SEOUL, Sept 11 (Reuters): South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Thursday he would not pursue plans to revise a capital gains tax on stock investments, conceding that the move risked undermining the market and reaffirming a promise of...
Asian equities saw sharp outflows in August as worries over US President Donald Trump's tariffs weighed on the outlook for the region's exporters, while a weaker dollar added to margin pressures and competitiveness concerns, reports Reuters.Foreigners sold a net $8.8...
DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters): Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, raised $3 billion from a sale of Islamic bonds, a term sheet showed on Thursday, as investors appeared unperturbed by an Israeli attack on neighbouring Qatar this week.Aramco priced...
BB, PRIME BANK INK DEAL TO IMPLEMENT TK 5B START-UP REFINANCING FUNDPrime Bank signed a participation agreement with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to implement a Tk 5 billion Start-up Refinancing Fund aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and supporting emerging business ventures...
FE Report | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The Dhaka bourse closed the week's last session with a moderate rise, breaking the losing streak of the previous three sessions as the majority of stocks closed higher.DSEX, the broad index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), had lost 2.89 per...
Farhan Fardaus | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The securities regulator has moved to amend the Debt Securities Rules 2021 to make bond issuance easier, with a focus on social impact and environmental sustainability.The amendments appear urgent at a time when higher US tariffs on exports from competing...
CARACAS, Sept 11, (AFP): Venezuela sacked coach Fernando Batista on Wednesday night, a day after their World Cup qualification dream died and after an intervention by the country's president.News of Argentine Batista's sacking, alongside his entire backroom staff, came after...
The Bangladesh national football team returned home safely from Nepal on Thursday) afternoon on a special flight after being stranded in Nepal due to the political unrest, reports BSS.A special Air Force flight carrying the national football team landed at...
For the first time, the Women's Cricket World Cup will be run entirely by female officials, reports UNB.The ICC confirmed on Thursday that all 31 matches of the 2025 edition in India will be overseen by an all-women panel -...
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (BBC): US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities - a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres.Chinese nationals, who...
WARSAW, Sept 11 (AFP): Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory.Poland said...
PORT SUDAN, Sept 11 (AFP): More than three quarters of school-age children in war-torn Sudan are currently out of school, making it one of the world's worst education crises, Save the Children said Thursday.A new study by the UK-based charity...
SANAA, Sept 11 (BBC/AFP): At least 35 people were killed in Israeli air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Wednesday, according to the Iran-backed group's health ministry.The Israeli military said it struck military targets in the capital Sanaa and...
SYLHET, Sept 11 (BSS): Tourist went missing on Wednesday while taking a bath in the river at Jaflong in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District.The missing has been identified as Abu Sufian (26), son of Abdul Haque of Shingpur village in...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 11 (UNB): A 62-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her son over a property dispute in Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj district early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Karuna Rani Bhadra, wife of late Fotik Chandra Bhadra.Locals said Ravi...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 11 (BSS): Sugarcane cultivation in Manikganj district has exceeded the target set for the current season, according to sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).DAE officials said the target was set to bring 510 hectares of land...
JASHORE, Sept 11 (BSS): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in a drive, arrested a man with 17 gold bars worth over Tk 38 million (3.8 crore) from Darajhat area on the Jashore-Narail highway on Thursday. The arrested was Sanjay Sarkar, 37,...
GAZIPUR, Sept 11 (UNB): Traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was disrupted for nearly an hour on Wednesday morning after workers of a garment factory blocked the road demanding their August salaries.Around 150-200 workers of Bulbul Knitting and Sewing Ltd staged...
RANGPUR, Sept 11 (BSS): Despite facing drought-like conditions caused by low rainfall during the early stages of seedling transplantation, farmers in the Rangpur agricultural region have surpassed the target for Aman rice cultivation by 0.04 per cent. According to officials...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Sept 11: A century-old charitable dispensary run by the Chandpur Municipality has remained closed for over a month due to the absence of doctors, leaving hundreds of residents in the Puranbazar area of the district deprived of low-cost healthcare.The...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Knowing Humanity in the Social World is an expansive intellectual portrait of one of the most provocative and polarising figures in contemporary science and technology studies (STS) and social epistemology, Steve Fuller. Authored by Francis X. Remedios and Val Dusek,...
When most people in Bangladesh think about banking, they picture the basics - opening an account, depositing or withdrawing cash, applying for loans and completing other branch-level services. Since independence in 1971, however, the banking sector has undergone significant reforms...
The dream of an independent Palestinian state, comprising the West Bank and Gaza, has remained unfulfilled since 1947. That vision has been consistently frustrated by Israel's occupation and its refusal to allow Palestinians meaningful self-determination.The Palestinians in the West Bank...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
A fruit cake costs quite a bit more than a plain cake in Bangladesh, whether it is purchased from an ordinary bakery in the neighbourhood or from a posh hotel. It seems logical that adding fruits to cakes would raise...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The Small and Medium Enterprises (MSEs) account for the majority of businesses all across the world. According to the World Bank (WB), this sector represents 90 per cent businesses with 50 per cent of employment worldwide. Bangladesh is no exception...
Bangladesh's notable surge in footwear export to the United States during the January-July period of 2025 has drawn attention for good reasons. While this growth can largely be linked to the Trump administration's tariffs on major footwear-exporting nations -- resulting...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
There have been many rogue states in the world but by any reckoning Israel is the worst of them. A commonplace definition of a rogue state is a country that wilfully violates international law and conventions and inflicts harm on...
A general view shows charred vehicles amid the remains of the torched Ncell headquarter building, Nepal's leading mobile service provider, a day after it was set ablaze by protesters in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on Tuesday,...
Police have arrested controversial rice trader Abdur Rashid on charges of embezzlement, reports bdnews24.cim.The arrest was made at 6pm on Tuesday in the Bottoil area, the Kushtia Model Police Station said.Rashid, who was out on bail, is accused of fraud...
FE REPORTThe International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved US$100 million in financing for Bangladesh's fertiliser procurement.The Bangladesh government signed the loan agreement with the Jeddah-based trade finance agency on...
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