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SHIMANTO BANK INKS DEAL WITH BRAC HEALTHCARE

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Shimanto Bank Ltd signed an MoU with Brac Healthcare Ltd at the bank's head office in Dhaka recently. Under the MoU, all Debit & Credit Card holders of the bank will enjoy special facilities while they avail service from Brac...

SBAC BANK HOLDS 10TH AGM

2023-06-20 00:00:00

The 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited was held on an online platform on Sunday, with its Chairman Abdul Kadir Molla in the chair. Managing Director and CEO Habibur Rahman was also...

PUBALI BANK SIGNS MOU WITH BPROPERTY

2023-06-20 00:00:00

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pubali Bank Limited and Bproperty has been signed at the bank's head office recently. Md Malequl Islam, DGM and Head of Consumers Credit Division of Pubali Bank, and Mark Nosworthy, CEO of Bproperty, signed...

IBBL gets new chairman

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Ahsanul Alam has been unanimously elected the chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited at the 324th meeting of the Board of Directors of the bank on Monday, says a press release.Prior to this, he was the chairman of the Board...

Cold storages owners seek consistent power supply

FE REPORT | 2023-06-20 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association has called upon the government to swiftly address the issue of rolling blackouts across the country. In the absence of a consistent power input, perishable goods stored in cold storage facilities or freezers face the...

IFC initiates Afro-Asian roadshow

FE REPORT | 2023-06-20 00:00:00

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has spearheaded an initiative to promote south-south cooperation, peer-learning and joint ventures in textile, apparel and footwear sectors through an Africa-Asia roadshow.With developing countries contributing the largest share in this rapidly growing segment, the roadshow...

Gold dips as US dollar bounces off lows

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Gold prices slipped in thin trade on Monday, as the US dollar bounced back from the previous session's lows, with markets looking ahead to US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony later in the week, reports Reuters.Spot gold was...

Paris air show returns with jets, missiles in demand

2023-06-20 00:00:00

PARIS, June 19 (Reuters): The Paris Airshow opened on Monday with last-minute jet order negotiations and supply chain headaches competing for attention with rows of missiles, drones and futuristic transport.The world's largest air show, which alternates with Farnborough in Britain,...

Ukraine starts grain harvest

2023-06-20 00:00:00

KYIV, June 19 (Reuters): Farmers in Ukraine's southern region of Odesa have started the 2023 grain harvest, threshing the first winter barley, local officials said.Ukraine is a major global grain grower and exporter, but this year's out is expected to...

BCSIR signed agreement with Comilla University

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) signed an agreement with Comilla University for mutual cooperation on research at the meeting room of BCSIR in Dhaka on Sunday. BCSIR Chairman Dr Md Aftab Ali Shaikh was present as the...

Oil slides amid China growth uncertainties

2023-06-20 00:00:00

LONDON, June 19 (Reuters): Oil prices eased on Monday as questions over China's economy outweighed OPEC+ output cuts and the seventh straight drop in the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the United States.Brent crude fell 17 cents,...

Kyrgios pulls out of Halle with injury

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the Halle tournament in Germany due to an ongoing issue with his knee and the Australian said on Monday he wanted to give his body every chance to be ready for the...

Misspent Saudi money no threat to European clubs: UEFA chief

2023-06-20 00:00:00

European clubs should not be afraid of a player exodus to Saudi Arabia, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Sunday, suggesting the country was making a mistake investing in stars at the end of their careers, according to espn.in/football.Cristiano Ronaldo...

Nathan Lyon keeps Australia in-game

2023-06-20 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, June 19 (AFP): Nathan Lyon took the key wickets of England's Joe Root and Harry Brook on the fourth day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, with both batsmen falling just short of half-centuries.England were 155-5...

Pakistan shouldn't travel to India to play WC: Miandad

2023-06-20 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (PTI): Batting great Javed Miandad said Pakistan should not travel to the neighbouring country for matches, including this year's ICC ODI World Cup, until the The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agrees to send...

Spain win Nations League final on penalties

2023-06-20 00:00:00

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 19 (AP): Spain's 11-year trophy drought is over. Croatia and its veteran captain Luka Modric are still waiting for their first international title.Goalkeeper Unai Simon saved two shots as Spain beat Croatia in a penalty shootout after...

Schoolgirl, her grandmother set on fire in Gazipur

2023-06-20 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, June 19 (UNB): A class-seven schoolgirl and her grandmother were set on fire over a family dispute at Joydebpur of Gazipur Sadar Upazila on Sunday noon.The victims were identified as Sanjida Akter Ayesha, 13, a seventh-grade student of Haji...

Jashore man sentenced to death for killing wife

2023-06-20 00:00:00

JASHORE, June 19 (UNB): A Jashore court has sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2011.The convicted Abdul Hamid Moral is a resident of Khajura Paschimpara of Sharsha Upazila.Special District Judge Samsul Haque, also fined...

Jamalpur farmers happy with bumper Boro yield, fair price

2023-06-20 00:00:00

JAMALPUR, June 19 (BSS): The farmers of the district have financially benefitted as they got bumper production of Boro paddy this year.The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said the farmers got 561245 tonnes rice from 128590 hectares of...

River erosion washes away Gobindaganj-Dasghar road

2023-06-20 00:00:00

SUNAMGANJ, June 19 (UNB): Gobindaganj-Dasghar road in Sunamganj's Chhatak upazila has gone into the gorge of the Boterkhola River due to severe erosion, leading to the complete halt of vehicular movement on the road.A portion of the 500 feet concrete...

News in Brief (2023-06-20)

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Quake jolts Myanmar coast, ThailandBANGKOK, June 19: An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. The 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded...

North Korea vows second launch of spy satellite

2023-06-20 00:00:00

SEOUL, June 19 (AP): Top North Korean officials vowed to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as they called their country's first, and failed, launch last month "the most serious" shortcoming this year and harshly criticized...

14 traffickers held in Pakistan

2023-06-20 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (Reuters): Pakistani authorities have arrested 14 people in connection with the alleged trafficking of several migrants who drowned last week after their overloaded boat capsized in the sea off Greece, police said.Hundreds of people, including from Pakistan,...

Donors set to meet in Geneva

2023-06-20 00:00:00

KHARTOUM, June 19 (AFP): An international donors' conference is set to begin in Geneva on Monday for Sudan, where a ceasefire was holding but the UN says the humanitarian situation is worsening after two months of war.The conference comes mid-way...

Ukraine forces retake village

2023-06-20 00:00:00

KYIV, June 18 (Reuters): Ukraine said on Monday its forces had recaptured Piatykhatky, a village on the road to one of the most heavily defended areas of the Russian-occupied south, and that they had retaken 113 square km (44 square...

Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in clash backed by helicopter

2023-06-20 00:00:00

WEST BANK, June 19 (Reuters): Israeli commandos backed by a military helicopter killed three Palestinians, including a teenager, and wounded at least 29 others during a fierce clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday, local gunmen and medical officials...

Motorcyclists need to be cautious on road

2023-06-20 00:00:00

Motorcycle is a popular mode of transport in Bangladesh. Since the last decade, the registered number of motorcycles across the country has been increasing overwhelmingly. However, it is one of the most vulnerable kinds of vehicle and now responsible for...

Deepfakers on the loose

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-06-20 00:00:00

When even Geoffrey Hinton, who is known as the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for pioneering 'deep learning' based on neural network that can recognize faces and objects like humans do, leaves Google to warn people about the dangers of...

Of landslides and levelling of hills

Shihab Sarkar | 2023-06-20 00:00:00

Unlike the soil of Moti Jharna hill in Chittagong city which was hit by a landslide in 2008, the one of CHT has been dubbed by experts different in nature. The Moti Jharna landslide had left 11 dead. Meanwhile, six...

Streamlining agro-product export

2023-06-20 00:00:00

The fall in export of agro-products in the 11 months of the current fiscal year looks drastic if compared with the same period of the previous fiscal. A decline in export of such products from US$1.16 billion to just $795.01...