OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 07: Asian University for Women (AUW) in the port city has offered 250 scholarships to the highly-qualified female students from war-torn Gaza to join its undergraduate or graduate programmes.The AUW scholarships will cover all costs of international travel,...
Noted actor Ahmed Rubel passed away in the capital on Wednesday. He was 55, reports UNB.He died of a heart attack at around 06:00 pm, film director Nurul Alam Atique confirmed the news to the media.There was a special screening...
Bangladesh reported one more COVID-19-linked death and 34 fresh cases in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,483 and caseload to 2,04,7407, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
The existing organ transplant law needs to be amended to prevent Bangladeshi patients' going abroad for organ transplant. The existing organ transplant law has some complexities that prevents voluntary organ donation and due to the legal complications, patients go out...
British Prime Minister (PM) Rishi Sunak has written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, expressing his "commitment to strengthen" the growing economic and security partnership between the two countries and to support Bangladesh's graduation from LDC status, reports UNB."As you embark...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has expressed his dissatisfaction at the progress of the World Bank-financed road safety project, saying it is the first priority project for inability to reduce road accidents."I've personally taken this (road safety) project...
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said it is essential to maintain political stability and peace for the sake of development and progress, and that is the issue getting priority during his ongoing bilateral visit to India, reports UNB....
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said there is no scope to show generosity to new Rohingya influx into Bangladesh territory amid the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, reports BSS."We will not allow Rohingyas to enter Bangladesh again. Earlier,...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday called upon the government to examine whether allowing Myanmar border police to enter Bangladesh territory is a new conspiracy or not.The party accused the government of diverting people's attention away from this issue...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has said this year's January 7 polls were the freest, fairest and most credible in Bangladesh after 1975, reports BSS."I think the election that was held in Bangladesh on January 7 this year was the...
QUETTA, Feb 07 (Agencies): A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
A government bid begins to borrow $2.10 billion from the Jeddah-based International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to foot hefty bills for import of petroleum and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet fuel shortfalls.To this end, a loan agreement between...
Tangail sari has been recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh and a gazette notification in this regard will be published today (Thursday), reports UNB.Zakia Sultana, senior secretary of the Ministry of Industries, confirmed this to UNB on...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Electric vehicles come among newer sectors as key chambers seek fiscal benefits like cut-down taxes in the upcoming budget and automated taxing system to encourage local and foreign investors.Leaders of two of the chambers placed Wednesday their proposals calling for...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Another 63 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) crossed into Bangladesh seeking refuge on Wednesday, bringing the total to 327 this week amid the Myanmar junta's ongoing violent conflict with armed insurgents.The latest influx includes largely security personnel. Most...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Matarbari deep-sea port construction seems to be put on the backburner through surrender of 74 per cent of allocated funds, mainly from a Japanese loan, for trailing project deadlines, officials said.Such delay in the deep-sea port development -- a key...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the dollar crisis has eased and the country's exports are more or less on track.Responding to a supplementary question raised by JP lawmaker Mujibul Huq Chunnu during Prime Minister's question hour,...
LONDON, Feb 07 (AFP): British housebuilder Barratt on Wednesday agreed to buy competitor Redrow for £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion), sending share prices gyrating as investors mulled the outlook for the nation's faltering property market."The boards of Barratt and Redrow are...
NEW YORK, Feb 07 (Reuters): A rethink on when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates is reverberating through the fixed income market, heightening risk for those betting the explosive rally that took bonds higher at the end of 2023...
RIYADH, Feb 07 (Arab News): Collaboration between small and medium enterprises in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is set to get a boost, thanks to a new agreement between the two countries. The Kingdom's Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority, Monsha'at,...
COLOMBO, Feb 07 (AFP): The strategically-placed Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, which has borrowed heavily from China and shifted allegiance from India, is at high risk of "debt distress," the IMF warned Wednesday.Beijing has pledged more funding for the...
Shimanto Bank signed an MoU with Concord Real Estate & Development at the bank's head office recently. Under this MoU, the customers of Concord Real Estate will enjoy reduced interest rate & loan processing fee when they avail Shimanto Bank's...
First Security Islami Bank inaugurated two sub-branches on Wednesday. The sub-branches are Bandarban Sadar Sub-branch in Bandarban and Saheber Hat Sub-branch in Barishal Sadar. Managing Director of the bank Syed Waseque Md Ali along with other official inaugurated these sub-branches...
A delegation of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited (ABB) led by its Chairman Selim R. F. Hussain made a courtesy call on Chairman of the National Board of Revenue Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem on Tuesday and congratulated him...
A delegation from Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) led by its President Kamran T. Rahman called on Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem, Chairman, NBR, at his office on Wednesday. Directors Syed Tareque Md. Ali, Mohammad Naser Ezaz...
Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said Saudi Arabia has shown keen interest to set up a special economic zone at Payra in Patuakhali, reports BSS."We want to give Saudi Arabia an economic zone in Bangladesh....
The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (Bajus) has organised a three-day jewellery fair in the capital, beginning today (Thursday), reports BSS.With the participation of 41 jewellery companies, the largest and most ambitious gold fair named 'BAJUS FAIR- 2024' will be held at...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) aims to integrate 150 more investment-related services into its virtual One Stop Services (OSS) by March. The investment promotion agency has already incorporated 112 services onto the platform, with the goal of enhancing the...
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