The 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited was held on Thursday on a digital platform. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Mohammed Younus presided over the meeting. The AGM approved 10 per cent...
M Asheq Rahman and Md Mahbub Alam have recently been promoted to Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) of NCC Bank Ltd. Prior to his promotion, Asheq Rahman was serving as Senior Executive Vice President & Head of ICC Division of the...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
Ten most-traded stocks accounted for nearly 32 per cent of weekly transactions on the Dhaka bourse in the outgoing week, with Bangladesh Export Import Company (Beximco) making its way to the top of the turnover list.Market operators said investors showed...
BABUL BARMAN | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index retreated into the red in the last week before the Eid holiday as cautious investors opted to book profit on quick-gaining stocks.The week to Thursday featured five trading days as usual -- three sessions closed positive...
India has asked state-run energy companies to evaluate the possibility of buying European oil major BP's stake in sanctions-hit Russian firm Rosneft, two people familiar with the matter said, reports Reuters.BP has announced it is abandoning its 19.75% stake in...
Boeing reported a wider loss and weaker revenue than analysts had expected for the first three months of the year amid higher costs and delays, including pushing back production of its next-generation twin-aisle plane, reports The New York Times.The company...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
The board of directors of Peoples Insurance Company Ltd has recommended a 12.50 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2021, says a press release. The board of directors made the dividend recommendation at its 411th...
SYLHET, Apr 28 (UNB): Export and import through Tamabil land port in Sylhet's Gowainghat will remain suspended for eight days from Friday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims.Shahed Arefin Zahedy, deputy commissioner of customs...
The US dollar touched its highest level since 2002 on Thursday while the devaluation of taka continued to hit Bangladesh's trade heavily, sending costs of import, and production and shipment of exports through the roof, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh Bank has...
With Eid-ul-Fitr only days away, clothing stores in Dhaka are abuzz with customers, but the owners are not fully happy as they bemoan that sales have not returned to the pre-pandemic level despite a sharp drop in coronavirus cases, reports...
Mashrur Ahmed Zidane | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, people often complain about running out of places to visit, this is due to the fact that often the most renowned World Heritage Sites such as Mahasthangarh, the Ruins of the Buddhist Bihara at Paharpur amongst others are...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
At last it has been once again Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who had to use her good offices for securing children's right to play at Tentultala playground in the city's Kalabagan area. Syeda Ratna and her son Priangsu's 13-hour ordeal...
OLD TRAFFORD, Britain, Apr 29 (Reuters): Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo showed his continued class in front of goal by cancelling out Marcos Alonso's opener for a dominant Chelsea side in their 1-1 Premier League draw at Old Trafford on Thursday.It...
MELBOURNE, Apr 29 (AP): Australia will be at close to full strength for all three legs of its Sri Lankan tour as 34 players were named Friday for the all-format matches in June and July. Marcus Harris was the biggest...
LONDON, Apr 29 (AFP): Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted footballer of the year by sportswriters in England, while Chelsea's Australian striker Sam Kerr won the women's award.Salah took 48 percent of the vote for the Football Writers' Association...
Star-studded Bashundhara kings continued their winning run in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football as they dumped Uttar Baridhara Club by 6-0 goals in the one sided affairs held on Friday at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city, reports BSS.In...
JERUSALEM, Apr 29 (AFP): Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 42 people on the last Friday of Ramadan, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint religious site.The Palestinian Red Crescent, which gave the...
STOCKHOLM, Apr 29 (Reuters): Sweden's government does not plan to hold a referendum if its parliament decides to proceed with an application for NATO membership, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Friday.Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced both Sweden and...
KYIV (Ukraine), Apr 29 (AP): The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become "an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain" - a description underscored a short time later by the first Russian strike on the capital since Moscow's...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 29 (Reuters): Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years, and in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut and streets deserted as an intense heat wave showed no signs of abating on Friday,...
Around the world, genetically modified (GM) crops are used to improve agricultural activities and combat climate change. These crops possess many novel properties including herbicide and virus tolerance, resistance to drought and salinity, and useful excretion during growth. Although the...
We have come across newspaper reports on how brick kilns are being set up without following proper procedures and even without the permission of the authorities concerned. Though there is a special law called The Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kilns...
Our children do not seem to be safe anywhere. The number of sexual child victims is increasing day by day. According to Manusher Jonno Foundation, a total of 818 children were raped in 2021 whereas it was 626 in 2020....
Tanim Asjad | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
Millions of people are leaving the city of Dhaka to celebrate Eid holiday with their near and dear ones in different parts of the country. Some have already left to avoid atrocious rush and delay on the road while others...
Given the rising demand for natural gas against the fast dwindling domestic gas reserve, Bangladesh's growing dependence on imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is simply unavoidable. Amid the supply crisis of natural gas, the country's two floating, storage and regasification...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-04-30 00:00:00
The infinite number of stories coming daily on print, electronic and social media tell the miseries of Dhaka city dwellers whose life has become sluggish and exhausting by the perennial traffic jams which became particularly agonising during this Ramadan and...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
Toll rates for the much-cherished Padma multipurpose bridge (PMB) are likely to be final shortly after Eid vacation as the project office plans to inaugurate the engineering icon in June, sources say.The tolls are proposed 1.5-times higher than the existing...
Jehangir Hussain | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
'Die Young' is a novel by a cancer survivor with the determination to live on. He longs to live longer because he has already known 'the value of moments in life'. 'My mission on earth right now is to live,'...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-04-29 12:00:00
The status of Tentultala playground located in the city's Kalabagan area has needlessly been made a contentious issue. If the latest Detailed Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka, already gazetted, maintains the playground as an open space, how can its status...
FE Report | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
Indiscriminate and excessive use of antibiotics without prescription in Bangladesh requires strict regulation to prevent outbreak of drug-resistant diseases, Neely Kaydos-Daniels, Country Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said here on Wednesday.She said misuse of antimicrobials in...
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