Nilratan Halder | 2024-02-02 00:00:00
To have a rogue state as an immediate neighbour can never be to the liking of any nation, much less when the latter has to shelter the former's 1.3 million refugees for years together. This becomes particularly challenging when the...
The recent government decision to slash cash incentive rates for over forty export products might raise concerns, especially in the context of the country's less-than-ideal export performance this year. The central bank this week announced fresh cash incentives for 43...
Midland Bank (MDB) opens four branches and sub-branchesMidland Bank (MDB) opened two branches and two sub-branches across the country on Wednesday. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, simultaneously inaugurated the branches through videoconferencing from the head...
BENGAL COMMERCIAL BANK OPENS NEW SUB-BRANCH Bengal Commercial Bank opened its new Sub-Branch at Poddar Bazar in Lakshmipur on Monday. Md Jashim Uddin, Chairman of Bengal Commercial Bank and President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), inaugurated the...
BRAC BANK SECURES BANCASSURANCE APPROVAL BRAC Bank PLC has secured approval for Bancassurance Business from Bangladesh Bank. Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui, Director, Banking Regulation & Policy Department, Bangladesh Bank, handed over the approval document to Syed Abdul Momen, Deputy Managing Director,...
Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Lokman Hossain Miah has laid emphasis on the government's substantial investment in Bangladesh's energy and other sectors to showcase Bangladesh as an investment-friendly destination, reports BSS.He outlined the various measures undertaken...
The 18th Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG), began on Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) Dhaka, reports UNB. The expo will continue till February 4.Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), a leading global viscose staple fibre (VSF),...
DBBL HOLDS MANAGERS' CONFERENCEThe Managers' Conference-2024 of Dutch-Bangla Bank was held in Dhaka on January 27 & 28 to review the bank's overall performance for the year 2023 and discuss the business plan and strategy for achieving targets for the...
Civial Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruk Khan inaugurates the Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at Agargaon in the city on Thursday — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2024-02-02 00:00:00
The tax rate should be reduced and the tax net should be expanded instead, Prime Minister's adviser Salman F Rahman said, urging businesspeople to cooperate with the revenue regulator to expand the tax net further.He urged the businessmen to gradually...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Thursday said the country's biggest development in the last 15 years is the massive change in people's point of view as now they can make once impossible thing possible."Bangladesh, led...
FE REPORTThe High Court has stayed the effectiveness of a gazette issued by the Election Commission declaring Jhenaidah-01 Awami League candidate Abdul Hyee as winner in the January 07 election.On Thursday, the election bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman granted the...
BNP leader Mirza Abbas has been shown arrested in nine cases filed against him with the Paltan and Ramna Model police stations, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, two metropolitan magistrates heard Abbas's application to officially record his arrest in the cases, which...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the government is not harassing Noble Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus by filing false cases, reports UNB."The government is not doing anything to harass Dr Muhammad Yunus. No false...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would continue its movement until people's voting rights and democracy are restored in the country, said a member of the party chairperson's advisory council, Zainul Abedin Faruq on Thursday.Issuing warning to the government, Zainul Abedin...
TAHMID SHAKIBMore than three and a half years have passed since the last Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) expired in 2020.With the university administration yet to make any concrete moves towards fresh polls, students are bracing for yet another...
Non-resident envoys of 12 countries called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganobhabon in the city on Thursday — Focus bangla
NOAKHALI, Feb 01 (BSS): Three lobourers died after being electrocuted in Sadar Upazila on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shakil, 20, hailed from Wapda village in sadar Upazila, Riaz, 28, a resident in Sonapur area, and Kamrul, 30, an inhabitant...
MANIKGANJ, Feb 01 (UNB): A Manikganj court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his ex-wife after hurling acid in 2022.Manikganj District and Sessions Judge Joyosree Samaddar handed down the punishment.The court also fined convict Naim Mallik, 31,...
GOALANDA, Rajbari, Feb 01 (UNB): A pall of gloom descended on a family following the tragic death of two brothers including a bridegroom in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Goalanda upazila on Wednesday midnight.The deceased were identified as...
OUR CORRESPONDENT'Mowalis' (honey collectors) are passing busy time to collect honey from yellow mustard flowers in Pabna, Khulna and Manikganj districts as the oil plants are now in full bloom, report agencies.Our Correspondent from Pabna reports, Agriculture officers said some...
OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Feb 01: Sylhet has been marked as a region with an increased incidence of leprosy, a chronic infectious disease, despite the government having a massive programme with a target to eradicate it by the year 2030. The programme...
COLOMBO, Feb 01 (AFP): Sri Lanka hope to revive their flagging Test fortunes with new five-day captain Dhananjaya de Silva taking the helm for their one-off match against Afghanistan starting Friday in Colombo.The island nation is dead last on the...
ICC U-19 World Cup 2024 turned interesting on Wednesday (January 31) when Bangladesh U-19 comprehensively defeated Nepal U-19 in their Super Six match in Bloemfontein. Bangladesh now have two wins from three games in the Group 1.An impressive five-wicket triumph...
ICMAB TEAM CALLS ON FINANCE SECRETARYA delegation of ICMAB led by its President Prof Dr Md Salim Uddin paid a courtesy call on Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, at his office on Tuesday and discussed...
A team of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), led by Prof Dr Md Harun Ar Rashid of the Horticulture Department of the university, has developed several high-yielding varieties of carrots, reports UNB. The research, conducted in collaboration with the United States...
LONDON, Feb 01 (Reuters): Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, boosted by the US Federal Reserve signalling a possible start to interest rate cuts.There was limited immediate price impact after two OPEC+ sources said that the Thursday meeting of the...
COLOMBO, Feb 01 (BBC): Sri Lanka's draconian law to regulate online content has come into force, in a move rights groups say is aimed at stifling freedom of speech.The Online Safety Act gives a government commission broad powers to assess...
NEW DELHI, Feb 01 (BBC): India's financial crimes agency has arrested a top opposition leader, hours after he resigned from the position of the chief minister of Jharkhand state.Hemant Soren, of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party, has been accused...
GAZA, Feb 01 (AP/AFP/Reuters): Gaza's Health Ministry says 150 people have been killed in the territory in the last 24 hours and an additional 313 were wounded as Israeli forces continue to battle militants, even in the northern part of...
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