FE REPORT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
The country's edible oil refiners are seeking to export soybean meal, as local production has exceeded domestic demand by more than twice, creating a significant surplus, according to industry sources.The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (BVORVMA) has...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh's toy industry has shown promise but continues to fall short of its global potential, largely due to tariff barriers, infrastructure gaps, and the absence of a supportive policy framework, according to industry leaders.Stakeholders at a focus group discussion in...
PARIS, Sept 23 (AFP): Microsoft's plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among campaign groups and left some users worried they must buy new computers to be safe from cyberattacks.Here is what...
PARIS, Sept 23 (AFP): Some of the world's leading banks provided more than twice as much finance for fossil fuels between 2021 and 2024 than for sustainable alternatives, a new study said Tuesday.The study by Reclaim Finance and partners such...
The 27th Annual General Meeting of Union Capital Limited was held on Tuesday in the city with Chairman and Independent Director of the company Munshi Shafiul Haque presiding over the meeting. Among the directors, Nadeem A. Chaudhury, Independent Director nominated...
Rupali Bank PLC held a meeting of the Asset-Liability Management Committee at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Tuesday. Managing Director Kazi Md. Wahidul Islam presided over the meeting. Deputy Managing Directors Parsoma Alam, Hasan Tanvir and Md Harunur...
Janata Bank PLC held a meeting of the Asset-Liability Management Committee at the bank's head office on Monday. Managing Director Md. Mazibur Rahman presided over the meeting. Deputy Managing Directors Md. Golam Mortuza, Md. Fayez Alam, Md. Nazrul Islam and...
Platinum Hotels by Sheltech has brought home three major accolades at the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2025, solidifying its position as a leading name in Bangladesh's hospitality industry, saya a press release.Platinum Hotels by Sheltech is a premier hospitality...
The family reality game show "Konka Shera Poribar" is set to resume on NTV, courtesy of the country's leading electronics and home appliance brand 'Konka'. The event, which is gaining popularity, is coming this time with Season-4, says a press...
TishCAN successfully hosted the Pink Carnival, a vibrant two-day fundraising charity fair dedicated to supporting breast cancer warriors. The event took place on 19-20 September, from 11 AM to 8 PM, at Pink Terrace, Road 63, Gulshan 2, says a...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
OptimaPlast Industries Private Limited, a local manufacturer of plastic products, is set to invest $3.96 million in the National Special Economic Zone (NSEZ) in Chattogram to establish a new industrial unit. The company will set up its plant on 3.0...
RAJBARI, Sept 23 (BSS): A youth was killed in a road accident near Goalanda Nutan Bridge under Goalanda upazila of the district on Monday night.The deceased was Arafat Molla, 30, son of Abul Kalam Azad of Purba Tenapcha village under...
JHENAIDAH, Sept 23 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over six Bangladeshis to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Monday.According to a press note from 58 BGB, a Bangladeshi woman and a man were handed...
SHERPUR, Sep 23 (UNB): A teenage boy was killed and two others injured in an attack by another teenager on Sunday over a previous feud in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.The incident took place in the evening at Khoriapara village of...
LALMONIRHAT, Sep 23 (UNB): A husband and his wife in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat reportedly took their own lives by hanging themselves on Monday, following long-standing family disputes.The tragic incident occurred in the evening around 7 pm in Kumartari village...
KHULNA, Sept 23 (UNB): An unidentified man died early Tuesday after falling from the fourth-floor staircase of Khulna Medical College Hospital.Dr Bablu, an on-duty physician at the hospital, said the incident took place around 5:40 am.Witnesses said the man, aged...
PIROJPUR, Sept 23 (BSS): A court on Tuesday sentenced three people to life-term imprisonment in a murder case at Mathbaria upazila of the district in 2018.The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Sept 23: An acute shortage of doctors is severely affecting health services for nearly 1.6 million people across Lalmonirhat district's five upazilas. Patients have long been deprived of adequate medical care at the 250-bed Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital and other...
COLOMBO, Sept 23 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's first leftist president has surprised investors by embracing pro-market reforms in his first year, and plans fresh steps to boost investment and energy supplies after crippling shortages during the 2022 economic collapse, officials say.President...
MUMBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters): India's markets regulator and its central bank are in advanced discussions to ease entry processes for new overseas investors, four sources said, at a time when foreign flows into the economy remain weak.The changes would include...
Bank Asia Agent Banking organised a day-long district managers business review meeting on Saturday at Rangs Tower, Purana Paltan, Dhaka, to evaluate the current business performance and formulate strategies to achieve budgetary targets. District managers from all 64 districts of...
BRAC Bank has been honoured as the "Sustainable SME Financier of the Year - Asia" for its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) financing programme.Additional Managing Director and Head of SME Banking Syed Abdul Momen received the award at the prestigious...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
Pubali Bank and Jamuna Bank have received regulatory approval to raise Tk 13 billion through subordinated bonds in order to strengthen their capital base under Basel-III compliance, as per Bangladesh Bank's December 2014 guidelines on risk-based capital adequacy.The approval was...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Submarine Cables posted a 1.5 per cent year-on-year profit growth to Tk 1.86 billion for FY25, driven mainly by higher revenue in the final quarter.The annual result exceeded expectations, as the company had earlier reported a 17 per cent...
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (AFP): Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish "red lines" too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross.More than 200 prominent figures including 10 Nobel laureates and...
KYIV, Sept 23 (AFP): Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine killed two people overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, while Russia's defence ministry reported several Ukrainian drones had targeted the capital, Moscow.The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to...
DELHI, Sept 23 (BBC): A 13-year-old Afghan boy made a dangerous journey from Kabul to Delhi, hiding in the landing gear compartment of a Kam Air passenger plane.Officials say the teen, who is from Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan, was...
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (AFP): Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, visiting New York for the UN General Assembly, voiced hope Monday for a security deal that eases tensions with Israel but he played down the prospect of recognition.Sharaa, a former...
GAZA, Sept 23 (Reuters/AFP/AP): Israel's military pushed deeper towards the most populated areas of Gaza City on Tuesday, a painful reminder for Gazans that Western powers' recognition of a Palestinian state does not mean an end to the horrors of...
Dhaka has become synonymous with traffic congestion. For millions of residents, commuting is not just a routine day-to-day hassle, but also it drains time, energy and health. According to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, the city loses nearly 3.2 million...
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