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Rights activists seek safe water

FE REPORT | 2022-04-19 00:00:00

Rights activists at a programme on Monday called for ensuring supply of safe drinking water by the authorities concerned to help curb the spread of diarrhoea in Dhaka city.They also placed a set of recommendations, including regular laboratory test of...

Health condition of 56.5pc Rana Plaza survivors deteriorates: Survey

FE Report | 2022-04-19 00:00:00

The majority of Rana Plaza survivors (56.5 per cent) reported worsening physical condition, nine years after the worst industrial accident, according to a latest survey.The rate was 14 per cent last year. Out of the 56.5 per cent survivors who...

DU Teachers' Assoc chief apologises for 'mistakenly' paying tribute to Mushtaque

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Facing public backlash, Dhaka University Teachers' Association President Prof Md Rahmat Ullah has apologised for 'inadvertently' paying tribute to Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmad during an event marking the historic Mujibnagar Day, reports bdnews24.com."If I've unknowingly said any [offensive] words or sentences...

CEC vows to win public trust

2022-04-19 00:00:00

The Election Commission will do its best to remove the trust deficit about it for holding a credible national election, CEC Kazi Habibul Awal said on Monday, reports UNB. "We want to hold elections remaining above all (sorts of biasness)...

BD slates Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh strongly condemned the violence unleashed against innocent devotees and civilians at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in occupied East Jerusalem by occupying Israeli forces in the early morning of April 15, reports UNB. Bangladesh expresses deep concern over the...

AL trying to establish one-party rule in different style: Fakhrul

2022-04-19 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday accused Awami League of eliminating its political opponents through what he said enforced disappearances and political killings to establish one-party rule, reports UNB. "It's Awami League's old desire that as long...

Quader warns of building strong resistance against BNP's movement

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said if the BNP chooses the path of terrorism and destructive acts again in the name of the movement, it will be resisted with an iron hand, involving commoners of the country,...

Hyundai Motors issues NFTs

2022-04-19 00:00:00

RIYADH, Apr 18 (Arab News): Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it is entering the online community-based non-fungible token, known as NFT, market in collaboration with Meta Kongz. Hyundai Motor is the first automaker to enter the NFT market...

Rouble firms against dollar

2022-04-19 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Apr 18 (Reuters): The rouble briefly firmed past the 79 mark against the dollar on Monday, while stock indexes fell as the market lacked new momentum and investors watched developments around what Russia calls "a special military operation" in...

BoA reports 13pc fall in Q1 profit

2022-04-19 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Apr 18 (Reuters): Bank of America (BoA) Corp reported a smaller-than-expected 13 per cent fall in first-quarter profit on Monday, as strong growth in its consumer lending business helped cushion the blow from a slowdown in global deal-making.The...

Saudi’s Tamimi forms JV with Italian, Japanese firms

2022-04-19 00:00:00

RIYADH, Apr 18 (Arab News): Saudi supermarket chain Tamimi Markets formed a joint venture with Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Italian agricultural technology provider Zero SRL to develop the Kingdom's first smart farms. The three partners aim to develop the...

IsDB signs $390m financing deals for Senegal’s dev

2022-04-19 00:00:00

RIYADH: The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed four financing agreements worth a total of $390 million to build development infrastructure for the Senegalese economy.The agreements were signed by the bank's president Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser and Senegal's minister of...

Meena Bazar,

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Meena Bazar, a concern of the Gemcon Group, signed its first franchise agreement at its head office in Dhanmondi on Sunday. The franchisee outlet is going to start operation soon at Shanir Akhra in Dhaka city. The agreement was signed...

Mahmudun Nabi Chowdhury,

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Mahmudun Nabi Chowdhury, General Manager (Sales & Marketing) of Electro Mart Group, along with renowned local businessmen inaugurates a sales & display centre of world No. 1 KONKA, GREE & HAIKO brand electronics and home appliances in Dinajpur recently. This...

ACI Motors has come forward to help farmers

2022-04-19 00:00:00

ACI Motors has come forward to help farmers affected by flash floods in haor areas. They have supplied more than 180 Yanmar Harvesters in the haor-based districts to ensure on-time Boro harvesting. The photo shows Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur...

MetLife announces DEI commitments

2022-04-19 00:00:00

MetLife announced a broad set of 2030 diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments designed to address the needs of the underserved and underrepresented through a mix of investments, products and services, supply chain, volunteering, and community efforts, says a press...

ICMAB course for ACC officials

FE REPORT | 2022-04-19 00:00:00

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has launched a five-day course for capacity-building of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officials.The course titled 'Financial Accounting Course (FAC)' was inaugurated by AKM Sohel, director general (ICT, Training and Prevention) of...

Push to deepen trade ties with S Korea

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has stressed intensifying cooperation and collaboration to realise trade potential between Bangladesh and South Korea, reports BSS."Huge opportunities lie ahead for Bangladesh and South Korea that could be seized through...

China to step up financial support for industries

2022-04-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, Apr 18 (Reuters): China will step up financial support for industries, firms and people affected by Covid-19 outbreaks, the central bank said on Monday, as part of steps to cushion economic slowdown.Authorities will guide financial institutions to expand lending...

Call for US probe into alleged labour abuses at Panasonic plant

2022-04-19 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 18 (Reuters): A Mexican union said on Monday it will ask the US government to investigate a Panasonic plant for alleged worker rights abuses, the latest in a series of disputes seeking to leverage a new trade...

Biden to require US-made steel, iron for infrastructure

2022-04-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (AP): The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support US manufacturing - issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material.The guidance...

SIBL arranged discussion on 'Taqwa-Based Banking & Economy'

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) arranged a discussion on 'Taqwa-Based Banking & Economy' followed by Iftar at a city hotel on Sunday. Dr. Md. Mahbub Ul Alam, Chairman of the bank, was present as the chief guest while Zafar Alam,...

Flour prices on rise in BD

Yasir Wardad | 2022-04-19 00:00:00

Flour became further pricier in the country amid gradual surge in its global market prices, raising sufferings of the commoners, who are already battered with the rocketing price trend of essentials.Prices of coarse flour (atta) and finer flour (maida), both...

Premier Bank and TVS Auto Bangladesh signed MoU

2022-04-19 00:00:00

Premier Bank and TVS Auto Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote newly launched motorbike product. As per the agreement, both the bank and TVS will work jointly to create more business opportunities. Besides, the bank's client can...

Workers' outflow more than doubles in three months

ARAFAT ARA | 2022-04-19 00:00:00

The outflow of migrant workers surged by more than double in the first three months of the current year, boosting the country's employment growth and remittance earnings.Official data showed a total of 322,583 workers flew to different countries during the...

China March crude steel output slips 6.4 per cent

2022-04-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, Apr 18 (Reuters): China's crude steel output fell more than 6 per cent in March from the same month a year earlier, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday, as production at mills was crimped by Covid-19 outbreaks...

Gold climbs to 1-month high

2022-04-19 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 18 (Reuters): Gold prices jumped about 1 per cent to a more than one-month high on Monday as concerns over the economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and surging inflation drove investors to the safe-haven asset.Spot gold rose...

China Eastern resumes Boeing 737-800 flights

2022-04-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, Apr 18 (Reuters): China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the aircraft,...

US banks' commodity trading exposures rise on Ukraine war

2022-04-19 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Apr 18 (Reuters): Wall Street banks' commodities trading exposures are rising, which could leave them vulnerable to large swings in asset values following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, first quarter earnings disclosures showed.Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase...

Oil rises as Libya outages add to supply fears

2022-04-19 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 18 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Monday in choppy trade, with Brent crude topping $112 a barrel, as outages in Libya deepened concern over tight global supply and the Ukraine crisis dragged on, offsetting concern over slowing Chinese...