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Yamaha Riders Club raises awareness on highway bike riding

2022-08-11 00:00:00

On August 7 last Yamaha Riders Club celebrated Friendship Day 2022 with the slogan of "Your awareness is my security" in different districts of the country, says a press release. The objective of the event was to reduce road accidents,...

Bengal Commercial Bank awards employees

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Bengal Commercial Bank has awarded its best performer employees for achieving their business targets during the 1st Anniversary Campaign, says a statement of the bank. The award giving ceremony was held on July 28 at the bank's head office in...

10th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture

FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

The Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited in association with the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) launched the 10th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture (BAEA) through a press conference at Gulshan Club in the capital on Wednesday.On the occasion, Qazi M...

IFIC Bank organised Annual Recovery Meet-2022

2022-08-11 00:00:00

To speed up recovery of non-performing loan, IFIC Bank Limited organised the Annual Recovery Meet-2022 at the IFIC Tower on Monday, with the bank's MD & CEO Shah A Sarwar in the chair.

First Security Islami Bank signed an agreement with Robi Mobile Operator

2022-08-11 00:00:00

First Security Islami Bank signed an agreement with Robi Mobile Operator. Under this agreement, First Security Islami Bank will get corporate SIM connection and bulk SMS services while the users of bank's mobile app 'FSIBL Cloud' will enjoy free internet...

BKB to use ICAB doc verification system to curb fake reporting

FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) to use its document verification system (DVS)."From now on, the BKB will be able to authenticate the audit reports...

Global business downturn depresses garment export

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh's apparel export has been on a downturn with utilisation orders showing further fall in latest weeks under an enforced global business crunch, insiders say.Reports of late have it that consumer demand undergoes contraction and some showrooms give a vacant...

IDLC appoints new chief HR officer

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Afreen Huda has been appointed as the Chief Human Resource Officer of IDLC group. Afreen Huda has more than 20 years of extensive experience across industries that included both development and private sectors. Her experience cuts across flagship organisations like...

Mahtabur Rahman re-elected as NRB Bank chairman

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir) CIP has been re-elected as the chairman of the Board of Directors of NRB Bank Limited at its 142nd meeting held recently. Mr. Rahman, a seasoned businessman, hails from Sylhet. Born in 1958, he completed his...

Training course on 'Entrepreneurship Development'

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited organised a month-long training course on 'Entrepreneurship Development' under the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) tranche-3 Project under the supervision of SME & Special Programme Department of Bangladesh Bank. The SME and Agri. Investment Department...

Walton EPS declines 26pc

FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC, a listed company, saw a 26 per cent decline in EPS (earnings per share) for the year ended on June 30, 2022, compared to the previous year.The company has also reported a negative net operating cash...

Stocks take a tumble as worries mount

FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

The benchmark equities index dropped sharply lower on Wednesday, extending the losing streak for a third day in a row, as investors remained on the sidelines amid deepening economic worries.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened the day's session in the...

CCH auction for 69 types of goods Aug 14

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 10: Chattogram Custom House (CCH) has called an auction for 69 kinds of goods to clear the jetties of Chittagong sea port. The auction will be held on August 14 next. Sources said CCH will hold an auction...

A day in cadet college

Sadika Iffat | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

I hear my alarm ringing for the fifth time. Still feeling heavy-eyed, I look at the alarm clock set on my table. It's 5 am. IT'S 5 am! I am still in my dorm and not at the PT fall...

How to ace IELTS and TOFEL

Noshin Nawar | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

Bangladeshi students have been keen on pursuing education beyond borders to experience top-quality education, expand opportunities, or simply broaden their insights. There are internationally accepted standardised tests students take to get accepted by their dream universities. This article highlights how...

Story of world debating champions

Ahmed Fahim Shihab | 2022-08-11 00:00:00

In the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2022, the bright minds of Bangladesh, Sajid Asbat Khandaker and Sourodip Paul, represented BRAC A team and brought the championship trophy home. These two well-known debaters in the circuit had already won titles...

Aluminium pulls back on Chinese demand concern

2022-08-11 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters): Aluminium and copper prices slipped on Wednesday on worries about declining demand after data from top metals consumer China highlighted a weak construction sector.Three-month aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 dropped 0.8% to $2,470...

Gold bounces above $1,800 after US inflation data

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Gold prices charged higher and broke above the key $1,800 level on Wednesday after relatively tame U.S. inflation readings prompted bets that the Federal Reserve may not opt for aggressive rate hikes, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.6% to $1,804.20 per...

Oil drops on Druzhba pipeline news and US inflation expectations

2022-08-11 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Wednesday on expectations that Druzhba pipeline flows will resume shortly and demand concerns ahead of publication of key demand indicators.Brent crude futures were down $1.69, or 1.75%, to $94.62 a barrel at...

Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurating the "Intra- Divisional Football Competition 2022-23"

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman inaugurating the "Intra- Divisional Football Competition 2022-23" at the central playground of the university on Wednesday

Imranur finishes 6th in 100-metre sprint

2022-08-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh's fastest man Imranur Rahman finished 6th in the men's 100-metre sprint of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Turkish city Konya on Wednesday, reports UNB.He was placed 6th in the eight-men finals with a timing of 10.02 seconds.He...

Qatar World Cup could start a day earlier

2022-08-11 00:00:00

GENEVA, Aug 10 (AP): The World Cup in Qatar could start one day earlier than scheduled with FIFA looking at a plan to let the host nation play Ecuador on November 20, a person familiar with the proposal told The...

Serena set to retire after US Open

2022-08-11 00:00:00

TORONTO, Canada, Aug 10 (AFP): Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion and iconic tennis superstar for a generation, said Tuesday that "the countdown has begun" to her retirement from the sport.The 40-year-old American wrote a cover essay for Vogue...

Tigers avert clean sweep

2022-08-11 00:00:00

HARARE, Aug 10 (AFP): Sikandar Raza's golden run ended with a golden duck as his Zimbabwe side lost by 105 runs to Bangladesh on Wednesday in the third one-day international in Harare.An unbeaten 85 by Afif Hossain lifted Bangladesh to...

Rains claim 7 lives in Seoul

2022-08-11 00:00:00

SEOUL, Aug 10 (AP): Heavy rains drenched South Korea's capital region, turning the streets of Seoul's affluent Gangnam district into a river, leaving submerged vehicles and overwhelming public transport systems. At least seven people were killed and six others were...

Kishida reshuffles his cabinet

2022-08-11 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 10 (AP): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday in an apparent bid to distance his administration from the conservative Unification Church, whose ties to the assassinated leader Shinzo Abe and senior ruling party leadership...

Trump testifies in NY probe

2022-08-11 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (AP): Former President Donald Trump was set to be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, he confirmed in a post on his...

China reaffirms threat to annex Taiwan

2022-08-11 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 10 (AP): China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the sides to their highest level in years.The statement...

13 civilians killed in Russian strikes in Dnipropetrovsk

2022-08-11 00:00:00

KYIV, Aug 10 (AFP/BBC): Thirteen civilians were killed by Russian strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine, the local governor said on Wednesday."It was a terrible night. 11 people were killed," Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram.He added in a...

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in W Bank

2022-08-11 00:00:00

NABLUS, Aug 10 (AFP): Israeli forces killed four people Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, including two teens and a man Israel said was a senior militant commander.The latest violence comes two days after a...