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Asian stocks mixed as traders shrug at US-Vietnam trade deal

2025-07-04 00:00:00

HONG KONG, July 3 (AFP): Stocks struggled in Asia on Thursday as investors gave a lukewarm reception to the US-Vietnam trade deal, while the dollar held losses ahead of key US jobs data that could impact Federal Reserve interest rates...

Board meeting of Padma Bank held

2025-07-04 00:00:00

The 128th Board meeting of Padma Bank PLC was held on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Padma Bank Chairman Md. Shawkat Ali Khan, who is also Managing Director & CEO of Sonali Bank. The meeting was conducted by Padma...

MERCANTILE BANK ORGANISES SCHOOL BANKING CONFERENCE AT NETROKONA

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Mercantile Bank recently organised School Banking Conference-2025 in Netrokona. The day-long conference, arranged by the Netrokona branch with the cooperation of the Institutional Liability Marketing Division of the head office, was held at the Public Hall Auditorium on June 28....

AL ARAFAH ISLAMI BANK INAGURATES SUB BRANCH AT MAIJDEE BAZAR, NOAKHALI

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) inaugurated its 88th sub-branch in Maijdee Bazar, Noakhali. Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan, managing director (current charge) of the bank, inaugurated the sub-branch as the chief guest on Thursday and delivered a speech. Mohammed Hossain, deputy managing...

PRIME BANK SIGNS DEAL WITH SHURJOMUKHI LIMITED

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Prime Bank signed a strategic agreement with Shurjomukhi Limited to offer 0 per cent EMI to the bank's credit card holders on e-commerce shopping. The signing ceremony took place at the bank's corporate office in Gulshan in the capital. The...

New CAAB chairman takes charge

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Air Vice Marshal Md Mostafa Mahmood Siddiq assumed office as the new Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday, reports BSS. Commissioned into the Bangladesh Air Force in 1992 through the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Air...

Final round of 'Painting and Decorating' held

2025-07-04 00:00:00

In alignment with the 'Festival of Youth 2025,' the National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) has organised the 'National Skills Competition 2025' with active participation of the youth.As per the decision of the central committee of the National Skills Competition 2025,...

Chevron-sponsored AUW Summer School 2025 launched

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Asian University for Women (AUW) inaugurated its Math and Science Summer School 2025, funded by Chevron, in a ceremony held on its rooftop campus in Chattogram recently. This year's programme brings together 101 talented college girls from across Bangladesh for...

Meeting on PPPA's oversight role in energy sector

2025-07-04 00:00:00

A strategic meeting under the 'Dhaka Power System Expansion and Strengthening Project' and 'PPP Capacity Building on Oversight and Gender Mainstreaming' was held at the Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) office in Dhaka on Thursday, says a press release.The meeting...

BD to make record $2.02b ACU payment for May-June imports

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh is set to make its highest Asian Clearing Union (ACU) import payment in three years, with around US$2.02 billion due for imports made during May and June, reports UNB.Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, told...

Brokers given time up to August to install tamper-proof software

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

Brokerage firms have been given two more months until August 31 to install uniform, tamper-proof back-office software -- a mechanism deemed crucial to prevent digital fraud meant to embezzle investors' money.The stock market regulator at a meeting on Thursday extended...

Taskforce proposes 'oversight body' to shield market from influence of lobbyists

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

The taskforce of the country's capital market has recommended forming a seven-member oversight body to ensure accountability of the securities regulator and to keep the finance ministry from unnecessarily interfering in regulatory affairs. The oversight body may consist of the...

Weather (2025-07-04)

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 09:00 am today (Friday). A similar weather is likely to prevail in many areas in Rajshahi, Dhaka, and...

Dengue claims one more life -

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

One dengue patient has died and 358 others have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, while eight new COVID-19 cases have been reported with no deaths during the same period, according to the Directorate General of...

DU holds seminar on July Uprising

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

Dhaka University (DU) organised a seminar titled "From Rebellion to Reconstruction: July Uprising, Democratic Prospects, and Our Responsibilities" to mark the first anniversary of the 2024 July uprising.The programme at the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium in the university premises on...

SEU organised a day-long 'International Summit on Three Zero Policy'

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Southeast University (SEU) organised a day-long 'International Summit on Three Zero Policy' on its campus in the capital recently. Road Transport and Bridges Advisor Fouzul Kabir Khan was the chief guest at the event, and North South University Vice-Chancellor (VC)...

China donates anti-dengue supplies

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

In a show of continued bilateral cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh has donated anti-dengue supplies to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), aimed at supporting Bangladesh's ongoing efforts to combat the spread of dengue fever.The handover ceremony took...

DMP takes steps to ensure security during Ashura

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken adequate security measures on the occasion of the holy Ashura, said DMP Acting Commissioner Md Sarwar on Thursday."DMP has taken comprehensive measures to ensure security during the Tajia procession and other programmes of Shia...

Sea-based economic transformation vital: CA

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus defines offshore Matarbari as "the most important region for Bangladesh's future" as he envisions seas-based transformation of the economy.During his meeting with Miyazaki Katsura, Executive Senior Vice President of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency),...

BRAC to get $0.3m grant to empower small farmers across Asia, Africa

FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a US$0.3 million worth of grant for the BRAC to support an initiative to empower 3.0 million women smallholder farmers across Bangladesh, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda by 2030. The imitative aims to help the targeted...

Ex-MP Durjoy placed on 4-day remand

2025-07-04 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, July 03 (UNB): A Manikganj court on Thursday placed former Manikganj-1 Awami League MP Naimur Rahman Durjoy on four-day remand in a case filed under the Explosive Substances-Act.Judge of Manikganj Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Sadbir Yeasir Ahsan Chowdhury...

Two KNA operatives killed in army operation

2025-07-04 00:00:00

BANDARBAN, July 03 (UNB): Two members of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), including a commander, were killed in an army operation in remote hills of Ruma upazila in Bandarban early Thursday.During the operation, army personnel recovered three sub-machine guns (SMGs),...

Students stage nationwide stiff protest centring on quota hearing

2025-07-04 00:00:00

The students staged huge demonstrations across the country on July 4 as the Chamber Court of the Appellate Division set the day for hearing on the appeal filed by the state challenging the High Court's order to retain the quota...

BNP slams BTRC's draft telecom policy

2025-07-04 00:00:00

BNP on Thursday voiced concerns over the BTRC's recently drafted 'Telecommunication Network and Licencing Regime Reform Policy 2025', saying that unilaterally enacting such a national policy ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election would be inappropriate, reports UNB."BNP believes that it...

NCP warns against 'old culture of terrorism'

2025-07-04 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, July 03 (UNB): National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam on Thursday warned that those attempting to revive the old culture of terrorism will face consequences like those faced by autocrat Sheikh Hasina, as the spirit of the July...

82 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 38 people waiting for aid, authorities say

2025-07-04 00:00:00

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 03 (AP): Airstrikes and shootings killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 38 while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.Israel's military did not have immediate comment on the strikes.Five...

Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing at Sultanpur border in Chuadanga

2025-07-04 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, July 2 (UNB):A Bangladeshi man was killed in firing allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Sultanpur border under Darshana police station in Chuadanga on Wednesday. The deceased Ibrahim Khalil Babu, 29, is the son of...

ACC opens probe against 5 more senior NBR officers

2025-07-04 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched fresh inquiries into five more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), including commissioners, over allegations of corruption, reports bdnews24.com.They are Kazi Muhammad Ziauddin, Dhaka East commissioner of customs, excise and VAT, Md...

Ahmed Raihan Nizam of Chattogram's renowned Nizam family passes away

2025-07-04 00:00:00

Ahmed Raihan Nizam, a former cricketer, businessman and scion of Obaidur Rahman Nizam, after whose name Chattogram city has a popular road called OR Nizam Road, died in New York, the USA, on 29 June after a year-long battle with...

3 of a family lynched at Muradnagar in Cumilla

2025-07-04 00:00:00

CUMILLA, July 3 (BSS): Three members of a family were lynched in a village under Muradnagar upazila of the district on allegation of their involvement in drug trading.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bangara Thana under Muradnagar upazila said that the incident took...