HAVANA, Aug 20 (AFP): The number of foreign tourists visiting Cuba so far this year is up nearly sixfold from the 2021 period but remains below pre-pandemic levels, the government said Saturday.Officials say they are hoping to see more Russian...
Moulvibazar, Aug 20 (UNB): After a meeting with the Labour Department, tea workers' union leaders have withdrawn their indefinite strike after assurance of raising their wages to 145 from Tk 120.After the meeting at divisional Labour Department office at Sreemangal...
Concreting of the inner containment dome of the reactor building has started at the unit- 2 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), reports BSS.According to a message received in Dhaka on Saturday, the work is being carried out by...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Maritime Affairs Unit Secretary Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam (retired) and Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) Chair Adnan Rashid Nasser Al-Azri have discussed Bangladesh's amended submission to the CLCS, reports UNB.Khurshed...
Adani Group has received regulatory approval for an almost 311.6 billion rupees ($3.9 billion) open offer to buy the remaining shares of two Indian cement makers, following Holcim Ltd's decision in May to sell its majority stake to the conglomerate,...
UK midcap stocks logged their worst weekly performance since early July on Friday as a bunch of grim data this week including consumer sentiment hitting a record low in August stoked fears about a recession in the world's fifth-largest economy,...
Singapore Exchange Ltd said on Thursday it posted a marginally higher adjusted profit and record revenues, helped by the bourse operator's push towards its derivatives product offerings amid a weak securities market, reports Reuters.Higher derivatives volumes for equities, currencies and...
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters): The world's largest asset manager BlackRock Inc. warned the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week that its proposed rules aimed at fighting "greenwashing" by fund managers will confuse investors.BlackRock made the claims in a...
Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) and ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (IAMCL) have jointly floated a close-end mutual fund called "ICB AMCL CMSF Golden Jubilee Mutual Fund" to commemorate the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence. On this occasion, a road...
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (AFP): European and US stocks mostly fell Friday, with investors focused firmly on central bank interest rate hikes as the US dollar rallied.After slumping through the first half of 2022 amid concerns over central bank tightening,...
Mercantile Bank Limited has recently shifted its International Airport Road Branch to a new location -- Gulbahar Centre, Holding No. 154, International Airport Road, Banani. M Amanullah, director of the bank and chairman of Risk Management Committee, inaugurated the new...
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ICB Islamic Bank has posted a profit for the second quarter ended June 30 after incurring losses for a long period.The company logged an EPS (earnings per share) of Tk 0.15 for April-June 2022 as against the loss of Tk...
BRAC Bank has been rated 'AAA', showing its solid financial strength and stability, says a statement. The Credit Rating Agency of Bangla-desh (CRAB) has assigned 'AAA' to BRAC Bank with a 'Stable' outlook. 'AAA' is the highest issuer credit rating...
FE REPORTThe cement sector of the stock market saw the highest price appreciation last week following investors' increased participation.The market capitalisation of the sector having seven companies also soared by 6.3 per cent on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) during...
Work underway to develop roads in hilly Thanchi upazila of Bandarban district. The picture was taken on Saturday — Focus Bangla
Man crushed under train in cityAn elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Khilgaon level-crossing on Saturday in the capital. The deceased was identified as Md Fakhrul Islam (59). An official of Government Railway Police (GRP)...
Light to moderate rain/showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisionsover the country until 6:00pm today...
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans) Air Vice Marshal AHM Fazlul Haque on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff placing a wreath at the grave of Shaheed Birsreshto Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman at the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard in the...
A case has been registered over the deaths of a couple, both schoolteachers, whose bodies were found inside a car in Gazipur city under mysterious circumstances, reports bdnews24.com.Their family started the case against unnamed suspects on Friday, according to Nanda...
Another dengue patient died and 116 others were hospitalised in 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.The latest death was reported from Dhaka.With this, the authorities recorded 18 deaths from the viral infection this year, according to the Directorate General...
Animal lover Hossain Sohel held himself captive in a cage in protest against confinement of wild animals at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Saturday — FE photo
FE ReportBangladesh recorded 100 new Covid cases with no death in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the latest figures, the total number of coronavirus infections rose to 2009797 while the death toll remained unchanged to 29315, according...
FE REPORTThe Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined errant eggs and chicken traders a total of Tk 0.48 million (Tk 4,85,000) in the capital and at Savar in Dhaka on Saturday. Head of the DNCRP Dhaka office Md...
FE ReportShushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) on Saturday termed 'incomplete' and 'confusing' the proposal made by the Election Commission (EC) for an amendment to Representation of the People Order (RPO), 1972.Besides, the EC paid no attention to the proposals put forward...
FE REPORTMore than 1.0-million signatures have been collected under the USAID-funded Ujjiban Social and Behaviour Change Project to end child marriage in the country.The pledges were handed to state minister of women and children affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira at an...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said no previous government had done what the Awami League (AL) government led by Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has done for Islam in the country, reports BSS."BNP and Jamaat...
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday said the government cannot avoid responsibility for Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen's recent statement on seeking India's help to keep Sheikh Hasina in power, reports UNB. "Such a statement has also embarrassed our...
Slamming the foreign minister for seeking India's 'support' to prop up Sheikh Hasina's government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said those who stay in power at the mercy of others have no right to rule country,...
Awami League Presidium Member Abdur Rahman on Saturday hoped that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would look into her cabinet member Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen's recent remarks, reports UNB. "Surely, we expect that the Prime Minister will formally look into...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said if his party opens door, BNP leaders would be seen in a large queue to join the ruling party, reports BSS."Many central and district level leaders of BNP come to...
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