OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 11: Work on the iconic oyster-like structure at Cox's Bazar railway station is almost done to fascinate passengers and visitors alike.The superb six-storey structure, being built under the Chattogram-Dohazari-Cox's Bazar-Gumdhum (CDCG) rail line project, is expected to be...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The government has suspended Harun-or-Rashid, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), on charges of brutally assaulting two central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Saturday night.A notification, signed by Senior Secretary Md Mostafizur Rahman, was issued...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday said due to the steps taken by the government, inflation will be brought under control, reports UNB."The balance of payments will improve and the exchange rate of foreign currency will stabilise," the finance...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The largest outreach event of the World Trade Organization (WTO) starts today (September 12, 2023) at the multilateral trade organisation's secretariat in the Swiss city of Geneva.Officially termed WTO Public Forum 2023, the four-day event will examine how trade can...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities to 741 this year. With the new deaths, the total number of casualties now stood at 741, including 528 from Dhaka. As many as...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Digital Business Identification (DBID) has yet to pay off by way of disciplining Bangladesh's anomalous e-commerce operations as a year elapsed sans outcome of the government's legal move.The government has made registration mandatory for e-commerce businesses without setting forth any...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Funds are being funneled into the banking system through increased credits under repo, liquidity support and IBLF in the regulator's bid to stem call-money-rate overshooting, sources say. Economists, as such, raise alarm about inflation spikes as Bangladesh Bank's liquidity support...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh committed to ordering 10 aircraft from Airbus in the country's first deal with the French company in what is seen as a shift from its Boeing-dominated fleet. The planned airbus deal is among cooperation accords inclusive of defence and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat wave...
MAGURA, Sept 11 (UNB): Two people including a woman were killed as a speeding bus crashed into a motorbike on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in front of Magura Sadar Hospital on Monday.The deceased were Anwar Hossain, 50, of Atharkhada village of Magura...
The Copyright Bill 2023 was passed in Parliament on Monday providing a penalty of Tk 500,000 for publishing, serving or performing any work of others without having copyright of such content, reports UNB.For the violation of copyright of films the...
Children's engagement to combat climate change is essential, said speakers at a discussion on Monday, reports UNB.ActionAid Bangladesh organised the event titled "Climate Crisis and its Impact on Children," aimed at empowering children to take a stand against climate change...
National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) has identified four reasons behind the decline in the number of launch passengers on various waterways from Dhaka, reports UNB.Those are- improved road connectivity between the capital and the south-western region...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday took a boat trip on the Turag River before wrapping up his visit to Bangladesh, report agencies.Macron enjoyed the unscheduled boat ride, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud.The French president was accompanied by...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) is facing hurdles in finding the right beneficiaries for rehabilitation loans, which is one of the key schemes of the bank, due to a lack of a database of returnee migrant workers, officials said.They said that...
A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku in a graft case as he failed to surrender before it following an order of the High Court, reports BSS.Dhaka Special Judges Court-5...
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32,reports UNB."I wanted to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who dedicated his life to the fight for...
FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The people of the country from the bottom of their hearts really want to see the change of the incumbent government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday."The youth of the country should be...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said as an invited guest, the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G-20 Summit attracted the attention of world leaders, reports BSS."People's leader Sheikh Hasina has become the centre of...
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters): Global shares edged up on Monday thanks in part to a burst of risk appetite, with the yen jumping by the most against the dollar in two months after the head of the Bank of Japan...
BEIJING, Sept 11 (Reuters): China's financial regulator on Sunday reduced the risk weighting it attaches to insurance companies' holdings of blue-chip shares and tech stocks, encouraging them to invest more in the country's lagging stock market.The National Administration of Financial...
HONG KONG, Sept 11 (Reuters): Alibaba's stock lost more than 4 per cent in Hong Kong on Monday after ex-group CEO Daniel Zhang quit just two months after concentrating his focus on cloud computing, raising concern over the unit's spin-off...
NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (Reuters): India may reconsider allowing local firms to list on foreign exchanges, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday, signalling New Delhi could revive a plan put on hold due to domestic opposition and tax concerns.Under...
BEIJING, Sept 11 (AFP): Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the surprise departure of former CEO Daniel Zhang, who had been set Monday to take charge of a key subsidiary as the firm undergoes a major restructuring.Hangzhou-based Alibaba is one...
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters): Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker is nearing a deal to buy Hostess Brands, the owner of Twinkies snack cakes, for close to $5 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.The deal value...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters): Meta Platforms is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.The Facebook...
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters): Tesla's Dojo supercomputer could power a near $600 billion jump in the automaker's market value by boosting the adoption of robotaxis and its software services, Morgan Stanley analysts said.The electric-vehicle maker (EV) started production of the...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 11 (Reuters): China's central bank is tightening its scrutiny of bulk dollar purchases by domestic firms, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday, at a time when the Chinese currency faces mounting depreciation pressure.Companies...
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