Impact Hub, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is supporting 14 women entrepreneurs with disabilities through the 'Building Entrepreneurial Access Model' (BEAM) programme, which equips participants with essential tools, resources, and the confidence to run their businesses effectively.The BEAM programme provided...
Bangladesh team won six bronze medals at the 22nd International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO-2025). Al-Arafah Islami Bank is the title sponsor of the Bangladesh team, says a press release.This international Olympiad, with the participation of 25 countries, was held in...
Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) unveils EBL Priority Next Gen, a bespoke banking segment created for the next generation of achievers-young visionaries poised to carry forward the values, ambition and legacy of EBL's Priority families at an exclusive launch evening at...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) has requested the customs authorities not to allow any tea import consignments without prior approval from the regulator, sources saidThe move comes amid growing concerns over the influx of foreign tea brands into local super...
Kabir Ahmed | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
Freight Forwarders are considered as the architects of international trade logistics. They organise and coordinate the carriage of goods from origin to destination through the maze of customs regulations, multimodal transport systems, and intricate supply chains. In today's world of...
ANINDETA CHOWDHURY | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
It's a refreshing, busy, and truly once-in-a-lifetime experience, at least for now. I have just returned from Rangamati backwoods. Even after reaching Dhaka, the flashbacks are constantly running through my mind. I feel an urge to write them down, to...
HONG KONG/MUMBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters): A strong pipeline of high-profile IPOs by companies in China and India looking to tap into a move by investors to diversify bets will bolster Asian equity capital deals next year, although worries over soaring...
MUMBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters): The Reserve Bank of India lowered its key interest rate on Friday and announced measures to infuse up to $16 billion into the banking system this month in the form of debt purchases and a foreign...
NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters): Hedge funds are using near-record levels of leverage to trade equities and betting on debt-backed strategies in efforts to juice returns, making the most of markets buoyed by a boom in artificial intelligence.Over the past...
SYDNEY, Dec 5 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei skidded on Friday, wiping out this week's gains amid an otherwise upbeat Asian performance as investors wait for a USinflation reading that could sway a deeply divided Federal Reserve.The Nikkei 225 fell 1.3 per...
ROME, Dec 05 (Arab News): The Mediterranean's first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity will open off Italy next year, as demand for re-homing rises with the closure of marine parks across Europe."We must develop a new model...
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has praised Australia's decision to ban social media for under-16s from next week, saying the move would help young people socialise more, reports Reuters.The law, due to take effect on Dec 10, will block...
TAIPEI/TOKYO, Dec 05 (Reuters): Taiwan and Japan voiced concern on Friday over Chinese military activities in the region, after Reuters reported that Beijing had deployed a large number of vessels across East Asian waters this week in its largest maritime...
BEIRUT, Dec 05 (Agencies): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday told a United Nations Security Council delegation his country does not want war with Israel, days after civilian representatives from both sides held their first talks in decades.Despite a November...
WASHINGTON, Dec 05 (AFP): Experts appointed by the Trump administration's vaccine-skeptic health secretary reviewed on Thursday the routine practice of administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborns, considering whether to delay the shot.The reorganized Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is...
Pakistan has appointed Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir as the country's first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), further consolidating his authority at the top of the military hierarchy, reports Reuters.President Asif Ali Zardari approved Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recommendation to...
WASHINGTON, Dec 05 (AFP): US President Donald Trump has pardoned a Democratic member of Congress in a bribery case, saying the justice system had been "weaponized" by his predecessor Joe Biden."I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of...
NORTH ACEH, Dec 05 (Reuters): For fisherman Effendi Basyaruddin, the deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Aceh province over the past week have triggered traumatic memories of the day 21 years ago when he ran for his life as the...
NEW DELHI, Dec 05 (Agencies): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Friday to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties...
The recent decision by Bangladesh Bank to allow local entrepreneurs to sell their products on global platforms such as Amazon and Alibaba through the B2B2C model marks a transformative moment for the country's digital economy. This policy shift has opened...
A growing number of young people in our country are becoming increasingly trapped in mobile games, online betting and virtual casinos. With easy access to smartphones and the internet, combined with a lack of proper supervision, these harmful activities are...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
Three and a half decades ago, people of Bangladesh ousted the country's first autocratic regime through a mass uprising that reached its climax during the last three months of 1990. The united stance of all the students' organisations, keeping aside...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
Counterfeiting is a crime that has existed for millennia, but in contemporary Bangladesh it has evolved into one of the most sophisticated forms of financial deception. Detecting the newest generation of fake notes has become extraordinarily difficult, even bordering on...
With close to 9.0 million hectares of available cultivable land, which too is shrinking by around 2,500 hectares annually, thanks mainly to urbanisation, feeding some 175 million mouths is a challenge of miraculous proportions. But the farming community of the...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-12-06 00:00:00
Across the developing world, migration has long been a pathway to economic mobility, a strategy for families seeking stability or upward movement. But in recent years, a new force has reshaped how young people think about leaving home. Social media...
FARHAN FARDAUS | 2025-12-05 12:00:00
A large volume of reinsurance claims pending with the state-run Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) is a major reason behind the low claim settlement ratios in the insurance sector, according to industry insiders.Sadharan Bima Corporation owes insurers more than Tk 14...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-05 12:00:00
SYLHET, Dec 04: A total of 24 buildings considered to be highly vulnerable in Sylhet city would soon be demolished, official sources said. These structures have remained in a dilapidated condition for a long period of time, although these were...
Police obstructed a procession of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) - from the National Press Club towards the chief adviser's Jamuna residence - at Kakrail in the capital on Thursday. The demonstration was held to protest against the government's decision...
Lalmonirhat, Dec 4 (UNB): A Bangladeshi man was shot dead allegedly by members of India's Border Security Force (BSF) along the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Sabuj Mia, 29, son of Sirajul Islam of Pochabandar...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed commercial banks to go for partially writing-off the bad and loss-category of loans that are hardly recoverable.To this effect, Banking Regulation and Policy Department (BRPD) of the central bank issued a circular on Thursday.It said...
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