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Renata's FY25 profit slumps 38pc on higher input, finance costs

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Renata has posted a 38.6 per cent lower profit to Tk 2.22 billion for FY25 compared to the previous year, despite handsome revenue growth, as the cost of raw materials, labour, and finance increased.The drug maker showed Tk 19.36 as...

United Power's profit hits new high, yet investors react to restrained dividend

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

United Power Generation & Distribution Company has posted an impressive 48 per cent year-on-year growth in profit to Tk 11.98 billion in FY25 - the highest annual profit since its listing.It attributed the profit increase to higher production, a hike...

Robi's Q3 profit jumps 28pc on cost cuts, forex gains

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Despite tough market competition, Robi Axiata secured a 28 per cent year-on-year surge in profit to Tk 2.42 billion in the third quarter through September this year, supported by higher revenue.Consolidated earnings per share (EPS) rose to Tk 0.46 in...

Al Arafah Islami Bank opens 89th sub-branch in Ctg

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) PLC has opened its 89th sub-branch in Firingi Bazar, Chattogram. Managing Director (Current Charge) of the bank Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan inaugurated the sub-branch at a ceremony organised on a virtual platform on Monday. The event...

ACI Motors hands over 350 Sonalika Tractors to farmers

2025-10-28 00:00:00

ACI Motors Limited, one of the pioneers in agricultural mechanisation, organised a tractor handover ceremony at the Trade Fair Ground in Dinajpur on Monday.At the event, 350 units of Sonalika tractors were handed over to farmers. The key objective of...

BD, Pakistan sign MoU to boost coop in Halal certification

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the national standards and regulatory body of Bangladesh, and the Pakistan Halal Authority (PHA), Pakistan's Halal certification agency, to enhance cooperation in the field of...

Walton installs largest floating solar power plant

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Aligning with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), country's tech-giant Walton has emphasised the need for initiating sustainable green and renewable energy initiatives. As part of its green initiatives, Walton installed one megawatt capacity's largest floating solar power plant...

ONE Bank publishes Carbon Disclosure Report

2025-10-28 00:00:00

ONE bank PLC has been credited with one of the pioneer banks in Bangladesh for publishing its 1st 'Carbon Disclosure Report' in Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) website in accordance with the PCAF guidelines.This report is based on 55 per cent...

Row brews over continuation of RMG workers' wage hike

MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Garment owners and labour leaders have locked horns over whether the enhanced annual wage increment for workers in the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector will continue beyond 2025.According to labour leaders, workers are entitled to a 9.0-percent annual increment, which...

BD's future growth hinges on export diversification, says expert

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Bangladesh's next phase of development will depend on how quickly the country can navigate the evolving global trade landscape. Failure to diversify and technology-enable its export sector could push the country into the middle-income trap.Dr Masrur Reaz, Chairman and CEO...

Weather (2025-10-28)

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly...

RU admission process for 2025-26 to begin Nov 20

RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 27: The application process for first-year undergraduate (honours) programmes at Rajshahi University (RU) for the 2025-2026 academic session is set to begin on November 20 and will remain open until December 6. The admission tests will be held...

Fine for smoking, expulsion for drug use

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

The authorities of Dhaka University's (DU) Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall have announced that students caught smoking openly on the hall premises would be fined, while those found using or possessing drugs would face expulsion from the hall.Announcing the measures,...

ACC approves case against ex-PM’s press secy Naimul

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a case against former press secretary to the ousted PM Md Naimul Islam Khan for failing to submit his wealth statement within the stipulated time as required by law.He was appointed as the press...

UK-BD tie-up to strengthen flood forecasting in four districts

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said the EnRICH Project will strengthen flood forecasting and early warning systems in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Cumilla, and Feni from September 2025 to March 2026, reports UNB.She made the remarks on Monday while addressing a...

Metro victim Azad buried, UD case filed

2025-10-28 00:00:00

The wails of grieving relatives echoed through Shariatpur's Ishwarkathi village, as they laid Abul Kalam Azad to rest after a fatal accident under a falling Dhaka Metro Rail bearing pad, report agencies. The death has turned his quiet hometown into...

Writ seeks HC order to probe authorities' ‘negligence’

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

A writ petition has been filed seeking a High Court (HC) order to form an independent probe body to investigate authorities' failure and inaction in maintaining the Dhaka Metro Rail, which led to the death of a pedestrian at city'...

Poll observer initially approved by EC has 'AL link'

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Oct 27: Election Commission (EC) granted primary registration to 73 organisations as election observers for the upcoming election on September 27. Among them, two are based in Gaibandha. They are Gano Unnayan Kendra (GUK) located in Nasratpur of Gaibandha...

Court freezes ex-joint secy Kibria's 5 bank accounts

2025-10-28 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the freezing of five bank accounts belonging to former joint secretary of the National Parliament Secretariat AKMG Kibria Mazumder, containing a total of Tk 3.8 million, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir...

Ex-mayor Atiqul shown arrested in another case

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has been placed under arrested in another case, this time over the killing of trader Tajul Islam during the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam issued the order after...

Police arrest eight men of AL, affiliates in city

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Police have arrested eight individuals linked to banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliates in raids at various locations in the capital.The arrestees are: organising secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Alipur Union unit of Dagonbhuiyan upazila of...

Key role of police is to ensure fair polls: Home adviser

FE REPORT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that the most crucial role of police (now) is to ensure that the upcoming national parliamentary election remains free, fair, and impartial."In the electoral field, you (Bangladesh...

EC to assign NCP symbol if party doesn't pick one: Secretary

2025-10-28 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will itself allocate a symbol to the National Citizen Party (NCP) if the party fails to select one from the EC's list, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said, reports UNB."I have no information regarding any alternative...

BNP looks to form wider alliance ahead of polls: Salahuddin

2025-10-28 00:00:00

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has said his party is considering forming a broader political alliance ahead of the next national election, in line with the spirit of national unity, report agencies."We are looking to form a wider alliance with...

Australia captain Pat Cummins ruled out of first Ashes Test

2025-10-28 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Oct 27 (AFP): Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the first Ashes Test against England in Perth next month, head coach Andrew McDonald said on Monday.McDonald said Cummins had "run out of time" as he...

Real Madrid edge out Barcelona in fiery Clasico

2025-10-28 00:00:00

MADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters): Goals from Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham earned Real Madrid a 2-1 victory over Barcelona in a spiky El Clasico on Sunday that snapped a four-match losing streak against their rivals and extended their lead atop...

Barishal team physio Hasan Ahmed passes away; BCB mourns

2025-10-28 00:00:00

During a cricket match in Khulna, Barishal cricket team's physio Hasan Ahmed died of a cardiac arrest on Monday. He was 47, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has expressed deep sorrow at his death.According to the BCB, Hasan collapsed...

FIFA announces new ASEAN Cup for Southeast Asia

2025-10-28 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 27 (AP): FIFA President Gianni Infantino unveiled a new soccer tournament for Southeast Asian nations on Sunday at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia.Southeast Asia already stages the ASEAN Championship, a biennial regional...

Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed celebrates with teammates

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of West Indies' Sherfane Rutherford during the first T20 international match at a stadium in Chattogram on Monday- AFP

Missing youth's body recovered in Benapole

2025-10-28 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Oct 27 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man from a pond at Ghiba village in Benapole on Monday morning, two days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as Abdul Alim, 32, son of Shahadat Ali...