Modhumoti Bank PLC successfully organised the Agent Banking Conference 2025 at the BRAC Learning Center in Bogura on Saturday. Md. Shafiul Azam, Managing Director & CEO of Modhumoti Bank was present as the chief guest. Shahnawaj Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director,...
Anti-Money Laundering Division of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC organised a day-long workshop on AML/CFT Compliance for Executives & Officials of all branches at Rajshahi Zone of the Bank" at a local hotel in Rajshahi on Saturday. Joint Director of Bangladesh...
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh started sale of oil, sugar and lentil at subsidised rates in the open market across the country on Sunday. The picture was taken from Topkhana Road in the city on the day. —FE Photo
The Board of Directors of Continental Insurance PLC in its 231st Board meeting held recently unanimously elected K.M. Alamgir as Chairman and Mr. Feroz Alam as Vice Chairman of the Company, says a press release.K. M. Alamgir, born in a...
BRAC Bank facilitated over 5,000 free kidney dialysis sessions in 2024 for patients from underserved communities at Kidney Foundation Hospital Sylhet (KFS), says a press release.Through its flagship CSR health initiative Aporajeyo Ami, the bank is making lifesaving dialysis accessible...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-08-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun has said the process of appointing operators for key terminals at Chattogram Port is underway, with at least one operator expected to be appointed by the end of December...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters): China wants the United States to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal before a possible summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Financial Times reported...
RIYADH, Aug 10 (Arab News): Egypt's annual urban inflation rate eased to 13.9 per cent in July, down from 14.9 per cent the previous month, as falling food costs helped temper price pressures, official data showed.Figures from the Central Agency...
NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from India this week, citing New Delhi's continued purchase of Russian oil. The new import tax, effective 21 days after August...
RIYADH, Aug 10 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's cement sector registered a sharp upswing in the second quarter of the year, with total sales by the Kingdom's 17 producers reaching 13.13 million tonnes. According to figures by Riyadh-based Al-Yamama Cement, this...
RIYADH, Aug 10 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's industrial production climbed 7.9 per cent year on year to 111.9 in June, driven by a sharp rebound in manufacturing and higher crude output, official data showed. Figures from the General Authority for...
The closing ceremony of the month-long Entrepreneur Development Training Programme organised under the SICIP project of the Special Programme Department of Bangladesh Bank under the initiative of Al-Arafah Islami Bank was held at the Bangladesh Rural Development Academy (BARD) in...
As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Pubali Bank PLC has gifted a microbus to the officials of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR). Mohammad Ali, Managing Director and CEO of Pubali Bank PLC, handed over the...
IFIC Bank PLC organised an event titled "Meet the Senior Management" at IFIC Tower recently to welcome newly-recruited Management Trainees in the Data Processing & IT System Management and Legal Affairs departments. Syed Mansur Mustafa, Managing Director of the bank,...
Trust Bank has launched its Bogura branch, the 120th branch of the bank, at Shonom Complex, Sherpur Road, Bogura. Major General S M Asadul Haque, ndc, psc, General Officer Commanding, 11 Infantry Division and Area Commander, Bogura Area, formally inaugurated...
Midland Bank (MDB) has been awarded the prestigious "Excellence in Prepaid Cards (Associate Client)" title at the Visa Excellence Awards, held on August 4 at Hotel Sheraton in the capital. The award ceremony was part of the "Visa Leadership Conclave...
Southeast Bank has launched Tijarah Islamic Visa Signature Credit Card designed to cater to customers' diverse financial needs while adhering to Shariah-compliant principles. The card does not charge any interest and applies a modest tiered monthly maintenance fee to the...
The first unit of the Russian-built nuclear power plant at Pabna's Rooppur (RNPP) with 1200 MW capacity is expected to launch production in December or January next as per schedule, officials said in Dhaka on Sunday, reports BSS."The unit will...
Labour Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain has claimed that a single garment company took Tk 482.48 billion in loans from 16 banks and seven financial institutions, with no clarity on where the money went, reports bdnews24.com.On Sunday, Sakhawat said authorities were...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-11 00:00:00
Rahima Food's share price has soared nearly 140 per cent in less than two months on the Dhaka bourse despite a sharp decline in profits in the first nine months of FY25.Following the unusual rally, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-08-11 00:00:00
The equity market has recently been receiving fresh inflows of investment from foreign investors as macroeconomic indicators started showing signs of economic recovery and the forex market attained stability. Stocks, which are lucrative to overseas investors, saw foreign stakes go...
Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) was once the flagbearer of Shariah-compliant banking in Bangladesh. However, it quickly gained national notoriety for all the wrong reasons. Billions of taka were unceremoniously siphoned off through questionable loans to a politically influential conglomerate....
Corruption is a persistent problem in emerging nations such as Bangladesh, and finding a solution seems increasingly difficult. Those involved in corrupt practices often remain disconnected from the public, while those with political ties frequently evade justice. Corrupt officials gain...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-08-11 00:00:00
The interim government's decision to increase food aid through vulnerable group feeding assistance during the lean days of ban on fishing to the fishermen families is a commendable move. Notably, the fishing ban comes on two occasions for 22 days...
The gruesome murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin on Thursday evening in Gazipur has left both the journalist community and the entire nation shell-shocked. It once again underscores the grave dangers media professionals face in the line of their duty to...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-08-11 00:00:00
Strategic economic analysts have been closely monitoring the different dimensions that have been evolving over the past few weeks pertaining to US tariff trade deals all over the world. James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan in their observations in BBC have...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-08-10 12:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) is planning to introduce an IT-supported postal voting system to enable Bangladeshis living abroad to vote in the 13th national parliamentary election, expected to be held in February next year.Under this system, the EC will send...
GAZIPUR, Aug 9 (UNB): A Gazipur court has placed seven persons on a two-day remand in connection with the murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin.Md Alamgir Al Mamun, judge of the Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Court, passed the order on Saturday afternoon...
FENI, Aug 9 (UNB): Detectives in a drive arrested former Feni Zila Parishad Chairman Khairul Bashar Majumdar Tapan from his residence at Shantinagar in the capital on Friday night in a case over killing protesters near Mohipal flyover during the...
Bangladesh Adivasi Forum chief Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Shantu Larma, has said the future of Bangladesh's ethnic minorities is clouded by uncertainty and fear, reports bdnews24.com.In an address marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on...
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