Community Bank Bangladesh PLC and May International Trade Services Ltd have signed an MoU at the former's head office recently to implement Global Trade Intelligence Platform. Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh, and Syed Aminul Kabir,...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Trust Bank PLC and Chuti Group. Md Mostafa Musharrof, Head of Card Division, Trust Bank PLC, and Md Mostofa Mahmud Arifee, Chairman, Chuti Group, signed the MoU on behalf of their...
LONDON, Nov 23 (AFP): Faced with anaemic growth and strained public finances, Britain's Labour government no longer shies away from pinning the blame on Brexit, as it prepares for a difficult budget likely to include unpopular tax rises.Labour politicians bent...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 23: Chittagong Port has suspended the four-times penal rent on dangerous and chemical-laden containers for the first time in four years and seven months, citing a significant drop in such cargo within the terminal.The penal rent had been...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday officially halted all direct customer services, including the sale of savings certificates and prize bonds, exchange of torn or damaged banknotes and automated challan services, following an earlier announcement, reports UNB.The central bank has directed...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
The fourth edition of Ceramic Expo Bangladesh 2025 will begin on Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the city, bringing together some of the world's leading ceramic manufacturers, technologists and buyers. Organised by the Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers...
ICC Bangladesh organised a daylong workshop on 'Capacity building of MSMEs and Women Entrepreneurs for using ICC Rules in International Trade' at a hotel in Chattogram on Saturday.The workshop has been designed for the benefits of MSMEs and women entrepreneurs...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Sunday described the Kurigram Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which is currently being constructed under a Government-to-Government (G2G) partnership, as an important project, reports BSS. "This zone in Bangladesh would connect with Bhutan's forthcoming special...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh's payment ecosystem saw strong growth and structural transformation throughout 2024, driven by rising digital adoption, major technological upgrades, and strengthened regulatory oversight, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) Payment Systems report.Covering January-December 2024, the report highlights key trends...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
2024 was the hottest on record globally. In Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh was the worst-hit country, with about 33 million people affected by lower crop yields that destabilised food systems, along with extensive school closures and many cases of...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
Dion George, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Republic of South Africa has recently underlined that clean air is the new frontier of global cooperation. This has been stressed because the G20's focus on air quality marks a vital step...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
The world experiences millions of earthquakes each year. But not many can be felt because of their low intensity or small magnitude. The magnitude measures the energy released by an earthquake and is generally based on the well-known Richter scale....
Last week, while sitting by the Brahmaputra River in Mymensingh, I noticed a shocking scene. A group of young men tied a boy by his hands and feet and threw him into the river. His torn shirt and face were...
The preparation of Bangladesh's national budget is exposing a structural weakness: non-discretionary liabilities are gradually displacing the vital resources for development, posing a significant challenge to attaining rapid and sustainable growth. Operating expenses and interest payments on both domestic and...
Neil Ray | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
The arrest of a journalist and a cell phone trader at midnight, Wednesday and small hours of the same night from their residences by the Detective Branch (DB) police brings back the ugly memory of similar infringements during the immediate...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
Whether it is fire, or storm, earthquake or flood, what the magnitude of devastation it would cause depends both on pre-calamity preparedness and post-calamity reaction of the population stricken by any disaster. The destruction in question is not just about...
It is indeed an affront to Bangladesh that hundreds of its citizens, deceived by false promises of jobs abroad, end up on battlefields in Ukraine, get trapped in brothels in India, suffer sexual abuse in Middle-East countries or meet a...
RIYADH, Nov 23 (Arab News): The 21st General Conference of the UN Industrial Development Organisation opens on Sunday in Riyadh, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts from 173 countries under the umbrella of the Global Industry Summit 2025. The...
NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters): The AI boom is bringing new risks to the financial markets as investors flock to tech stocks and executives pay steep premiums to buy AI technology they cannot build in-house, warned two top finance executives.AI...
The 41st annual general meeting (AGM) of The Ibn Sina Pharmaceutical Industry PLC was held through a digital (virtual) platform on Sunday. Company Chairman Kazi Harun or Rashid presided over the meeting joined by a large number of shareholders. Among...
The 401st meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC was held at its Corporate Head Office in Dhaka recently. The meeting was presided over by Chairman of the bank A. K. Azad. The Board approved a...
To sell insurance products through its corporate agent, Jibon Bima Corporation signed a bancassurance agreement with the United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC. The bancassurance business was inaugurated through handing over the First Premium Receipt (FPR) at a ceremony held at...
Abu Shadat Mohammad Shahin has been appointed as the managing director of IIDFC PLC recently, says a press statement. Mr Shahin joined IIDFC as Deputy Managing Director in September 2024 and has served as Managing Director (Current Charge) since April...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the UK-based Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have renewed their commitment to advancing high-quality public sector financial management by re-signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).The MoU was signed...
Canadian Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for International Trade and Chief Trade Commissioner Sara Wilshaw paid a courtesy visit to Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) at DCCI Gulshan Centre on Sunday.She had an interactive meeting with DCCI acting President...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
Another closed-end mutual fund - Vanguard AML BD Finance Mutual Fund One - is going to be liquidated next month after a majority of its unitholders voted against its conversion into an open-ended fund upon maturity.The fund's trustee - Bangladesh...
Bangladesh's Ambassador to Japan Md Daud Ali has said that investment in Bangladesh through technology transfer and establishing factories would bring mutual benefits for both Bangladesh and Japan, reports BSS.He made the remark when a four-member delegation from AEON Co....
A total of four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram and Chandpur districts on Sunday, reports UNB.In Chattogram, two people were killed and another one was injured when an unknown vehicle hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chattogram-Hathazari...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
Although winter has arrived, the prices of vegetables are high in Magura and Gopalganj, while a fall in the vegetable prices in Chandpur brought relief to low-income consumers.Our correspondent from Magura reports, as much as 3,820 hectares were brought under...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-24 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Nov 23: Various types of illicit drugs are being smuggled into Bangladesh from the neighbouring country India through different boarder points in Lalmonirhat district. Trade of these narcotic substances has emerged a grave concern among the inhabitants and guardians...
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