Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday, driven by growth in its cloud computing and Office productivity software businesses, and the company said artificial intelligence products were stimulating sales, reports Reuters.The company forecast revenue...
Nasdaq futures rallied more than 1 per cent on Wednesday after upbeat results from Microsoft and Alphabet dwarfed worries about the impact of rising interest rates on the US economy, reports Reuters.Microsoft Corp climbed 7.5 per cent after it beat...
BENGALURU, April 26 (Reuters): Indian shares reversed intraday losses on Wednesday, aided by broad-based gains across sectors amid a slew of earnings and as markets shrugged off rising recession fears in the United States.The Nifty 50 closed 0.25 per cent...
AB Bank Limited opened sub-branch at Halishahar Housing Estate, Halishahar, Chattogram on Wednesday. Tarique Afzal, president and managing director of AB Bank, inaugurated the sub-branch. Senior officials of the bank were also present on the occasion.
FE REPORT | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
United Commercial Bank PLC made a record Tk 3.30 billion profit in 2022 - the highest since listing with the stock market in 1986.The listed bank's profit grew at a rate of 32 per cent in the year compared to...
The 70th meeting of the board of directors of Modhumoti Bank Limited was held on Tuesday on a virtual platform. Humayun Kabir, chairman of the board of directors; Shaikh Salahuddin, MP, vice-chairman of the board; barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh,...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Stocks kept gaining for the eighth day on Wednesday with turnover hitting three-month high as buoyant investors continued to chase lucrative issues.Market operators said investors had gained confidence to some extent as some of the leading companies showed signs of...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
The Asset Under Management (AUM) of 36 listed closed-end mutual funds was Tk 57.3 billion as of Monday but the market value was only Tk 37.3 billion, according to BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage.The Tk 20 billion was lost to the...
Hisham Khan | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we live and work. While there is widespread fear that AI would eliminate jobs, history has demonstrated that the introduction of any innovative new technology has upended several industries. This is the major reason...
Noshin Nawar | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Mental health is a crucial facet of a person's well-being, yet it is often disregarded in daily life. External factors such as adverse circumstances, trauma, and resource constraint can undoubtedly impact a person's mental health negatively. Alongside such external factors,...
Agrani Equity and Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Agrani Bank, held its 13th Annual General Meeting virtually on Wednesday, with Agrani Bank Chairman Dr Zaid Bakht in the chair. Directors of the bank Kashem Humayun and KMN Manjurul Haq Lablu,...
Gold prices stuck within a narrow range on Wednesday as traders strapped in for US economic data for further guidance on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy stance, reports Reuters.Spot gold was little changed at $1,998.50 an ounce by 1115 GMT...
Oil prices slipped on Wednesday, extending sharp losses from the previous session, even after a report showed that US inventories fell last week, as the market took stock of weak US data that raised fears of recession in the world's...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 26: A Panama flag carrier ship, Owusu Maru, carrying 63,000 MT of coal from Indonesia has berthed at the Matarbari jetty of the deep-sea port.The Owusu Maru, a 229-metre long and 12.5-metre draft ship, arrived on Tuesday afternoon....
NEW YORK, Apr 26 (Reuters): About half of US Democrats say President Joe Biden should not seek re-election next year and that he is too old to run, a worrisome sign for the 80-year-old, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.The three-day opinion...
LONDON, Apr 26 (BBC): A Japanese company hoping to carry out a rare private Moon landing says it is likely its lunar lander crashed on the surface. Communication was lost with Hakuto-R moments before it was due to touch down...
NEW DELHI, Apr 26 (Reuters): Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast...
BEIJING, Apr 26 (AP/AFP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping appealed for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warning "there is no winner in a nuclear war," state media said, in a long-anticipated...
A busting flow of Eid holidaymakers in tourist destination Jaflong of Sylhet district on Wednesday — Focus Bangla
DINAJPUR, Apr 26 (UNB): A man and his nephew were killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dinajpur-Phulbari road at Chuniapara in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Babul Hossain, 55, son of Asim...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 26 (BSS): Integrated efforts of all the government and non-government entities concerned can be the best way of protecting the legitimate rights of the domestic workers.In the present social context, many of the solvent families, even some of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 26: 34 Border Guard Battalion (BGB) members recovered crystal meth (ice) worth Tk 1.05 billions weighing 21 kg, from a shelter in the border area of Ukhia Upazila of Cox's Bazar.Three people were arrested in this connection.Drugs...
MAGURA, Apr 26 (UNB): Litchi farmers in Magura are losing hope for bountiful yield of the juicy summer fruit, as they have been facing a drought-like situation due to the scorching heat and lack of rain.Litchis grown in 20 villages,...
Samara Ashrat | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
According to the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI), signing the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India may pose risks for Bangladesh’s domestic industry, revenue and jobs. But signing the deal is crucial for Bangladesh because Bangladesh is going...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Even in the halcyon days for poverty reduction, beginning from the turn of the century up to Covid-19 outbreak, it was not free from a smidgen of controversy. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), official spokesperson on the subject, found...
Urban areas in Bangladesh reportedly generate more than 25,000 tons of solid waste every day. However, we still do not have a proper waste management system. It results in an unhealthy environment almost everywhere in the country. We often see...
Load-shedding in most parts of Bangladesh is now a common phenomenon. We are now facing power outage every day in sweltering heat. Load-shedding has returned to Dhaka city with rural areas experiencing hours-long unannounced power cuts. In villages, it is...
Ten years have passed since the Rana Plaza tragedy happened. But the survivors and families of deceased workers are yet to get compensation, proper treatment and rehabilitation. On 24 April 2013, a total of 1,134 people were killed and at...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
After much deliberation and confusion, motorcycles were allowed to ply on the Padma Bridge from April 20, a few days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. This comes after nearly a year of ban for the 2-wheel vehicle after the tragic accidents involving...
writes Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Democracy is all about decency and ethics in politics. It is about respect for the norms on which pluralism conducts itself. It is about men and women who come into politics conscious of their responsibilities towards those on whose behalf...
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