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Six members of a robber gang

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Six members of a robber gang were brought before media for photograph at RAB-10 media centre in Karwan Bazar on Tuesday after the crime busters caught them red-handed when the gangsters dropped a man blind-folded on a city road after...

Four more die of dengue in 24 hrs

FE Report | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

Four fresh dengue patients died in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning as the number of people getting hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease showed an upward trend in the country in recent time.Taking them into account, the country reported...

0.9m BD workers find jobs abroad in nine months

FE REPORT | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

About 0.9 million Bangladeshi workers have found jobs in different job destination countries in the nine months of the current calendar year, official statistics revealed.Data available with the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) showed Bangladesh sent 874,739 workers...

Investment in girls' rights still limited

FE REPORT | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

Investments in girls' rights remain limited and girls continue to confront a myriad of challenges which got worse by concurrent crises of climate change, Covid-19 and humanitarian conflicts.With this phenomenon in view, stakeholders at a national dialogue on Tuesday called...

Country heads for bankruptcy, says GM Quader

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Taking a swipe at the government for frequent power outages across the country, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Tuesday feared that the country was heading towards bankruptcy, reports UNB."The people of the country are facing unbearable load-shedding for 4...

Rallies will bring about mass upsurge: Fakhrul

2022-10-12 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday predicted that a mass uprising will be created across the country through their party's rallies in divisional cities scheduled to begin today (Wednesday), reports UNB. "We hope there would be a...

Lawmaker Sheikh Anne passes away

2022-10-12 00:00:00

PIROJPUR, Oct 11 (UNB): Reserved seat MP Sheikh Anne Rahman died at a hospital in Bangkok on Tuesday. She was 62.Sheikh Anne, who had been suffering from cancer, breathed her last around 1pm in Bangkok, said Goutam Narayan Roy Chowdhury,...

BNP still daydreaming of govt's fall: Quader

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the ruling party is ready to face Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the streets and in elections, noting that the AL is now better organised and united under the leadership...

Italian bond yields rise

2022-10-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters): Italian bond yields rose on Tuesday after a German official denied that the country's government plans to support the issuance of joint European Union debt.German yields eased, having jumped the previous day after Bloomberg reported that...

Indian shares fall 1.5pc amid global risk aversion

2022-10-12 00:00:00

BENGALURU, Oct 11 (Reuters): Indian shares settled at one-week lows on Tuesday, with declines led by metal and IT stocks, as risk-averse trades took hold of financial markets globally on worries about economic growth as well as geopolitical concerns.Forty-seven of...

Global bonds move in lockstep, ramping up investors' risk

2022-10-12 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters): Government bond prices around the world are moving in tandem, reducing investors' ability to diversify their portfolios and raising concerns of being blindsided by market gyrations.Correlations between currency-adjusted returns on the government debt of countries...

News Briefs (2022-10-12)

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Recommendation of dividendBSCCL: The Board of Directors of the company has recommended 46 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2022. Date of AGM: 03.12.2022, Time: 11:00 am, Venue: Digital Platform. Record Date: 07.11.2022. The company...

Russia open to talks on Ukraine war: Lavrov

2022-10-12 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Oct 11 (Reuters): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks with the West on the Ukraine war but had yet to receive any serious proposal to negotiate. In an interview on state...

Action against illegal bidi factories demanded

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Bogura District Bidi Owners and Workers Union has formed a human chain to realise their five-point demand, including a ban on counterfeit bidis and brand rolls, says a press release.The union members joined the human chain programme in front of...

India to press Apple, Samsung for faster 5G software upgrades

2022-10-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Reuters): India's government will push Apple, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers to prioritise rolling out software upgrades to support 5G in the country, amid concerns that many of their models are not ready for the...

Daraz recognises 15 payment partners

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Daraz Bangladesh, country's online marketplace, organised "Daraz Payment PartnerAwards 2022" at a city hotel recently to acknowledge the continued support of the partners in the banking and mobile financial services (MFS) sectors for the development of e-commerce, said a press...

GJC BD 10th anniv celebrated

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Gloria Jean's Coffees (GJC) Bangladesh observed its 10th anniversary at its Gulshan-1 outlet in the city on Monday, said a press release. Senior Vice Chairman of Navana Group Saiful Islam Shumon along with other high officials of GJC Bangladesh and...

ICMAB DBC, AIT hold Int'l Leadership Programme

2022-10-12 00:00:00

The Dhaka Branch Council (DBC) of ICMAB jointly with Asian Institution of Technology (AIT) Extension, Thailand, organised the International Leadership Programme 2022 on 'Sustainable Business Growth in Post-Pandemic Era: Why Should Leaders Care?' at a hotel in Singapore on Saturday,...

Pay Hajj Finance loan, DPS installment thru' Nagad

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Nagad Limited has signed an agreement with financial institution Hajj Finance to provide services to aspiring Hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh or help ease the process of saving money for pilgrimage.The agreement was signed between financial institution and digital company at...

FSIBL OPENS AFTABNAGAR BRANCH:

2022-10-12 00:00:00

 First Security Islami Bank Ltd. has opened its Aftabnagar Branch at SB Bhaban at Aftabnagar, Badda, in Dhaka with a view to providing Shariah-based banking services to its clients. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of the bank, along with...

UCB INVESTMENT AWARDED:

2022-10-12 00:00:00

 UCB Investment Limited won the first prize in 'Merchant Banking' category at the Golden Jubilee of Independence Award-2021 ceremony organised by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. Tanzim Alamgir, Managing Director and CEO of UCB Investment Limited, received the award from...

Asian Shippers' Alliance re-elects Rezaul Karim as vice chairman

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Md Rezaul Karim was re-elected as vice chairman of the Asian Shippers' Alliance (ASA) for the period of 2022-2024 from the member countries of the South Asia Region at the ASA Annual Meeting held at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand...

CSE submits draft rules to BSEC

FE REPORT | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has submitted the draft rules of the country's first-ever commodity exchange.CSE Chairman Asif Ibrahim and Director Major (Retd.) Emdadul Islam handed over the draft rules to Chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Prof. Shibli...

Shahidul Islam joins Premier Bank as consultant

2022-10-12 00:00:00

The Premier Bank Ltd has appointed M Shahidul Islam as a consultant, says a statement. Mr Islam is a veteran banker with over 39 years of diverse banking experience. Prior to joining Premier Bank, he served as Managing Director and...

MTB Foundation, DISA Institute team up to produce skilled manpower

2022-10-12 00:00:00

MTB Foundation recently signed an agreement with DISA Institute of Science and Technology (DIST) for a project titled 'Sponsoring Technical Skills Training to Support Youth Employment', says a statement. Under the agreement, MTB Foundation and DISA Institute will jointly produce...

Stocks flat as investors stay on sidelines

FE REPORT | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

Dhaka bourse took a breather on Tuesday after the previous day's sharp decline in its benchmark index, as the investors' participation declined sharply.Major sectors performed mixed and the DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed volatility throughout...

Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank -

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan, chairman of the board of directors of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank and Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party, handed over a dividend cheque for Tk 34 million in favour of the government to...

Karnaphuli tunnel's construction work to end in Dec

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-10-12 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 11: The construction work on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tunnel will end in December next and the multilane tunnel will be opened to public traffic by the end of this year, officials said. Once inaugurated, the 9.092-kilometre long...

BRAC Bank to offer agent banking services to TTC Kurigram

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Students of Technical Training Centre (TTC) Kurigram can now pay admission and other fees through BRAC Bank's agent banking channel, say a press release. This came as BRAC Bank recently signed an agreement with TTC Kurigram to provide banking services...

Asad Ullah elected ICSB president

2022-10-12 00:00:00

Mohammad Asad Ullah FCS was unanimously elected the president of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) for a three-year term (2022-2025) in its 86th Council Meeting held on Monday, says a statement. This is his fifth term as...