Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War from Dhaka's Savar on Saturday, reports UNB.The arrestee is Khan Rokonuzzaman (72) son of Mohabbat Ali...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet against nine people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, in connection with the attack on former US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat's convoy in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area,...
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday said they want to take up the challenge of holding the next national election in a free and neutral manner despite the trust deficit prevailing among the public regarding elections, reports UNB."There...
BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday warned that people will not leave streets until the government steps down, reports UNB.He said this while addressing a brief rally prior to a scheduled road march in the Bagar Bazar...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government is taking preparations to hold a free, fair and neutral election as per the constitution, reports BSS.The minister made the remark while Japanese...
Wells Fargo said on Friday it had sold about $2 billion of its private equity investments as the bank aims to sharpen focus on its core businesses, reports Reuters.Lenders have been looking to improve efficiency and scale back less important...
TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters): Japan equity offerings have more than quadrupled in value this year, with investors encouraged by a surge in the Nikkei stock index to a 33-year high and signs that Japanese firms have begun to manage their...
RIYADH, Oct 01 (Xinhua): Saudi Arabia announced Saturday its preliminary budget statement for 2024 with an expected 1.9 per cent deficit of the GDP.The Saudi finance ministry projected total expenditures for fiscal 2024, which is identical to a calendar year...
SHANGHAI, Oct 01 (Reuters): Apple said on Saturday it has identified a few issues which can cause new iPhones to run warmer than expected, including a bug in the iOS 17 software which will be fixed in an upcoming update.After...
CHICAGO, Oct 01 (Reuters): Walmart said on Saturday that it will streamline job titles across its corporate staff, to ensure that it remains competitive."We're in the process of updating our approach to campus office jobs to ensure we remain competitive...
The 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IIDFC Capital Limited (Merchant Bank) was held at the company's registered office in the city recently. Chairman of the company Syed M Altaf Hussain presided over the meeting. Members of the board of...
Janata Bank Limited began a 30-day foundation course for the officers of the bank at its Staff College in the city on Sunday. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Md Abdul Jabbar inaugurated the course as the chief guest....
A business meeting of General Manager's Office of Sonali Bank PLC was arranged at the Circuit House auditorium in Barishal city on Saturday. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Md Afzal Karim attended the meeting as the chief guest...
ICB Capital Management Limited unveiled its term investment plan at its head office in Dhaka on Sunday. Distinguished guests joined the programme included ICB Chairman Dr Md Kismatul Ahsan, Additional Secretary at Financial Institutions Division Amal Krishna Mandal, ICB Capital...
Bangladesh national cricket team all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been reappointed as the 'Brand Ambassador of Walton' for the third consecutive time, says a press release.The local electronics giant renewed the contract with the young cricketer for the next two...
Md Ali Akhtar Hossain has joined the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) as the chief engineer recently, said a press release.Md Hossain, who was the Senior Additional Chief Engineer (Grade-2) of LGED Headquarters, has been given the current charge of...
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CHATTOGRAM, Oct 01: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, the first-ever river tunnel in the country, will usher in a new era of economic growth and advancement in the communication sector, Mahbubul Alam, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of...
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Phoenix Finance and Investments endured a loss of Tk 2.23 billion in January-June this year due to high provisioning and shrinking income from the ailing stock market.The non-bank financial institution (NBFI) made a profit of Tk 1.66 million in the...
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The broad index of the Dhaka bourse on Sunday experienced a moderate decline as many investors liquidated stocks to bag profits from the stock price gains in the previous three sessions. Market operators said a section of investors had exerted...
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Large-cap stocks have been dominating block board transactions since the regulator in November eased price restriction allowing buy-sell of shares at prices up to 10 per cent lower than the floor price on the platform. The same securities have seen...
LONDON, Oct 01 (Reuters): The Bank of England has said it would delay by six months to July 2025 its roll out of the final leg of international bank capital rules that began after the global financial crisis over a...
LONDON, Oct 01 (Reuters): A perfect storm of supply chain delays, design flaws and higher costs in the offshore wind industry has put dozens of projects at risk of not being delivered in time for countries to meet climate goals,...
MUMBAI, Oct 01 (Reuters): India's foreign exchange reserves fell for a third straight week and were at a four-month low of $590.70 billion as of Sept. 22, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday.That was a...
BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (Reuters): The European Union launched on Sunday the first phase of the world's first system to impose CO2 emissions tariffs on imported steel, cement and other goods as it tries to stop more polluting foreign products from...
ONE Bank Limited signed an agreement with Dhali's Amber Nivaas Resort. Md Shaifur Rahman, General Manager of Dhali's Amber Nivaas, and Md Kamruzzaman, Head of Retail Banking of ONE Bank, signed the agreement. Under this agreement, OBL debit, credit and...
Midland Bank Limited signed a MoU with Dream Square Resort, a luxurious resort in Bangladesh. Md Rafiqul Islam, Asst. Director of Sales & Marketing of Dream Square Resort, and Md Rashed Akter, SVP and Head of Retail Distribution Division of...
BRAC Bank has signed an agreement with The Body Shop to offer exclusive discounts for its TARA customers. Under the agreement, all TARA cardholders will enjoy a 15 per cent discount on all products of The Body Shop with a...
The Satmasjid Road Branch of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd. started banking activities at its new address -- Green City Centre, 58 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka -- on Sunday. Chairman of the bank Mohammed Younus formally inaugurated the relocated branch as...
BEIJING, Oct 01 (Reuters): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Saturday it had approved a $300 million loan to an industrial city in a major Chinese coal-producing province to help "catalyse green" transformation of the city of 3 million...
World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Abdoulaye Seck paid a courtesy call on Salman F Rahman, the Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser, at the latter's office at Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) in Dhaka on Sunday,...
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