A meeting of the Asset-Liability Management Committee (ALCO) of Janata Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office on Wednesday, with Managing Director of the bank Mazibur Rahman in the chair. The meeting was attended by Deputy Managing Directors...
Major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Thursday, as concerns grew that the US could launch military action against Iran, raising fears that the Gulf nations would be the first targets for Iranian retaliation, reports Reuters.The...
Meta shares rose almost 7 per cent in early Frankfurt trading on Thursday, after several brokers raised their target prices following results in which the Instagram owner forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, reports Reuters.Meta on Wednesday boosted its...
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters): Tesla shares rose 1.8 per cent in Frankfurt on Thursday, a day after the company said it will invest $2 billion in CEO Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence company xAI and that production plans for its Cybercab robotaxi...
BRAC Bank recently organised a conference on its SME digital loan 'Shafollo' in Gazipur to showcase the country's first SME digital loan programme. The engagement brought together more than 200 small and medium business owners. Speaking at the event BRAC...
The credit administration division (CAD) of Southeast Bank hosted an event on Wednesday to mark the successful completion of its full centralisation and automation of documentation. This strategic engagement significantly improves operational efficiency and strengthens sustainable and environmentally responsible banking...
Jamuna Bank PLC has recently organised training on the implementation of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) under IFRS-9 at the bank's Training Academy in Reliance Building, Gulshan-1, Dhaka.The training session was inaugurated by Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Jamuna...
Mohammed Younus has been unanimously elected as chairman of the board of directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank in its 404th board meeting held on Wednesday.Mohiuddin Ahmed re-elected and Fakir Akhtaruzzaman elected as vice-chairmen respectively of the board of directors of...
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Square Pharmaceuticals posted double-digit year-on-year profit growth to Tk 7.27 billion in the second quarter of FY26, fueled by higher sales and substantial income from subsidiaries.The 10 per cent year-on-year growth in earnings in the October-December quarter of FY26 pushed...
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Bangladesh Submarine Cables recorded a remarkable 80 per cent rise in profit to Tk 780.85 million in the second quarter of FY26, as revenue surged by more than 30 per cent compared with the same quarter a year earlier.According to...
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Olympic Industries secured the highest quarterly profit of Tk 625 million in the second quarter of FY26, driven by higher sales amid capacity expansion and product portfolio diversification.The branded biscuit manufacturer sustained its growth momentum, supported by newly introduced chocolate...
Gold prices in Bangladesh soared to a new all-time high on Thursday as the rate of 22-carat gold crossed Tk 286,000 per bhori following a sharp hike by the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS).In a notice issued in the morning, BAJUS...
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has pledged to protect businesses and eliminate bureaucratic red tape and extortion if it comes to power, party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said at a dialogue with business leaders held ahead of the national election.The dialogue, titled "Strategic...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of six people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, in a case filed over 'Jahaj Bari' killings in the capital's Kalyanpur area.The three-member...
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Bangladesh Bank (BB) continued its dollar purchases on Thursday, buying $55 million from five banks through an auction on the interbank spot market, as part of its efforts to stabilise the exchange rate of the US dollar against the taka.The...
Bangladesh Football Federation welcomes members of the Bangladesh Women's National Futsal Team with floral greetings at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Thursday after they finish their campaign as champions in the inaugural SAFF Women's Futsal Championship in...
Eastland Insurance PLC. has been awarded the prestigious- 'IDRA Insurance Excellence Award 2025' in the non-life insurance category, introduced for the first time in Bangladesh by the Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority (IDRA).Special Assistant of Finance Adviser Anisuzzaman Chowdhury handed...
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The Commonwealth and the European Union are among the leading international organisations set to deploy large teams of poll observers for Bangladesh's upcoming general election and referendum on the July reform charter, scheduled for February 12.Former President of Ghana Nana...
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the protracted crisis.He urged the UN refugee agency...
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The ICT Division has submitted a second revision proposal for the Bangladesh Institute of Frontier Technology (BIFT) preliminary infrastructure project, estimating the cost at Tk 38.90 billion, a 153.5-percent increase from the current estimate of Tk 15.34 billion.This came after...
Ahead of the parliamentary election, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to submit their income-tax returns by another month, reports bdnews24.com.As a result, income tax returns for the 2025-26 tax year can now...
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The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday decided to withdraw the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jhenaigati upazila in Sherpur following election-related violence that left a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader dead."The commission has decided to withdraw the UNO...
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has emphasised that the interim government and the Election Commission (EC) must act in unison to hold a free, fair, violence-free and neutral national election as the people are yet to get full confidence...
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has pledged to establish cold-storage facilities for mangoes in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj to help farmers preserve their produce and secure better prices, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at an election rally at Madrasa Field in Rajshahi city on Thursday...
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An international court has ordered Canadian Niko Resources Ltd company to pay US$42 million in compensation to Bangladesh for the explosion at Tengratila gas field in Sunamganj in 2005.Niko has been made liable to pay the compensation because of its...
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A government-constituted expert panel has recommended introducing inheritance tax as part of broader efforts to widen Bangladesh's tax base and uplift the tax-to-GDP ratio to 15-20 per cent by 2035.The proposal is incorporated in the National Taskforce for Tax Reform...
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The High Court (HC) on Thursday discharged a rule that questioned the legality of the government action to award the container-handling contract of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at the Chittagong Port to a foreign company.The verdict was delivered...
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Export-oriented industries can import raw materials duty-free under a new import policy that the government believes will strengthen trade competitiveness and support industrial growth. The post-uprising interim government Thursday approved the Import Policy Order 2025-2028 alongside a raft of ordinances...
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Depositors in the five Islamic banks merged into the newly formed Sammilito Islami Bank will receive profits at market rates of up to 9.5 per cent, says the regulator.But depositors in nine non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) up for liquidation would...
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