The Teesta may cross danger mark (DM) at Dalia point due to continuous rise in water level following monsoon rains and onrush of water from the upstream in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am Wednesday, reports BSS.Bangladesh Water...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to freeze all immovable property of scam-hit e-commerce-platform Alesha Mart. It also issued a travel ban on Alesha Mart Chairman Manjurul Alam Sikder and three others in the case. The three others...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman to 14 years' imprisonment in a case filed on charge of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and concealing information in his wealth statement....
Japan has provided another 500 million yen in grant aid for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4) as part of Tokyo's continued support for Bangladesh's education sector, reports UNB.The Exchange of Notes, formalizing this agreement, was signed by Ambassador...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said an improvement in foreign-exchange reserves is likely in the coming days as a number of measures such as discouraging unnecessary imports and encouraging remittance inflow have been taken by the government. The prime...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
The apex apparel-body BGMEA has started developing high-end fashion items using local heritage stuff, including fabrics, in a bid to earn $100 billion from garment exports by 2030.The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) steps include raising its global...
8 cos to be downgraded to Z category for failing to pay dividends for FY22Eight companies of the DSE's main board are going to be downgraded from A and B category to Z category for failing to pay the dividends...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Capital machinery, intermediate goods and raw-material imports have plummeted amid dollar dearth and restrained foreign trade, giving analysts and economists to believe that Bangladesh’s economy bears its cascading impact.The slump may result in production contraction and further consumer-market waywardness, they...
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has won the Rajshahi City Corporation election with a huge margin while Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury won the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) election, reports UNB. The incumbent mayor bagged 160,290 votes...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Enhancement of tenure of sponsor directors and inclusion of a provision for not treating wilful defaults of their subsidiary companies as defaulters draw a lot of flak from experts and economists.According to them, such a provision will certainly affect governance...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Long-delayed hydrocarbon search in the bay no longer looks far off as an IOC-pampering new model production-sharing contract (PSC) may be approved by Bangladesh government anytime soon. Sources have said the model PSC for deal-making with international oil companies (IOCs)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has explained Bangladesh's decision to seek membership to the BRICS coalition, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday about her recent trip to Switzerland, the prime...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Last-minute strokes raise bank directors' tenure to 12 years from nine and allow a sister concern of a defaulting business group or a person to borrow from banks as the much-hyped Bank Company (amendment) Act 2023 was passed in parliament...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
The country’s foreign-currency reserves crossed $30-billion mark on Wednesday, according to the central bank data.The forex reserves stood at $30.016 billion as on June 21, which was $29.958 billion a day ago, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics showed.Seeking anonymity, a...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Honours course admission test for the first four shifts of 'D' unit under the Faculty of Biological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the academic year of 2022-2023 was held on Wednesday. Only the girl candidates participated in the test...
Bangladesh has become one of members of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) executive committee (EC), reports BSS.Bangladesh got elected through the voting of 83 member states at the 14th ICIC conference held in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday.The nine-member...
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 38 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 360 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Some 822 industrial units, including readymade garment factories, across the country under the jurisdiction of Industrial Police (IP) did not pay wages for the month of May until Wednesday.A total of 9,915 units, including textile, garment and jute, located in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) will be developed as a modern and time-fitting force to carry out its growing responsibility, reports UNB."Our (its) responsibility will go up in future. Keeping eyes on it,...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-22 00:00:00
Head-on emission in the country witnessed a 31.48 per cent rise - from 0.98 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2012 to 1.29 tonnes in 2019, revealed a government report.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, however, said the...
A meeting of Awami League (AL) Central Working Committee will be held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at 10.30 am today (Thursday, reports BSS.Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over...
Two more prosecution witnesses (PWs) on Wednesday testified in a graft case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman, reports BSS.Afzal and Shanto appeared as PW-30 and 31 and submitted their depositions as seizure list witnesses...
A petition has been filed with the High Court, seeking the quashing of charges framed against Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case lodged over violation of labour laws, reports UNB.Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun filed the petition on behalf...
RAJSHAHI, June 21 (BSS): AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, one of the three mayor candidates in Wednesday's election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), has said the decision of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to boycott the election is not right."BNP should take part...
SYLHET, June 21 (UNB): Jatiya Party's mayoral candidate for Sylhet City Corporation election, Nazrul Islam Babul, has alleged that BCL and Jubo League leaders and activists are booting out agents for the 'plough' symbol from various centres."I have been getting...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the undemocratic political evil-forces centering BNP is the main obstacle to country's democracy and fair elections, reports BSS.He said this in a statement sent...
BENGALURU, June 21 (Reuters): India's benchmark Sensex stock index hit a record on Wednesday, while the Nifty 50 logged a new closing high amid sustained foreign inflows into Indian equities backed by the country's strong growth prospects.The S&P BSE Sensex...
LONDON, June 21 (Reuters): Investors on Wednesday ramped up bets on the Bank of England raising interest rates by a hefty half a percentage point on Thursday as inflation failed to fall in May, sending Britain's two-year borrowing costs to...
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