LONDON, Mar 18 (Reuters): Oil prices settled higher on Friday, but posted a second straight weekly loss, after a volatile trading week with no easy replacement for Russian barrels in a tight market.Brent crude futures settled up $1.29, or 1.2...
NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (Reuters): India's oil imports from the United States will rise by 11 per cent this year, officials said on Saturday, as the severely energy-deficient country looks to secure supplies from producers around the world, including heavily...
Sajida Foundation to buy Renata sharesSajida Foundation, one of the corporate directors of Renata Ltd, expressed its intention to buy 22,000 shares of the company at prevailing market price (in the public market) through Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited within next...
Beximco Pharma received a sub-license by United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to produce generic version of Pfizer's breakthrough COVID-19 drug, a combination of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (available under the brand name PAXLOVID™), said a statement.Nirmatrelvir is a novel main...
FBCCI and Bangladesh Business Council- Dubai signed an MoU to expand business opportunities recently in Dubai. Md. Jasim Uddin, President of FBCCI and Mohammad Mahtabur Rahman, President of Bangladesh Business Council- Dubai and Chairman and Managing Director of Al Haramain...
FE Report | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
Share price of BDCOM Online jumped 86 per cent in two consecutive sessions despite having no undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI).The company topped the chart of top 10 gainers in previous two sessions executed on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).During the...
Abdul Hai Sarker, Chairman, Dhaka Bank Ltd, along with ATM Hayatuzzaman Khan, Founder Vice Chairman, Reshadur Rahman, Director, Emranul Huq, Managing Director & CEO, Abu Jafor, Additional Managing Director and other high officials inaugurated the "Dhaka Bank Mujib Corner" in...
FE Report | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
Al-Madina Pharmaceuticals will hold web show today (Sunday) as part of the regulatory requirement to raise a capital worth Tk 50 million under book building method.The company will raise the fund through a qualified investor offer (QIO) to be executed...
Two die after inhaling toxic gas in ChuadangaCHUADANGA, Mar 19: Two persons died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas inside the septic tank of an under-construction building in Chuadanga on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as sanitation worker Shariful Islam,...
Wastes are found dumped on a road near the entry gate of Suhrawardy Udyan. The photo was taken from the Dhaka University campus in the city on Saturday — Focus Bangla
MAGURA, Mar 19 (UNB): A 12-year-old girl was found dead on the banks of the Kumar River near her residence in Hatsrikol village of Sreepur upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Razia Khatun, daughter of Mikhiz Sheikh of the...
A total of three school students drowned in separate incidents in Rajshahi and Chandpur on Friday, reports UNB. In Rajshahi, two friends drowned while taking a bath in the Padma river in Rajshahi on Friday, police said.The deceased were identified...
DINAJPUR, Mar 19: The hanging body of a student of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur was recovered from a private hostel at Bansherhat adjacent to the university campus early Saturday.The deceased was Mizanur Rahman Palash,...
Shopkeepers display wooden beds for sale at Gosaibari Haat in Dhunat upazila of Bogura district on Saturday — Focus Bangla
A total of seven persons were killed in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Rangpur, Rajshahi and Chandpur on Saturday and Friday, report agencies.UNB reports from Habiganj, three people were killed as a stolen truck hit a three-wheeler in Madhabpur upazila...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 19: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), now running in the Dhaka city, may move to its own campus in Lalmonirhat in June this year, said its officials. Group Captain Md Zahidul Islam Khan, chief...
DUBAI, Mar 19 (Reuters): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad travelled to the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian war began in 2011, underlining warming ties with a US-allied country that once backed...
NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in India on Saturday, with officials in Tokyo predicting "candid discussions" about New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Unlike fellow members of the Quad alliance-Japan, Australia and...
Zaid Bakht | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
In a developing country like Bangladesh, the overall trade balance (which shows the gap between imports and exports of goods and services), is usually negative as the import needs of such countries often exceed their export capabilities. In the national...
March 19 marks the International Read to Me Day. On this day, children are encouraged to remind the adults in their life to read to them. The day also empowers children to participate in the conversation about their own literacy....
The children, who live in homes where there is domestic violence, do not grow up in an ideal environment. Such violence can fill their lives with anxiety and fear. This can lead to significant emotional and psychological damage for children....
Life in Dhaka is not easy. When it comes to living in the capital city, patience is truly a necessity. This city can get you stuck hour after hour on the road due to seemingly never-ending traffic signals. And it...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
The corona-time panicky situation in the country has been over for some time. The percentage of the Covid-19-hit people is on the decline. Educational institutions across the country have opened their long-shut gates after two years, making way for students...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-03-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy is set to return to the 7-plus growth regime in the current fiscal year (FY22), thanks to strong recovery of the economic activities after the pandemic. After recording 7.88 per cent growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in...
Tailbacks, be those in Dhaka city or on the country's major highways, always make news headlines. Descriptions have been galore about the economic costs of the same and sufferings caused to the travelling public. Most people are aware of the...
NEW YORK, Mar 17 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden will hold a call on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House said on Thursday, as the United States piles pressure on China not to provide support to Russia...
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 463 million as the pandemic enters into its third year, report agencies.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 463,663,236 while the death toll from the virus...
SAN JUAN, Mar 17 (CNN): Poland's Karolina Bielawska was crowned the 70th Miss World on Wednesday, with contestants and organizers expressing solidarity with Ukrainians during an on-stage candle tribute at the televised finale.Bielawska, who works as a model and is...
Two boys, who reportedly died from consuming paracetamol syrup in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj a week ago, were actually poisoned by their mother, police said after a probe into the closely-watched case, reports bdnews24.com.The woman laced 'sweets' with poison and gave them...
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