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Managing Director of Palli Sanchay Bank Khandaker Ataur Rahman presides over a preparatory meeting to

2022-07-31 00:00:00

Managing Director of Palli Sanchay Bank Khandaker Ataur Rahman presides over a preparatory meeting to observe 47th death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day-2022 at the head office of the bank on Thursday

GCC central banks follow US Fed to hike interest rates as inflation bites

2022-07-31 00:00:00

RIYADH, July 30 (Arab News): The central banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region increased the benchmark borrowing rates by three-quarters of a per centage point on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve doubled down its fight to combat...

Nagad partners with MetLife for employee insurance

2022-07-31 00:00:00

Mobile Financial Services (MFS) provider Nagad has teamed up with MetLife to provide its employees with the financial protection of insurance, reports UNB.Nagad employees and their dependents (spouse and children) will be financially protected against accidents, disability, medical emergencies and...

The half-yearly business conference-2022 of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) was held at a hotel

2022-07-31 00:00:00

The half-yearly business conference-2022 of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) was held at a hotel in Chattogram with the participation of all branches and sub-branches of Chattogram division of the bank. Chairman of the board of director of BCBL Dr...

Pakistan tax receipts rise at less than required pace

2022-07-31 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, July 30 (Express Tribune): The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) exceeded the tax target and collected over Rs454 billion in July on the back of a healthy growth in income tax receipts whose share in total collection improved due...

News Briefs31-07-2022

2022-07-31 00:00:00

Board meetingReckitt Benckiser (Bangladesh) Limited: A meeting of the board of directors will be held on July 31, 2022 at 3:00 PM to consider, among others, un-audited financial statements of the company for the second quarter period ended June 30,...

ONE Bank Limited recently celebrated its 23rd founding anniversary. A.S.M. Shahidullah Khan, Chairman

2022-07-31 00:00:00

ONE Bank Limited recently celebrated its 23rd founding anniversary. A.S.M. Shahidullah Khan, Chairman of the board of directors of the bank, cut a cake at its Corporate HQs to mark the occasion. Managing Director Md. Monzur Mofiz was also present.

Standard Bank wins ‘The Quality Choice Prize 2022’ from ESQR

2022-07-31 00:00:00

The European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) has awarded Standard Bank Limited with "The Quality Choice Prize 2022" in Gold category. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Khondoker Rashed Maqsood received the award at the presentation ceremony of the...

Listed MNCs perform mixed in earnings

2022-07-31 00:00:00

FE ReportListed multinational companies (MNCs) have performed mixed in earnings per share (EPS) for April-June, 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year.Some of the companies' EPS advanced due to efficiency in operating expenses and reduction of corporate...

BRAC Bank has partnered with SME Foundation to provide easy term loans to entrepreneurs in SME Cluster to

2022-07-31 00:00:00

BRAC Bank has partnered with SME Foundation to provide easy term loans to entrepreneurs in SME Cluster to help small businesses recover from the impact of the pandemic. BRAC Bank and SME Foundation signed an agreement at Pan Pacific Sonargaon...

Mercantile Bank holds 'Half Yearly Business Review Conference'

2022-07-31 00:00:00

The "Half Yearly Business Review Conference-2022" of Mercantile Bank Limited was held at Bank's Head Office on virtual platform Saturday. The Head of 151 branches, In-charges of 25 Uposhakhas, Zonal Heads and Head of Divisions participated in the conference. Morshed...

Investors' financial literacy highlighted

FE Report | 2022-07-31 00:00:00

Discussants have laid importance on investors' financial literacy to save their hard-earned investments along with gaining profits from the capital market.They made the suggestions at a conference held Saturday in Mymensingh as part of a move of the Bangladesh Securities...

Man wins lottery hours before selling house

2022-07-31 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 30 (BBC): It was a moment of relief when Mohammed Bava's friend called him to give him some unexpected but delightful news.The friend told him that he had won 10m rupees ($125,000; £106,000) in a lottery he...

Kentucky flash floods toll crosses 19

2022-07-31 00:00:00

APPALACHIA, July 30 (BBC): Devastating flash floods have killed at least 19 people in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky - the worst such disaster there for decades.Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he expected the death toll to continue to...

Fresh protests in Guinea kill four

2022-07-31 00:00:00

CONAKRY, July 30 (AFP): Fresh clashes between Guinea's security forces and protesters unhappy with plans for transitioning back to democracy left one person dead in the capital, authorities said, though the demonstrations' organisers put the death toll at four.In a...

Tale of two villages

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-07-31 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, July 30: Chhengarchar Municipality in Matlab Uttar upazila was established in 1998, but two villages--Dengurviti and Daiyakhola--under this municipality are yet to see any development in the last 24 years. Though the municipal authority announces annual budget every year...

Inbreeding occurs among small population of tigers in Sundarbans

2022-07-31 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, July 30 (UNB): Due to different barriers to free movement of tigers in the Sundarbans, inbreeding occurs among a small population - compromising the genetic diversity of the big cats which eventually results in diseased and weak cubs. Chief...

Dragon fruit farming makes Rajshahi economy vibrant

2022-07-31 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 30 (BSS): Dragon fruit farming has started making the agro-based economy vibrant as many people built fortunes through its cultivation in the region, including its vast Barind tract, during the last couple of years.Commercial farming of the fruit,...

Looming global food crisis: How bad it can get?

Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-07-31 00:00:00

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in early June this year issued a stark warning of multiple looming food crises driven by conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, the lingering effects of Covid-19, and...

Need for regular tiger census

2022-07-31 00:00:00

Bangladesh is among the 13 countries where tigers still roam in the wild. The current tiger population in the country is yet to be known exactly since there have been no surveys since 2018. The last survey put the population...

Risky one-wheeling on roads should stop

2022-07-31 00:00:00

I have witnessed one-wheeling stunts multiple times on less-congested roads like Dhaka-Mawa Expressway. This stunt has a cost and many youngsters lose their lives every day due to accidents. These one-wheelers are not only risking their own lives, but threatening...

Rising crime of mobile phone snatching

2022-07-31 00:00:00

Mobile phone snatching has become a common crime in Dhaka city. The crime has been rising so alarmingly that you never know when you will become the next victim. Apart from snatching phones from slow-moving rickshaws, buses and cars, a...

Child-drowning in a land of rivers

Shihab Sarkar | 2022-07-31 00:00:00

Those who have never seen spectacles like this before will feel utterly startled at a similar view. The scenes have under-five rural children playfully sprinkling water at each other at the 'ghat' of a pond or a river. Their mothers...

Tragedy at the Mirersarai rail crossing

2022-07-31 00:00:00

It was a fun trip that in a matter of moments turned into an enormous tragedy. Eleven young men perished on the rail tracks when their microbus was hit by a speeding train at a level crossing in Chattogram's Mirersarai...

Holy Ashura on Aug 9

2022-07-30 12:00:00

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on August 9 as the Muharram moon was not sighted in the Bangladesh sky on Friday, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a meeting...

11 perish as train hits microbus

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-07-30 12:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Jul 29: A total of 11 persons died and three others were injured in a train accident in Mirerswari area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway around 2:00 pm on Friday.The accident occurred when a Chattogram-bound inter-district train Mohanagar Provati hit...

Security code compliance mandatory for port users

FE REPORT | 2022-07-30 12:00:00

All stakeholders of Chittagong port have been asked to completely comply with the set international security code as a US coastguard inspection team will visit the seaport soon, officials say, following recent incidents.The International Port Security (IPS) delegation of the...

12,938 children of migrant workers receive Tk 269.94m in nine years

Arafat Ara | 2022-07-30 12:00:00

More than 12,000 children of migrant workers received scholarships in the last nine years from the Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), which helped continue their (children's) education, officials said. WEWB introduced scholarship programme for the children of migrant workers in...

BNP sets record of torture on minorities, says Quader

2022-07-30 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the BNP has only set a record of torture of minority people in the country."There is no instance of attacks and torture in the country,...

Forex depletion to follow fuel, power crises: BNP

2022-07-30 12:00:00

Accusing the Awami League government of ruining the country's economy through widespread corruption and plundering, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned that the foreign exchange reserves also may get depleted in the days to come after...