IFIC Bank PLC, the largest bank in the country with over 1,400 branches and sub-branches, organised a daylong workshop on 'Fake Note Detection and Prevention of its Circulation' at a local auditorium in Rajshahi recently. Rup Ratan Pine, Executive Director...
A skill development training, organised by United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) under the agricultural support scheme titled 'Bhoroshar Notun Janala', was held at the Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB Auditorium), Dhaka on Monday. Some 200 agricultural entrepreneurs from five upazilas of...
Heavy rain, caused by cyclone Remal, floods Dhanmondi Hawkers Market in the city on Monday. A salesman spends idle time using his mobile phone as no shoppers ventured out due to inclement weather. — FE photo
TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters): Japan's government upgraded its assessment of factory output for the first time in a year, saying in its monthly economic report that it showed signs of picking up and signalling production may have bottomed out.The government...
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The cabinet committee on economic affairs on Monday approved two proposals to pick partners for running two closed mills of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation under public-private partnership modality.The committee gave approval of the proposals aiming to restart operation of...
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Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) said on Monday that the cost of doing business will reduce significantly if logistics policy is implemented.It also said that financing is crucial for effectiveness of the logistics policy."If this logistics policy is...
PARIS, May 27 (Reuters): The European Union crop monitoring service on Monday trimmed its outlook for this year's EU soft wheat and rapeseed yields while upping its forecasts for barley and maize as good prospects in Spain and Portugal contrasted...
BENGALURU, May 27 (Reuters): India's Adani Energy Solutions said on Monday that its board has approved a fundraise of up to 125 billion rupees ($1.50 billion).The power distribution company will raise funds via the issuance of shares or other securities...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Monday for a second consecutive session as weakness in rival Dalian contracts and low trading volume weighed, though estimates of higher exports capped losses.The benchmark palm oil contract for...
Gold prices rose on Monday, as investors assessed diminishing bets of US interest rate cuts ahead of a key inflation report due later in the week, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.5 per cent to $2,344.88 per ounce as of...
Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) organised a training, aiming at increasing the ability of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) engineers in climate change data downloading, processing and analysis in formulating,...
LONDON, May 27 (Reuters): Oil prices made marginal advances in muted trade owing to public holidays in Britain and United States after a downbeat week characterised by the outlook for US interest rates in the face of sticky inflation.The Brent...
The increasing contamination of groundwater by salinity, iron, and heavy metals in Gopalganj district plunged many residents into a dire state, leaving them grappling with a shortage of drinkable water, reports UNB.People without access to pure water also suffer from...
CHATTOGRAM, May 27 (bdnews24.com): A pedestrian has died after a wall from a building under construction collapsed in Chattogram.The incident occurred in the ZA Residential Area in the Bayazid Bostami Thana on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as 26-year-old Saiful...
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RANGPUR, May 27: The soil erosion caused by the Teesta River in Kaunia upazila of the district has intensified alarmingly in the last couple of weeks, devouring hundreds of houses.The Teesta riverbank erosion devoured as many as 100 houses at...
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RAJSHAHI, May 27: Mango farmers across Rajshahi region have registered poor yield thanks to unfavourable weather this season, which is suggestive of the fruit becoming evidently dearer.Freshly harvested 'Gopalbhog' variety mangoes have started appearing in the markets of Rajshahi following...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27 (AFP): The West Indies completed a 3-0 sweep of their T20I series with South Africa after an eight wicket crushing of the Proteas at Sabina Park on Sunday.Set 164 to win, the Caribbean side raced to...
Real Madrid's Spanish defender Nacho Fernandez and Real Madrid's Spanish forward Joselu attend a training session at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Monday ahead of their Champions League final football match against Borussia Dortmund — AFP
PARIS, May 27 (AFP): Second seed Jannik Sinner swatted aside Wimbledon quarter-finalist Christopher Eubanks in straight sets to reach the French Open second round on Monday.The Italian star eased to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win under the new roof on...
\FORT LAUDERDALE, United States, May 27 (AFP): Cricket's ability to grow its global presence beyond its heartlands, while still maintaining the quality at the highest level, will be tested over the coming month in the T20 World Cup in the...
CHENNAI, May 27 (AFP): Mitchell Starc dismissed fears the intense Indian heat might have drained him during his IPL-winning exploits, with the Australian declaring Monday he was fit and ready for the T20 World Cup.The 34-year-old left-arm pace spearhead lived...
USA head coach Stuart Law said that his team was hungrier than Bangladesh in their men's T20I series win in Texas. USA, playing a bilateral series against a Full Member team for the first time, won the first two games...
Defending champions Bangladesh earned the 2nd consecutive victory in the 12-nation Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi crushing Malaysia by 73-22 points with six creditable lonas at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in city's Mirpur on Monday, reports UNB.Bangladesh, which made...
Tornadoes, storms kill 18 in USTEXAS, May 27: At least 18 people were killed as tornadoes and storms tore across central areas of the US, destroying homes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands. Seven people were killed in northern...
PARIS, May 27 (AFP): Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwater are riddled with "alarming" levels of a persistent man-made 'forever chemical' linked to synthetic pesticides, a coalition of non-governmental organisations said on Monday.The European Pesticide Action Network (PAN Europe) and its...
GENEVA, May 27 (AFP): The World Health Organization chief on Monday urged countries to nail down a landmark global agreement on handling of future pandemics after they missed a hard deadline.Scarred by Covid-19 -- which killed millions, shredded economies and...
TAIPEI, May 27 (Reuters): Taiwan President Lai Ching-te extended goodwill towards and offered cooperation with China on Sunday following two days of Chinese war games near the island, as a group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taipei.China, which claims democratically...
SEOUL, May 27 (AFP) - North Korea has fired an "unidentified projectile", South Korea's military said late Monday, hours after Pyongyang informed Japan that it was preparing to launch another spy satellite."North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile southwards," over...
TEHRAN, May 27 (AP): Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the country's new parliament Monday in his first public speech since last week's helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven others.His speech comes as Iran prepares for a presidential...
RAFAH, May 27 (BBC): At least 45 people have been killed, including women and children, in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Hamas-run health ministry says.Videos from the...
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