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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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)...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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),...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
As of the first day of the current fiscal year, the stock of rice in the country has increased to 1.541 million tonnes from the previous year's 1.473 million tonnes. According to statistics from the food ministry, there are now...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
The government intends to buy two more spot LNG cargoes by mid-August to boost natural gas supplies to industries, power plants and other gas-guzzling consumers.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) floated a tender to purchase two spot LNG cargoes...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been well positioned in a global report for its leadership in sustainable apparel manufacturing, as decarbonisation momentum is underway in the readymade garment industry with ambitious environmental targets, rise of green manufacturing and a growing culture of industry...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
Rain in many parts of the country has disrupted supply chains, driving up vegetable prices and increasing pressure on consumers. Vegetable prices have increased by Tk 5-15 per kg or bunch in the past week, with brinjal now selling at...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
The yields on Treasury bills (T-bills) declined on Thursday as banks showed a willingness to invest their excess liquidity in the risk-free instruments.The cut off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 91-Day T-bills came down to 11.97 per...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
Despite political uncertainty and economic headwinds, Bangladesh saw a relatively steady trend in new business registrations in the just-ended fiscal year (FY 2024-25), suggesting a quiet but persistent confidence among entrepreneurs across sectors.A total of 10,225 new firms and entities...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-07-04 00:00:00
To facilitate foreign investment in the country, the Bangladesh Bank has allowed offshore banking units (OBUs) to use foreign-currency deposits (FCDs) by non-resident accountholders as collateral against lending.Under a relaxed regulation, foreign companies are eligible to avail local currency, Bangladesh...
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