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NRBC Bank holds Foundation Training Course

2023-09-05 00:00:00

NRBC Bank arranged a month-long `Foundation Training Course' for its newly recruited officers at the bank's Training Institute. S M Parvez Tamal, Chairman of the bank, inaugurated the training course as the chief guest. Rafikul Islam Mia Arzoo, Vice-Chairman of...

NBL FOUNDATION COURSE ENDS

2023-09-05 00:00:00

The concluding ceremony of a 16-day 'Foundation Course for Probationary Officer (Year-2022): Foreign Trade Finance, Operations & Risk Management Module (1st Batch)' of National Bank Limited was held at the Training Institute of the bank on Sunday. Md Mehmood Husain,...

Five-year trade licence registration, renewal policy unveiled

2023-09-05 00:00:00

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) held a formal ceremony on Monday at its Motijheel office to unveil the new 5-year trade licence registration and renewal policy.Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh...

CCC urges govt to fix it at Tk 23k

FE Report | 2023-09-05 00:00:00

The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) urged Bangladesh government, local apparel makers, and global buyers sourcing from the country to agree on and support workers' demand of getting Tk 23,000 as minimum monthly wage. The CCC, one of the garment industry's...

BRAC Bank to provide extensive banking services to BIAA members

2023-09-05 00:00:00

In a significant move aimed at fostering growth and innovation, BRAC Bank and the Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This collaboration is intended to provide comprehensive banking solutions tailored for the association's...

Declare tea an agri product

FE REPORT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) urged the government to declare tea a cent percent agricultural product, so that the sector can get bank loan at low interest rate like its other peers.It requested the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to write...

India's finished steel imports from China at five-year high

2023-09-05 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Sept 4 (Reuters): India's finished steel imports from China touched a five-year high in the first four months of the fiscal year that began in April, according to provisional government data reviewed by Reuters.During April-July, China was the...

China property, demand jitters weigh on copper prices

2023-09-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters): Copper prices retreated on Monday as the market fretted about demand in top consumer China and rising inventories in London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses, while a softer dollar limited losses.Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the LME was down...

Volkswagen ready for Europe's 2035 fossil-fuel car ban: CEO

2023-09-05 00:00:00

MUNICH, Sept 4 (Reuters): Volkswagen is ready for Europe's planned 2035 ban on new sales of fossil-fuel cars as it ramps up its electric vehicle lineup, Chief Executive Oliver Blume said at Munich's IAA mobility show."We are prepared for the...

Gold firms as dollar softens

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Gold edged higher on Monday, buoyed by a slight pullback in the US dollar as market participants grew more confident the Federal Reserve may have finished raising interest rates.Spot gold rose 0.1 per cent to $1,940.80 per ounce by 1200...

Oil steady ahead of OPEC+ supply cut expectations

2023-09-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters): Oil prices were stable on Monday amid expectations that major producers would keep supplies tight, as hopes grew for the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged to avoid dampening the U.S. economy.Brent crude futures for...

News in Brief(2023-09-05)

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Sudan's top general visits S Sudan for talks CAIRO, Sept 04: Sudan's top military general is headed to South Sudan to talk with its president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year....

Xi will not attend G20 summit: Biden disappointed

2023-09-05 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 04 (BBC): US President Joe Biden has said he is "disappointed" that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plans to skip the upcoming G20 summit in India. "I am disappointed... but I am going to get to see...

Allow govt plan to build US military runways

2023-09-05 00:00:00

TOKYO, Sept 04 (AP): Japan's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the...

Scientists design fuel to live on moon

2023-09-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 04 (BBC): Scientists have developed an energy source which could allow astronauts to live on the Moon for long periods of time. The Nasa-led Artemis Program hopes for an outpost on the Moon by around 2030.Bangor University has...

Russia open to discussions

2023-09-05 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Sept 04 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Russia was open to discussions about the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement that helped get Ukraine's grain to market and thus ease a global food...

Holder Swiatek bundled out, Djokovic marches on

2023-09-05 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 04 (AFP): Defending champion Iga Swiatek crashed out of the US Open on Sunday after defeat by Jelena Ostapenko and will lose her number one ranking, while Novak Djokovic marched into the quarter-finals.Swiatek grabbed the opening set...

BCB president unaware of Liton's Asia Cup inclusion

2023-09-05 00:00:00

In a surprising turn of events, Bangladesh opener Litton Das is reportedly set to join the Asia Cup squad, according to sources within the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports UNB.However, BCB President Nazmul Hasan has expressed his apparent lack of...

Messi assists Miami to big win over MLS champions LAFC

2023-09-05 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES, Sept 04 (AFP): Inter Miami delivered the most impressive win of their Lionel Messi era, 3-1 over Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles FC on Sunday, with two assists from the Argentine boosting their playoff hopes.Goals from Argentine...

Imranur makes career best timing of 10.11 seconds in 100-metre sprint

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Athlete Imranur Rahman, an England-based Bangladesh-origin sprinter, made his career-best time of 10.11 seconds in the 100-metre sprint in an competition held in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London recently, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Athletics Federation recognised the personal best timing...

PCB contacts ACC, recommends shifting matches to Pakistan

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Chairman of the Management Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Zaka Ashraf, has suggested the possibility of relocating the Asia Cup 2023 matches to Pakistan due to concerns over adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka, according to Pakistan's cricket-based...

Afghanistan aim for massive victory over Sri Lanka today

2023-09-05 00:00:00

LAHORE, Sept 04 (PTI): Afghanistan will need to up their game with the ball when they face a skillful Sri Lanka in the battle of a Super4 spot in the Asia Cup here on Tuesday.Afghanistan not only find themselves in...

Tigers' placement in Asia Cup Super Four confirmed?

2023-09-05 00:00:00

While the math may not yet guarantee Bangladesh's spot in the Asia Cup Super Four, a closer look at the current group standings and net run-rate suggests that Bangladesh has positioned themselves favorably for the Super Four, reports UNB.Bangladesh is...

Injured monkey goes to Sitakunda Health Complex, receives treatment

2023-09-05 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sep 04 (UNB): A monkey has become the talk of the locality after it went to Sitakunda Upazila Health Complex in Chattogram twice and received treatment for wounds.Surprised locals said that the wild animal was first seen in the...

Erosion threat grips Khulna village farmers

2023-09-05 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 04 (UNB): Over 500 farmers of several villages in Rupsa upazila under Khulna district are living amid fear of losing their cropland as no initiative has been taken in the last three years to construct the broken Shreerampur...

Solar scheme lying inoperative for three years in Sylhet village

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-05 00:00:00

SYLHET, Sept 04: Farming of Boro paddy and others on a hundred acres of land has become uncertain due to cracks developed in the buried pipes of an irrigation project in Biswanath upazila in Sylhet district. Since after the opening,...

Covering all open manholes

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Dhaka city has a number of open manholes. Those are not just manholes. They can also be called death traps for the city dwellers. Pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists often become the victims of such death traps. We see people talking...

Exploiting the potential of crowdfunding

2023-09-05 00:00:00

Crowdfunding is a way of raising money for financial projects and businesses. It enables fundraisers to collect money from a large number of people via online platforms. It is often used by startup companies or growing businesses as a way...

Making the birth registration server operational

2023-09-05 00:00:00

The birth and death registration service has been stopped for around two months in Vitikandi union parishad under Titas upazila of Cumilla. People, especially students are facing immense problem. Day-to-day work of the local people is being hampered as a...

Halting the decline in inflow of remittance

Syed FattahulAlim | 2023-09-05 00:00:00

Though the number of migrant workers flying abroad is surging, the remittance they are sending home is not. The mismatch is worrying for the government and intriguing for organisations studying the changes in the pattern of inward remittance flow vis-à-vis...