ICC Bangladesh organised a daylong workshop on 'Combating Financial Crimes: Means, Ways & Redress' in Chattogram on Saturday. A total of 58 participants, including 50 from 20 banks, four from KAFCO and four clients of Eastern Bank, attended the workshop....
FE REPORT | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
Nagad, the country's leading mobile financial service provider, is on the cusp of setting up the much-hyped digital bank, promising to redefine convenience and accessibility in financial services.With all necessary preparations already done, the MFS operator is now waiting for...
RIYADH, Sept 25 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia has reached a significant milestone as its gross domestic product crossed the coveted 1 trillion-dollar mark for the first time, revealed the umbrella body of the Kingdom's business community. The Federation of Saudi...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
Hortex Foundation has unveiled an ambitious five-year strategy aimed at fortifying value and cool chains to propel exports through enhancing quality and consumer satisfaction of fresh agro-products.It aimed at developing value chains, a comprehensive approach that involves improving quality of...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
A potential US Generalised System of Preference (GSP) for duty-free facility to apparel made of American cotton can immensely increase imports of cotton from the USA and exports from Bangladesh.Such a move can trigger additional apparel export earnings up to...
NEW DELHI, Sept 25 (Reuters): The Indian government could sell more wheat on the open market to control prices that have reached their highest in nearly eight months, the country's food secretary said on Monday.India, the world's second-biggest producer and...
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters): Aviva said on Monday it had agreed to buy the UK life insurance business of AIG for 460 million pounds ($563 million), in the largest acquisition to date by the British insurer's CEO Amanda Blanc.Aviva said...
Gold eased on Monday as the US dollar stood strong after US Federal Reserve officials flagged that interest rates would remain higher for longer, although moves were limited as investors look forward to inflation data later this week, reports Reuters.Spot...
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters): Oil prices held steady on Monday after Russia relaxed its fuel ban, taking the edge off earlier gains on a tighter supply outlook and wariness over interest rates that could curb demand.Brent crude futures were up...
NEW DELHI, Sept 25(AFP): India target a third World Cup triumph when the country hosts cricket's seven-week global showpiece, buoyed by an economic boom and growing, international self-confidence.India shared hosting with Pakistan in 1987, then Pakistan and Sri Lanka in...
Kylian Mbappe went off with a suspected ankle injury as Paris St-Germain returned to winning ways in Ligue 1 with an easy victory over Marseille, according to BBC Sports.PSG's star forward tried to carry on after an early challenge with...
New Zealand wrap up preparations for the upcoming World Cup hoping to achieve a rare series win in Bangladesh in their third and final one-day match today (Tuesday), reports AFP."When we came into the series, it was always a goal...
HANGZHOU, China, Sept 25 (BSS): After a massive defeat against Japan, Bangladesh women's football team again suffer a big defeat losing to upper ranked Vietnam by 6-1 goals in their second pool D match of 19th Asian Games women's football...
HANGZHOU, China, Sept 25 (AFP): India struck gold on their AsianGames cricket debut when they beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the women's final in Hangzhou on Monday.They had declined to enter any teams on the two previous occasions...
An all-round performance by Shorna Akhter helped Bangladesh women's cricket team to clinch the country's first medal, a bronze, in the ongoing 19th Asian Games Cricket in Hangzhou on Monday, reports UNB.Two-time Asian Games silver medalists Bangladesh women's cricket team...
Nine killed in Taiwan golf ball factory fireTAIPEI, Sept 25: At least nine people were killed in a fire at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan over the weekend, including four firefighters who died in an explosion, officials said...
BEIJING, Sept 25 (AFP): North Korea will allow foreign nationals to enter the country from Monday, Chinese state media reported, after over three years of Covid-induced isolation.North Korea has been largely closed off from the outside world since early 2020,...
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters): Russian air strikes killed four people in Ukraine and caused "significant damage" to infrastructure at the Black Sea port of Odesa and to grain storage facilities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.The attacks were part of an...
BHARSINGHPURA (India), Sept 25 (Reuters): A bitter row between India and Canada over the murder of a Sikh separatist is being felt in Punjab, where some Sikhs fear both a backlash from India's Hindu-nationalist government and a threat to their...
ISTANBUL, Sept 25 (AFP/BBC): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived for a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Baku defeated the breakaway region’s fighters in a military operation last week.Erdogan is...
MAGURA, Sept 25 (UNB): Two people including an eighth grader have allegedly committed suicide in Magura's Mohammadpur upazila. The deceased were identified as Sagar Samajdar, 23, son of Sanjit Samajdar of Madhupur village under Palashbaria union of Mohammadpur upazila, and...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 25 (BSS): The Right to Information (RTI) Act can be the crucial means of boosting the level of confidence of the marginalized women side by side with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Living and livelihood conditions of the...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 25 (UNB): Agricultural entrepreneur and mango exporter Ismail Khan Shamim has garnered significant attention by adopting ultra-high-density mango cultivation technique that has doubled the yield. Shamim's innovative approach has set an example for sustainable and high-yield farming methods...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 25: Bangladesh Silk Development Board is facing serious problems due to shortage of manpower. A total of 429 out of 581 officer-employee posts have remained vacant for long time. As a result no duties are being performed properly,...
World Pharmacist Day is celebrated every year on September 25. It is a celebration of every pharmacist, pharmaceutical scientist and others who are part of this industry. The day gives us a chance to recognise and honour the service that...
Many schools in Bangladesh do not have facilities for clean drinking water, hygienic toilets and arrangements for hand washing. According to a report of the UN agencies, one in five schools (19 per cent) across the country does not have...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
Scientists of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) are learnt to have come up with a novel alternative to antibiotics and growth promoters used in the country's poultry farms. The medicine is extracted from 'neem leaves'. Neem is a well-known evergreen...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
Passengers who had to regularly travel by large and mid-size motor launches between Dhaka's Sadarghat terminal and destinations in six districts under Barisal Division may recall with a sense of great relief the days of their immense sufferings. They had...
A six-hour heavy downpour on September 21 (Thursday) evening, measuring 113 millimetres, severely disrupted life and traffic movement in Dhaka city. Though its intensity was less than two record rainfalls the capital city had experienced on September 14, 2004 (341mm)...
Tushia Amin | 2023-09-26 00:00:00
The world we live in is bearing the consequences of intense heat waves and rising sea level, affecting people's life and business across the globe. The worst could come if human misconduct against nature continues. Scientists assert that immediate and...
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