World champions Argentina have announced their final squad of 2025 ahead of a friendly against Angola, with coach Lionel Scaloni opting for a mix of experience and youth as part of his long-term World Cup preparations, reports UNB.The 24-man roster,...
LONDON, Nov 7 (AFP): Manchester City host Liverpool this weekend in the latest chapter of a compelling rivalry that has dominated the Premier League for nearly a decade -- but this time both clubs are playing catch-up.Table-toppers Arsenal will hope...
LONDON, Nov 7 (AFP): Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has defended his policy of making regular wholesale changes to his Chelsea team after criticism from Wayne Rooney that his approach is disruptive.The Blues made seven changes for Wednesday's disappointing 2-2 draw...
Bangladesh Cricket Board in a statement on late Thursday announced that it has formed an investigation committee following sexual harassment allegations by Bangladeshi cricketer Jahanara Alam.The board said the committee was instructed to submit its findings within 15 working days,...
Ireland will visit Bangladesh to play a two-match test series and three T20Is as the first test to begin on the second week of November, according to Cricket Ireland.The test series kicks off with the first game in Sylhet on...
World Cup-winning legendary Brazilian footballer Cafu will visit Dhaka in December, reports BSS.He is expected to join as the special guest at the prize distribution ceremony of the tournament "AFB Latin Bangla Super Cup 2025", scheduled to be held at...
As part of the Festival of Youth 2025, IFIC Bank has recently organised a special workshop on financial literacy under the guidance of Bangladesh Bank and in collaboration with Sylhet Government Women's College at its auditorium. The event was chaired...
AKS Pharmacy, a leading pharmacy chain, has recently signed an agreement with bKash, to ensure convenient purchase of essential medicines at affordable prices. Under this initiative, customers can buy necessary medicines from more than 60 AKS Pharmacy outlets across the...
Sharif Zahir, Chairman of United Commercial Bank PLC, took part in the"Partners in Flow" panel on the second day of Dhaka Flow Fest 2025 at Gulshan's ShahabuddinPark recently.
BEIJING, Nov 7 (AFP): China's exports fell in October for the first time in eight months, official data showed Friday, as trade tensions flared in the weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping met US counterpart Donald Trump.Shipments dropped 1.1 percent...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
Proparco, the private sector arm of the French government's development agency AFD Group, is stepping up its engagement in Bangladesh, with investments and technical assistance worth over US$162 million channelled into private enterprises over the past 12 years. "We want...
Bangladesh on Friday highlighted its importance as a highly potential source country of skilled human resources for Japan which requires around 11 million foreign workers by 2040, reports UNB.The Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo organised a seminar followed by a...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
The government's decade-long efforts to bring transparency to public spending is facing a setback, as the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has requested an exemption from the newly introduced mandatory electronic government procurement (e-GP) system.Instead, the state-owned agency has sought...
BEIJING (Reuters): China will restore soybean import licenses for three U.S. firms and lift its suspension on U.S. log imports starting Nov. 10, its customs authority said on Friday in another sign of easing trade tensions between the two nations.The...
TOKYO, Nov 7 (AP): Honda reported Friday that its profit for the first fiscal half through September fell 37% from the previous year, as the damage from President Donald Trump's tariffs offset the lift from solid motorcycle sales.Tokyo-based Honda Motor...
Physical gold demand in India remained subdued this week as volatile prices deterred buyers from making purchases and prompted dealers to offer steep discounts to lure them, while demand cooled in China on changing tax regulations, reports Reuters.Indian dealers were...
IDRA holds a seminar titled "Conventional Insurance Plans for Youth" at the International Standard University recently, as part of the four seminars held to celebrate "Youth Festival: Customer Service Side - 2025," an intiative to raise insurance awareness among the...
COLOMBO, Nov 7 (AFP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed Friday to overhaul the country's loss-making national airline after the government failed to find a buyer, in line with commitments under an IMF bailout.Successive administrations have sought to sell...
SINGAPORE, Nov 7 (Reuters): Oil edged up on Friday following three days of declines on worries about excess supply and slowing demand in the U.S., though prices appeared to be headed for a second week of losses.Brent crude futures rose...
Global equity funds saw a surge in inflows in the week through November 5 as investors, optimistic about rising artificial intelligence-linked corporate deals, favoured higher allocations during a market correction, reports Reuters.Investors acquired a net $22.37 billion worth of global...
Asia-Pacific markets fell Friday, tracking Wall Street declines on persistent concerns over lofty valuations in artificial intelligence stocks, reports CNBC.Shares of major AI companies fell Thursday stateside, weighing down on the broader US market. The biggest declines were from Nvidia,...
Bank Asia PLC organised a daylong awareness programme on 'Gender equality and prevention of sexual harassment' at the Bank Asia Institute for Training and Development in Dhaka recently. Rumana Akhter Tulee, Assistant Vice President of Bank Asia, conducted the session...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
Summit Alliance Port has reported its highest-ever annual profit of Tk 675 million for FY25, marking a significant increase driven by higher revenue from container handling in export, import, and freight services.The company, a market leader in the Inland Container...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
Stocks continued their downward trajectory this week, falling below the psychological threshold of 5,000-mark for the first time in four months amid persistent bearish sentiment.Market analysts said investors had been suffering from a confidence crisis for a long time, while...
Mohammed Shahid Ullah | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh has come a long way in economic growth since 1972. In 1972, the gross domestic product (GDP) was US$ 5.70 billion where as in 2025 it stands at US$ 475.00 billion. Contribution to GDP from the services sector is...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-11-08 00:00:00
That a nation's close relationship or the lack of it with Nature can be a subject of study is somewhat surprising, especially when Western researchers embark on exploring nations' comparative connectedness to natural environment. To the oriental civilisations, particularly that...
SPIN BOLDAK (Afghanistan), Nov 07 (AFP): Afghan and Pakistani negotiators were locked in crunch peace talks in Istanbul on Friday after deadly border fighting threatened a fragile truce.The talks in Turkey were meant to cement a ceasefire agreed in Qatar...
MEXICO CITY, Nov 07 (AFP): Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday launched a nationwide drive against sexual harassment and abuse, after shocking video of a man groping her brought the widespread issue into stark focus.The country's first woman leader presented...
KHAN YOUNIS, Nov 07 (Agencies): Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel's devastating military campaign, spilling out along roadsides and between the tents where most of the shattered enclave's people live.Government services such...
GENEVA, Nov 07 (Arab News): The UN World Food Programme warned on Friday it may have to pause food aid to help millions of malnourished people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by February due to a major funding crisis."We're...
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