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After Nassa, beleaguered Gazi Group gets loan rescheduling facility

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

Now the beleaguered Gazi Group is also getting special opportunity to reschedule its hefty default loans, officials say.Pursuant to government policy update, the central bank's high-powered loan-rescheduling committee has asked the 19 commercial banks and financial institutions concerned to keep...

EBL HOSTS SEMINAR TO INSPIRE YOUTH IN BANKING

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Eastern Bank (EBL) organised an exclusive seminar on financial literacy titled 'EBL Campus Connect: Inspiring New Generation in Banking' at North South University (NSU) recently. The event was aimed at inspiring and empowering university students with practical insights into modern...

Global equity fund inflows surge as US-China trade tensions ease

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Global equity funds attracted the largest weekly inflow in three weeks in the week through October 22 as signs of easing trade tensions between the United States and China, and strong earnings from some top US companies, boosted risk sentiment,...

BRAC Bank posts record quarterly profit

FE REPORT | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

BRAC Bank PLC has reported its highest-ever quarterly profit for the July-September period this year, registering a 50 per cent year-on-year increase. The third-generation commercial bank posted a consolidated profit of Tk 6.30 billion, up from Tk 4.20 billion in...

Stocks rebound on strong earnings growth

FE REPORT | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

The benchmark equity index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed in the green this week, recovering from two consecutive weeks of losses, as investors showed renewed buying interest in selective stocks that posted strong earnings growth in their latest...

Intel reports higher revenue, net income in third quarter

2025-10-25 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua): Intel Corporation on Thursday reported a 3 percent year-on-year increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2025, with overall sales hitting 13.7 billion U.S. dollars.According to its financial report, Intel's net income increased to...

SHIMANTO BANK OPENS ASHULIA BRANCH

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Shimanto Bank PLC has inaugurated its Ashulia Branch recently. Additional Director General (Headquarters) of Border Guard Bangladesh and Director of Shimanto Bank Brig Gen Imtaj Uddin was present as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony while Mohammad Azizul Hoque,...

An artisan is crafting intricate sewing designs on a dress

2025-10-25 00:00:00

An artisan is crafting intricate sewing designs on a dress in a shop at New Market in the city. Many people earn their livelihoods by engaging in such work. They typically base their designs on customers' choices or replicate designs...

Dhaka, Islamabad look forward to JEC meeting

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh and Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the forthcoming 9th meeting of the Joint Economic Commission, scheduled to be held in Dhaka on 27 October 2025, after a considerable gap, reports UNB.The two countries expressed satisfaction that the two sides have...

Trump heads to Asia, all eyes on meeting with Xi

2025-10-25 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP): US President Donald Trump embarks on a major trip to Asia this week with all eyes on a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that has huge implications for the global economy.Trump said Wednesday he was...

Motakabbir relieved, Saif new ATAB admin

2025-10-25 00:00:00

The Ministry of Commerce has relieved Deputy Secretary Motakabbir Ahmed from his duties as the Administrator of the Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB). He has been succeeded by the Ministry's Joint Secretary, Dr. Saif Uddin Ahmad, reports UNB.The...

Integrated transport master plan, map by December

2025-10-25 00:00:00

The government has started work to develop the country's first-ever integrated national transport master plan and findise the map by December, aiming to bring all modes of communication under a single coordinated framework, said Sheikh Moinuddin, Special Assistant to the...

Lionel Messi extends Inter Miami contract to 2028

2025-10-25 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters): Lionel Messi has extended his contract with MLS side Inter Miami to 2028, the club announced on Thursday, a boost for the North American league as the Argentine great keeps his career going.The eight-times Ballon...

Bangladesh women go down 3-0 to Thailand

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh national women's football suffered a 3-0 goal defeat to host Thailand in the first match of two-match FIFA International friendly series at Bangkok Thonburi University Football Training Centre in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, reports BSS.Bangladesh trailed the first half...

Rybakina seals WTA Finals spot in reaching Tokyo semis

2025-10-25 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 24 (AFP): Elena Rybakina clinched the eighth and last spot at next month's WTA Finals when she beat Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Friday to reach the Pan Pacific semi-finals in Tokyo.The 2022 Wimbledon champion joins the...

Soumya praises Saif for battling through fever

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar credited Saif Hassan for battling cold and fever while delivering a brilliant batting display to help the hosts claim an ODI series win after four successive losses, reports Cricbuzz. Bangladesh clinched the series against West Indies...

Abahani make winning start in Fed Cup

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Malian forward Souleymane Diabate and midfielder Sheikh Morsalin scored a brace each as Abahani Limited made winning start in the Federation Cup football beating Fakirerpool Young Men's Club by 4-2 goals at Bashundhara Kings arena in the city on Friday,...

Gold set to snap 9-week winning streak on US inflation data

2025-10-25 00:00:00

Gold prices eased on Friday and were on track for their first weekly drop in 10, weighed down a stronger dollar and as market participants squared positions ahead of a key U.S. inflation report due later in the day, reports...

Trump says all Canada trade talks 'terminated'

2025-10-25 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.On his Truth Social...

Alaska Airlines resumes flights after IT outage

2025-10-25 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, United States, Oct 24 (AFP): Alaska Airlines resumed operations on Thursday after a tech outage that suspended all of its flights for several hours, three months after a similar incident."Alaska Airlines operations have been restored after a significant...

Oil climbs for 2nd day on supply fears due to US sanctions on Russian cos

2025-10-25 00:00:00

LONDON (Reuters): Oil prices edged up on Friday, extending the previous day's surge and on track for a weekly gain as US sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies over the war in Ukraine spurred supply concerns.Brent crude futures rose...

Bus catches fire after being hit by a motorcycle in southern India, killing at least 25

2025-10-25 00:00:00

HYDERABAD, India (AP): A passenger bus erupted into flames after a motorcycle crashed into it early Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others in southern India, police said.The fire tore through the bus within minutes, trapping dozens...

Over 1,000 enter Thailand from Myanmar after scam hub raid

2025-10-25 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Oct 24 (AFP): More than 1,000 people, mostly Chinese, have fled from Myanmar into Thailand this week, Thai authorities said on Friday, after the Myanmar military raided one of the country's largest scam centres.Sprawling cyberscam hubs, where fraudsters swindle...

North Korea building memorial for troops killed in Ukraine war

2025-10-25 00:00:00

SEOUL, Oct 24 (AFP): North Korea has begun building a memorial for soldiers killed fighting in Russia's war with Ukraine, state media said Friday, with leader Kim Jong Un hailing a "historic peak" in ties with Moscow.The so-called Memorial Museum...

"Sharp increases" in HIV cases in Philippines, Fiji, Papua New Guinea

2025-10-25 00:00:00

MANILA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific region has raised alarm about the "sharp increases" in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the Philippines, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea in recent years, "with implications...

India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog

2025-10-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (AFP): India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.Cloud seeding is the practice of using...

EU leaders lay out conditions for emissions target deal

2025-10-25 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct 24 (AFP): EU leaders launched a final sprint Thursday to agree on a 10-year target to cut carbon emissions ahead of a key UN climate conference, laying out conditions including leaving the door open to future revisions.The...

Capturing cosmic beauty with a mobile phone

MIRAJ SHAWON | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

Does the night sky ever gaze at us? Does the Milky Way Galaxy ever want to reveal its presence by radiating its light? Late at night, when the city has gone quiet and many people are asleep at the end...

Lessons from Central African Republic

Abu Haider Md Assaduzzaman | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

The history of human civilization is more, or less, the cronicle of war and conflicts through the ages, inter-state or intra-state. The League of Nations, recognized as the first global organization formed after World War I in 1920, aimed to...

Menacing proliferation of three-wheelers in Dhaka City

Nilratan Halder | 2025-10-25 00:00:00

The proliferation of auto-rickshaws has reached the tipping point where their earlier version of pedal rickshaws is on the verge of vanishing from the scene. Electricity stored in a battery pack through charging turns a motor into mechanical power to...