DSEX hits eight-month high Stocks extended the winning streak on Sunday, with the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting an eight-month high, as investors put fresh bets on some fundamentally-sound shares. Blue-chip stock Square Pharma, which took...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
The government is set to award US firm Excelerate Energy a contract to build a new floating LNG terminal and lay necessary pipelines near Payra sea port in southern Bangladesh, said sources.If awarded, it will be the company's second floating...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Six more people died and 1,410 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours until Sunday morning due to dengue. A total of 106 people have died of the mosquito-borne disease so far this year, according...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has enhanced the refinancing scheme named digital micro-loan to Tk 5.0 billion from Tk 1.0 billion.The BB introduced the refinancing scheme on June 2022 last year.The central bank has raised the fund to increase the financial...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's shipping ministry approaches the New Development Bank (NDB) of the much-hyped BRICS bloc for bankrolling a project under which it will procure two modern salvage ships and two river-cleaning vessels.The US$395-million project is aimed at replacing the outmoded 259-tonne-capacity...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Long-term dollar financing to export industries will continue even though a World Bank scheme expired, the central bank reassured Sunday as it sees huge demand for the facility to stimulate the trade.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) had a project on long-term...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It may...
Postgraduate intern doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have held a protest in city's Shahbagh area, demanding a higher monthly allowance, timely payments, and clearance of dues, reports UNB.They demanded a raise in their monthly allowance - from...
FARAH HASAN MOUTUSHI | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
After my father's demise, I have taken another look at his limitless contribution and have realized what he did for me since my childhood. I have appreciated the challenges my father must have gone through. I lost him four years...
Bangladesh has recorded 92 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,043,577, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,464 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday called for imparting advanced training on information technology to scouts, reports UNB.He said this after taking oath as the country's chief scout at Bangabhaban in the city.Chief National Commissioner of Bangladesh Scouts Dr Md Mozammel...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Seven years after the initiative was taken to convert railway operation into electric traction, the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally appointed a Turkish consulting firm to conduct the feasibility study and detailed design in this connection.An agreement was signed with...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Sunday underlined the need for diversifying the education system for transforming the country into Smart Bangladesh by 2041, reports UNB."We need smart skilled manpower, smart economy, smart government and smart society. We want to...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to consolidate all the cases filed against Rajshahi district BNP Convener Abu Sayeed Chand, on charge of making threat to the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for holding their trials before...
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday decided to register two new political parties -Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP), reports UNB.Ten parties, including Gono Adhikar Parishad, were left out of the race to get registration. Only two...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has no such objection to the BNP's two-day march in the capital, but they suggested changing the route of Tuesday's programme, said party's publicity secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee, reports UNB."We discussed with the DMP...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said democracy was chained through the arrest of Awami League president and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 16 in 2007 by the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the people of the country will not accept elections under the present government. "Teachers, labourers, students and people are united against the present fascist government. They will not...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP's politics has reached the edge of elimination, reports BSS."The BNP's politics, not the country, has reached the brink of destruction today," he said in a statement issued in response to...
NEW YORK, July 16 (AFP): US automaker Tesla on Saturday announced that its first electric pickup-a slick-looking silver Cybertruck-had rolled off the assembly line at its huge plant near Austin, Texas."First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!" says a tweet from...
TOKYO, July 16 (Arab News): The Kingdom's cooperation with Japan to develop new technology for the construction industry is "changing the world," according to a leading Saudi businesswoman.Mashael Abdullah bin Al-Saedan, founder and chairwoman of AL SAEDAN BT, made the...
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters): China's Xiaomi will focus on boosting its India sales from retail outlets after years of big bets on e-commerce, its India president said, as the company seeks to revive smartphone sales after falling behind South...
Austrian oil and gas group OMV said it will enter negotiations with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) with a view to creating a chemicals giant from the combination of two entities in which both companies own stakes, reports Reuters.The...
Wells Fargo raised its annual forecast for net interest income (NII) after its profit surged 57 per cent in the second quarter, sending its shares modestly higher, reports Reuters.NII climbed 29 per cent to $13.16 billion as the bank brought...
Citigroup beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter profit on Friday as higher interest payments from borrowers partly countered a blow to its Wall Street businesses from a slump in trading, reports Reuters.The bank's net income tumbled 36 per cent to $2.92...
Foreign companies seeking to leave Russia face additional hurdles after Russia's finance ministry added new requirements involving corporate exits, including a two-year limit on options to buy shares back, reports Reuters.Navigating the rules has become harder and harder for Western...
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters): Foreigners funneled over $22 billion net into emerging market portfolios in June, the largest amount since January, and China posted its sixth consecutive month of outflows from debt securities, data from the Institute of International...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
Stocks extended the winning streak on Sunday, with the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting an eight-month high, as investors put fresh bets on some fundamentally-sound shares.Blue-chip stock Square Pharma, which took off from the floor after...
Leaders of newly formed executive committee of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank Karmachari Sangsad (CBA), including President Md Hasibul Islam, Executive President Md Shafiqul Islam and General Secretary Md Farid Hossain, along with leaders of Rajshahi Mahanagar Awami League, placed a...
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