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...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
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...
Tourism is no longer just about leisure. It is a powerful engine that connects economies, cultures, and communities, driving sustainable development. The theme of the World Tourism Day 2025, "Tourism and Sustainable Transformation", emphasises the need for skilled human resources...
The Rohingya refugee crisis continues to pose enormous humanitarian and public health challenges to Bangladesh. Nowhere is this more evident than in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live. They live in some of the most densely...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
Every morning, the streets of Dhaka are crammed with a multitude of private cars, motorcycles, CNG-run three-wheelers, battery-run rickshaws, pedal rickshaws, a large number of them crowding the entrances of hundreds of schools. This daily influx exacerbates the already severe...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
In a bold leap forward for automation, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has mandated that nearly all individual taxpayers must file their income-tax returns online beginning this year. Only the elderly, individuals with disabilities, expatriates and those filing on...
To amend the country's labour law in line with the international conventions on human rights, labour rights, environmental protection and good governance is admittedly the demand of the time. Also, members of the international community including Western diplomats, those of...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will launch the 'Typhoid Vaccination Campaign 2025' on October 12 to protect children from the disease, reports BSS.In the month-long programme, about 1.0 million children aged between nine months and 15 years will be given...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-29 12:00:00
Premier Bank reported a loss of Tk 1.64 billion for the April-June quarter this year mainly due to higher interest expenses, while it had a profit of Tk 1.16 billion in the same period last year. The loss could have...
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