Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) opened its 219th branch at Rowmari of Kurigram on Thursday. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Farman R Chowdhury inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Former State Minister of Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir...
Southeast Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Everbright Sweater Ltd on payroll banking, ATM and other banking services. Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank, and Tawfiq Quadir, chairman of Everbright Sweater, exchanged the signed documents.
Japanese investors are hesitant to own their home stock markets despite the Nikkei's recent surge above bubble-era peaks because of uncertainty about sustained corporate returns and lingering memories of the 1990s market crash, reports Reuters.Instead, they are allocating more money...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
Floor price of the country's largest stock Grameenphone will be removed on Sunday, according to a stock exchange filing. Market value of Grameenphone or GP is currently Tk 387 billion, more than 5 per cent of the total market capitalisation....
FE REPORT | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
LafargeHolcim reported record sales and profit for 2023, backed by what the multinational cement maker said is diverse product portfolio and innovative building material solutions.The company's sales grew 20 per cent year-on-year to Tk 28.39 billion last year while profit...
Jagannath University (JnU) student Khadijatul Kubra, who was released from Kashimpur Women's Jail in November last year after over 14 months of her arrest, was discharged from another case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) filed with the city's...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Thursday that the government was enacting draconian laws one after another so that none could speak out against market syndicates."Basically the government is enacting draconian laws one by one so that none could...
LALMONIRHAT, Feb 29 (BSS): A college student was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a covered van and an auto-rickshaw on the Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Kakina Obda Bazar area under Kaliganj upazila of the district...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
Farmers and agricultural officials in Narail, Lalmonirhat and Khulna districts are expecting a bumper production of mustard during the current season due to favourable weather.Now the growers are passing busy time taking care of the mustard fields in different areas.A...
Frank Peters | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
One day, long after I've departed, those who inhabit this world will look back and shake their heads in utter disbelief and dismay at the pervasive ignorance that existed during this period of time. Hands will shoot up in classrooms...
The presence of non-native species in the environment can have devastating consequences for local aquatic lives. One such example is Sakar fish, a species that has become a significant threat to water ecosystems worldwide. Originally from the Amazon Basin, Sakar...
In Bangladesh, an increasing number of students are pursuing higher education without considering their future prospects. According to a survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), over 12 per cent of highly educated individuals are officially unemployed, with unofficial...
Zahid Huq | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
Thorny issues are aplenty in this country and a good number of those deserve priority attention from the government. The authorities much to the disappointment of the sufferers, however, have been displaying gross indifference to many pressing problems for long....
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
A serviceman of the US Air Force named Aaron Bushnell epitomises the ultimate protest against the Biden administration's role in the Israeli war in the Palestinian enclave Gaza. The 25-year airman did not endorse the US support for the genocide...
The deficiency in copyright registration reported by this newspaper suggests a vexing inadequacy within the country's copyright system, which poses potential risks to safeguarding intellectual property. According to the report, registration of creative intellectual property (IP) falls below desired levels...
Kazi Md. Mortuza Ali | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
On March 1, 1960, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, joined Alpha Insurance Co. Ltd. as the head of its then East Pakistan Operation. As such, the government has declared March 1 as National Insurance Day to commemorate...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
The term politiconomy is coined by taking the first six letters “Politi” of the word political and stitching them to the last six letters “conomy” of the word economy, and hence the term politiconomy. It is a hybrid or fusion...
TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters): Japan's core consumer inflation slowed for a third straight month in January but beat forecasts and held at the central bank's 2 per cent target, keeping alive expectations it will end negative interest rates by April.The...
HONG KONG, Feb 28 (AFP): Hong Kong has axed three major property transaction taxes in a bid to revive its depressed housing market, finance minister Paul Chan said in his annual budget speech Wednesday.The finance hub is among the world's...
LONDON/SINGAPORE, Feb 28 (Reuters): Bitcoin hit a two-year high on Tuesday, on track for its biggest two-day rally this year, on signs large players were buying the cryptocurrency, while smaller rival ether topped $3,200 for the first time since 2022.Bitcoin...
BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters): China and the United States should strengthen economic and trade ties and Washington should avoid decoupling from China, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday, during a meeting with a visiting US delegation, Chinese state radio...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) conducted a view exchange meeting with customers titled "Banker-Customer Relations & Customer Service Development" on Wednesday at the premises of Nawabganj Branch in Dhaka. Chairman of the bank's Board of Directors Md. Nasiruzzaman was present in...
A sub-branch of Meghna Bank PLC was inaugurated recently at Hornath Ghosh Road, Lalbagh, Dhaka. Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director & CEO (Current Charge) of the bank, inaugurated the sub-branch as the chief guest.
ONE Bank PLC recently arranged a day-long training on "Prevention of Money Laundering & Combating Financing of Terrorism" in Khulna for executives & officers of branches and sub-branches of the bank's Khulna and Barishal zones S.M. Hasan Reza, Executive Director,...
SAO PAULO, Feb 28 (AFP) : G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and...
Md Raisul Alam Mondal has been re-appointed as chairman and director of Board of Directors of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) for third term.He has been re-appointed for the next two years, says a press release. The Financial Institutions Division...
ICC Bangladesh organised a day-long workshop for women entrepreneurs and bankers with support of ICC HQs on Capacity building of MSMEs and Women Entrepreneurs for using ICC Rules in International Trade on Wednesday in Dhaka. ICC Bangladesh Vice President &...
Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said on Wednesday the government would consider taking necessary initiatives to reduce advance income tax (AIT), value added tax (VAT), tax deducted at source (TDS) and convenient duty for cold...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Forum, a panel contesting the upcoming BGMEA election, made a flurry of promises on Wednesday with priority to develop small and medium enterprises, and push for a separate ministry.It has also pledged to take measures with an eye to diversifying...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun hands over a piece of Nakshikatha, a product from Jamalpur, to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the city on Wednesday, as the product got the GI status — PID
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