Pubali Bank has been awarded the 'Remittance Award' by the non-profit private research institute Centre for Non-Resident Bangladeshis in recognition of its its contribution to remittance collection in 2023. The research institute organised a 'Branding Bangladesh' ceremony at a city...
Among 40 banks, First Security Islami Bank has secured the top position for collecting Dhaka WASA bills for the fifth consecutive year in the financial year 2022-2023. A ceremony titled 'Dhaka WASA Bill Collection Award' was held on Sunday at...
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and the JSC Foreign Economic Corporation 'Prodintorg' under the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to import essential items, reports BSS.TCB Chairman Brigadier General M Ariful Hasan...
bKash, the country's largest mobile financial service provider, received the No.1 prize in 'Bill Collection Award' for contributing to the highest amount of bill collection for Dhaka WASA in FY 2022-23, reports BSS. Customers all over the country are choosing...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
The Sammilito Parishad, led by SM Mannan (Kochi), has won all the 35 posts of directors at the biennial election of the apparel apex body, BGMEA, for the term of 2024-26. Of them, 26 directors were elected from Dhaka and...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan suggests that every listed business entity should have at least one female independent director, contributing to women empowerment. The data presented by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) shows that women's participation in listed...
FE Report | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
Unilever Consumer Care has reported a 31.61 per cent year-on-year growth in profit to Tk 961.59 million for 2023, backed by finance income and a one-off benefit.Its earnings per share (EPS) jumped to Tk 49.89 for the year, up from...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
The premier bourse of the country has begun a probe to find out why the index lost 98 per cent at the beginning of the Sunday's session and remained so until the trading ended. The regulator allows correction by maximum...
The limited number of women in the judiciary and legal practice, and their struggle to balance career and family demands, are key roadblocks to ensuring gender diversity in arbitration, according to participants at a recent seminar.The programme highlighted the evolving...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
Three state-run oil companies are expecting to see a significant jump in its revenue income during the period of March-June as the government has revised up sales margin. The sales margin of diesel and kerosene rose 60 per cent to...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 10, 2024 (AFP) - New Zealand cleaned out the top four Australian batsmen on Sunday to leave the tourists on 77-4 and facing an uphill task in their chase of 279 to win the second Test...
The prize distribution and closing ceremony of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Inter-Ward Sports Tournament- "Dhaka Mayor Cup-2024" was held at Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Kamalapur, in the city recently, according to a press release.The tournament was...
PARIS, Mar 10 (AFP): Paris Saint-Germain were held 2-2 by Reims in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a third straight domestic draw which still allowed the reigning champions to extend their lead at the top of the table to 10 points.Kylian...
MUNICH, Germany, Mar 10 (Reuters): Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich's 8-1 demolition of Mainz 05 on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points.Kane, who joined...
Bangladesh emerged champions in the four-nation SAFF U-16 Women's Championship 2024 beating their giant neighbor India by 3-2 goals in tie breaker at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, near Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, reports UNB.The final match between two arch-...
High-ranking Indian election officialresigns ahead of pollsNEW DELHI, Mar 10: India's second-highest ranked election commission official has resigned, the justice ministry said, days before the expected announcement of general elections in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third...
PADANG, Mar 10 (AP): Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 19 people and leaving seven others missing, officials said Sunday.Tons of mud, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain...
LONDON, Mar 10 (Reuters): US, French and British forces downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea area overnight and on Saturday after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and US destroyers in the region, the US military...
LISBON, Mar 10 (BBC): Portugal has gone to the polls, in a vote that will either keep the centre-left in power or shift the country to the right. Opinion polls suggest neither the Socialists nor the opposition centre-right is likely...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (Reuters): Pakistan's former President Asif Ali Zardari won a second term on Saturday, supported by the ruling coalition in a vote by parliament and regional assemblies, the election presiding officer said.The role of president is largely ceremonial...
GAZA STRIP, Mar 10 (AFP/BBC): Deadly fighting raged on in Gaza on Sunday, with no truce in sight on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a dire humanitarian crisis gripping the besieged Palestinian territory.A Spanish charity...
MANIKGANJ, Mar 10 (BSS): Farmers are expecting a bumper onion production during the current season as they have started selling the crop for better profit.The farmers exceeded its fixed cultivation target during the current season in the district and they...
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 10 (UNB): A two-year-old drowned in a pond near his house while playing there in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Tamim Rahman, son of Moshiur Rahman of Mirerchak area of Komolabari union.According to...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Laxmipur districts on Sunday, reports UNB.In Dinajpur, a motorcycle rider was dead and the pillion passenger injured after being hit by a covered van in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 10 (bdnews24.com): A Chattogram court has sentenced two men to death for the murder of an elderly woman during a robbery at Sadarghat area in the city.Chattogram Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Sirajam Munira delivered the verdict...
IU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Kushtia, Mar 10: Three students from the Faculty of Business Administration under the Human Resource Management (HRM) Department of Islamic University (IU) received Dean's Award on Sunday. They received the accolade for their outstanding academic results in the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 10: Farmers in Chakaria and Ramu upazilas of Cox's Bazar are switching to tobacco cultivation despite the crop being harmful for environment as well as agriculture. Sources said tempted by a lucrative income from tobacco, most of...
As the Ramadan is approaching, the people are preparing themselves for the holy month as well as to navigate a financial crunch due to additional hike in the prices of essential items.A significant price hike amidst the ongoing inflation in...
Bangabandhu's speech of March 7, 1971 is rightly given local and international recognition. To me, it is another brilliant piece of writing akin to Rabindranath Tagore's work that will live on and continue to inspire future generations.While I hold no...
Neil Ray | 2024-03-11 00:00:00
The widespread irregularities, bribery and extortion prevailing in the transport sector, as found in a study carried out on it and released recently by the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) chapter, only confirms the popular perception. It is quite natural that...
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