NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters): Investors will be keeping a close eye on tariff headlines out of Washington next week, as a temporary suspension of punitive import levies is set to expire. If that Wednesday deadline passes without an increase...
MUMBAI, July 6 (Reuters): India has barred one of the world's largest quant trading firms, Jane Street, from accessing its securities market after an investigation found it made "unlawful gains", taking the most stringent action ever against a foreign trading...
City Bank Holds BAMLCO Conference City Bank organised its 'Branch Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCO) Conference 2025' at a Hotel in Dhaka with the theme "Strengthening AML Practices for a Safer Financial Future" recently. The conference was attended by A....
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continued buying Indian equities for the third straight month in June, with financials and oil and gas stocks emerging as their top picks, depository data showed on Friday, reports Reuters.FPIs poured 89.46 billion rupees ($1.05 billion)...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-07-06 00:00:00
Appreciation in the market value witnessed by blue chip companies played a pivotal role in the rising turnover and return from the broad index of the premier bourse over the last one month. The market recovery, driven by fundamentally-strong stocks,...
T.I.M. Nurul Kabir | 2025-07-06 00:00:00
Leather industry is one of the oldest industries in Bangladesh. While the global demand for leather and leather goods is constantly increasing, the leather industry of Bangladesh is grappling with challenges that, unless redressed effectively, stand out as hurdles for...
The recruitment process of faculty members in public universities across Bangladesh remains one of the most pressing issues undermining the quality of higher education. Despite over fifty years of independence and a substantial education budget, our universities continue to lag...
Bangladesh continues to face numerous challenges - social, economic, and cultural - that hinder its overall progress. While we have adopted more advanced methods and solutions in recent years, our position in the global economic landscape remains weak.To drive meaningful...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-07-06 00:00:00
Repeated, haphazard road digging by various agencies and delays in repairing those dug-up roads have long been a chronic problem in Dhaka. In recent months, however, the situation has worsened, particularly in Dhaka South, seemingly due to the prolonged administrative...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-07-06 00:00:00
Another fiscal year, 2025-26, to be precise, began on Tuesday with a mix of legacy burdens and achievements in the country's economy. Moving forward and achieving the desired economic growth and inflation targets by the end of the year will...
Sohel Mia | 2025-07-05 12:00:00
The contribution of the industrial sector to Bangladesh's economic development is extremely significant. Millions of workers are directly involved in various industries, especially in the garment, leather, electronics, food processing, and pharmaceutical sectors. However, one of the major obstacles to...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, July 4, (AFP): Jamie Smith struck a stunning century before lunch as England hit back against India in the third Test at Edgbaston on Friday.England were in dire straits at 84-5 early in the third day of...
ATLANTA, July 4, (AFP): A glance at the quarter-final line-up for the Club World Cup suggests that whoever comes out on top in the heavyweight last-eight showdown between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on Saturday will be the favourites to...
After qualifying in the AFC Asian Cup 2026 final stage, Bangladesh national women's football team skipper Afeida Khandakar said that she wants to see this team in the World Cup stage, reports BSS."I want to see this team to World...
High flying Bangladesh women's football team take Turkmenistan in their ultimate group C match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers scheduled to be held at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, today, reports BSS.The match kicks off at...
Bangladesh opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim urged the batters to play long innings on a slow wicket like R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo if the batters are able to set themselves in the crease.According to him, it is difficult to survive...
In a bid to stay alive in the three-match ODI series, Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the second game at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today (Saturday). The match starts at 3 PM, reports BSS.Bangladesh lost the first...
NASA has identified an interstellar comet that has drifted into our solar neighborhood.Spotted earlier this week by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, the fast-moving object has been confirmed as a comet originating from beyond our star system. It is the...
A five-metre-high metal fence slices across the eastern edge of Sinjil, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Heavy steel gates and roadblocks seal off all but a single route in and out of the town, watched over by...
ARBIL, Iraq, July 4 (AFP): A drone was intercepted late on Thursday near Arbil airport, which houses US-led anti-jihadist coalition troops in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said."At 21:58 (1858 GMT) an explosive-packed drone was downed near Arbil...
DAMASCUS, July 4 (AFP): Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Friday that Damascus was willing to cooperate with Washington to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel.In a statement following a phone call with his American counterpart Marco Rubio,...
Russia on Thursday became the first nation to officially recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group took control in 2021, following Moscow's decision to remove the Taliban from its list of banned organizations, reports UNB.The Russian Foreign Ministry...
LOS ANGELES, United States, July 4 (AFP): More than 300 firefighters battled on Thursday a massive blaze in California, which is dreading summer wildfires at a time when President Donald Trump is gutting federal agencies tasked with fighting climate disaster.The...
WASHINGTON, July 4 (AFP) : Around 200 Marines were deployed to Florida on Thursday to provide administrative and logistical support for immigration enforcement raids happening in the southeastern state.The deployment is the first round of several requested by the US...
KYIV, (Ukraine), July 4 (AFP): Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Friday just hours after a telephone call between US and Russian presidents ended without any breakthrough.AFP journalists in the capital heard drones buzzing...
CABO LEDO, Angola, July 4 (AFP) : When Feliesiano Muteca started surfing a decade ago, he had the waves at Cabo Ledo on Angola's long Atlantic coastline pretty much to himself.Now, the unspoilt and sandy beach about 125 kilometres (75...
BRASILIA, July 4 (Reuters): The BRICS group of developing nations is set to announce a new guarantee fund backed by the New Development Bank (NDB) to lower financing costs and boost investment, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The...
On the occasion of International MSME (Micro, Small, Medium and Cottage Industries) Day, NCC Bank organised a customer gathering recently. The event featured an awareness workshop on CMSME financing, open loan disbursements, the unveiling of the SME Visa Multi-Currency Debit...
Guardian Life Insurance Limited continues to solidify its leadership in Bangladesh's insurance industry with strong performance in claim settlement and innovative distribution strategies, says a press release. In 2024, Guardian settled insurance claims worth BDT 4.39 billion (439 crore). Continuing...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
The trilateral energy deal under which Bangladesh has started importing hydroelectricity from Nepal is a milestone, in Nepal-Bangladesh ties, said Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari, on Friday.Bangladesh has started importing hydropower from Nepal through using Indian grid under a five year...
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