Oil prices are likely to hold near the $60 a barrel mark this year, as the prospect of oversupply in the market offsets the impact of geopolitical tensions that could disrupt cargoes, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reports Reuters.The...
LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters): Gold, silver and copper prices tumbled on Friday after hitting record highs this week, as jittery investors moved to lock in profits with hopes for aggressive US interest rate cuts starting to fade and the dollar...
Md Shafiul Alam | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Economic development and good governance depend not merely on the availability of resources, but on how efficiently, transparently, and effectively those resources are planned, managed, and utilized.In this context, the three Ps-Public Financial Management (PFM), Project Management (PM), and Public...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Volumes have been written about sports but followers or fans are hardly lucky enough to draw attention even remotely similar to professional games and sports personalities. But without spectators or viewers no sport or game is what it is. The...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Something unusual happened at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this year which is reverberating through the corridors of power in Europe and elsewhere. The banker-turned politician Mark Carney, currently the prime minister of Canada, had the audacity to say that...
In Kushtia district, tobacco cultivation is steadily increasing due to the influence and inducements offered by tobacco companies. Areas that once produced rice, pulses, vegetables and other food crops are now being widely converted into tobacco fields effectively turning fertile...
As communication has expanded through the internet and other digital media, people enjoy many benefits. But alongside these gains, cybercrimes are spreading like a virus, and the situation is getting increasingly alarming.Cyberbullying is on the rise in Bangladesh, affecting men,...
Tanim Asjad | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Though national elections are drawing closer, with less than two weeks to go, the contesting political parties have yet to unveil their election manifestos. The candidates, however, have made various commitments to voters. To what extent they will be able...
Muhammed Showaib | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh's push to recover stolen assets has entered a much trickier and consequential stage with business tycoon Mohammad Saiful Alam dragging the country to international arbitration under the Bangladesh-Singapore bilateral investment treaty. Having acquired Singaporean citizenship only in recent years...
RANGPUR, Jan 29 (BSS): A two-day Winter Festival-1432, organised by the students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), began at the university's Independence Memorial Square on Thursday.Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Showkat Ali formally inaugurated the festival by cutting a ribbon...
FENI, Jan 29 (UNB): A Feni tribunal has sentenced three people to death for the killing of a schoolboy after abduction in 2024.Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge ANM Morshed Khan handed down the punishment on Thursday.The condemned...
LALMONIRHAT, Jan 29 (BSS): A 22-year-old youth was killed as a train hit him at Patgram Railway Station of the district in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased is Md Munna Mia, son of Khokon Mia, a resident of Chowrangi...
Bangladesh on Thursday brought back 128 fishermen who had been detained in India under a mutual repatriation arrangement between the two neighbouring countries, report agencies.At the same time, 23 Indian fishermen who had been held in Bangladesh were sent back...
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 28 (UNB): A three-year-old child who fell into a 30-feet deep hole dug for a tube well in Raozan upazila of Chattogram died on Wednesday night, shortly after being rescued.Fire Service officials said the child, Mejbah Uddin, son...
JHENAIDAH, Jan 29 (UNB): For three months, Shahinara Khatun has not heard her son's voice.Her phone no longer rings. No message arrives. Each day, she sits by the window of her home at Bankira village of Jenaidah's Sadhuhati union, watching...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 29 (BSS): Commercial cultivation of cumin has started in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi for the first time this season, raising new hopes among local farmers.The parched soil of the Barind is now scented with the aroma of cumin....
NAOGAON, Jan 29 (UNB): What began as a single-pond experiment in Naogaon is now emerging as a model of rural innovation, demonstrating how careful management and mixed farming can transform livelihoods in Bangladesh's remote districts.Traditionally known for carp and other...
HANOI, Vietnam, Jan 29 (AP): Vietnam and the European Union on Thursday upgraded ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam's highest diplomatic level, as both recalibrate trade amid disruptions to global finance driven by U.S. tariff pressure.The upgrade places the...
BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters): Britain and China hailed a reset in relations on Thursday, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Xi Jinping pledged greater cooperation on trade, investment and technology to the mutual benefit of both countries.With Western leaders...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-01-30 00:00:00
CHITTOGRAM, Jan 29:Chittagong Independent University (CIU) launched Confucius Chinese Language Site at the campus today Thursday. North South University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury inaugurated the Confucius Chinese Language Site as chief guest. He officially announced the inauguration...
Midland Bank PLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rose View Hotel, a five-star establishment located in Sylhet. The MoU signing ceremony was held at the bank's head office in Gulshan-2, Dhaka, on Thursday. Md. Nazmul Huda Sarkar,...
NRBC Bank has successfully concluded a 15-day foundation training course for its officials. The closing ceremony organised by the Human Resource Training and Development Centre (HRTDC) was held at the bank's head office on Thursday. Md. Ali Hossain Prodhania, Chairman...
The Custom House, Chattogram has completed the largest auction in its history by selling around 2,800 tonnes of un-cleared goods through an electronic auction.According to a press release issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday, the auction...
Chairman of the Audit Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC Md. Abdus Salam said accurate and objective survey reports would help reduce investment risk and ensure good governance in the banking sector."Islami Bank is always committed to maintaining the security...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-30 00:00:00
Three more local garment factories have received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC), with one achieving the highest score globally, taking Bangladesh's total to 273 LEED-certified factories.HAMS Garments Ltd, located in...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-30 00:00:00
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) will work jointly to strengthen links between agricultural research and extension to achieve inclusive growth.Although agriculture is a key pillar of food security and employment, it contributes only about...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-30 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has suspended its programme to shut down factories following government assurances to resolve the ongoing crisis in the spinning sector. In a statement issued on Thursday, the primary textile millers' trade body announced the...
OSLO, Jan 29 (Reuters): Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, on Thursday reported a 2025 profit of 2.36 trillion crowns ($247 billion), driven by a rise in tech, financial and basic materials stocks, falling just short of its 2024...
LONDON/SYDNEY, Jan 29 (Reuters): World stocks gained on Thursday as investors' optimism over earnings held up ahead of Apple's results, while gold blazed to its latest record high and oil prices rose on US-Iran tensions.The Euro STOXX 600 gained 0.5...
The 30th meeting of the Senior Management Team (SMT) of Rupali Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Wednesday. SMT Chairman and Managing Director of the bank Kazi Md Wahidul Islam presided over the meeting....
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