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Gree Fortune Offer campaign launched

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Gree, the world's number one air conditioner brand, has launched a special offer-based programme, 'Gree Fortune Offer', for retail-level buyers and customers. Customers will be able to participate in the Gree Fortune offer via their mobile after purchasing Gree or...

Kosovo envoy pays courtesy call on BSTI DG

2025-10-07 00:00:00

A delegation led by Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Bangladesh Lulzim Plana paid a courtesy call on SM Ferdous Alam, director general (DG) of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), in the city on Monday. During the meeting,...

Dr Shadi Represents FBCCI at Australia-BD Business Expo

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Dr Md Shadi-Uz-Zaman represented the country's apex trade body, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), in the Australia-Bangladesh Business Expo 2025 held at the Sydney Masonic Centre in Sydney, Australia on October 1. The expo, organised...

Prime Bank partners with Saimon Holidays

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Prime Bank PLC has signed a strategic agreement with Saimon Holidays, enabling the bank's customers & employee to enjoy exclusive discounts on travel packages. In this regard, a signing ceremony was held at the bank's corporate office in Gulshan recently.As...

SRILANKAN HOLIDAYS OFFERS PRIVILEGES FOR EBL CARDHOLDERS

2025-10-07 00:00:00

SriLankan Holidays, the leisure arm of SriLankan Airlines, has partnered with Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) to offer exclusive travel benefits to EBL cardholders. M. Khorshed Anowar, DMD and Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL, and Ashfia Jannat Saleh,...

Bank Asia launches 'Scan to Cash'

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bank Asia PLC has launched 'Scan to Cash', an advanced QR code-based cash withdrawal service, for its customers. With this facility, customers can easily withdraw cash from any Bank Asia branch without cheque or debit card. With 'Scan to Cash',...

BD delegation visits Turkey to boost investment partnership

2025-10-07 00:00:00

A high-level Bangladeshi delegation has arrived in Turkey on a six-day strategic mission aimed at deepening bilateral investment cooperation and attracting Turkish investment into key sectors of Bangladesh's fast-growing economy, reports BSS. The Bangladeshi delegation, led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud...

Commercial engagements with BD to expand

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh and the Maldives have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the existing excellent bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation between the two friendly countries, reports UNB.Dr Md Nazmul Islam, the newly-appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Republic of Maldives,...

'Saudi-BD Business Summit' kicks off today

2025-10-07 00:00:00

A three-day 'Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Business Summit' will begin in the city today (Tuesday), reports BSS.The event is being organised by the Saudi Arabia-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SABCCI) for increasing Bangladesh's presence in the Saudi market to reduce dependence...

BD, KSA sign landmark deal on manpower recruitment

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) signed a landmark agreement in Riyadh on the recruitment of general workers, the first of its kind between the two countries in their 50-year history of diplomatic relations, reports BSS.Bangladesh Expatriates Welfare...

Remove illegally appointed officials from Islami Bank

FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00

The Islami Bank Shareholders' Forum formed human chains and held protest rallies in the capital and across all districts and divisional cities on Monday, demanding the removal of inefficient and illegally appointed officials and employees of the Islami Bank Bangladesh...

DSE moves to settle claims for affected clients

FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00

More than a year after investors lost their assets due to fund embezzlement scandal at Moshihor Securities, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has taken a move to address the claims of affected clients.The prime bourse has urged the clients of...

Rishad eager to pick Ponting's brains during maiden BBL stint

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh legspinner Rishad Hossain is eager to learn from Ricky Ponting as he prepares to feature in the Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes this season. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted Rishad a No Objection Certificate (NOC)...

I've never felt better, says Haaland as goal streak continues

2025-10-07 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 06 (Reuters): Even by goal-machine Erling Haaland's lofty standards, his start to this season has been extraordinary.The Norwegian struck the only goal in Manchester City's 1-0 win at Brentford on Sunday, taking his tally to nine goals in...

We will succeed: Hamza

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Riding a wave of excitement, Bangladesh football star Hamza Choudhury has arrived in Dhaka to join the national team ahead of their crucial Asian Cup qualifier against Hong Kong, reports bdnews24.com.The Leicester City midfielder flew in from England today (Tuesday)...

Tigers complete clean sweep

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh complete a clinical 3-0 sweep over Afghanistan with a six-wicket win in the third T20I at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE on Sunday night, chasing 144 with 12 balls to spare after Saif Hassan's measured 64 not out...

US holiday online sales growth to slow on economic uncertainty: Adobe Analytics

2025-10-07 00:00:00

US holiday online sales are expected to grow at a slower pace this year, according to projections by data firm Adobe Analytics released on Monday, as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to pressure consumer spending, reports Reuters.Adobe expects US online sales to...

Vietnam's footwear exports to US fell 27pc in Sept amid Trump tariffs

2025-10-07 00:00:00

HANOI, Oct 6 (Reuters): Vietnam's footwear exports to the United States plunged 27 per cent in September to $611 million, marking the steepest decline among all sectors following the implementation of tariffs by the US government, according to customs data...

European Union's US gas use set to soar, increasing price volatility

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Europe will need to import up to 160 additional liquefied natural gas cargoes this winter due to lower storage and a decline in pipeline flows from Russia and Algeria, according to analysts and data, deepening its dependency on US gas,...

Boeing, Airbus dismiss talk of imminent new jet designs

2025-10-07 00:00:00

PRAGUE, Oct 6 (Reuters): Executives from Boeing and Airbus dampened speculation of imminent decisions to replace their best-selling narrowbody models, telling a major audience of investors that it would take time to achieve the required jump in performance.The Wall Street...

Gold hits record high-

2025-10-07 00:00:00

Gold surged to an all-time high above $3,900 per ounce on Monday, buoyed by growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month, as well as economic and political uncertainty in the US, France and Japan, reports Reuters.Spot gold...

Oil rises after OPEC+ hikes

2025-10-07 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters): Oil prices rose by about 1 per cent on Monday after OPEC+'s planned production increase for November was more modest than expected, tempering some concerns about supply additions, though a soft outlook for demand is likely...

Indonesia school collapse toll hits 63

2025-10-07 00:00:00

SIDOARJO, Oct 06 (AFP): The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 63 on Monday, officials said, as workers pulled more remains from the rubble of the building that collapsed last week.Part of the multi-storey Islamic boarding school...

UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan

2025-10-07 00:00:00

GENEVA, Oct 06 (AFP): The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over the Taliban's measures targeting women and girls.The United Nations' top rights body decided to...

Syria selects members of 1st post-Assad parliament

2025-10-07 00:00:00

DAMASCUS, Oct 06 (AFP): Local committees in Syria cast their ballots for members of a transitional parliament in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the new lawmakers to be appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.The assembly's...

Putin's offer on N arms control sounds like a good idea: Trump

2025-10-07 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 06 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump on Sunday said Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons "sounds like a good idea".Putin last month offered to voluntarily maintain limits capping the size...

Red Cross ready to help on Gaza hostages, detainees

2025-10-07 00:00:00

GENEVA, Oct 06 (AFP): The Red Cross said Monday it stood ready to help bring hostages held in Gaza back to their families in Israel and deliver aid into the Gaza Strip.Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are...

Govt quits just hours after appointed

2025-10-07 00:00:00

PARIS, Oct 06 (Reuters): France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, in a major deepening of France's political crisis that drove stocks and the euro sharply lower.The swift,...

Curbing anthrax outbreak

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-07 00:00:00

Anthrax has been in the news in Bangladesh for nearly a month. There are reports of anthrax infection in Pirgachha upazila of the northern district of Rangpur. Though ruminating, hooved and grazing animals like cow, goat, lamb, etc., are usually...

Bangladesh's animation dream: From margins to mainstream

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh's animators have been busy. For more than a decade they have produced sleek, colourful sequences for global entertainment giants -- from television commercials to mobile games -- often without anyone knowing the work was done in Dhaka rather than...