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Sonali Bank PLC observed International Day for Universal Access to Information

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Sonali Bank PLC observed the International Day for Universal Access to Information with a rally in front of the Head Office on Wednesday. Chairman of Sonali Bank Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui and CEO & Managing Director Md. Afzal Karim joined the...

Mercantile Bank organised a conference -

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Mercantile Bank organised a conference on 'Prevention of money laundering and combating financing against terrorism' recently for agent outlets of Noakhali, Lakshmipur and Chandpur region in Maijdee, Noakhali. Md Enayet Ullah, EVP and head of Audit Unit of the bank,...

Premier Bank signed a corporate travel agreement with Qatar Airways

2023-09-28 00:00:00

The Premier Bank Limited has signed a corporate travel agreement with Qatar Airways recently giving personnel at the Dhaka-based financial services provider preferential fares and other benefits such as discounts on extra baggage and complimentary access to onboard Wi-Fi. Shamsuddin...

Tourism Fest begins at Dhaka Regency

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort kicked off an exclusive Tourism Fest 2023 for travellers, tourists and its guests on Wednesday, says a press release. This event will run through September 30, providing a host of remarkable attractions and special deals...

StanChart teams up with CNRS to boost aquaculture productivity

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and the Centre for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) have come together to foster sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient aquaculture processes, says a press release. As part of a recently launched joint initiative, the two organisations will work together...

MTB sponsors Bangladesh Festival

FE DESK | 2023-09-28 00:00:00

Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) is sponsoring the four-day 'Bangladesh Festival', which began at Bangabandhu International Conference Center on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) hosts it to celebrate 'World Tourism Day 2023'. As the title sponsor, MTB is committed...

3 cos of BBS Group see income wiped out

FE REPORT | 2023-09-28 00:00:00

FY23 seems to have gone very badly for the BBS Group as its two companies experienced a sharp decline in profit while another company suffered a huge loss. Of the companies, the profit of BBS Cables and Nahee Aluminum Composite...

Apex Footwear makes record sales in FY23 on stronger footing at home and abroad

FE REPORT | 2023-09-28 00:00:00

Apex Footwear witnessed record sales and sales growth in FY23, thanks to increased export and domestic sales.The country's leading shoemaker's export soared more than 35 per cent year-on-year to Tk 7.14 billion while domestic sales jumped 22.25 per cent to...

Shimanto Bank opens Chuadanga branch

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Shimanto Bank has inaugurated its Chuadanga Branch recently. Deputy Region Commander, South-West Region of Border Guard Bangladesh, Col Mohammad Nazmul Haque was present as the chief guest and Managing Director & CEO of the bank Rafiqul Islam as special guest.

Evergrande chairman under police watch

2023-09-28 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Sept 27 (Reuters): The chairman of China Evergrande Group has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, raising more doubts about the embattled developer's future as it grapples with the mounting threat of liquidation.Citing people...

Economists push for creating regional industrial value chain

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Renowned economists at a discussion on Wednesday laid emphasis on forming a trilateral platform involving the government agencies, think tanks and private sector to create a regional industrial value chain connecting Bangladesh, Japan and Northeast India, reports UNB. Highlighting that...

GUARDIAN LIFE HOLDS SALES CONFERENCE

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Guardian Life Insurance Limited held its Annual Sales Conference 2023 at Hotel Sea Palace in Cox's Bazar recently, with the slogan 'Odommo Guardian'. Guardian Life's CEO Sheikh Rakibul Karim, and Head of Retail Business Mahmudur Rahman Khan along with other...

Six cos to invest $69m in three EZs

FE REPORT | 2023-09-28 00:00:00

Some six companies are set to make investment worth around $69 million altogether in three economic zones (EZ) of the country in order to establish industrial units and hospitality facilities.In this regard, they inked land lease agreements with the Bangladesh...

Copper prices rise as China's Aug industrial profits surge

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Copper prices rose in London on Wednesday, as risk sentiment was boosted after data showed that industrial profits unexpectedly surged in top consumer China last month, reports Reuters.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.2 per cent to $8,103...

Pakistan receives first shipment of Russian LPG

2023-09-28 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Sept 27 (Reuters): Pakistan has received its first shipment of liquified petroleum gas from Russia, Moscow's embassy in Islamabad said on Tuesday, marking Islamabad's second major Russian energy purchase.The shipment, which the embassy said was delivered with Iranian help,...

Vietnam plans to restart its largest rare earths mine next year

2023-09-28 00:00:00

HANOI, Sept 27 (Reuters): Vietnam plans to restart its biggest rare-earths mine next year with a Western-backed project that could rival the world's largest, according to two companies involved, as part of a broader push to dent China's dominance in...

Oil prices climb $1 as markets focus on supply tightness

2023-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters): Oil prices rose by more than $1 on Wednesday as markets focused on supply tightness heading into winter and a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy.Brent crude futures broached $95, up $1.14 to $95.10 a barrel...

News in Brief-(2023-09-28)

2023-09-28 00:00:00

Six climate activists take on 32 Europeannations in a landmark court caseSTRASBOURG, Sept 27: Six young people argued that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from climate change at the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday...

56,000 Pakistan schools shut over eye virus outbreak

2023-09-28 00:00:00

LAHORE, Sept 27 (AFP: More than 56,000 Pakistan schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious eye virus, officials said Wednesday. Millions of students will stay home from...

India asks Canada for info on Sikh leader's murder

2023-09-28 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (BBC): India is open to looking into any "specific" information Canada provides on the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, the country's foreign minister said. S Jaishankar was referring to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar...

Iran successfully launches imaging satellite into orbit

2023-09-28 00:00:00

DUBAI, Sept 27 (AP): Iran claimed on Wednesday that it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons.Iran's...

Travis King in US custody after expulsion from North Korea

2023-09-28 00:00:00

PYONGYANG, Sept 27 (BBC): US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say.Earlier report says: North Korea says it will deport US soldier Travis King who ran...

Trump liable for business fraud: Judge

2023-09-28 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 27 (BBC): Donald Trump committed fraud by repeatedly misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars, a New York judge has ruled. The ruling, part of a civil case brought against the former president and his...

Inexplicable request to give up opening forced Tamim to withdraw from WC team

2023-09-28 00:00:00

The storm over Bangladesh's squad selection for the ICC World Cup looks set to boil over, as the country's most accomplished batsman, Tamim Iqbal, revealed that he asked to be excluded after it was suggested he give up his position...

Nepal first team to score over 300 in T20

2023-09-28 00:00:00

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 27 (AFP): Nepal became the first men's team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against Mongolia at the Asian Games.They bludgeoned 314-3 in...

Zhang Yufei in world-class butterfly form at Asian Games

2023-09-28 00:00:00

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 27 (AFP): World champion Zhang Yufei roared into the Asian Games 100m butterfly final with the year's third-fastest time Wednesday, but Japan's double Olympic gold medallist Yui Ohashi opted out of the 400m medley.China's Zhang, who has...

Tigers' World Cup team depart for India

2023-09-28 00:00:00

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bangladesh cricket team embarked on their journey to India for this year's ICC World Cup, set to commence on October 5 with a face-off between England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad. Bangladesh's inaugural match against Afghanistan...

Two killed in Ctg road crash -

2023-09-28 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 27 (BSS): Two youths have been killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a motorcycle in Komol Munsir Hat area on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway under Patiya upazila of the district. The dead are Azizur...

Missing mother, two children's bodies found in river

2023-09-28 00:00:00

THAKURGAON, Sept 27 (UNB): Police recovered the bodies of a 40-year-old woman and her two children, with their hands tied up with a scarp, from Tirnoi River in Kashipur Kashidanga of Ranisankail upazila in Thakurgaon district on Wednesday,18 hours after...

1500 families marooned as dam collapses in Naogaon

2023-09-28 00:00:00

NAOGAON, Sept 27 (UNB): A flood protection embankment along the Atrai River in Manda upazila of Naogaon district collapsed following water level increase, rendering 1500 families of a number of villages stranded. Besides, 1000 bigha of Aush and Aman cropland...