FE REPORT | 2022-06-05 00:00:00
Paper importers and the printing and packaging sector leaders on Saturday called for reducing import duty on paper which are not produced in Bangladesh. They said only 11 types of paper are produced locally while some others are imported at...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2022-06-05 00:00:00
The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that mainly supply accessories and supporting goods to the large manufacturers are struggling to survive allegedly due to high advance taxes like the TDS (Tax Deducted at Source).This type of tax has made them...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Reuters): Malaysia's palm oil inventories at the end of May are set to fall for a sixth month out of seven, squeezed by declining production and as exports surged to the highest since December, a Reuters...
NEW DELHI, June 04 (Reuters): India has no plans to curb food exports for now, Piyush Goyal, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution said on Friday, weeks after New Delhi banned private wheat...
LONDON, June 4 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices were up last week on continued demand growth from Japan, Korea and India as large utilities sought to replenish stocks.The increased competition has accordingly narrowed the spread with European...
International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said on Friday women's Test matches should be played for five days. However, he also has raised doubts about the role in the format that is longer for women's cricket, reports Reuters.Test matches...
Bangladesh National Football team, now in Malaysia to participate in the Group E matches of the AFC Asian Cup China -2023 Qualifiers, made their first practices Saturday afternoon ahead of the main event, reports UNB.Bangladesh was put in strong Group...
Jamie Siddons, the batting coach of Bangladesh, believes Shakib Al Hasan would be a great captain for Bangladesh in Test cricket, reports UNB. When Shakib became the captain of Bangladesh for the first time in 2009 in West Indies after...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh has recently launched dedicated Student File Centres at both its Gulshan and Dhanmondi branches to enable seamless banking services for students pursuing their study abroad, says a press release. The Student File Centre at the Gulshan Avenue...
A group of delegation from ASEAN Dhaka Committee (ADC) comprising Heru Hartanto Subolo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia/ Chairman of ADC; Haris Othman, High Commissioner of Brunei; Aung Kyaw Moe, Ambassador of Myanmar; Alan L. Deniega, Ambassador of Philippines;...
JAKARTA, June 4 (Reuters): Indonesia has raised 81 billion yen ($624.18 million) from a Samurai bond sale of three- to 10-year maturities, with proceeds to be used to help plug a fiscal deficit, the finance ministry said in a statement...
IFIC Bank Ltd inaugurated a month-long intensive training programme for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs under the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) of Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) Project with the support of Bangladesh Bank recently. The programme was...
Parvez Tamal Parvez Tamal re-elected chairman of NRBC BankSM Parvez Tamal was recently re-elected the chairman of NRBC Bank. He was re-elected by the members of the board of directors of the bank. He was first elected as the...
FE Report | 2022-06-05 00:00:00
IDLC Finance, a listed company, has decided to commence shariah-compliant business to diversify its operations.The company's board of directors has taken the decision of providing shariah compliant services in a meeting held recently.To commence the shariah compliant business, the company...
Mercantile Bank Limited celebrated 23rd anniversary at its head office recently. Morshed Alam, MP, Chairman of the bank, inaugurated the programme by cutting a cake. Md. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, delivered the welcome speech....
BOSTON, June 4 (Reuters): Shareholder advisory firm Glass Lewis on Friday recommended Spirit Airlines investors approve Frontier Group Holdings Inc's $2.9 billion takeover bid, saying it was the "best available" at this time.The report, which helps guide investors on how...
Ispahani Tea Limited received an honorary commemorative in recognition of its significant contribution to the tea industry of Bangladesh at a function organized on the occasion of the '2nd National Tea Day 2022' on Saturday.Mirza Salman Ispahani, Chairman, Ispahani Tea...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-05 00:00:00
Stakeholders will sign an agreement on June 12 to commence the trading of treasury bonds in a bid to diversify the capital market with the participation of general investors.Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange, Dhaka and Chattogram bourses, Central Depository...
Woman 'commits suicide' in KurigramKURIGRAM, June 04: A woman in Kurigram allegedly committed suicide over a family feud on Saturday morning. The deceased, Shahera Begum, 35, was the wife of Mohubor Ali of Hatiar Babur Char in the district's Ulipur...
CHATTOGRAM, June 04 (UNB): A paralysed man was charred to death in a fire that broke out in his parents-in-law's house in Chattogram's Hathazari upazila early on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Forkan, 48, a resident of Nangalmora union...
Erosion by the Jamuna River takes a serious turn. The photo was taken from a village in Kakua union of Tangail district — Focus Bangla
KUSHTIA, June 04 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested seven people over attempting to kill a college teacher by severing his right wrist at Shalghar Modhua village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Friday.The arrestees were Mosharof Hossain...
KURIGRAM, June 04 (UNB): One person was killed and another injured when a speeding truck knocked them down in the Zia Bazar area of Kurigram's Sadar upazila early on Saturday, police said.The deceased was identified as Alam Mia, who worked...
NATORE, June 04 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here said on Saturday Jahanara Imam lit the torch, formed on the spirit of Liberation War, which is still burning.The discussion, organised by Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, titled "Jahanara Imam against...
NARSINGDI, June 04 (bdnews24.com): Three people on an autorickshaw have been killed and two others injured after a train rammed the vehicle at a level crossing in Raipura of Narsingdi district on Saturday."The accident occurred at a train crossing near...
The long-cherished dream of the residents of Sylhet city will be fulfilled this month (June) as the authorities concerned are set to inaugurate a modern bus terminal in Kadamtoli of the city, reports UNB.The central bus terminal in South Surma...
WASHINGTON, June 04 (AP): The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has shot past a key milestone-more than 50% higher than pre-industrial times-and is at levels not seen since millions of years ago when Earth was a hothouse...
UNITED NATIONS, June 04 (AP):Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed Friday when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the U.N. mission in the West African...
MARIUPOL, June 04 (Reuters/BBC): A ship sent to load metal and ship it to Russia has entered the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, the second vessel to arrive in the southeastern city since Russia completed...
A K Abdul Momen | 2022-06-05 00:00:00
Let me tell you a story from my childhood. I come from Sylhet and it has a big 'Mazar Sharif' known as Hazrat Shahjalal's Darga Sharif. It has big pots to cook food for thousands. These pots are huge. When...
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