Displaced Palestinian children help each other to carry a jerrycan filled up with drinking water from a mobile cistern at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. — AFP
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The National Pension Authority (NPA) has announced an 11.61-percent profit for investors in its pension schemes for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25.The NPA board of directors approved the profit at a meeting on Monday, chaired by board chairman and finance...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Inflation in Bangladesh rebounds after a recession as September rate rose to 8.36 per cent compared to the preceding month, with the index mainly pushed up by price rises.Living in villages has become costlier in recent times as the inflation...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Banks owning laundered assets are directed to sign deals with competent global firms in a regulatory firman that says a dozen stolen-asset-recovery groups are ready for hire to launch the hunt. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Monday issued the instructions for such...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The central bank purchased US$ 104 million more through auction from 8 banks on the interbank spot market on Monday to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local currency stable.The amount was bought under the Multiple...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN, FROM SOUTH BLOCK, DELHI | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
India is ready to engage with any government that emerges from Bangladesh's forthcoming elections as their policy remains "people-centric, pragmatic and non-partisan", says a spokesperson in an update on Delhi's stance on bilateral ties in post-uprising period.The remarks come from...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The National Pay Commission (NPC), now working on a new pay scale for government servants, is going to undertake a review of tax privileges enjoyed by the latter to minimize long-persistent disparity with private employees. It is a long-debated issue...
JASHORE, Oct 06 (BSS): A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two daughters in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district in 2022.Judge of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-8 Md. Zakir Hossain Tipu...
NATORE, Oct 06 (bdnews24.com): At least three people have been killed and two others injured after a passenger bus hit an autorickshaw, locally known as an easy bike, at Baraigram upazila in Natore district.The accident occurred around 2pm on Monday...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Oct 06: Flash floods have hit at least 20,000 families residing in the low lying areas of Lalmonirhat's five upazilas due to heavy rainfall and onrush of upstream waters in the Teesta and Dharla rivers.Road communication were disrupted in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Oct 06: Once an ordinary rural community, Chandopara- a small village under Jahanabad union in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi - is now widely known as a "ginger village."The reason? Almost every homestead in the village is now covered with...
WASHINGTON, Oct 06 (Reuters): The US government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up pressure by ordering mass layoffs of...
Shimanto Bank has recently signed a participatory agreement with Bangladesh Bank under the "Financial Inclusion Credit Guarantee Scheme" to provide guarantee facility under inclusive financing. Small depositors such as TK 10/50/100 account holders, marginal and landless farmers, low-income professionals, school...
An MoU has been signed between Trust Bank PLC and Air Arabia. Md. Mostafa Musharrof, Head of Card Division, Trust Bank PLC, and Syed Md Mobin Rashid, Country Manager, Air Arabia, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations....
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC's "Centralised Trade Services Division (CTSD), Gulshan Hub, Dhaka" moved to a new location-Devotech Technology Park Limited, Holding No. 11, Road No. 113/A, Gulshan, Dhaka on 05 October in order to provide better services for the customers....
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
TikTok, in collaboration with the Bangladesh government, has launched a dedicated STEM Feed - a new in-app feature designed to promote credible and engaging educational content in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).The initiative, unveiled at an event in a...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 06: The final list of the candidates for the election of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) board of directors has been announced by the Election Board formed by the Ministry of Commerce (Trade Organisation-1). According...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will develop an AI-enabled ESG compliance framework namely 'digital factory passport' to strengthen transparency, accountability, and global competitiveness across country's garment industry.In this connection, BGMEA and Digital Bridge Partners (DBP) announced a strategic...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
IndustriaLL Bangladesh Council (IBC) demanded changes in the proposed trade union registration requirements recommending 10 to 300 workers' representation depending on the size of the factories. Its other proposals included six months maternity leaves for all establishments, 30 days notice...
NEW YORK, Oct 06 (Reuters): Tesla's sales volume in Germany fell by 9.4 per cent in September, the German road traffic agency KBA said on Monday, although overall sales of battery electric vehicles rose by 31.9 per cent year on...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 06 (Reuters): AMD said on Monday it will supply artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI in a multi-year deal that would bring in tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue and give the ChatGPT creator the option...
Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped over 4 per cent to hit a record high on Monday after the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi as its new leader Saturday, positioning her to become the country's first...
Wajid Hasan Shah joined as the Executive President of the Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM) on Monday. Before his new appointment, he served as a Member (Additional Secretary) of the Bangladesh Competition Commission. Prior to that, he worked as...
National Finance Limited and Rupayan Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Rupayan City, Uttara, in Dhaka on Sunday. Under this agreement, Rupayan Group's home loan customers will now enjoy special loan rates and priority financial services from...
BRAC has partnered with the SME Foundation to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. Deputy Managing Director of SME Foundation Md. Nazim Hasan Sattar and Senior Director of BRAC Arinjoy Dhar signed a Memorandum of...
Gree, the world's number one air conditioner brand, has launched a special offer-based programme, 'Gree Fortune Offer', for retail-level buyers and customers. Customers will be able to participate in the Gree Fortune offer via their mobile after purchasing Gree or...
A delegation led by Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Bangladesh Lulzim Plana paid a courtesy call on SM Ferdous Alam, director general (DG) of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), in the city on Monday. During the meeting,...
Dr Md Shadi-Uz-Zaman represented the country's apex trade body, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), in the Australia-Bangladesh Business Expo 2025 held at the Sydney Masonic Centre in Sydney, Australia on October 1. The expo, organised...
Prime Bank PLC has signed a strategic agreement with Saimon Holidays, enabling the bank's customers & employee to enjoy exclusive discounts on travel packages. In this regard, a signing ceremony was held at the bank's corporate office in Gulshan recently.As...
SriLankan Holidays, the leisure arm of SriLankan Airlines, has partnered with Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) to offer exclusive travel benefits to EBL cardholders. M. Khorshed Anowar, DMD and Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL, and Ashfia Jannat Saleh,...
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