OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-06-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 02: The New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of the Chittagong Port, the prime seaport of the country, achieved its highest-ever monthly container handling volume in May, underscoring improved operational efficiency and growing trade activities.According to officials of the...
Marvell Technology's shares surged more than 25 per cent on Tuesday after Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang called the chipmaker the next "trillion-dollar company", reports ReutersHuang and Marvell CEO Matt Murphy, opens new tab were speaking at the Computex week in...
LONDON, June 2 (Reuters): Global stocks rallied on Tuesday, buoyed by fresh AI optimism after Anthropic moved towards a US stock market listing, while oil prices and bond yields fell on renewed hopes of a US-Iran deal.Brent crude futures dropped...
Elon Musk and the US Securities and Exchange Commission defended their settlement over his purchase of Twitter shares, saying it reflected compromises and was not tainted by collusion, after the judge overseeing the case said the accord raised "red flags",...
On the occasion of the 45th death anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) held a doa & milad mahfil at its head office in Dhaka on Tuesday to pay deep tribute and pray for the...
ONE Bank PLC has recently signed two new major agreements with Bangladesh Bank (BB) under BDT 30.00 billion Cluster Financing Scheme and BDT 15.00 billion Financial Sector Fund for the Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (FSFDMSME). Nurun Nahar,...
The 30th founding anniversary of Bangladesh National Insurance Company Limited was held at the company's head office as well as all branch offices on Monday. Director Taif Bin Yousuf was present as the chief guest at the event, along with...
MTB Foundation recently celebrated the successful graduation of the first batch of MTB UCEP Skills Training Institute (MUSTI), the flagship project of MTB Foundation, by distributing certificates to the graduates who successfully completed the six-month industry-relevant skills training accredited by...
Mercantile Bank celebrated its 27th anniversary at its head office on Tuesday. Al-Haj Akram Hossain (Humayun), the bank's vice chairman, inaugurated the programme by cutting a cake as chief guest with directors and senior executives of the bank. Mati Ul...
Grameenphone has appointed Andreas Høgberg as its Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer (CSTO), reports BSS.In the new role, Høgberg will lead the company's strategic transformation agenda and oversee the execution of its five-year strategy, said a press release today.His responsibilities...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-03 00:00:00
Dhaka's capital market extended its winning streak to a seventh consecutive session on Tuesday - a run that began before the Eid vacation - driven by sustained buying in large-cap stocks as investor confidence in near-term prospects remained firm.Political pledges...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-03 00:00:00
Auditors have exposed a series of financial reporting irregularities, regulatory breaches, and governance weaknesses at several listed general insurers, raising fresh concerns over transparency and compliance standards in the country's insurance sector.They revealed issues ranging from potentially impaired bank deposits...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-03 00:00:00
The entire commission of the securities regulator will be replaced within two weeks by non-political professionals with adequate knowledge of the capital market, the finance minister said.The changes in the regulatory body, along with legal reforms, will help make the...
Tennis great Serena Williams is set to make a return to professional tennis at the age of 44, nearly four years after stepping away from the sport she dominated for more than two decades, reports AP.The Women's Tennis Association (WTA)...
LONDON, June 2 (Reuters): Hundreds of thousands of Arsenal fans from far and wide lined the streets of north London on Sunday chanting and lighting red flares as they celebrated their club's first Premier League title in 22 years.The players...
When a euphoric Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar at around 9 p.m. on December 18, 2022, he finally had nothing left to prove.Argentina's captain already had every possible accolade at club level, including...
MONTEVIDEO, June 2 (AFP): Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa said on Monday that Luis Suarez does not owe him an apology after he opted against a World Cup recall for the 39-year-old striker.The Inter Miami forward, Uruguay's all-time leading scorer, retired...
Wicket-keeper batter Mahidul Islam Ankon struck a sublime century as Abahani Limited secured their sixth straight victory in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League (DPL), crushing Gulshan Cricket Club by 173 runs at BKSP-4 ground on Tuesday, reports BSS.Electing to bat...
Bangladesh Olympic football team played out to a goalless draw with Pakistan in their opening match of the four-nation Diamond Jubilee Football tournament held at National Stadium in Male, Maldives today (Monday), reports BSS.Despite early attacking pressure and attempts from...
Cristiano Ronaldo has bent football's record books into so many shapes that another landmark can almost feel routine but a sixth World Cup at 41 would be extraordinary even by his standards, reports Reuters.The 2026 tournament is set to add...
MANIKGANJ, Jun 2 (UNB): The rush of people returning to their workplaces after the Eid holidays continued at Paturia launch terminal on Tuesday, with a large number of passengers heading towards Dhaka and other destinations.Since morning, an overwhelming crowd of...
BAGERHAT, Jun 02 (BSS): The body of an eight-year-old girl, who went missing after being attacked by a crocodile in the pond of Khan Jahan Ali (RA) Mazar in Bagerhat, was recovered on Tuesday following an overnight rescue operation.The victim,...
RANGPUR, Jun 02 (UNB): The death toll from drinking 'toxic liquor' in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur rose to four with the death of another man.The deceased was identified as Ershad Mia, 40, son of Sultan Ali of Buzruk Jhalai Pakarmatha...
The District Civil Surgeon's Office in Cumilla has issued show-cause notices to five doctors for being absent at a government hospital, reports bdnews24.com.The decision comes hours after Cumilla-4 MP Md Abul Hasnat, well known as Hasnat Abdullah, made a surprise...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-06-03 00:00:00
Sylhet, June 02: The long-awaited irrigation project using surface water in Sylhet division has made little progress even one and a half years after its launch.The five-year project, which began in January 2025 and is scheduled for completion by December...
VATICAN CITY, June 2 (Reuters): Pope Leo named an executive with US Catholic media conglomerate EWTN as the new head of the Vatican's communications department on Tuesday, in the first appointment of a woman to the senior Church role.Maria Montserrat...
GENEVA, June 2 (AFP): There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday."Fuelled by unusually warm ocean waters in the...
A gunman killed six members of his family, then took his own life, during a spate of shootings on Monday in the eastern Iowa city of Muscatine, a waterfront town situated across the Mississippi River from Illinois, police said, reports...
NEW DELHI, June 2 (AP): India said it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Monday with the leader of the country's military-backed government, despite Western sanctions imposed after the military seized power in 2021.Indian...
GENEVA, June 2 (AFP): The WHO on Tuesday dramatically scaled back the number of suspected Ebola cases in central Africa to 116 from more than 900 previously, with 330 cases now confirmed.As of May 31, the World Health Organization said...
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