FE REPORT | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the chief adviser's (CA) letter sent to the Election Commission (EC) was the most important step taken by the interim government in a year. The nation was waiting this, he said. Earlier in...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
In a move to ensure greater transparency in financial transactions, the government is set to amend relevant laws to implement the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), an international framework.To this end, the Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday purchased US$45 million more from commercial banks in a bid to help keep the country's foreign-exchange (forex) market stable.With the latest amount, the central bank has, so far, bought US dollars amounting to $539 million...
The schedule for the 13th parliamentary election is likely to be announced in the first half of December next, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Thursday."The Chief Election Commissioner already told you (media) that the...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh saw its Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) soar 8.4 points to hit 61.5 in July over the previous month -- indication that overall economy posted expansion. The PMI was recorded at 53.1 in June last. Such rise in the PMI...
Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus says the interim government's second phase will begin with a clear focus on holding a well-organised national election.On Thursday, Yunus said that judicial processes and reforms would continue their course during the second chapter, reports bdnews24.com.His...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
Numerous healing measures taken by the post-uprising government in remedying some daunting challenges on the economic front bear fruit but a pickup in investment and employment eludes aspirations, experts say."The government has done good job in bringing transparency in financial...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
Inflation takes an upturn again, after a brief relief on bounteous agricultural harvests, with July rate climbing to 8.55 per cent by official count released Thursday.Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data show the point-to-point inflation rate in July 0.07- percentage-point...
GENEVA, Aug 07 (AFP): Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources in and around the talks told AFP.Ten days of...
JERUSALEM, Aug 07 (AFP): Israel's military will have to execute any government decisions on Gaza, the defence minister said Wednesday after reported disagreements over the prospect of a full occupation of the Palestinian territory.As the war nears its 23rd month,...
NEW DELHI, Aug 07 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he will not compromise the interests of the country's farmers even if he has to pay a heavy price, in his first comments after US President Donald...
MOSCOW, Aug 07 (Reuters/AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, in what would be the first summit between leaders of the two countries since...
A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail and Rangpurdistricts on Thursday, report agencies.In Tangail, three people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a pickup van and a motorcycle in Bilaspur...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 07 (UNB): Vehicular movement on one side of the Oxygen-Bayezid road near Oxygen No-2 Gate in Chattogram port city has remained suspended since early Thursday after a culvert near the Cantonment collapsed amid heavy overnight rainfall.The structure gave...
A CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-08 00:00:00
BOGURA, Aug 07: Road communication between at least 30,000 people in a dozen villages in Bogura's Sherpur and Dunat Upazilas was cut off as a flood control embankment, which underwent recent repair works, collapsed.Around 50 feet of the Katakhali embankment...
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is reportedly opposed to a two-tier WTC where England might not be in the same division as Australia or India if there were relegated.The ECB is not interested in a two-tier World Test...
MONTREAL, Aug 07 (Reuters): Teenager Victoria Mboko survived a first-set wobble to battle to a 1-6 7-5 7-6(4) win over 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and set up a Canadian Open showdown with Naomi Osaka, while men's top seed Alexander...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranged a skill camp to prepare the players for the long cricket season, reports BSS.Usually due to the hectic International season, the players hardly get any time to work on their technique and other aspects...
The 2025 US Open will be the richest in history, with player prize money at the Grand Slam rising to $85 million (£63.8 million at the current rate) - significantly more than the other three major tennis tournaments: Wimbledon, the...
Bangladesh climbed their biggest 24 steps in the latest FIFA women's ranking moving from 128th to 104th following their historic qualification for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time ever, reports BSS.The Peter Butler side now secured...
TOKYO, Aug 07 (Reuters): Japan's Toyota Motor said on Thursday it expected a hit of nearly $10 billion from President Donald Trump's tariffs on cars imported into the United States, the highest such estimate yet by any company, underscoring growing...
LONDON, Aug 07 (AFP): The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to four per cent, the lowest level in 2.5 years, as it bids to boost a UK economy still threatened by...
RIYADH, Aug 07 (Arab News): Egypt's exports rose by 4.6 per cent year-on-year in May to reach $4.25 billion, supported by a significant uptick in petroleum products and ready-made garments.The latest monthly bulletin released by the Central Agency for Public...
Japanese investors significantly sold foreign stocks in the week to August 2 as major markets retreated on caution over US economic outlook and a new set of trade tariffs, reports Reuters.According to data from Japan's Ministry of Finance released on...
MUMBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters): India's stock benchmarks erased intraday losses to settle flat on Thursday, as news of a US-Russia presidential meeting helped markets rebound from a slide sparked by the US doubling tariffs on Indian goods.The Nifty 50 and...
On the occasion of 'July Uprising' and 'Youth Festival-2025', United Finance PLC organised a tree plantation programme. Managing Director of the company Mohammad Rafiqul Islam inaugurated programme at the company's head office in the city on Wednesday.
On the occasion of 'July Uprising' and 'Youth Festival-2025', a tree plantation programme was organised at Motijheel Park under the initiative of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and its subsidiary companies on Wednesday. The event was led by Niranjan...
The 50th meeting of the newly-formed board of the directors of Union Bank PLC was held at its head office in the city on Thursday. Chairman of the bank Md Fariduddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. Chairman of the board...
The 310th meeting of the Board of Directors of First Security Islami Bank PLC was held on Wednesday at the FSIB Head Office in Dhaka with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of the Board, in the chair. Md. Azizur Rahman, Vice...
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