SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) has urged all the stakeholders concerned to create an enabling environment that will allow the inter-bank foreign-exchange (forex) market to operate effectively."Generally speaking, interventions and restrictions in any market distort transparency and impede the...
Stocks take a tumble as worries mount 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...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Reports are rife about huge fund outflow and parking of the money in tax havens like Switzerland but Bangladesh has yet to request the Swiss government for specific findings thereon.Swiss envoy in Dhaka Nathalie Chuard said so Wednesday when asked...
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (AFP): US inflation eased slightly in July, according to official data Wednesday, potentially taking pressure off the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates sharply while bringing a much-needed boost to President Joe Biden just months before crucial...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
The latest quantum leap in fuel-oil prices may further fire up the already-stinging inflation, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal fears, as its backlash started in no time. "It is usual that fuel-oil-price rise causes price hike of everything," he told...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has estimated that it would earn a profit worth around Tk 2.05 billion this month (August), the very first month of raising the prices of fuel oils.The profit would come from the sales proceeds of diesel...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Banks now get a free hand to deal with overseas exchange houses to bring foreign exchange as the government strives to recharge reserves amid dollar crisis at home as also abroad. Price of cash dollar bucked up to Tk 119...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Day and night temperature...
Another 92 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.Among them, 73 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while 19 in other places, it said. As many as...
Bangladesh recorded another Covid-linked death with 198 fresh cases in last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.With the latest numbers, the total fatalities reached 29,309 while the caseload 2,008,068, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The daily...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new project to support the national health agencies and other key stakeholders in Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives to establish sustainable solutions for health care waste management. There has...
Tribal artistes performing dance at a function on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city on Tuesday, marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2022 — bdnews24.com
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and Rotary International President Jennifer Jones, among others, attended a reception organised by Bangladesh Rotary at the BICC auditorium in the city on Tuesday
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Manpower crisis in government healthcare facilities is blamed for higher maternal and neonatal deaths, experts observe.They also find most C-section done in Bangladesh hospitals and clinics unnecessary.District hospitals and community clinics trail badly with less than 50-per cent manpower-nurses and...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order cancelling the bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case, reports UNB.A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by...
The apex body of the journalists BFUJ- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists on Wednesday demanded 60 per cent interim allowance against the basic salary of journalists and employees due to the recent price hike of essential commodities.". . . considering...
Interns at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) formed a human chain in front of the central Shahid Minar on Wednesday morning protesting the attack on their fellow Dr Sazzad Hossain, reports UNB. Condemning the attack they demanded immediate arrest and...
A group of students from different universities and colleges staged demonstrations at the office of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Wednesday afternoon in protest against the recent fuel price hike, reports UNB.At one stage of the demonstrations, they entered the board...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said it is time for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to quit politics due to its continuous negative attitude to politics and elections, reports BSS."The BNP's failure plunged Bangladesh into extreme uncertainty...
BNP has planned a 'massive showdown' through a public rally in the capital today (Thursday) in protest against the fresh fuel price hike and power crisis, reports UNB.The party's Dhaka south and north units have already taken necessary preparations to...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Editors' Forum paid floral tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 10 to mark the anniversary of his tragic demise. A delegation led by Editor of The Daily Observer Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, also former...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over a meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city on Wednesday — Focus Bangla
European markets staged a rally late Wednesday afternoon after a key US inflation print showed price rises slowing faster than expected, reports CNBC.The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed up by 1 per cent provisionally, having earlier hovered around the flatline for...
Asia-Pacific shares fell on Wednesday as investors digest inflation data from China and look ahead to the US CPI report, reports CNBC.Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.96 per cent to close at 19,610.84, with the Hang Seng Tech index...
YanGuFang International Group, which produces oat and grain products in China, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 5 to raise up to $23 million in an initial public offering with a goal of meeting current...
The 9th meeting of the Board of Directors of Takaful Islami Securities Limited was held at its Head Office at Motijheel (Fakirapool) in Dhaka on Monday. Chairman of the company Md. Humayun Kabir Patwary presided over the meeting which was...
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 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...
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...
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