Our senior citizens are a crucial part of our lives. They guide us with their wisdom and experience throughout our lives. But unfortunately, many of today's generation do not treat them appropriately. There are a number of youths who consider...
In Bangladesh, bullying is a common problem that begins at childhood and goes on until adulthood. According to a survey, 53 per cent of our schoolchildren are bullied in different ways. In most cases, some dominant students target their weaker...
Rafeen Huq | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
The international fuel-oil market is always unpredictable. Deep political tensions and wars between countries make the market volatile. The prospect of a major economic recovery or depression also leaves an impact on the fuel-oil prices. The situation, however, has never...
Price hike of raw materials of animal feed in the global market and increased shipping cost are seriously hindering import of raw materials, causing abnormal feed price hike in the local market. Animal feed prices have inflated in weeks amid...
Nabendu Bhattacharjee | 2022-04-29 00:00:00
As Bangladesh's per capita income has increased, so has business growth at the individual and collective level, in view of Bangladesh's visible economic progress. And the main driver of this business growth is the branding or marketing of the products...
The exodus of homebound people from the bustling capital, Dhaka, is expected to pace up today (Thursday) as it is the last workday of government, semi-government and many private offices before Eid-ul-Fitr. Experts and officials said city-dwellers in their thousands...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2022-04-28 12:00:00
It took the courage of an environmental-cum-cultural activist mother and her teenaged son for us to remember that we have a problem with those who would wield power in indiscriminate fashion. This mother-son team braved all the odds to protest...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh will import up to 1.65 million tonnes of refined petroleum products during July-December 2022, some 34-percent higher than that of the 2021 second half, as LNG gets costlier.Officials say the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has already floated tender...
Police say they have not found any clue about the assailants responsible for the death of Md Morsalin, who was fatally injured during the violent clashes in Dhaka's New Market area on Apr 19, reports bdnews24.com. According to witnesses and...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
Twenty-three new Covid-19 cases and zero death from the virus were reported in Bangladesh on Wednesday.The figures were 19 and zero respectively on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities...
REZAUL KARIM | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
A controversial new currency policy introduced by the military-backed government of Myanmar may impact Bangladesh's exports to the neighbouring nation. The policy shift may also affect the export shipment of Bangladesh's pharmaceutical products to the country, said officials.The Bangladesh mission...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed several banks and other financial institutions (FIs) to provide detailed information of e-commerce entity Evaly's financial transactions, including information of the recipients or payees of any cheque, to the court-appointed board of directors...
FE Report | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday expressed optimism about achieving the government's 7.2-per cent economic-growth target in the current fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, although the economy is facing some global pressures like the Ukraine-Russia war."We will not...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a source with knowledge of proceedings,...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka today (Thursday).He is scheduled to hit the city by a special flight of the Indian Air Force.According to officials, Mr Jaishankar will hand over an invitation letter of Prime Minister Narendra...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has turned state-run Bangladesh Railway into a profitable agency, which was left in tatters during the past BNP rule, reports UNB."As we made BRTC a profitable one, today we've proven that...
DSE turnover crosses Tk 9.0bThe market ended almost flat on Wednesday, with turnover crossing Tk 9.0 billion-mark after four-week, as investors were active on both sides of the trading fence amid ongoing corporate declarations. DSEX, the key index of the...
JAKARTA, Apr 27 (Reuters): Indonesia widened the scope of its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to include crude and refined palm oil, among other products, its chief economic minister said on Wednesday, leaving markets in shock over...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
Local businesses of export-oriented apparel makers bounced back on the domestic retail market by banking on strong demand ahead of Eid festival.The sales boom would help the apparel exporters recover from the fallouts from the Covid-19 pandemic that upended global...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
The exchange rate of Bangladesh taka (BDT) further drops against US dollar mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations.Taka lost its value by 25 paisa in the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market on Tuesday in...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
The Hallmark-scam deadlock will be resolved by next year, either by liquidating its assets or setting up special economic zone on the mortgaged land, says Sonali Bank whose huge money got stuck. Officials of the country's largest state-owned commercial bank...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-28 00:00:00
The central bank of Bangladesh asks all scheduled banks to raise limits to working capital to help ramp up economic growth momentum, now that life and business are getting back in full gear. With the direction for the banks to...
SINGAPORE, Apr 27 (BBC): A court in Singapore has executed a Malaysian drug smuggler, his sister has confirmed to the BBC.Nagaenthran Dharmalingam had been on death row for more than a decade for attempting to bring around three tablespoons of...
TOKYO, Apr 27 (AP): Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan's congestion and anonymity. It may have added another boasting right.Tokyu Railways' trains running through Shibuya...
DAMASCUS, Apr 27 (AFP): Syrian air defences intercepted an Israeli missile strike near the capital Damascus, state media reported on Wednesday."Our air defenses confronted an Israeli aggression over the outskirts of Damascus," the SANA news agency said, without providing additional...
ISTANBUL, Apr 27 (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, an official told AFP, in his first visit since Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi's killing in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate in 2018.The two-day trip comes...
PARIS, April 27 (AFP) : The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible for global warming still generated record CO2 emissions, threatening Paris climate...
Board meetingAl-Arafah Islami Bank Limited: A board meeting of the company will be held on May 12, 2022 at 2:30 PM to consider, among others, un-audited financial statements of the company for the first quarter period ended March 31, 2022....
A closing event of the Jibika project, a collaboration between Chevron and BRAC, was held recently at BRAC Centre, Dhaka. Representatives of GoB, BRAC, Chevron, BRAC USA, IDEA, IDE and Sharbik Gram Unnoyon Shomobay Shomiti Ltd. were present. Rear Admiral...
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