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Standard Bank wins Silver Award in Islami Banking category

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Standard Bank Limited wins Silver Award in Islami Banking category at '10th ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2022' from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB). The award recognises the bank's corporate governance, Shari'ah compliance and management...

Business review conference of Cumilla-Noakhali Region of Mercantile Bank

2023-10-23 00:00:00

The business review conference of Cumilla-Noakhali Region of Mercantile Bank was held in Feni on Saturday. Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of the bank, was present as the chief guest while Additional Managing Director and Chief Risk...

Southeast Bank organised a day-long workshop

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Southeast Bank organised a day-long workshop on 'Organisational Behavior' in an effort to enhance the professional growth and knowledge of its employees. Prof Dr Jebunnessa from the Department of Public Administration at Jahangirnagar University conducted the workshop. Nuruddin Md Sadeque...

Karmasangsthan Bank Chairman and former secretary Md Sayedul Islam attended as the chief guest

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Karmasangsthan Bank Chairman and former secretary Md Sayedul Islam attended as the chief guest the discussion on the bank's service delivery commitment at Crown Conference Centre, Oxford Mission Road, Barishal on Saturday. Managing Director Shirin Akhter and General Manager of...

Garment, textile machinery expo from Oct 26 in city

2023-10-23 00:00:00

7th BIGTEX, Bangladesh International Garment & Textile Machinery Expo, will begin on October 26 at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka, reports UNB.Industry Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun is expected to inaugurate the exposition on October 26 at 12:00pm...

GPH instals solar system to ensure sustainable and green Bangladesh

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 22: GPH Ispat has installed solar PV systems on its factory premises and rooftops to ensure a cleaner and greener Bangladesh. GPH Ispat Ltd. and Eco Ceramics, a concern of GPH Group, commissioned 3.9 MWp and 2.14 MWp...

Islami Bank gets 'Global Islamic Finance Award'

FE DESK | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

Islami Bank Bangladesh has achieved 'GIFA Award 2023' in the category of 'Most Outstanding Islamic Bank 2023' conferred by UK-based Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA), says a statement. This was announced in the 13th Global Islamic Finance Awards programme held...

Square Pharma declares record cash dividend as profit grows

FE REPORT | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

Square Pharmaceuticals, a leading drug maker of the country, has recommended the highest ever cash dividend of 105 per cent for the financial year 2023 as the company witnessed sustained profit growth driven by increased sales revenue.The company's board of...

MTB looks to become leading digital bank

JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) Limited continues to invest in the digital transformation process to become one of the leading digital banks in the country and serve the tech-savvy younger generation more conveniently.Since its inception in 1999, MTB has already emerged...

Commodity Exchange gets legal framework

FE REPORT | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

The establishment of the country's first Commodity Exchange (CX) has now come under a legal framework with the publication of a gazette notification on its rules approved by the regulatory authorities.Following this recent development, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has...

Argentines seeking elixir for economic ills

2023-10-23 00:00:00

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 22 (AFP): Argentines began voting Sunday in a presidential election dominated by fury over decades of economic decline and record inflation that has propelled political outsider Javier Milei to the front of a tight race.Once one of...

Cathay cancels flights between Hong Kong and Tel Aviv

2023-10-23 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Oct 22 (AFP): Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific said on Sunday that it was cancelling all flights between the city and Tel Aviv until the end of the year, over the Israel-Hamas conflict."In view of the ongoing...

BD-Nepal cross-border power trade unlikely to start before Nov

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Despite an understanding among Bangladesh, Nepal and India, state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) still cannot import electricity from the Himalayan nation, reports UNB.On August 28 this year, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid had said...

Kazakhstan aims to raise trade exchange with UAE to $1b

2023-10-23 00:00:00

RIYADH, Oct 22 (Arab News): Kazakhstan has planned to boost its trade exchange with the UAE to $1 billion from $632 million recorded last year, according to a senior government official. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency, or WAM, Kazakhstani...

SBAC Bank agent banking outlet opens at Shyamnagar

2023-10-23 00:00:00

South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited agent banking outlet has recently been opened at Uttar Kadamtala of Munshiganj, Shyamnagar in Satkhira. Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Shyamnagar in Satkhira Md Akhtar Hossain inaugurated the outlet as the chief guest...

Prime Bank partners with Asia Foundation

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Prime Bank announced a strategic partnership with The Asia Foundation, USA-based Development Partner of Bangladesh, committed to improving lives across Asia and the Pacific. Prime Bank Limited Deputy Managing Director (Transaction Banking) Shams Abdullah Muhaimin, Head of Consumer Sales of...

Shahjalal Islami Bank organises workshop -

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Shahjalal Islami Bank Training Academy has recently organised a day-long workshop on 'Refinancing Schemes of Bangladesh Bank'. Managing Director & CEO of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC Mosleh Uddin Ahmed attended the workshop as the chief guest.

Ibn Sina Pharma AGM approves 60pc cash dividend

2023-10-23 00:00:00

The 39th Annual General Meeting of The IBN SINA Pharmaceutical Industry PLC was held on a digital (Virtual) platform on Sunday with Kazi Harun or Rashid, Chairman of the Company, in the chair.Managing Director Prof. Dr. A. K. M Sadrul...

Freelancing to be $10b industry by 2026, says EBL CEO

FE REPORT | 2023-10-23 00:00:00

Bangladeshi freelancers' earnings per hour remain less than their capacity compared to their counterparts in other countries.Considering this, up-skilling them through training and providing required infrastructure at the grassroots level are vital for using their potentials which will ultimately help...

ICCB suggests climate-smart agricultural practices for BD

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices for Bangladesh is crucial to improve smallholder farmers' capacity to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impact as well as help to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said a...

Two bikers killed in M'singh road crash

2023-10-23 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Oct 21 (UNB): Two people died when a truck hit their motorcycle on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.The incident happened around 7:30 pm on Saturday in the Raimoni area of Trishal upazila.The dead are Royal Kazi (35) of Atpara village of...

Woman's throat-slit body found in Chuadanga

2023-10-23 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, Oct 22 (UNB): The slit-throat body of a 30-year-old woman was recovered from an eggplant field in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga a day after she and her brother were abducted by some miscreants from their house on Saturday.The deceased...

Two children drown in Natore

2023-10-23 00:00:00

NATORE , Oct 22 (UNB): Two children drowned in a pond in Natore's Baraigram upazila on Sunday. The dead are Anat and his cousin Humaira, both were three years old.Locals said Humaira came from Faridpur with her mother to visit...

Doctor, wife stabbed inside chamber in Cumilla

2023-10-23 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Oct 22 (UNB): A doctor and his wife were stabbed in the Race Course area of Cumilla city on Saturday.Pediatrician Zahirul Haque and his wife Farhana Afrin Himi were indiscriminately stabbed inside Dr Haque's chamber itself on Saturday afternoon.Officer-in-Charge...

Researchers urged to help increase crop yield

2023-10-23 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 22 (BSS): Experts at a workshop have stressed the need for using research findings at farmers' level to further increase output of various nutrient-rich crops as arable land area continues to shrink amid changing climate in the country.Rangpur...

‘Public awareness about traffic rules crucial to road safety’

2023-10-23 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 22, (BSS): Speakers at a discussion said massive awareness about traffic rules among the people is crucial to prevention of road traffic accidents.They said regular training for drivers and necessary infrastructure are also important to safe road.They came...

Sand is being extracted from the riverbed at the estuary of the Andharmanik river,

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Sand is being extracted from the riverbed at the estuary of the Andharmanik river, one of the hilsa sanctuaries, hindering free movement of mother fish, adversely affecting the spawning of the fish during its peak breeding period. The picture was...

Shelton beats Karatsev for first ATP Tour title

2023-10-23 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 22 (AFP): American rising star Ben Shelton won his first ATP Tour title on Sunday, beating Russian Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the Japan Open.Shelton only turned professional in August last year but he reached...

Shami becomes 1st Indian with two five-wicket hauls in ODI WC history

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Pacer Mohammad Shami became the first Indian bowler to pick two five-wicket hauls in ICC ODI World Cups when he removed Daryl Mitchell during Sunday's match against New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala, report...

Khulna down Chattogram in thrilling NCL contest

2023-10-23 00:00:00

Khulna Division secured a one-wicket victory against Chattogram in a keenly contested game in the 25th National Cricket League (NCL) at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, reports BSS.The victory, which was their second in a row, propelled Khulna to...