NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters): Investors will be counting on a strong corporate earnings season to keep the US stock market rally intact as they digest a wave of domestic policy proposals and heightened geopolitical tensions to start the year.After...
Annual Branch Managers’ Conference-2026 of Union Insurance Co. Ltd. was held at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka on Saturday. The conference was presided over by Chief Executive Officer Talukder Md. Zakaria Hossain. Chairman of the company Mohammed Hasmot Ali was present in...
The 450th board meeting of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office on Sunday. Chairman of the board of directors Khwaja Shahriar presided over the meeting. Directors of the bank Md. Abdul Wadud, Prof. Dr. Mohammed...
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump purchased about $100 million in municipal and corporate bonds from mid-November to late December, his latest disclosures showed, including up to $2 million in Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery bonds just weeks...
Islami Bank Bangladesh organised a business development conference for its sub-branches on Saturday at Hotel Intercontinental, Dhaka. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the board of directors of the bank, attended the closing programme as chief guest. Md. Omar...
Modhumoti Bank inaugurated its Barlekha branch at Haji Nizam Uddin Complex in South Bazar area under Barlekha upazila, Moulvibazar, on Sunday. Md. Shafiul Azam, managing director & CEO of the bank, inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Shahnawaj Chowdhury, additional...
BRAC Bank has strengthened its loan recovery drive by equipping frontline officials with an advanced digital tab integrated with a mobile litigation management system (LMS), enabling real-time access to lawsuit information at the field level.The initiative is designed to accelerate...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
Listed ice-cream producer Taufika Foods and Lovello Ice-cream experienced a 107.14 per cent increase in profit in the second quarter of FY26 to Tk 113.88 million, as sales increased significantly compared to the same quarter of the previous year.In the...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
Grameenphone Chief Executive Officer Yasir Azman has issued a blunt warning that Bangladesh's telecommunications sector is becoming commercially unviable due to excessive taxation, unresolved audit disputes and restrictive regulation, saying the overall environment is "designed to fail".In an interview with...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
Shareholders of the merged banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) slated for liquidation may have taken loans against their shareholdings by placing those shares under lien. Regulatory bodies are now pondering solutions to this issue, along with several others feared...
The Annual Business Conference-2026 of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) was held on Saturday. Md Ataur Rahman, Chairman of the board of directors of the bank, was present as the chief guest in the conference while Md Mohasin Miah, Chairman...
The Annual Business Conference of NRB Bank PLC was held at the Gulshan Club Limited in the city on Saturday, under the slogan "Year of Resurrection." Iqbal Ahmed OBE DBA, Chairman of the bank, attended the conference as the chief...
Pubali Bank PLC's ADC Division held an Annual Business Conference-2026 at its head office in the city on Sunday. Mohammad Ali, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, was present as the chief guest while Mohammad Esha, Mohammad Shahadat Hossain,...
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The tin market has kicked off the new year in explosive form, prices racing to all-time nominal highs on both the London and Shanghai markets.The rally is "unreasonable", according to the state-backed China Nonferrous Metals...
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (Reuters): India's aviation regulator on Saturday fined IndiGo a record $2.45 million, issued warnings to senior executives and directed the airline to remove the head of its operations control from his duties after mass flight cancellations...
Bongo, Bangladesh's leading digital entertainment platform, with over 30 million subscribers across its branded networks, officially announces its designation as YouTube's Official Multi-Channel Network (MCN) in Bangladesh. Bongo Studios, a branch of Bongo that has been helping creators grow their...
Bangladesh today is largely self-sufficient in food production. Purchasing power has increased and poverty has declined. Yet the persistence of malnutrition among a significant section of the population remains a grave concern. Food availability alone does not guarantee nutrition. If...
There is a government warehouse at Golokpur Bazar in Dharampasha Upazila of Sunamganj that has remained abandoned for a long time. Due to prolonged neglect, the building has become dilapidated. In its present condition, the premises have turned into a...
Neil Ray | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
What a historic moment of mental bankruptcy the world has just witnessed! The beaming faces of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and US President Donald Trump have flashed on TV screens and pages of newspapers all across the globe...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
On November 2018, the government of the day declared the Sundarbans free of bandits who used to rule the forest and would force forest-dependent people including local fishers, wood-cutters (bawalis), honey collectors (moualis) and crab-catchers to pay protection money to...
Dhaka's kitchen markets are now a visual feast, overflowing with vibrant greens and colourful produce of a winter harvest. To the casual observer, the sheer volume of supply would suggest a season of relief for the city's beleaguered consumers. However,...
Emajuddin Ahamed | 2026-01-19 00:00:00
An abyss of uncertainty was prevailing in the political arena of Bangladesh towards the end of March 1971. When the failure of the political leadership to provide direction became acute, when the people were dazed and dumbfounded by the barbarous...
FE YOUTH DESK | 2026-01-18 12:00:00
The BUET Entrepreneurs Network (BUETEN) has announced its flagship event, the BUETEN Summit 2026, to be held on January 23 and 24 at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus in Dhaka. Organised under the tagline "Connect. Innovate....
PROKRITI SHAMOLIMA | 2026-01-18 12:00:00
The Dhaka University Cultural Society held its annual reception programme 'Oitri Baran' on Thursday at the TSC Auditorium, welcoming its newest batch of members with an evening of performances that stretched from 2 pm well into the night.The event brought...
Agrani Bank PLC Chairman Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed inaugurates the Annual Sports Competition 2026 at the Government Physical Education College ground in the city on Saturday. Board Directors Dr Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Kabirul Ijdani Khan, Mohammad Sultan Mahmud, Muzaffar...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday approved 45 more appeals on the eighth day of hearings on challenges against returning officers' decisions on the scrutiny of nomination papers for the 13th National Parliamentary Election.A total of 112 review appeal applications...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh has made significant progress in expanding financial inclusion, driven largely by rapid growth in digital financial services, agent banking and microfinance, according to a Bangladesh Bank report.In its review of the country's financial inclusion landscape up to December 2024,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The government has initiated a sweeping overhaul of the national sanctions framework to plug loopholes in the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), sources familiar with the development said.The move is being seen as a high-priority strategic step to...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser for Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Saturday urged people from all walks of life to avoid unnecessary honking as part of efforts to control noise pollution."Honking without reason has become a...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The government is seeking to fast-track the release of US$500 million in budgetary support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help finance a widening fiscal deficit in the current financial year (FY 2025-26), officials said on Saturday.The funds are...
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