Bangladesh Air Force Women Welfare Association (BAFWWA) president Tahmida Hannan inaugurates tree plantation programme by planting a sapling on the BAFWWA office premises in the city on Saturday — ISPR
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has exchanged views on different bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interests and concerns with the cross-party Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament Riksdag in Stockholm, reports UNB.The...
Four dengue patients died and 477 were admitted to hospitals in the country during the past 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports BSS."A total of 402 were hospitalised in Dhaka city and 75 were outside it with dengue," a press...
The National Vitamin A-plus campaign will be conducted today (Sunday) with a target to feed over 22.0 million (2.20 crore) children aged six months to 59 months vitamin A-plus capsule to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality in the...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Containing inflation and safeguarding the vulnerable new poor should get priority while implementing the budget for the next fiscal year, economists told a roundtable on Saturday.Proper implementation of the social safety-net programme, capacity building ahead of LDC graduation, and making...
ST. PETERSBURG, June 17 (XINHUA): Russia has successfully maintained economic stability in the face of "unprecedented challenges," President Vladimir Putin said on Friday."Positive macroeconomic trends are gaining momentum and becoming increasingly apparent," Putin said during a plenary session of the...
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters): The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates by a quarter point to a 15-year high of 4.75 per cent on June 22, its 13th straight rate rise as it fights unexpectedly sticky inflation...
ICSB CELEBRATES 13TH ANNIVERSARY The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) celebrated the 13th Anniversary of Establishment Day of ICSB at a city hotel on Friday. ICSB Mohammad Asad Ullah, Senior Vice President M Nurul Alam, and Treasurer Mohammad...
FE ReportThe government will sit with the traders, associations and other stakeholders next week to fix the prices of sacrificial animals' rawhides to be collected during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, said sources. "The meeting is supposed to be held on Sunday...
Ispahani Foods Limited has been awarded the National Productivity and Quality Excellence Awards 2021 in the Medium Industry Category (Foods) by the Ministry of Industries. Director of Ispahani Group Zahida Ispahani received this prestigious award from Industries Minister Nurul Majid...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Two start-ups -- "Fabrik Lagabe Ltd." and "Markopolo.ai" -- secured the first position jointly in the BIG 2023 competition while other top 50 start-ups received Tk 1.0 million each.This year's session of "Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2023" concluded with an...
HYDERABAD, June 17 (UNB): Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), made a strong pitch for increased investment in small-scale farmers and rural communities at the G20 Agriculture Ministers' meeting in Hyderabad, India, held on June...
LAHORE, June 17 (PTI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s chairman Najam Sethi cast fresh doubts over its participation in the ODI World Cup in India, saying it is "subject to government approval", putting the ICC in a bind before the schedule...
CHATTOGRAM, June 17 (Agencies): The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the ODI squad for Bangladesh's upcoming series against Afghanistan, scheduled to take place next month in Chattogram.Tamim Iqbal will lead the team during this series, with Shakib Al Hasan...
Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 546 runs in the one-off Test in Dhaka, thus achieving their highest victory margin in Tests, and the third highest in the format's history, report agencies.Here's a look at the records that were re-written and broken...
Litton Das, the stand-in Test captain of Bangladesh, and Afghanistan coach Jonathon Trott applauded the pace-bowling department for their exceptional performance in the recently concluded Test match against Afghanistan, report agencies.The Bangladeshi pace-bowling lineup claimed 14 wickets in this match,...
AGM of ASIA PACIFIC GENERAL INSURANCE COmpany HELDThe 23rd annual general meeting (AGM) of Asia Pacific General Insurance Company Limited was held on a virtual platform on Thursday. Chairman of the company Aftabul Islam presided over the meeting. Board of...
BENGALURU, June 17 (Reuters): India's JBM Auto is the leading contender to acquire a controlling stake in automaker SML Isuzu, CNBC-TV18 reported on Friday, citing sources.Japan's Sumitomo Corporation (8053.T), which holds 43 per cent of India-based SML, is looking to...
NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters): Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalise the social media company's business beyond digital advertising, according to an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino...
The Executive Development Centre (EDC)-Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP), East West University (EWU), held the 2nd Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the Graduate Diploma in Leather and Footwear management (GDLFM) Programme at the university on Saturday. Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin,...
ZURICH, June 17 (Reuters): Siemens will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan, the German engineering and technology group said on Thursday, as it gears up to meet increased demand triggered by global stimulus packages.Siemens...
BRAC BANK SCREENS 'CHIRONJIB MUJIB' FOR COWORKERS BRAC Bank organised an exclusive screening of the film 'Chironjib Mujib', based on 'The Unfinished Memoirs' by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The bank coworkers gathered at the head office...
US stocks have seen $38 billion in inflows in the last three weeks, the strongest momentum since Oct. 2022, BofA said, while tech funds have seen $19 billion flow in in the last eight weeks, the strongest momentum since March...
Bank Asia Limited has launched digital nano loan to transform its business with the rapidly changing technological environment, to give customers better banking experiences and facilitate their access to formal financial services. Adil Chowdhury, president & managing director of the...
NEW YORK/LONDON, June 17 (Reuters): A gauge of global stock markets took a breather on Friday after a run to 14-month highs, while the US dollar headed for its biggest weekly slide since January following a heavy week of central...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
As many as 59 companies have moved above the floor price on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) since the first week of March, but their gains have hardly made any impact on the index for most of them are small-cap...
CHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters): US corn, soybean and wheat futures all closed higher on Friday and all set multi-month highs during the session as worries about stressful dry conditions in key portions of the Midwest prompted a flurry of buying...
The UK government has announced the removal of an up to 4 per cent countervailing tariff on stainless steel bars and rods imported from India due to a perceived low impact on local suppliers, reports PTI.The UK's Trade Remedies Authority...
SINGAPORE, June 17 (Reuters): The costs of chartering supertankers to move crude oil from the Middle East to Asia have jumped to the highest since April as more cargoes are being booked in June, according to industry sources and data...
US energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a seventh week in a row for the first time since July 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed...
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