Bangladesh has announced a day of mourning for tomorrow (Thursday) over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, reports bdnews24.com.The Cabinet Division made the announcement in a notice on Tuesday.A day of state mourning has been declared on Thursday, May...
TEHRAN, May 21 (Agencies): Tens of thousands mourned Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday after his death in a helicopter crash, amid political uncertainty ahead of an election for his successor next month.Raisi and seven members of his entourage including...
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Tax-return-submission scope is getting wider with mandatory coverage of booking community centres and licensing medical clinics and diagnostic centres, under government's revenue-boosting measures. People desiring to book community centre for wedding ceremony or other social events would have to submit...
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Much-orchestrated US sanctions over various issues in Bangladesh come against former army chief General Aziz Ahmed and his immediate family members on charges of 'significant corruption' and 'undermining democratic institutions'.The immediate-past chief of army staff denied the allegations, saying that...
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Commerce ministry seeks fixed-rated duties on edible oils and sugar to keep market supply sufficient and prices stable while the state minister in charge pledges no 'price adjustment' during Eid.Sources said the ministry recently made the proposals to the National...
Rain/Thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office....
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be celebrated across the country today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Buddha Purnima marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. On this day in 563 BC, Buddha was born as...
East West University (EWU) Environmental and Social Club organised a two-day "Eco Fair 3.0" to showcase eco-friendly products and solutions on its campus in the city recently. EWU Vice-Chancellor Prof Shams Rahman, Treasurer Air Cdre (retd) Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury and...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed watering a sapling on the AFMC campus in the Dhaka Cantonment on Tuesday after conclusion of the 17th Council of the College Meeting of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) — ISPR
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A National Referral Mechanism (NRM) framework was launched on Tuesday to protect and assist victims of human trafficking. NRM is a dynamic framework that involves a multi-disciplinary group of government and non-governmental actors within a system guided by protocols, forms,...
Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee on Tuesday renewed its pledge to gear up ongoing movement against communalism and fundamentalism aiming to establish a society based on the spirit of the Liberation War, reports BSS."We have taken fresh programmes to strengthen our...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragic deaths of Iranian President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Dr Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and their entourage in a helicopter crash, reports UNB.In...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced 11 people including former assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam to two-year jail in a sabotage case filed with the capital's Motijheel Police Station, reports UNB.The other 10 convicts are-Mobarak...
Police foiled the attempt of the leaders and activists of Ganosamhati Andolon to besiege Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Tuesday, reports UNB.As part of their scheduled programme, the leaders and activists of the party led by its Chief...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Tuesday there is someone "paid by BNP," deployed in the US Department of State regular briefing, to ask questions purposefully for generating negative response, reports UNB."There's someone there who used to work for Khaleda...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the second phase of the 6th upazila polls was held in peaceful manner too likewise 1st phase and the voter's turnout was also quite satisfactory,...
Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban in the city on Tuesday — PID Photo
US index futures were muted on Tuesday, as investors refrained from placing big bets before AI chip leader Nvidia's earnings this week and amid policy caution from Federal Reserve officials ahead of the central bank's meeting minutes, reports Reuters. Rate-setters...
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters): Stocks drooped and the dollar held firm on Tuesday as investors awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, due Wednesday, for clues as to the timing and extent of possible interest rate cuts this year.Gold...
NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters Breakingviews): Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel is sounding more like Mark Zuckerberg. He's chased the same advertisers courted by the Meta Platforms boss, while also spending big on artificial intelligence. Meta stole Snap's thunder in...
MUMBAI, May 21 (Reuters Breakingviews): India's next government could raid investors. Global money managers are worrying that, if re-elected, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration will make sweeping changes to tax rules, including increasing the money it collects on capital gains...
COLOMBO, May 21 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in April from 2.5 per cent in March, official data showed on Tuesday.The National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) captures broad retail price inflation and is released...
Janata Bank PLC has opened a new branch at Nalitabari in Sherpur with all facilities of modern banking. The bank's DMD Md. Faiz Alam along with other officials inaugurated the 928th branch as the chief guest at MN Plaza (2nd...
WASHINGTON, May 21 (AFP): Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns former US president Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, lost more than $300 million in the first quarter of 2024, it said Monday.TMTG, which recently went public, posted...
Professor Dr. Suborna Barua, chairman of the board of directors of ICB, Md. Abul Hossain, managing director of ICB, Mahmuda Akhter, CEO of IAMCL, Md. Mofizur Rahman, CEO of ISTCL, and Mazeda Khatun, CEO of ICML, congratulated Md. Abdur Rahman...
Eastern Bank (EBL) becomes the banking partner of CIIC Service Bd. Co. Ltd., managing the Chinese visa application center in Bangladesh. Ahmed Shaheen, acting managing director of EBL, and Hong Haoyue, consul of the Chinese Embassy, launched the EBL- CIIC...
Customer Awareness Week-2024 of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has begun in the country's northern Rangpur division, aiming to enhance banking-related awareness among customers. Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank Md. Khurshid Alam was the chief guest at the opening ceremony held...
Mahindra Tractors, part of the Mahindra Group and the world's No.1 tractor manufacturer by volume, has recently launched a new campaign drawing out a unique play between Tractor businessmen, farmers of Bangladesh and the Mahindra Tractor brand, says a press...
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Many cottage, micro, and small entrepreneurs across the country lack adequate financial management skills, and as a result they fail to secure funding from formal lenders, which poses a major challenge towards their growth, experts said at a roundtable on...
TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters): Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was concerned about the negative implications of the current weakness in the yen and its effect on incentives to increase wages."One of our major goals is to...
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