Engineer Md Mahbubur Rahman has been reappointed Chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) on a contract basis for one year, reports UNB.He took over the charge after his reappointment with effect from September 1, said a BPDB release.Mahbubur Rahman...
Guardian Life Insurance Limited has declared a 15 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2021 at its ninth annual general meeting (AGM).This is the reflection of Guardian Life's ongoing efforts to maximise shareholders' value, which has...
BRAC Bank and SME Foundation have jointly conducted a comprehensive entrepreneurship development and financial integration programme for women entrepreneurs in Barishal, says a press release. The three-day intensive training programme is part of a series of entrepreneurship development training sessions...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
The country's single-month merchandise export earnings in August 2022 grew over 36 per cent, after a slow growth in July, to US$ 4.60 billion year-on-year.Bangladesh fetched $3.38 billion in August 2021, according to provisional data of the Export Promotion Bureau...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
Country's jute goods exporters have sought reduction of Advance Income Tax (AIT) on export bill of jute products so that the sector can survive, sources said.Bangladesh Jute Goods Exporters Association (BJGEA) last month requested the commerce ministry to take necessary...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 04 (UNB): A 42-year-old man has been hacked to death allegedly by a drug addict youth in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, said police.The dead is Md Khurshid Alam, a resident of the upazila.Alleged drug addict Arafat hacked Khurshid...
Police have arrested a madrasa teacher in Chattogram on charges of raping three children - two of them 8 years old and the other 7 years, reports bdnews24.com.The incidents occurred at the canteen of Talimul Quran Hafizia Madrasa in the...
Protests against the murder of UPDF organiser Angthoi Marma have blocked roads to and from Khagrachhari, obstructing long-haul traffic, reports bdnews24.com.On Sunday morning, bus, minibus and truck services were suspended from Guimara, Matiranga, Ramgar, Manikchhari and Lakshmichhari upazilas to the...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 04 (BSS): Rajshahi court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for his involvement in cybercrimes related to conducting gambling through online in Natore district around four years back.The court also fined the convict identified as...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
NETRAKONA, Sept 04: Students from two villages in Kendua upazila have long been facing trouble commuting to school as they have to cross a fragile bamboo bridge over a river every day.Students aged between six and 12 are forced to...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 04 (BSS): Hundreds of people, both male and female, have become self-reliant through manufacturing shoes in a village of Rajshshi, contributing to the local economy.In the village, having pitch carpeting road and situated nearly 30-km away from the...
NEW YORK, Sept 04 (Reuters): Rafa Nadal handed old foe Richard Gasquet a Flushing Meadows mugging on Saturday, walloping the Frenchman 6-0 6-1 7-5 to ease into the US Open fourth round.Meanwhile, world number one Iga Swiatek dug her way...
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has announced that he is retiring from T20 International cricket, report agencies.A long-term veteran of the Tigers' campaigns, Mushfiq said he will continue to play in other formats.He made the announcement in a post on his...
NEW YORK, Sept 04 (BBC): Donald Trump has called President Joe Biden an "enemy of the state" at his first rally since the FBI searched his Florida resort for sensitive files.Speaking to thousands of supporters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the ex-president...
COLOMBO, Sept 04 (AP): Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned home after seven weeks in exile following protests over economic hardships, could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional...
CERNOBBIO, Sept 04 (AP/AFP): The leader of Italy's far-right League party, Matteo Salvini, has sparked debate by saying that the unprecedented sanctions the West had imposed on Russia over the Ukraine invasion weren't working."Several months have passed and people are...
BEIJING, Sept 04 (AP/AFP): Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blew its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce...
HARARE, Sept 04 (Reuters): Zimbabwe's measles outbreak has so far claimed 685 lives, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday, more than four times the cases reported almost a fortnight ago even as a nationwide vaccination program continues."Zimbabwe had 6,034...
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev who died on Tuesday at the age of 91 ended a phase of history. Russia laid to rest the last leader of the Soviet Union in Moscow on Saturday. However, he was denied a state...
Mongla port is the second largest seaport in Bangladesh. After opening the Padam Bridge, the activities in the port have also increased. A project for upgrading and modernising the port is also going on. It is financed by Indian credit...
Media report that the Public Service Commission (PSC) is going to bring about major changes in the recruitment system. The PSC has observed that during the last few PSC exams, students of science were doing better since there were too...
Neil Ray | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
There seems to be a spree of frolicking with prices of essentials, less essential and luxury goods people have become accustomed to using. With improvement in the economic condition, even the poor and marginal people have long started setting aside...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
Defaut on holding AGM and organising the same later with court permission are widely discussed issues now-a-days in Bangladesh. This has become an acute problem specially after introducing DVC (Data Verification Code) for obtaining financial statements from one basket for...
The starting pay package of Tk 15,633 inclusive of an overtime incentive for garment workers from March 2022, meant financially better-off days for the factory hands. Given the increase in work hours and workdays, the wage hike was justified, as...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-09-05 00:00:00
The month of August for the people of Bangladesh has been one filled with sorrow and uncertainty. On August 25 we have also recalled the five-year commemoration of the genocide committed against the Rohingya in 2017. This was done by...
FE Report | 2022-09-04 12:00:00
The highly anticipated trading debut for Treasury Bonds on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is delayed again, as the stakeholders have yet to complete their preparations to this end. The securities regulator had twice set the date for commencing the...
MOSCOW, Sept 3, 2022. (BSS/TASS) - The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin stood at 81.1% at the end of August, while 78.1% of those polled approved of the president's work, according to the All Russian Public...
Inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and UN Police advisor Luis Carrilho on Friday held "a productive discussion" on matters of mutual interest at the UN Headquarters in New York, reports UNB.During the meeting, Carrilho acknowledged contributions of Bangladesh...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud, along with guests, unveils a commemorative book in a memorial meeting on the daily 'Desh Rupantar' founding editor Amit Habib at Chithrashala auditorium of the Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Saturday — PID
Patuakhali, Sept 3 (UNB): A large Baleen species whale and a dolphin carcass washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali on Saturday.The whale was 30 feet long and 6 feet in width while the dolphin was around 5 feet long...
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