President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will arrive in the city on September 10 which is seen as an "opportunity to deepen" the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Japan, reports UNB.The French government confirmed the visit on Monday describing...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
A four-day Gastech 2023 conference kicks off in Singapore on Tuesday, where the global energy community is set to deliver real progress towards energy affordability, security and stability worldwide.Global leaders and policymakers are expected to discuss the topics at a...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Spadework is done and the go-ahead is awaited from the prime minister's office for Bangladesh's accession to an emerging economic bloc encompassing the Asia-Pacific region that represents a third of world GDP. As soon as the approval comes, formal proceedings...
The water lily season is in full bloom, with lily stems, consumed as vegetables, in high demand at Tk 5 per bundle in the wholesale market. The photo was taken at Sadek Khan Krishi Market in Dhaka's Rayer Bazar area...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Only the tip of the iceberg appears in reported trade-based money laundering with customs detection of the siphoning of nearly Tk 3.0 billion, worth US$ 30 million, by ten ghost companies. Customs authorities disclosed Monday that the shell corporations, disguised...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
The central bank on Monday sought an explanation from 13 private commercial banks that allegedly violated the official exchange rate against the greenback.It has asked the banks to give their explanation within the next five working days.Seeking anonymity, a Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to identify and take legal action against those who go abroad with fake certificates and their abettors, reports UNB.She made this directive while chairing the Cabinet meeting at her office...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh seems stumbling at a low equilibrium level of private- investment growth, amid a crucial transition in its economic status, says a finance-ministry report while economists raise stagnation alarms. Economists note that unless the rate is raised above 49 per...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed a cost of Tk 5.16 billion per kilometre for widening a 23.5-km stretch of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway, according to officials. This has prompted the Planning Commission to express reservations about the...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh's goods exports fetched $9.37 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year, according to data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Monday, propelled mostly by the apparel-manufacturing might of the country. The July-August export income...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.The...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7, reports UNB.Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Foreign Minister Dr...
The Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Bill, 2023 was placed in Parliament on Monday to curb land-related forgeries and offences, reports UNB.Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury placed the Bill and it was sent to the respective scrutiny committee for further examination....
Saima Wazed has been nominated by the Government of Bangladesh for the post of Regional Director of World Health Organisation's (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEARO), reports UNB.WHO SEARO is one of the six regional offices of the WHO, composed of...
North South University (NSU) Vice-chancellor Professor Atiqul Islam and CPD Executive Director Dr Fahmida Khatun signed a MoU on behalf of their respective organisations on the university campus in the city on Monday to collaborate on academic and research projects....
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Despite the country successfully meeting its domestic procurement target for the key rice variety Boro, the government has extended the collection deadline by half a month to buy an additional 0.2 million tonnes of the food grain. This decision is...
The 14th death anniversary of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman will be observed today (Tuesday), reports UNB.On September 5, 2009, Saifur, also a former BNP standing committee member, died in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a fugitive leader of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from the city's Mohammadpur, reports UNB.The arrestee is Abdul Baten (60), son of late Arshad Ali of Manikganj's Daulatpur upazila and a member...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's condition has not improved enough to be discharged from hospital, her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said on Monday, reports UNB.BNP chief has been receiving treatment in a cabin at Evercare Hospital for the last...
FE REPORTThe Bangladesh Nation-alist Party (BNP) has vowed to resolve the Rohingya crisis if voted to power.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the comments at a seminar styled 'Rohingya Crisis and Repatriation' hosted at a city hotel on...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Quader has accused BNP of creating crises, though the party has no capacity of resolving them, reports BSS. "The Rohingya crisis began during Ziaur Rahman's reign . . . but the outline they now present...
DUBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters): Oman's OQ Gas Networks (OQGN), the pipelines business of state oil giant OQ, said on Monday it planned to float up to 49 per cent of its shares, in what is expected to be the biggest...
BENGALURU, Sept 4 (Reuters): Indian shares rose on Monday, led by metals on fresh stimulus support by China for its property sector and information technology (IT) stocks on rising expectations that the US Federal Reserve will pause its monetary tightening...
HONG KONG, Sept 4 (AFP): Asian stocks rose Monday on hopes the Federal Reserve has come to the end of its interest rate hiking cycle following a positive US jobs report.Confidence has been buoyed recently by a string of reports...
With a view to protecting harvest and detecting new diseases of crops, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council has launched a Cabi Plantwise Plus in Bangladesh with the help of Digital Advisory Tools in the city on Sunday. Additional Secretary of the...
TVS Motor Company, a reputed manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the world, announced the launch of TVS Apache RTR 160 4V Fi (Fuel Injection) sports motorcycle at a programme in Dhaka on Monday. This latest addition to the range...
Chief Executive Officer of ICB Asset Management Company Limited (IAMCL) Mahmuda Akhter handed over a cheque for Tk 26.50 million recently to Managing Director and CEO of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited Md Habibur Rahman Gazi from profits out of investments...
City Bank has distributed crop seeds among marginal farmers of Bogura recently as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). The bank completed the distribution among four hundred marginal farmers at Thengamara, Bogura, in collaboration with local NGO TMSS, at...
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