Bengal Commercial Bank Limited and Bengal Islami life Insurance Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) over payroll service at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Monday. Tarik Morshed, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, and MM Monirul...
Energy Transfer LNG, a unit of US energy company Energy Transfer LP, entered into a deal to supply 0.7 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year to China Gas Holdings on a free-on-board basis for 25 years, the companies...
The government will revise the cost of various projects considering the rising cost of construction materials, including rod, said LGRD Minister Tajul Islam in parliament on Monday.He said this while replying to a supplementary question from independent lawmaker Rezaul Karim,...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Despite Bangladesh's tremendous journey towards development since the independence, the country now requires taking rigorous approach to ease socioeconomic inequality for sustainable development, speakers said at a programme Monday. They opined for effective policy intervention to enhance investment-to-GDP ratio, export...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to establish direct contact between its relevant agencies and Brazilian exporters of soybean, aimed at securing timely and periodic supply of the essential commodity.The Bangladesh Embassy in Brazil is exploring the possibilities of procuring...
FE Report | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) get access to only one-third of the fund they need for running businesses, while rural entrepreneurs receive only 19 per cent of the funds disbursed.This was revealed at a national workshop - 'Rethinking...
LONDON, June 6 (Reuters): Oil prices dipped on Monday after topping $120 a barrel as Saudi Arabia raised crude prices for July.Crude moved lower amid doubts that last week's decision by OPEC+ oil producers to boost their monthly output target...
CHICAGO, June 6 (Reuters): A fifth-generation cattle rancher and consultant plans to build the country's largest beef plant in South Dakota with capacity to slaughter 8,000 head of cattle a day.The $1.1 billion project could help address the Biden administration's...
Gold inched up on Monday, led by a slight pullback in the dollar, with investors watching out for US inflation data and top central bank meetings to shed light on the path of interest rate hikes, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose...
SAO PAULO, June 6 (Reuters): Brazil is testing a variety of drought resistant, genetically modified wheat in a bid to become more self-sufficient in the staple crop as global supplies tighten.The move is the latest sign of increasing interest worldwide...
RANGPUR, June 06 (BSS): Farmers have completed harvesting onion producing 0.1 million tonnes of the spicy crop in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the 2021-2022 Rabi season. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and market...
CHANDPUR, June 06 (UNB): A mobile court fined a private hospital Tk 50,000 for wrongful treatment of a patient leading to death in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur district.The mobile court led by Upazila Assistant Commi-ssioner (Land) Mohammad Amjad Hossain conducted...
KHULNA, June 06 (UNB): People who have been experiencing tremendous suffering during their journey from Dhaka to different southern parts of the country will heave a sigh of relief as they can easily travel from Dhaka to Khulna within four...
MOSCOW, June 06 (AP): Voters in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan cast ballots Sunday on proposed constitutional changes seen as an attempt to repudiate the legacy of former strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the ex-Soviet republic for three decades.The...
VIENNA, June 06 (AFP): Major European countries and the United States are expected to seek to censure Iran as the UN atomic watchdog started meeting on Monday amid stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.The resolution drafted by the...
ABUJA, June 06 (Reuters): At least 50 people were killed and others injured after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo state during mass on Sunday, a doctor and local media reported.A doctor at a hospital in Owo, a...
NEW YORK, June 06 (AP): Tropical Storm Alex, which became the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season Sunday, headed toward Bermuda after killing three people in Cuba and causing flooding in parts of Florida.Alex reached tropical storm force...
KYIV, June 06 (AFP/Reuters): Ukrainian troops have beaten back Russian forces to control half of a flashpoint eastern city, local officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front lines to support his country's "true heroes".As the see-saw battle raged...
SEOUL, June 06 (BBC): South Korea and the US launched eight missiles on Monday, in response to a volley of ballistic missiles fired by North Korea the previous day.It comes as Pyongyang continues to escalate its missile tests.South Korea's president...
NEW DELHI, June 06 (UNB): At least 26 people have been killed when a bus carrying pilgrims veered off a mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday.The accident occurred...
GENEVA, June 06 (AP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored his world record-extending 116th and 117th goals for Portugal on Sunday. Erling Haaland got his 17th and 18th at a faster rate for Norway. Gavi opened his Spain account at age 17.Ronaldo had...
HARARE, June 06 (AFP): Opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran scored an unbeaten 120 as Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by eight wickets on Monday to take a winning 2-0 lead in a three-match one-day international series.Atoning for scoring only five runs when the...
CARDIFF, Wales June 06 (Reuters): Wales ended their 64-year wait for a place in the World Cup finals as they beat Ukraine 1-0 on Sunday to end the war-torn nation's hopes of reaching Qatar.An own goal from Ukraine winger Andriy...
TOKYO, June 06 (Agencies): Neymar scored a 77th-minute penalty as Brazil broke down a stubborn Japan 1-0 in Tokyo on Monday to keep their momentum building ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.The South American heavyweights arrived in Tokyo fresh...
PARIS, June 06 (AFP): French Open winner Rafael Nadal and beaten finalist Casper Ruud climbed one and two places to fourth and sixth respectively in the ATP rankings released Monday.Serbia's Novak Djokovic, beaten by Nadal in the Roland Garros quarter-finals,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 06 (AP): The Australian cricket team's six-week tour in the midst of an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could have a positive spin.Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday said all income from tickets for the three Twenty20s,...
Nigar Sultana | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Life is tough for pensioners and senior citizens in Bangladesh. The woes of pensioners, especially if they do not belong to the privileged classes, know no limits in this country. Against the backdrop of a very tense global economy, affected...
The standard of English in our rural educational institutions does not seem to be up to the mark. This can be further confirmed if we look at the result sheets of these schools and colleges. Most of the students obtain...
The death of 124 people in a devastating fire in Dhaka's Nimtali in 2010 does not seem to have taught us any lesson, particularly on how to handle flammable chemicals. If we could learn anything from the Nimtali incident, another...
University of Chittagong has been contributing to the country since its inception in 1966 by creating skilled and patriotic individuals. The university has a large library. It has a rich collection of 350,000 books and about 415 periodicals. Almost every...
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