The crimes committed by teenagers are increasing day by day in Bangladesh. According to a recent survey, around 500 adolescent crime cases are filed every year across the country. The study also shows that the number of active teenage gangs...
Winning any competition is prestigious. However, words fall short to describe when we become champion in a global contest. Sajid Asbat Khandaker and Sourodip Paul, representing BRAC A, have made every Bangladeshi proud by winning the Open Finals of the...
Zahid Huq | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Incidents in which criminals empty banks' vaults using underground tunnels or armed bandits loot cash by keeping bank officials and customers hostages at gunpoint rarely take place these days. Digital gadgets and better security measures are seen as major deterrents....
Nilratan Halder | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
It has been dubbed the country's first digital population census. Released on Wednesday last, the Population and Housing Census 2022 has come up with yet another 'first' in the country's demographic development. It is for the first time that females...
The 'basket case' that Kissinger had called Bangladesh since her inception has long been an obsolete town crier's empty slogan shaming himself as part of insidious cold war legacy. In a direct proportion to the intended display of an air...
SEOUL, July 28 (AFP): South Korean chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics said Thursday that second-quarter operating profits were up 12.18 per cent, with record profits in its system semiconductor division despite global supply chain woes.The company's "system semiconductor businesses... achieved a...
A scientific seminar on 'Head-Neck Cancer Management: Bangladesh Perspective' was held under the patronage of Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited and the initiative of Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College, at Dr Milon Auditorium on Wednesday, marking the World...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) provided house construction materials and financial assistance to the flood-hit people of Ulipur Upazilla in Kurigram on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kurigram Mohammad Rezaul Karim was present as the chief guest at the...
FE REPORTBangladesh Computer Council (BCC) has won 'The Open Group India Awards for Innovation & Excellence 2022' for developing National e-Service Bus.Tarique M. Barkatullah, a Director of BCC, received the award on behalf of his organisation at a virtual ceremony...
Banglalink has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for a tower sharing initiative, says a press release.Under the agreement, BTCL will share its tower infrastructure with Bangla-link. Erik Aas, chief executive officer, Banglalink, and Dr Md Rafiqul...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
A French development finance institution has lent a local garment manufacturer $13.8 million to strengthen its international competitiveness.With this loan, Proparco supports Ananta Huaxiang Limited (AHL), a subsidiary of Ananta Group in Bangladesh, to boost its sweater-making capacity expansion at...
An interactive macro economic discussion on Global Markets, South Asia and Bangladesh was held on Wednesday at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan arranged by City Bank Capital, a top tier, leading investment bank in Bangladesh. Ershad Hossain, Managing Director & CEO, City...
Disbursement of dividend Union Bank Ltd: The bank has disbursed the cash dividend for the year ended December 31, 2021 through BEFTN/On-line transfer to the respective bank accounts of the shareholders from July 20, 2022 to July 27, 2022.Republic Insurance...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Robi Axiata, the country's second-largest mobile phone operator, has reported a loss of Tk 0.02 earnings per share (EPS) in April-June quarter of this year due to the devaluation of taka against US dollar.Following the news, the company's share price...
As a partner bank, Bank Asia signed an agreement with SME Foundation to receive revolving fund under Stimulus Package for distributing among SME entrepreneurs. Mr. Md. Arfan Ali, President & Managing Director, Bank Asia Ltd., and Mr. Md. Mafizur Rahman,...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and AB Bank Limited recently signed a MoU at a ceremony held at the Bank's Corporate Office under which the Bank will get access to use Documents Verification System (DVS) for verifying...
FE REPORT | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
Stocks tumbled further on Thursday with the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) sinking below the 'psychological' threshold of 6,000-mark after 14 months.Market insiders said the panic-driven investors continued to dump their equities amid looming uncertainties in coming...
BRAC Bank has been awarded the prestigious "The Asian Banker Transaction Finance Award 2022" in two categories: "The Best Transaction Bank" and "The Best Cash Management Bank" in Bangladesh. The Transaction Finance Awards 2022 was formally announced through a virtual...
FE Report | 2022-07-29 00:00:00
The securities regulator has further imposed floor prices to contain free fall of listed securities after the key index dropped below 6000-point mark on Thursday amid investors' lower participations.In an order issued on Thursday, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday strongly defended the ODI format despite calls for it to be scrapped."The countries have been still scheduling multi number of ODIs in their Future Tours Programme (FTP). You won't see any significant changes...
After much speculation, the Asian Cricket Council finally confirmed that the ACC Asia Cup will be hosted by Sri Lanka Cricket in the UAE. It means, the Lankan cricket board remained the official organizer of the event, but they'll have...
Mushfiqur Rahim finally got the cap of the ICC ODI team for the year and he wasted no time to show it to his fans.Bangladeshi cricketers dominated the XI of the 2021 ICC ODI team of the year with as...
Mohammad Mithun, the top-order batter and the captain of Bangladesh A team, said he is hoping for competitive cricket in West Indies tour. Bangladesh A will take on their West Indian counterparts in two unofficial Tests and three one-dayers. All...
The US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter D. Haas being honoured with a crest by the management of Bangla Trac Cricket Academy. The ambassador visited the academy in Rajshahi recenly
Spirited Bangladesh U-20 national football team will face the Maldives with an aim to seal the final spot of SAFF U-20 Championship scheduled to be held today (Friday) at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.The match kicks off at 7.30 pm...
CHUADANGA, July 28 (UNB): A 17-year-old college student allegedly ended his life by consuming poison over his parents' refusal to buy him a bike in Chuadanga. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, a resident of Sadar upazila of the...
The entire district of Pirojpur has been hit by a power outage after a truck crashed into an electric utility pole for the Pirojpur-Bagerhat circuit line.The incident occurred in the Daskhali area in Bagerhat's Morrelganj Upazila around 3 am on...
A total of three people were killed in lightning strikes in Meherpur and Sunamganj districts on Thursday, reports BSS.In Meherpur, two people were killed and two others injured as they were struck by separate thunder bolts at Gangni upazila.The deceased...
NARAYANGANJ, July 28 (UNB): Amid the worsening power situation in Bangladesh, some 50,000 battery-run auto-rickshaws continue plying illegally in Narayanganj on pilfered electricity and that too right under the nose of the authorities. These auto-rickshaws consume electricity mostly via illegal...
BAGHDAD, July 28 (AP): Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The...
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