TOKYO, Apr 01 (Reuters): Factory activity in many Asia economies weakened in March but there were some brighter signs in China and South Korea, surveys and data showed on Monday, offering a mixed picture on the once fast-expanding, key driver...
Eastern Bank PLC organised a training session on sustainable finance for its employees at the bank's head office in Gulshan on Monday. Chowdhury Liakat Ali, Director; and Shakhawat Hossan, Ahmed Zubaer Mahbub and Md Abu Rayhan, Joint Directors of Sustainable...
Rupali Bank Training Academy has launched a website, aiming to share training-related information among officers and employees of the bank. Chairman of Rupali Bank PLC Kazi Sanaul Hoq inaugurated the website at a ceremony at its head office in Dhaka...
Mercantile Bank PLC distributed open agricultural loan among 47 farmers of Feni, Laxmipur and Noakhali districts at a ceremony held at an auditorium in Feni recently. Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank, Chattogram Region, was present as the...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
At least 80 per cent of domestic flight tickets of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and most private airlines have been sold out much ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival.Most of the tickets for domestic flights to Jashore, Syedpur and Rajshahi from April...
IFIC Bank achieved a significant milestone with the inauguration of its 1200th sub-branch at Baitul Mukarram Market in the capital on Sunday. Shah Alam Sarwar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IFIC Bank, was present at the inaugural ceremony...
City Bank and bKash have jointly launched 'Pay-Later', a special collateral-free digital nano loan service that facilitates payments with interest-free loan through bKash app. Now customers can buy any product or services and pay directly with this special loan, even...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The government has given permission to import more than 5.11 million pieces of non-native vannamei shrimp seed, aiming to start commercial cultivation of vannamei shrimp in the country, according to the commerce ministry.A company named Green Bio Tech (BD) Corporation...
KABUL, Apr 01 (AFP): Nine children were killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan that was caused by a landmine laid during the country's decades of conflict, a provincial official said Monday.The mine went off as a group of young...
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Reuters) - India's half-century-old decision to end a territorial dispute with Sri Lanka over a tiny island has become a hot-button election issue, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party accusing the rival Congress of compromising fishermen's...
LONDON, Apr 01 (BBC): A mysterious illness that has affected US diplomats in recent years has been linked to a Russian intelligence unit.Personnel stationed around the globe with "Havana Syndrome" have reported unexplained symptoms such as dizziness.They may have been...
GAZA, Apr 01 (BBC/AP): Israel's military says it has pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after a two-week raid that left most of the major medical complex in ruins.Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said dozens of bodies have been...
ANKARA, Apr 01 (AP): Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 01 (Reuters/AFP): A Pakistani court on Monday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan an appeal of his conviction for graft and suspended his 14-year jail sentence, his party said.Just a week ahead of Feb. 8 elections, Khan and...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, Apr 01 (AP): Jannik Sinner's strong 2024 continued as he won the Miami Open with 6-3, 6-1 victory over 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday.In a flawless display on a 79-degree afternoon, Sinner, the 2024 Australian Open...
LIVERPOOL, England, Apr 01 (AP): Premier League club Everton reported losses of 89.1 million pounds ($112.5 million) in its latest accounts on Sunday.Its losses for the 2022-23 season went up from 44.7 million pounds in the previous campaign.The Merseyside club...
Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary during a practice session at Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday, ahead of their 2nd T20I against Australia today (Tuesday) — BCB
KARACHI, Apr 01 (AFP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will hold crisis talks Monday after replaced captain Shaheen Shah Afridi reportedly denied he had made comments backing new skipper Babar Azam that were quoted in a PCB statement.After dropping Azam...
Dhaka Mohammedan SC advanced to the second slot in the 11-team Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League, beating defending champions Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club by 3-2 goals in a keenly contested match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 01 (AFP): Asitha Fernando claimed 4-34 as Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 178 to take a massive 353-run lead in the first innings of the second Test in Chattogram on Monday.The visitors decided against enforcing a follow-on...
MOULVIBAZAR, Apr 1 (UNB): A 66-year-old woman was burnt to death in a fire which broke out at a house at East Kadamhata in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The dead is Nurjahan Begum. Abdus Salek, officer-in-charge of...
A severe storm has hit Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj, damaging swathes of crop fields, uprooting trees, and injuring more than a hundred people, reports bdnews24.com.The storm hit the upazila at 10:15pm on Sunday and continued until 11:15pm, according to locals...
OUR CORRESPONDENTRANGPUR, Apr 01: The aroma of mango blossoms is pervading the air of the district, making beholders enchanted, as mango trees have taken a charming look.The mango blossoms in the orchards and homestead areas have made cultivators optimistic about...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 01 (UNB): Environmentalists and residents have raised serious concern over a recent move by Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) to cut 46 century-old trees and hill slopes from Tiger Pass to CRB area for the construction of a ramp...
Few innovations have captivated the public's imagination like the metaverse. The metaverse blends physical and digital worlds with cutting-edge technology, immersive experiences, and limitless possibilities. It is necessary to study this revolutionary paradigm shift's tremendous potential and its deep consequences...
Bangladesh has been experiencing relatively steady economic growth, averaging 6 per cent annually over the past decades. This growth has been overly reliant on the country's demographic dividend, which is defined as the temporary boost to productivity and savings potential...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
A UN report titled, 'Global Humanitarian Overview 2024,' says hunger is not inevitable, but it is almost always manmade. And the manmade reasons for hunger according that report include armed conflict, economic shocks, climate extremes, poverty and inequality. These are...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
The financial sector regulators led by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) must come to terms with their limited capacity for competence and performance relating to the non-banking financial institutions (NBFs). It's not a rant but the NBFI mess is so deep...
Rise in educational cost, according to a study by the Education Watch---a civil society research organisation, by an average of 25 per cent and 51 per cent for primary and secondary students respectively in the first half of 2023 compared...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-04-02 00:00:00
Independence Day of Bangladesh, celebrated annually on March 26th, commemorates the nation's hard-won liberation from Pakistani rule in 1971. It marks the culmination of a historic struggle for self-determination, marked by immense sacrifices and unwavering determination. On this day, Bangladeshis...
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