importing more than 2.16 million pieces of non-native vannamei shrimp seed, aiming to cultivate the species commercially in the country, according to the commerce ministry.M/s D A Enterprises would import the seed called "Live White Shrimp-PL...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
A Chinese business delegation met local garment sector leaders on Sunday to explore investment opportunities and expand business horizons between Bangladesh and China in the textiles and apparel industry.Led by Huang Liansheng, managing director of China Textile Industrial Corporation for...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-08 00:00:00
Imagine you are a cargo owner in 1450. You hand over your goods to a ship and receive a bill of lading -- a paper document detailing your shipment.Fast forward to 2024: despite a dramatically changed world, the bill of...
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