The 24th Annual General Meeting of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) was held on Saturday on a digital platform with Dr. Engr. Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury, Chairman of BCBL, in the chair. Among others, BCBL Directors Mohammed Arshed, Dr. Mohammad Ayub...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2022-09-25 00:00:00
Achievement of LEED Gold Certification by Bengal Plastic, a leading plastic products manufacturer of the country, would encourage other companies in the industry to develop compliant and green production chains, said a director of Bengal Group.He said the compliance is...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-25 00:00:00
Digital literacy and awareness among the people are essential to ensure the optimum use of information and communications technology (ICT) like social media, speakers told a policy dialogue on Saturday.Public representatives, teachers and religious leaders can play a pivotal role...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (AFP): Israel is deliberately impeding progress toward a two-state solution and can no longer be considered a reliable partner in the peace process, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas told the United Nations on Friday.His remarks come a...
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 (AP): Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin's partial military mobilization.Queues stretching for 10 kilometers (6...
PARIS, Sept 24 (BBC): The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said.Josep Borrell told the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the war had reached...
NOVA SCOTIA, Sept 24 (BBC/AP): Hundreds of thousands of people are without power as Hurricane Fiona begins to batter Canada's Atlantic Coast.Parts of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are experiencing torrential rain and winds of up to...
TEHRAN, Sept 24 (BBC/AFP): Iran's president has vowed to take action against protesters after more than a week of anti-government demonstrations.President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to "deal decisively" with the protests, which have now spread to most of Iran's 31 provinces.Officials...
NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (Reuters): India's thermal coal imports from Russia are expected to fall for the first time in four months in September, two research consultancies said, potentially resulting in lower revenues for Moscow at a time it is...
NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (PTI): On account of dollar index climbing to two decades high and Indian National Rupee (INR) hitting its record low, multi commodity exchange (MCX) gold rate and spot gold price witnessed sharp fall on Friday session.The...
Qatar Airways has won the Airline of the Year award, known as "the Oscars of the aviation industry," for a record seventh time at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022, reports UNB.At the event in London Friday, the airline also...
DOHA, Sept 24, 2022 (AFP): France's TotalEnergies on Saturday signed a further $1.5 billion investment in Qatar's natural gas production expansion, which comes as Europe scrambles to find new energy sources to replace Russian supplies.The French energy giant will have...
RIYADH, Sept 24 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's new global airline RIA will be headed up by Etihad's Tony Douglas, Arabian Business reported citing industry sources.Talks between RIA and Etihad's CEO were announced on Sept. 8, and now Douglas has agreed...
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters): Oil prices plunged about 5 per cent to an eight-month low on Friday as the US dollar hit its strongest level in more than two decades and on fears rising interest rates will tip major...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-09-25 00:00:00
Since the beginning of this year, slowing economic growth, rising inflationary pressures, the US led NATO proxy War in Ukraine and food and fuel supply shortages have created an environment where the possibility of a global recession has become a...
Many of us know that aloe vera plant gives a relief for sunburn. But do we know that the potted plant carries more benefits than this in its juicy stems? The aloe plant's gel has a ton of health benefits...
Question paper leak is a serious problem, which seems to have made a comeback to Bangladesh. Six schoolteachers and staff have recently been arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the question papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in...
Saleh Ahmad Takrim, a 13-year-old Bangladeshi, has recently secured third position in the 42nd King Abdul Aziz International Hifzul Qur'an Competition held in Makkah of Saudi Arabia. A total of 153 participants from 111 countries took part in the competition...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-25 00:00:00
The frenzy with which the unscrupulous people and syndicates, many with indirect backing of the local administration, continue to swoop on the historical places is distressing. There are few archaeological sites in the country which are not the hawkish targets...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-09-25 00:00:00
Islamic-financing industry is bouncing back strongly after a slump mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is projected to grow to nearly US$5 trillion by 2025 from over $3 trillion as of now. The buoyant projection was made at the...
When late mayor Annisul Huq floated the bus route rationalisation plan for Dhaka city, many found it to be a pipe dream. Such scepticism appears to be not out of place still now. Nearly, five years after the sad demise...
Soma Dhar | 2022-09-24 12:00:00
Data play an important role in determining policies, laws and budget decisions with a view to acquire gender equality under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Amid the pressing need for tools to support data-driven analysis, the Equal Measures 2030 (EM...
The Bangladesh Bank has allowed the return of the treasury chiefs of six banks, who were removed from their positions for making "excessive profits by trading dollars, ignoring banking norms amid a volatile foreign exchange market," reports UNB.Also, the banks...
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (AFP): US securities officials fined Boeing $200 million over the aviation giant's misleading assurances about the safety of the 737 MAX airplane following two deadly crashes, regulators announced Thursday.Boeing agreed to the penalty to settle charges...
NOAKHALI, Sept 23 (BSS): Three persons including a house tutor have been arrested in connection with the murder of Tasnia Hossain Adita, a class 8 student of Noakhali Government Girls High School in the district. Superintendent of Police (SP) Md...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-24 00:00:00
Dengue fever has so far claimed 50 lives this year, as two more deaths were reported while 125 patients were hospitalised with the disease in the past 24 hours until Friday morning.With the new cases, the total number of dengue...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-09-24 00:00:00
Vegetable prices witnessed a notable hike by Tk 10-40 a kg last week, raising sufferings of the commoners - already battered with rocketing price trend of most essentials.Vegetable prices surged amid declining supply of the summer varieties as well as...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-09-24 00:00:00
The government is planning to provide Tk 43.40 billion fund to the BCIC as subsidy - to cut its existing trade gap in importing and selling fertilisers and make payment of LTR (loan against trust receipt), sources said.The Ministry of...
Activists stage a street play at a programme organised by a few environmental rights organisations demanding the government's move to ensure energy security by focusing more on renewable energy, in front of the National Press Club in the city on...
New York, Sept 23 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited the US investors to come to Bangladesh to tap into its liberal investment policy for mutual benefits."I would like to invite US investors to invest in renewable energy, shipbuilding,...
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