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IFIC Bank holds workshop on 'Fake Note Detection' in Rajshahi

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

UCB IMPARTS TRAINING TO AGRI ENTREPRENEURS

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Dhanmondi Hawkers Market

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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

Japan upgrades factory output

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Two BTMC mills to reopen under public-private partnership

FE REPORT | 2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Implement logistics policy to cut business costs: DCCI

FE REPORT | 2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

EU trims wheat, rapeseed yield outlook on mixed weather

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Adani Energy Solutions to raise up to $1.5b

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Palm oil closes lower

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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 edge up -_

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

BUET HOLDS TRAINING FOR LGED ENGineers

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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,...

Oil edges higher ahead of inflation data after downbeat week

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Groundwater contamination triggers pure water crisis in Gopalganj

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Pedestrian dies as construction site walls fall in Ctg

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Teesta riverbank erosion turns alarming in Kaunia

OUR CORRESPONDEN | 2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Adverse weather dents Rajshahi mango yield

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

WI complete 3-0 T20 series rout of S Africa

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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

Sinner cruises into French Open second round

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Cricket's T20 giants and minnows ready to battle in USA and Caribbean

2024-05-28 00:00:00

\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...

Starc fit and ready for T20 WC

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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 wanted T20I series win 'a bit more' than BD: Coach

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Bangladesh earn 2nd consecutive victory beating Malaysia

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

News in Brief-2024-05-28

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Europe's water contaminated by PFAS chemical

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

WHO chief urges countries to quickly seal pandemic deal

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Taiwan leader extends goodwill after China drills

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile'

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Country's economy was stable under Raisi

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...

Dozens killed in Israeli strike on Rafah

2024-05-28 00:00:00

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...