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10 brokers to give clients direct access to trading platform

Mohammad mufazzal | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

Ten brokerage firms formed a consortium to install their own order management system (OMS) in January to expedite transactions. They will receive technical support from a Dubai-based IT firm namely SK Advisory FZ LLC. The consortium, Xpert Fintech Ltd signed...

Indonesia issues rule on how to run its first carbon market

2023-08-25 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Aug 24 (Reuters): Indonesia's financial regulator has issued a set of rules on the setting up of a carbon exchange, aiming to launch onshore carbon trading by the end of this year.The exchange is part of efforts by Indonesia,...

Gold prices ease into tight range

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Gold inched lower on Thursday after data pointing to a tight US labour market pushed the dollar and yields higher, but held a tight range as traders positioned for interest rate guidance from central bankers at Jackson Hole, reports Reuters....

Oil slips on disappointing economic data

2023-08-25 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters): Oil prices slipped on Thursday on disappointing economic data from key economies, with investors awaiting a speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday for clues on interest rate moves.Brent crude fell 99 cents,...

Jewel: the suave cricketer-turned martyr

Akhtar Husain Khan | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

It is not often that a handsome, charming and budding cricketer journeying towards his prime throws the bat away and takes up a sten gun. In 1971, the Pakistan Army inexplicably attacked the majority people it claimed its own forcing...

The irresistible appeal of Bengalee 'adda'

Shihab Sarkar | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

The younger writers of Dhaka nowadays greatly miss the day-long literary sessions at 'Beauty Boarding' in the older part of the city. Few can draw even the faintest view of those 'addas'. The informal literary sessions were inseparable from Dhaka's...

Neymar, Benzema to get first taste of Asian Champions League action

2023-08-25 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (AFP): Saudi Pro League superstar Neymar will get his first taste of Asian Champions League football after last season's runners-up Al-Hilal were drawn against Iran's Nassaji Mazandaran FC, Mumbai City FC of India and Uzbekistan's Navbahor...

Women's hockey team start 5-a-side WC qualifier today

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh national women's hockey team will start their Women's Asian Hockey five-a-side World Cup Qualifier campaign in Salalah, Oman from today (Friday) with an aim to make a winning start, reports BSS.On the first day of the meet, Bangladesh women...

Ebadot Hossain in race against time for WC

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh pace bowler Ebadot Hossain's participation in the upcoming World Cup appears uncertain as he races against time to regain fitness before the 50-over global tournament scheduled in India from October 05, reports Cricbuzz.Officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)...

Shakib meets teammates at Mirpur stadium

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Shakib Al Hasan finally joined the practice session and met all of his teammates for the first time at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Thursday after being appointed as Bangladesh's ODI format captain, reports BSS.He returned home...

Traffic police killed in Gaibandha road crash

2023-08-25 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Aug 24 (UNB): A traffic police constable was killed when a sand-laden truck hit his motorbike at Golchattar in Gaibandha district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Md Biplab of Sirajganj district.The accident occurred around 7:30am when...

T-Aman cultivation nears completion in Gaibandha

2023-08-25 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Aug 24 (BSS): The cultivation of transplanted (T) Aman paddy is nearing completion in all seven upazilas of the district during the current season.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said that a total of 1, 27,460 hectares of...

Khulna tree fair earns Tk 8m

2023-08-25 00:00:00

KHULNA, Aug 24 (BSS): The four-week divisional tree plantation and tree fair-2023 ended at the Circuit House ground here on Wednesday evening with earning of Taka 8 million (80 lakh) by selling saplings. A total of 71,000 tree saplings were...

Rail link with Khulna restored after 7 hours

2023-08-25 00:00:00

JASHORE, Aug 24 (UNB): Train communications with Khulna was restored on Thursday morning after seven hours following the derailment of a freight train at Basundia Singiai in Sadar upazila of Jashore district.Sub-inspector Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Jashore Railway Police Station,...

Brahmanbaria town canal is under threat due to dumping of waste materials.

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Brahmanbaria town canal is under threat due to dumping of waste materials. The photo was taken from Brahmanbaria town on Thursday — Focus Bangla

ICU lying unused in Sunamganj hospital

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

SYLHET, Aug 24: The 250-bed Sunamganj District Sadar Hospital, the prime hospital for 2.4 million people's medicare services, has been suffering various problems including staff shortage and others for long. Moreover, the newly established ICU unit is lying unused.Built at...

'People to resist repeat of polls staged in 2014, 2018' DB out to detain Chhatra Dal leaders: JCD

2023-08-25 00:00:00

FE REPORTThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday avowed that the people of the country would resist the ruling Awami League from holding another episode of the elections staged in 2014 and 2018."You (PM Sheikh Hasina) couldn't hold onto power...

BNP, like-minded parties to hold rallies in city today

2023-08-25 00:00:00

The BNP and like-minded parties are set to bring out mass processions with black flags today (Friday) as part of their one-point simultaneous movement, reports UNB.This will be the fifth programme of the one-point movement of the opposition parties to...

Fakhrul off to Singapore for treatment

FE REPORT | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore on Thursday for receiving medical treatment there. Fakhrul, along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum and daughter Mirza Safaruh left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the...

BNP rallies have no public participation: Quader

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said there is no public participation in the BNP's rallies as it is a movement of leaders and activists of that party, reports BSS."BNP leaders got disappointed over their movement. They...

China retaliates as Japan releases N water

2023-08-25 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 24 (BBC): Japan has begun its controversial discharge of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking protests in the region and retaliation from Beijing.China is the biggest buyer of seafood from Japan,...

India lunar rover takes a walk on the Moon

2023-08-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (BBC): India's Moon rover has taken first steps on the lunar surface a day after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the south pole.Chandrayaan-3's rover "ramped down" from the lander and...

Biden unsurprised by report of Prigozhin's death

2023-08-25 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was not surprised by reports that Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had died in a plane crash, adding that not much happens in the country that President...

Spy satellite launch fails again

2023-08-25 00:00:00

SEOUL, Aug 24 (AP): North Korea said Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed again but vowed to make another attempt in October, demonstrating willingness to endure flops to acquire a key military asset coveted by...

California bar shooting claims four lives

2023-08-25 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA, Aug 24 (BBC/AFP): Four people have been killed and six others hurt in a shooting incident at a biker bar in southern California. The gunman was among the four who died in the shooting at Cook's Corner in Orange...

Uniting for Rohingya human rights and sovereignty

Mahbubul Haque | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

On the anniversary of the Rohingya genocide today (August 25), a collective call for justice and recognition of the sovereign rights of the Rohingya people resonates across the globe. This tragic chapter, initiated by the quasi civilian government of Myanmar...

Multiple layers of censorship: perception of media workers

Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

A study was conducted in 2022 on media censorship as perceived by the people working in the media. It was basically based on their work experience and how they would grade the strength and weakness of the censors that operate...

Addressing undernourishment issue

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh has made rapid progress in health and nutrition over the past decade. There has been a significant decline in stunting among under-five children, as well as a rise in life expectancy. However, the country is yet to achieve nutrition...

Beggars should be rehabilitated--

2023-08-25 00:00:00

Begging, despite being a hated profession, continues to exist in our society. We can see beggars everywhere in the country, especially at bus stands, railway platforms, hospitals, foot-over bridges, markets, parks and traffic signals. Even healthy people are seen begging...

When money belongs to 'Sarkar'

Zahid Huq | 2023-08-25 00:00:00

There is a saying in Hindi: 'Sarker ki maal, dariya mey dhal', meaning that one is free to waste it the way one likes if the money/property belongs to the government. The indiscriminate misuse of resources is possible only in...