The July Revolution Fencing Championship has begun at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital on Friday, reports BSS.Youth and Sports Secretary Mahbub Ahmed was the chief guest in the opening ceremony.Major General (retd) Qamrul Islam,...
Bangladesh lost valuable points as they were forced to a 1-1 draw by hosts Bhutan in the crucial match of four-nation SAFF U-17 Women's Championship held at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, on Friday, reports BSS.Bangladesh's dream of becoming the...
Gap on Thursday forecast weaker annual operating margin growth after posting quarterly comparable sales below estimates, driven by impacts from tariffs on imports of goods to the U.S., sending its shares down about 10% in extended trading, reports Reuters.The company...
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters): American Bitcoin, the bitcoin miner backed by two of U.S. President Donald Trump's sons, has locked in crypto and traditional investors to back an all-stock merger that will allow the firm to soon start trading...
BRAC Bank has been honoured with the title of 'Best Bank in the Private Sector' of Bangladesh at the Commonwealth Business Excellence Awards 2025, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. The accolade recognises BRAC Bank's outstanding achievements in business...
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters): The property investment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com and two other firms plan to launch a Singapore-based real estate investment trust (REIT) with assets potentially valued at more than $1 billion, said two sources...
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Information Services Network Ltd (ISN) has been flying high on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) despite repeated warnings from the company that there is no undisclosed information for abnormal price hike.The IT Company, which is under 'B' category, has reported...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
Stocks rose sharply higher, extending gains for a second straight week with robust market participation, as clarity on the upcoming election roadmap and encouraging macroeconomic indicators bolstered investor sentiment.Analysts said well-performing stocks remained the focus for investors, driven by attractive...
NEW YORK, Aug 29 (AFP): A governor of the US Federal Reserve, Christopher Waller, said Thursday that the central bank should lower its key interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy meeting."While I believe we should have cut in July,...
MUMBAI, Aug 29 (AFP): India's economy grew by 7.8 percent in the April to June quarter, beating analyst expectations, official data showed Friday.Growth was up from 7.4 percent recorded in the previous quarter, and zoomed past market forecasts of 6.7...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 29 (BSS): Agriculture Secretary Dr Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian has categorically said there is no fertilizer crisis in the country."We have sufficient fertilizer stock until December and there will be no crisis this season," he said while visiting...
Bay Leasing & Investment Limited held its 29th Annual General Meeting through hybrid system with physical presence at the conference room of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) in Dhaka on Thursday. Suraiya Begum, Chairperson of the company, presided over...
Rupali Bank PLC held a 'Business Review Meeting' for July with the participation of branch managers under the Rajshahi Divisional Office of the state-owned bank on Friday. Managing Director of the bank Kazi Md. Wahidul Islam was present as the...
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Carnival Internet has launched Bangladesh's first ecosystem marketplace app, introducing a new dimension to the country's broadband sector.The app, which goes beyond internet payments, brings together a wide range of services including digital healthcare, customised micro-insurance, online learning and e-commerce,...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman and Internal Resources Division (IRD) Secretary Md Abdur Rahman Khan has called for ensuring trade facilitation while strictly enforcing laws to meet the revenue targets for the current fiscal year, reports UNB."No importer or...
The number of containers handled in the New Mooring Terminal (NCT) has hit a new record after surpassing 5,000 TEUs handled in a day, reports bdnews24.com.The new daily record was made after Chittagong Drydock Ltd, a company run by the...
GENEVA, Aug 29 (AFP): More than a quarter of a million people are registered as missing by the Red Cross (RC), a figure up nearly 70 per cent over five years, the organisation said on Friday.The increase is being driven...
GENEVA, Aug 29 (AFP): At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using death penalty as a tool of state intimidation". "In July alone,...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump has canceled Secret Service protection for former vice president and 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris, CNN reported on Friday, citing a copy of a letter.Harris' typical six-month security detail for vice presidents...
MILAN, Aug 29 (Reuters): Italy's Giorgia Meloni expressed outrage on Friday over an adult website that published unauthorised pictures of women, including of the prime minister, amid a national outcry over online misogyny and abuse.Administrators of the phica.eu website, whose...
BANGKOK, Aug 29 (Arab News): Myanmar's military government designated the Karen National Union a terrorist organization Thursday, making illegal virtually any activities connected with the major ethnic rebel group, including contact by third parties.The KNU has been fighting on and...
MOSCOW, Aug 29 (AFP): Russia on Friday warned that the reimposition of sanctions against Iran risked "irreparable consequences", after Britain, France and Germany moved to reintroduce curbs over Tehran's failure to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal."We strongly urge them...
NEW DELHI, Aug 29 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow (Sunday), as ties between the Asian rivals thaw against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's imposition of punitive...
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories), Aug (Agencies): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced the “endless catalogue of horrors” unfolding in Gaza after nearly two years of conflict, as Gaza’s civil defence reported dozens of new casualties from Israeli strikes.As...
Anas Ibne Manzur | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
As the world's climate is intensifying rapidly, Bangladesh also finds itself as the vanguard of this intensifying climate change problem. Dominated by its low lying deltaic geography, high population density and its dearth of physical infrastructure, Bangladesh is one of...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
There are people who boast that age is nothing but a number. Indeed, blessed are those people who lead a healthy life even at their terminal age. But not all people are fortunate enough to enjoy a life free of...
The government has sought feedback on the evaluation of Haor Master Plan's draft aiming to ensure sustainable development of the country's haor region, one of Bangladesh's important natural resources, reports BSS.The draft has been prepared under the project titled "Comprehensive...
SINGAPORE/MOSCOW, Aug 29 (Reuters): China is seeking to buy more Russian gas through an existing pipeline as talks between the two countries have failed to make progress on building a second link, thwarting Moscow's quest for new outlets, two industry...
Oil prices fell on Friday, but were set for a weekly gain, tugged between uncertainty about Russian supply and expectations of lower demand as the summer driving season in the United States, the world's biggest fuel consumer, nears its close,...
N N Tarun Chakravorty | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
In the second and third decades of the twentieth century, some of the most significant events in human history occurred, such as World War I, the Treaty of Versailles, the Russian Revolution and the beginning of socialism, Mussolini's emergence in...
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