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Tradecap trading halted after licence renewal withheld with no explanation

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

Trading at Tradecap Stock Brokerage was suspended on Monday because the securities regulator did not respond to its licence renewal application when the Dhaka bourse sought clearance.The brokerage firm said it had worked for nine months to ensure compliance with...

43rd meeting of IBCF Task Committee held

2025-11-25 00:00:00

The 43rd meeting of the Task Committee of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) was held in the Board Room of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC recently. The meeting was presided over by Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director of Shahjalal Islami Bank...

UCB's entrepreneur development training programme held in Manikganj

2025-11-25 00:00:00

A month-long entrepreneur development training programme was recently held in Manikganj under the "Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Program (SICIP)," implemented by the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance with funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The...

Excessive use of antibiotics on broiler chicken farms

SULTANUL ISLAM | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

Most poultry farmers who grow broiler chickens give unnecessary "preventive" antibiotics to healthy chickens. The farmers are advised to use these drugs by dealers. Dealers are middlemen who have no understanding of diseases or treatment. Dealers advise farmers to use...

France seeks to boost investment in BD

FE REPORT | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

France has expressed strong interest in expanding its investment footprint in Bangladesh, particularly in the pharmaceutical and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sectors.French Ambassador Jean-Marc Serre-Charlet made the commitment during a meeting with Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin at the...

Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad to blockade Ctg port tomorrow

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 24: Leaders of the Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) will impose a three-hour blockade of the Chittagong Port beginning at 10:00 am tomorrow, as their meeting with officials of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) failed on Monday.CPA Secretary Omar...

Most banks see high technology costs, cybersecurity concerns as key barriers

FE REPORT | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

Some 90 per cent of surveyed banks have identified the high cost of technology as the key obstacle to the digitalisation of trade finance in Bangladesh, a research report has revealed. The report, titled 'Digitalization of Trade Finance: Status and...

Channel 24 emerge champions in Media Cup cricket

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Channel 24 emerged as champion in the Fortune-Barisal Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) Media Cup cricket tournament beating Channel I by three wickets in the final at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Monday, reports BSS.Batting first, Channel I posted a...

India retain Women's Kabaddi World Cup title

2025-11-25 00:00:00

India retained the title of 2nd Women's Kabaddi World Cup with a hard-fought 35-28 points victory over Chinese Taipei in an exciting final encounter held at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city on Monday, reports BSS.Earlier, India won the...

Jansen's six-for makes SA dream of series sweep

2025-11-25 00:00:00

GUWAHATI, India, Nov 24 (AFP): Towering pace spearhead Marco Jansen took six wickets to put South Africa in sight of a first Test series win in India in 25 years after bundling out the hosts for 201 in the second...

Players of Bangladesh women team play football during a training session

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Players of Bangladesh women team play football during a training session ahead of their 'Infinix presents Tri Nation Series 2025' at National Stadium in the city on Monday — FE photo by K Asad-Uz- Zaman

Tigers eye more sporting wickets at home after Ireland win

2025-11-25 00:00:00

The pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city hogged the headlines leading up to the second Test against Ireland. It had all the reason too considering the black-soil wicket prepared for the home series against West Indies...

Manikganj farmers showcase seed bank at Nabanna Festival

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, Nov 24: Farmers showcased their seed bank of traditional seeds during the "Field Day and Nabanna Festival" at Barundi village of Hatipara in Manikganj Sadar Upazila.With the slogan "Practice Agroecology, Preserve Seed Diversity", the event was organised on Monday...

Jashore's date sap and molasses: A sweet legacy worth Tk 1.0b

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Nov 24: Jashore's century-old heritage of date palm sap and molasses continues to hold strong appeal-both across the country and abroad. This long-standing reputation has given rise to the popular phrase "Jashorer Jash, Khejur-er Rosh" (Jashore's glory lies in...

The state of global economy

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

The world economy has been subjected to destiabilisation and uncertainty for quite some time. Factors contributing to this unforeseen situation are: (a) Lingering effects of supply chain disruptions caused by the 2020 Covid pandemic; (b) the Russia-Ukraine war adding to...

Chinese humanoid robot's 3-day walk sets world record

2025-11-25 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Nov 24 (AFP): A Chinese robot has stepped into the Guinness World Records after completing a three-day, 100-kilometre trek, the longest reported distance ever walked by a humanoid machine.The 169-centimetre (five foot six inch) AgiBot A2 set off from...

UN rights chief warns over generative AI

2025-11-25 00:00:00

GENEVA, Nov 24 (AFP): The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster", with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world.UN rights chief Volker Turk said generative...

Boy with rare disease amazes docs after gene therapy

2025-11-25 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, Nov 24 (BBC): A three-year-old boy has astounded doctors with his progress after becoming the first person in the world with his devastating disease to receive a ground-breaking gene therapy.Oliver Chu has a rare, inherited condition called Hunter syndrome...

Iran slams Israel over killing of Hezbollah military chief in Beirut

2025-11-25 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Nov 24 (AFP): Iran on Monday slammed Israel over its killing of Hezbollah's military chief, a day after the commander was targeted with a strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut."The Iranian foreign ministry strongly condemns the cowardly assassination...

Hamas discusses second phase of Gaza truce

2025-11-25 00:00:00

CAIRO, Nov 24 (AFP): A delegation of senior Hamas leaders discussed the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement on Sunday with the head of Egyptian intelligence, the Palestinian militant group said.Led by Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, the delegation...

US, Ukraine create 'updated and refined' peace plan

2025-11-25 00:00:00

GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters/AFP): The United States and Ukraine said they had created an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia that apparently modified an earlier plan drafted by the Trump administration which Kyiv and its...

ALLIANCE FINANCE SUPPORTS CRP'S PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Alliance Finance PLC, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, has joined hands with the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) to support the CRP's ongoing skills development projects for people with disabilities. Kanti Kumar Saha,...

BANGLADESH KRISHI BANK ORGANISES TRAINING COURSE

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh Krishi Bank organised a training course titled 'Foundation training for newly recruited senior officers and officers (cash)' that began at the bank's Staff College Auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday. Secretary of the Financial Institutions Division Nazma Mobarek inaugurated the...

Islami Bank holds board meeting _--

2025-11-25 00:00:00

A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Monday at Islami Bank Tower. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab, chairman of the executive...

EU to push US to honour trade deal by cutting steel tariffs

2025-11-25 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Nov 24 (Reuters): European Union ministers on Monday were set to urge top US trade officials to apply more of the July EU-US trade deal by cutting US tariffs on EU steel and removing them from EU goods such...

Gold holds steady as Fed rate cut bets offset dollar strength

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Gold prices held steady on Monday, as growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month helped offset pressure from a firm US dollar, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.1 per cent at $4,069.10 per ounce, as of 1153...

Oil steady as investors weigh hopes for Ukraine peace talks

2025-11-25 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters): Oil prices stabilised on Monday after last week's decline of about 3 per cent, as investors weighed the chances for a US rate cut against the prospect of a Ukraine peace deal that could lead to...

Ensure transparency in port management

2025-11-25 00:00:00

Recent discussions about the proposed involvement of Danish and Swedish companies in managing Chattogram's Laldia Terminal and Dhaka's Pangaon facility have drawn considerable public attention. As the country's principal gateway for international trade, the Chattogram Port holds immense economic and...

Admin cadre needed to manage hospitals

2025-11-25 00:00:00

The healthcare sector in Bangladesh is expanding rapidly, with increasing patient pressure, higher budget allocations and ongoing infrastructural modernisation. Yet this progress is scarcely reflected in the administrative structure of our hospitals. In most healthcare facilities across the country, doctors...

An engine hotter than the sun

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-11-25 00:00:00

Scientists have made an engine that is hotter than the sun's core. But how hot is the sun's core? The temperature of the sun's core is around 15 million degrees Celsius. Usually, the temperature of a typical star's (our sun...