FE REPORT | 2025-09-16 00:00:00
The government is considering revising the rate at which companies contribute to the Workers' Welfare Fund (WWF), a programme providing various welfare benefits to workers.Currently, most companies are required to contribute 5.0 per cent of their annual profits to the...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-16 00:00:00
Experts at a discussion on Monday stressed the need for making digital payments easy, secure, and more accessible in Bangladesh to promote interoperable payment systems.They also emphasised the need for policies that offer incentives to stakeholders and make digital payments...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday). Day and night temperature may fall slightly.The highest...
FE REPORTThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into allegations of irregularities in recruitment of outsourced employees, anomalies in tender process, and embezzlement through illegal sales of materials at the Rampal Thermal Power Plant.ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain...
FE REPORT A total of 428 people, including 57 students, were killed and 791 others injured in 451 road accidents across the country last month (August 2025), the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) revealed in its latest report - released on...
FE REPORT Police arrested four leaders and activists of banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organisations during separate raids at different places in the capital on Monday. DC of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Talebur Rahman informed it to the...
RU CORRESPONDENTThe campaign for the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) and Senate student representative elections began on Monday, following the publication of the final candidate list on Sunday evening at the university's Senate Building. A total of 14 contenders...
FE REPORT The government has withdrawn the medals of seven senior police officers, who have been absconding from their respective workplaces since August 2024. They had received the awards at different times between 2013 and 2023.Of the officials, one is...
FE REPORT Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus pins hopes on youth leadership for problem solving as he urges the young to lead from the front in tackling the nation's most pressing challenges through turning voluntary services into a force for innovation,...
KHULNA, Sept 15 (BSS): A worker was electrocuted while on duty at the Rajapur Salt Company in Sener Bazar of Rupsha upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam Howlader, 33, son of Abdur Rahim Howlader, a resident of...
BARISHAL, Sept 15 (UNB): A Barishal court on Monday sentenced two people to death for killing a young girl after rape in 2013.Barishal Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Rakibul Islam handed down the punishment.The condemned convicts were Kabir...
The Rural Development and Cooperatives Division has decided to distribute the National Cooperatives Award, 2024.On this occasion, 14 National Cooperatives Awards will be conferred in 10 categories.Of those, 10 cooperative societies and four cooperatives (2 male, 2 female) in 10...
SATKHIRA, Sept 15 (BSS): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 85 mobile phones of various brands worth Tk 2.5 million (Tk 25 lakh) from Kalaroa border area of the district last night.These mobile phone sets, smuggled from India,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, Sept 15: A bumper yield of sugarcane has brought smiles to the faces of farmers in Matlab Uttar Upazila of the district this season.This year, sugarcane has been cultivated on 205 hectares of land across 14 unions...
India's equity benchmarks inched lower on Monday, dragged by information technology stocks, as investors traded cautiously ahead of an expected US Federal Reserve rate cut at its policy meeting this week, reports Reuters.The Nifty 50 fell 0.18 per cent to...
MTB, GREEN DELTA INTRODUCE CUSTOMERS' DIGITAL ONBOARDING Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), in collaboration with Green Delta Insurance, has introduced digital onboarding for non-life insurance through its branch network under bancassurance. This milestone reflects MTB's commitment to leveraging technology to simplify...
The London Stock Exchange Group said on Monday that it has made its first transaction on a blockchain-based infrastructure platform it has launched for private funds as the data and analytics group expands its offerings, reports Reuters.The Digital Markets Infrastructure...
MODHUMOTI BANK, UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL VILLAGE SIGN MOUModhumoti Bank signed an MoU on Sunday with University of Global Village (UGV) to provide payroll services at the university's campus located in Barisal. In the presence of Md. Shafiul Azam, managing director...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank governor has proposed reducing bond issuance fees in line with international standards to help the country's bond market flourish.Currently, issue managers charge 0.5 per cent of funds raised through bonds, and sometimes even less for larger bond...
FE ReportOlympic Industries is set to invest Tk 500 million to expand its existing production facilities, using a JICA-funded loan under the Food Value Chain Improvement Project.Company secretary Mintu Kumar Das said the loan would be utilized for the BMRE...
Grasshopper Building Materials Ltd. (GBML), a leading manufacturer of pavement tiles and environmentally friendly concrete blocks, has recently inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Bhatiary, Chattogram.The new facility marks a major milestone for GBML as it becomes Chattogram's largest pavement...
BADC HOLDS WORKSHOP ON DISTRIBUTION OF HIGH QUALITY SEEDS Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) held a two-day workshop on 'Strategy for Distribution of High Quality Boro Seeds, Wheat Seeds, and Potato Seeds for the 2025-26 Distribution Year during the Rabi...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank Holds Business Conference Bangladesh Krishi Bank held a conference on business achievement for Sylhet Division for FY 2024-2025 on Monday. Managing Director of the bank Sanchia Binte Ali addressed the conference as chief guest. General Manager (In-Charge)...
JANATA BANK LAUNCHES BKASH-TO- BANK 'ADD MONEY' FACILITYJanata Bank PLC's Managing Director Md. Mazibur Rahman inaugurated the bKash-to- bank 'Add money' facility on Monday. Janata Bank's Deputy Managing Directors Md. Faiz Alam, Md. Nazirul Islam and Md. Ashraful Alam, and...
GPH Ispat Limited has entered into a strategic partnership with the Research and Innovation Center for Science and Engineering (RISE) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) to strengthen intellectual property (IP) management and promote innovation across academia and...
Assistant US Trade Representative (South and Central Asia) Brendan Lynch and Director for South Asia Emily Ashby called on Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain at his Secretariat office on Sunday, reports BSS.During the meeting,...
BARCELONA, Sept 15 (AFP): Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez struck twice each as Barcelona thumped Valencia 6-0 on Sunday in a La Liga match they were forced to play at their tiny Johan Cruyff training ground stadium because of...
Bangladesh are keen to bring their Asia Cup back on track as they take on Afghanistan in a 'do or die' contest at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi today (Tuesday), reports BSS. The match starts at 8.30 PM (Bangladesh...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15 (Reuters): Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki unveiled cabinet roles on Monday for three figures with reformist and anti-graft credentials to lead the Himalayan nation after deadly violence led to parliament's dissolution.A former chief justice, Karki became...
GAZA, Sept 15 (Reuters): Israel destroyed a score of buildings in Gaza City, killing at least 16 Palestinians, local health authorities said on Monday, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the war with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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