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JANATA BANK'S DHAKA NORTH DIVISIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE HELD

2025-07-29 00:00:00

JANATA BANK'S DHAKA NORTH DIVISIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE HELDThe Dhaka North Divisional Half-Yearly Business Conference of Janata Bank PLC was held on Monday at the conference room of the Divisional Office. Md. Mazibur Rahman, Managing Director of the bank, attended the...

SONALI BANK BOARDS HOLDS MEETING WITH ITS SMT

2025-07-29 00:00:00

SONALI BANK BOARDS HOLDS MEETING WITH ITS SMTThe 16th review meeting between the Board of Directors and Senior Management Team (SMT) of Sonali Bank PLC was held at the Bank's head office conference room on Monday. Chairman of the Board...

Islami Bank Holds Board Meeting--

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Islami Bank Holds Board MeetingA meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held at Islami Bank Tower on Monday. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab,...

NCC BANK LAUNCHES ATM BOOTHS AT METRO STATIONS

2025-07-29 00:00:00

NCC BANK LAUNCHES ATM BOOTHS AT METRO STATIONSNCC Bank launched ATM booths across all 16 stations of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 of the metro rail in Dhaka. The formal inauguration of an ATM booth was held at the...

Prime Bank's profit grows 32pc in H1

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Prime Bank has announced a 32 per cent growth in profit after tax (NPAT) on consolidated basis for the first half of the year ended in June this year. The board of directors of the bank adopted its half-yearly un-audited...

Renata gets regulatory nod to issue preference stocks

FE Report | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

Renata has obtained approval of the securities regulator to issue Tk 3.25 billion worth of "non-cumulative, non-participative, fully convertible preference shares" in a bid to ease its current financial burden.According to the company's filing on Monday, the Bangladesh Securities and...

MTB ORGANISES TRAINING IN MONEY LAUNDERING PREVENTION

2025-07-29 00:00:00

MTB ORGANISES TRAINING IN MONEY LAUNDERING PREVENTIONUnder the "Lead Bank Programme" of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) organised a day-long training programme on prevention of money laundering and combating financing of terrorism in Sylhet on Saturday...

IPDC Finance profit sees 45.3pc jump in H1

FE Report | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

IPDC Finance, one of Bangladesh's leading non-bank financial institutions, recorded a 45.3 per cent year-on-year increase in profit to Tk 150 million in the first half of 2025, driven primarily by a robust growth in investment income.Gross interest income grew...

UCB INVESTMENT, UCB STOCK BROKERAGE SECURE TOP HONOURS AT EUROMONEY

2025-07-29 00:00:00

UCB INVESTMENT, UCB STOCK BROKERAGE SECURE TOP HONOURS AT EUROMONEY United Commercial Bank (UCB)'s UCB Investment Limited was titled Bangladesh's 'Best Investment Bank' while UCB Stock Brokerage Limited was titled 'Best Securities House' and 'Best Bank for Research' for 2025...

City Bank quarterly profit up 34pc on high bond yields

FE REPORT | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

City Bank secured an impressive 34 per cent year-on-year growth in profit in the second quarter through June this year, driven by substantial income from investments in government securities.The first generation commercial bank's consolidated earnings per share (EPS) stood at...

Gold falls 1.0pc as US-EU deal boosts risk appetite

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Gold fell to a near three-week low on Monday as a US-European Union trade accord lifted the dollar and risk sentiment, while investors awaited fresh cues on rate policy from this week's Federal Reserve meeting, reports Reuters.Spot gold fell 1.0...

BADC WORKSHOP ON IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY

2025-07-29 00:00:00

BADC WORKSHOP ON IRRIGATION EFFICIENCYA workshop titled 'Assessment of the Present Irrigation Efficiency in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Bangladesh' was held on Monday as part of the PARTNER Project, which is being implemented by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)....

S Arabia may hike September oil prices to Asia for second month

2025-07-29 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, may hike crude oil prices for Asian buyers for the second month in a row, with September prices set to hit five-month highs on tight supply and robust demand,...

BANGLADESH KRISHI BANK HOLDS DISCUSSION ON 'JULY REVOLUTION'

2025-07-29 00:00:00

BANGLADESH KRISHI BANK HOLDS DISCUSSION ON 'JULY REVOLUTION' Bangladesh Krishi Bank held a special discussion to mark the 'July Revolution' anniversary at the head office of the bank on Monday. Managing Director of the bank Sanchia Binte Ali presided over...

Tide-induced erosion ravaging Cox's Bazar coastline

2025-07-29 00:00:00

OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, July 28: Soil erosion under the impact of the low created in the deep sea and the turbulent waves caused by tidal surge is causing considerable havoc on various points of the Cox's Bazar coastline. A large...

'Draw that feels like a win': India hails great Test escape

2025-07-29 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 28 (AFP): India on Monday lauded their cricketers for pulling off a "draw that feels like a win" in the fourth Test against England to keep the series alive.India, 2-1 down in the five-match series and a...

Three more Bangladeshi women footballers to play in Bhutanese league

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Three more Bangladeshi national women's footballers will play in the ongoing Bhutanese National Women's League, reports UNB.Three players---Bangladesh captain Afeida Khandaker, midfielder Sapna Rani and forward Shaheda Akhter Ripa---will play for the Royal Thimphu College FC team.Three players are expected...

July 36 Gold Cup Football Tournament kicks off in Rangpur

2025-07-29 00:00:00

RANGPUR, July 28 (BSS): The 'July 36 Gold Cup Football Tournament- 2025' kicked off at Rangpur Stadium in the city with the theme "Let's Change the Country, Change the world" on Monday afternoon.Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md Shahidul Islam inaugurated the...

No reason for talks with South, says N Korea

2025-07-29 00:00:00

SEOUL, July 28 (AFP): North Korea has no interest in pursuing dialogue with the South, leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said Monday, dismissing a new president in Seoul who has vowed to mend ties.Since his election in June, South...

Major Israeli rights groups brand Gaza campaign 'genocide'

2025-07-29 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, July 28 (AFP/BBC): Israeli pressure groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights warned in a joint statement on Monday of what they called the development of a "genocidal regime in Israel, working to destroy Palestinian society in Gaza.""Nothing prepares...

Putin now has 10-12 days to end Ukraine war, says Trump

2025-07-29 00:00:00

TURNBERRY, July 28 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Monday he would set Russian President Vladimir Putin a new deadline of "10 or 12" days to end the war in Ukraine."I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10...

The great youth exit

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Thousands of students from public and private universities in Bangladesh graduate each year, but many of them are left without suitable jobs. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) recently released data showing that the youth unemployment rate is still over...

The Milestone tragedy

2025-07-29 00:00:00

The nation is reeling from the devastating crash of a training aircraft into Milestone School and College on Monday afternoon, July 21, 2025. The death toll continues to rise, with official figures now standing at 33 lives lost and nearly...

What's in store for US-BD final round of tariff talks?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

A Bangladesh trade mission, as reported, is scheduled to meet for the third time with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in Washington, D.C., on July 29 and July 30 to see if the 35 per cent...

Tariff talks: Positive outcome a must for Bangladesh

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

As Bangladesh braces for the third round of negotiations with the United States, starting from today (Tuesday), the stakes have never been higher. The escalating tariff crisis, triggered by the Trump administration's decision to impose a nearly 50 per cent...

Problems facing textile mills

2025-07-29 00:00:00

Any major industry develops concurrently allowing the opportunity of growth of allied or backward linkage industries. The readymade garment (RMG) industry has also been behind the emergence of such source industries. Textile mills in this country had seen many ups...

Climate crisis is a burning future

Matiur Rahman | 2025-07-29 00:00:00

The term "anthropocene" is not merely a signifier of a new geological epoch; it fundamentally questions the relationship between modern human society and nature. It denotes an era in which human activities have drastically altered the Earth's geomorphology, climate, and...

Deals with foreign firms likely by Oct to operate Ctg port facilities

Doulot Akter Mala | 2025-07-28 12:00:00

Foreign direct investment is set to flow in Chittagong-seaport facilities as the interim government intends to break long-lasting FDI droughts before national elections to make its finish memorable. By October, the appointment of internationally reputed port contractors is expected to...

'Navigating the challenges affecting BATB’s H1 profitability'

2025-07-28 12:00:00

As Bangladesh's economic and regulatory landscape continues to evolve, businesses across sectors are having to adapt to new challenges. As one of the highest tax-paying companies in the country, BAT Bangladesh has been navigating through unique circumstances and has recently...

Arrest warrant issued against Naem Nizam, two others

2025-07-28 00:00:00

A special Dhaka court Sunday issued arrest warrants against three journalists, including former editor of Daily Bangladesh Pratidin Naem Nizam, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA), reports BSS.The two other accused are - Bangladesh Pratidin publisher...