NEW YORK, April 06 (AFP): JetBlue Airways announced Tuesday a bid to acquire Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion, setting up a bidding war with Frontier Airlines in the discount flying market.The all-cash bid of $33 a share marks a 52...
LONDON, April 06 (AFP): Britain on Wednesday revealed plans to renationalise part of the country's energy network to help secure supplies as Russia's invasion of Ukraine further fuels prices."With high global wholesale gas prices and renewed pressure on energy networks...
ONE Bank Limited and Academia signed an agreement under which both the parties will work together for digitisation of payment collection and operational management through OK EMS (Education Management Solution). Md Monzur Mofiz, Managing Director of ONE Bank, and Md...
IFIC Bank Ltd. in association with the Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of Bangladesh Bank organised a Training for Trainers Programme on the prevention of 'Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Risk Management'. Syed Mansur Mustafa, Deputy Managing Director, Head of International...
Jashore Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a 'Business Development Conference' in Jashore recently. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, addressed the conference virtually as the chief guest. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Additional Managing Director of...
Walton has acquired the rights to trademarks of three European electronics brands along with a fully automated inverter and non-inverter compatible compressor manufacturing plant. The European brands are ACC S.r.I, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE). Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC's...
Tanvir A Mishuk, founder and managing director of Nagad, has been named 'Fintech Personality of the Year 2022' by the UK-based Global Brands Magazine. Also, the postal department's mobile financial service 'Nagad' won the 'Best innovative digital financial services brand'...
The Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) and the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to promote mutual collaboration between them, says a press release.As per the MoU, they...
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Trade leaders seek massive investment in seed production as Bangladesh is almost fully getting import-dependent for seeds to feed the most vital agricultural sector of the economy. The country produces only 7.0 per cent of seeds locally and the rest...
LONDON, Apr 06 (Reuters): Gold prices were subdued on Wednesday in choppy trade as a robust dollar and the prospect the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates aggressively kept non-yielding bullion near a one-week low.Spot gold was 0.1 per cent...
LONDON, Apr 06 (Reuters): Oil futures rose on Wednesday as the threat of new sanctions on Russia raised supply concerns, countering fears of weaker demand following a build in US crude stockpiles and Shanghai's extended lockdown.Brent crude futures were up...
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CHATTOGRAM, Apr 06: A delegation of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) visited the GPH Ispat Limited plant in Sitakunda near the port city on Tuesday.BUET Professor Dr Fahmida Gulshan led the delegation. GPH Group Chairman and Managing...
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CHATTOGRAM, Apr 06: Tea auction for this year will begin in Chattogram on April 25 next. Following that, the second auction will be held at Srimongal on April 27 next. The decision was taken at a coordination meeting of the...
SYDNEY, Apr 06 (AFP): Barcelona will play an A-League All Stars side in Sydney next month on their first trip to Australia, the Spanish giants said on Wednesday.Xavi Hernandez's team will meet a side comprising the best players from the...
LAHORE, Apr 06 (AFP): Australia's cricketers were heading home Wednesday after completing their first tour to Pakistan since 1998.Pat Cummins' side won the three-Test series 1-0, lost the one-day internationals 2-1 and rounded off an incident-free trip with victory in...
A partnership for the ages between Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed dragged Royal Challengers Bangalore back to life from 87 for 5 in a chase of 170. That helped them eventually script a maiden defeat on early IPL 2022 pacesetters...
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza claimed 4-38 which was complemented by Indian recruit Chirag Jani's 72 as Legends of Rupganj recorded a hard-fought two-wicket victory against Khelaghar Samaj Kallayan Sangstha in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket...
Bangladesh opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy made a giant leap in ICC Test rankings amid his side's big defeat to South Africa in the first Test in Durban, reports BSS.The visitors were skittled out for 53 in the second innings to...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Apr 06 (AFP): Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo returns to his roots as his team seek to revive their fortunes in the second Test against South Africa starting at St George's Park in Gqeberha on Friday.Domingo...
TUNIS, Apr 06 (AFP): Tunisia has summoned Turkey's ambassador in protest against "interference", the foreign ministry said Wednesday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised his counterpart in Tunis for dissolving the country's parliament.President Kais Saied sacked the assembly last week,...
NEW DELHI, Apr 06 (AFP): Amnesty International's (AI) former India chief said Wednesday he was stopped from flying to the United States because of government legal action against the human rights watchdog.Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration has long been accused...
BEIRUT, Apr 06 (AFP): Explosive remnants of Syria's war killed nearly 30 civilians, including more than a dozen children, last month, a war monitoring group said Wednesday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "29 civilians, including 12 children, died...
HONG KONG, Apr 06 (AFP): A hardline former Hong Kong security chief sanctioned by the US for his role in China's purge of dissent declared his bid Wednesday to become the city's next leader.John Lee, who oversaw the police response...
KYIV, Apr 06 (BBC/Reuters/AFP): Russian forces continue to shell cities in eastern and southern Ukraine, and strike targets elsewhere with missiles. Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, saw intense shelling overnight.There were also further artillery attacks in parts of Luhansk and Donetsk...
LONDON, Apr 06 (BBC): The UK, US, and Australia will begin co-operating on research into hypersonic weapons and how to defend against them, the UK government has said.The programme will be part of the AUKUS partnership, a security pact announced...
KHULNA, Apr 06 (UNB):A Khulna court on Wednesday sentenced four people to life imprisonment for killing a three-wheeler driver in 2018 in the city.The lifers are Md Babu Hossain alias Babu, Md Zahidul Islam Nayan, Md Faisal Hawladar and Md...
KHULNA, Apr 06 (UNB): A newly wed woman allegedly ended her life in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna in the early hours of Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Akhi, wife of Shihab Gazi from the Old Gudam Ghar area of the...
Three people including a woman and her son were killed and fifteen others injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Muljan in Sadar upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday, reports UNB.Two of the deceased...
RANGPUR, Apr 06 (BSS): Re-excavation of extinct rivers, canals, beels and ponds is reviving the lost ecosystems, improving the environment and creating attractive natural beauty in greater Rangpur district. Aadequately stored rainwater in these re-excavated reservoirs is contributing to reloading...
SATKHIRA, Apr 06 (UNB): Residents of Ruiarbil village in Satkhira's Ashashuni upazila are living in fear of flooding as a large portion of the embankment along the Kopotakkho river has developed a crack.Not only Ruiarbil, local people said that as...
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