HONG KONG, Sept 16 (Reuters): Asian markets were weaker on Friday as investors braced for a US rate hike next week amid growing concerns of a global recession following warnings from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.MSCI's broadest...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Ten most-traded companies accounted for nearly 42 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with Beximco keeping its dominance on the turnover list for the tenth straight week.The DSE turnover chart was ruled...
BABUL BARMAN | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red in the outgoing week to Thursday, snapping a four-week gaining streak, as jittery investors rushed to lock in profits from large-cap issues that witnessed price surge.Of the five trading days this week, three sessions suffered...
WASHINGTON, Sept 16, (AFP) : A drop in electric power generation and a modest uptick in manufacturing led to a small decline in overall US industrial production in August, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.Total output slipped 0.2 percent, worse than...
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said insurance will play an increasingly important role in Bangladesh's social-economic development, reports UNB.Ambassador Li witnessed the contract signing between Sinosoft Co. Ltd and Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority on Thursday (September...
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (AFP) : A Russian pipeline to China will replace the Nord Stream 2 gas link to Europe, abandoned amid the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday.Asked in an interview with Russian television channel...
MUMBAI, Sept 16 (AFP): Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three.The self-made billionaire's net worth surged $4...
BRUSSELS, Sep 16 (AP): The European Union unveiled plans Wednesday to ban products made with forced labour, in an effort to crack down on a modern-day form of slavery that a UN agency estimated affects more than 27 million people...
A total of 80 percent construction work of the Ghorashal-Polash Urea Fertilizer Project (GPUFP) has been completed, reports BSS.The information was disclosed in a meeting between Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and the representatives of GPUFP construction Company Mitsubishi...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 16: Almost 93 per cent of the construction work of 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel' under Karnaphuli river in Chattogram has been completed. Already the government appointed a Chinese company as its operator.The tunnel, built at a cost...
PARIS, Sept 16, 2022 (AFP): Consumers and businesses around the world are facing steeper prices for everything from Mexico's beloved tortillas to the aluminium cans used by beer companies.Inflation jumped after countries emerged from Covid lockdowns and it has soared...
COLOMBO, Sept 16 (Agencies): Sri Lanka will turn a free trade agreement with India into a comprehensive economic and technological partnership, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, according to a government statement.The president said an international trade office will be...
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia and Russia, the de facto leaders of the OPEC+ oil producer group, see $100 a barrel as a fair price that the global economy can absorb, sources familiar with government thinking in the two...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 16 (AFP): Star forwards Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria were called up by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni on Thursday for two friendlies later this month as the Copa America holders prepare for the World Cup in...
England bowlers rattled India's top-order early to leave the visitors reeling in the series decider before eventually restricting them to a sub-par total that they chased down with ease in Bristol, according to cricbuzz. India were down to 35 for...
DUBAI, Sept 16 (AFP): The United Arab Emirates did not qualify for the Qatar World Cup but it will be a winner anyway if an overspill of fans floods its hotels, restaurants and planes.With little investment the UAE, and in...
Roger Federer's decision to retire may not have come as a surprise to the tennis world but Thursday's announcement was still met with an outpouring of sadness as current and former players celebrated one of sport's greatest athletes.Heartbreak and goat...
KATHMANDU, Sept 16 (BSS): Skipper Sabina Khatun continued her prolific form scoring the second hat-trick in the ongoing tournament as Bangladesh stormed into the final of the 6th edition of SAFF Women's Championship crushing Bhutan by 8-0 goals in the...
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 16 (AFP): At least nine people died and 20 others were injured early Thursday in a stampede after an independence day concert in Guatemala, rescue workers said."The Guatemalan Red Cross and volunteer firefighters stabilized more than 20...
NEW DELHI, Sep 16 (UNB): At least nine people were killed when the boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed on their temporary housing sheds in India's Uttar Pradesh state in the small hours of Friday following incessant monsoon rains....
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (BBC): US federal judge Raymond Dearie has been chosen to review the files seized in the FBI's search of former US President Donald Trump's Florida home.Mr Dearie, 78, will be "special master" and decide whether any...
BUREIJ, Sept 16 (AP): Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months, the pair slowly excavated an ornate Byzantine-era mosaic that experts...
ROME, Sept 16 (AFP): At least 10 people died and four were missing after violent storms lashed central Italy, reports said Friday, pushing the issue of climate change up the agenda the week before elections.Water swept through towns and villages,...
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (AP): A volunteer Ukrainian medic held captive three months by Russian forces in Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol told U.S. lawmakers Thursday of cradling and comforting fellow prisoners as they died of torture and inadequately treated...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Eminent economist cum historian, retired secretary, renowned academic and former adviser to the caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan passed away all of a sudden on September 8, 2022, -- leaving behind a legacy that is bound to last for...
Mosquito bites not only make our lives miserable but also infect us with viral fevers such as dengue, chikungunya and malaria. And there is very little we can do to counter mosquitoes. We try to use a number of insecticide...
Upcycle refers to recycling something in such a way that the resulting product generates higher value than the original item. In broader sense, it is also known as creative reuse. It is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless,...
One in every three citizens in Bangladesh is suffering from some sort of liver diseases, according to a survey conducted by the Hepatology Society. The survey revealed that about 10 million people are suffering from chronic hepatitis and more than...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
Private universities in the country are now under pressure to allow student politics on their respective campuses. The pressure is mounted by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League. The BCL recently announced its...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-09-17 00:00:00
A five-year study done by the Department of Environment (DoE) between 2013 and 2018 found that seven cities of Bangladesh-Narayanganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Rajshahi, Chattogram, Khulna and Barishal-have the most polluted air. That the study ended four years ago does not...
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