FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the borrowing limit for foreign firms operating in Bangladesh from local banks, further simplifying their access to term loans from the domestic market.The foreign companies operating here for a minimum of three years can now...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Leaders from Bangladesh's leading ready-made garment (RMG) and textile industry associations have urged the government to exempt industrial and captive gas-run facilities from seeking re-approval from Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd during internal rearrangements-provided their hourly load, monthly...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
The auction of 14-day Treasury Bills (T-bills) resumed on Wednesday after nearly one and a half years, aiming to partially address the government's budget deficit."The government prefers short-term rather than long-term borrowing from the banking system to manage its funds...
Mahmudul Islam back from Chapainawabganj | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Astha is a department store near the Chapainawabganj New Market, but it offers no value-added mango products made by local entrepreneurs. Neither does T Mart, another such store at the Belepukur intersection. Even in food shops at the New Market,...
Shipping Adviser Brigadier-General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain said on Wednesday the government recommended that Bangladesh Navy operate Chittagong Port's New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) for the next six months.He revealed this while exchanging views with journalists after a meeting...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
All political parties that took part in the dialogue with the National Consensus Commission (NCC) shared a similar opinion on the restoration of the caretaker government system, said NCC Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Wednesday.They all agreed on the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is jailed for six months for contempt of court in one of cases facing the fugitive following last year's regime change.A three-member bench of the The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka, headed by its...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh is asked to borrow from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a hard-term lending arm of the World Bank, which extends costlier market-based loan that the country can ill afford at this stage of its graduation process,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Five top officials of the National Board of Revenue have been sent packing on allegations of instigating the recent work stoppage and demonstrations that stalled Bangladesh's external trade and tax mobilisation.The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has sent the NBR high-ups...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
In an early indication of economic rebound following months of sluggishness, Bangladesh's overall imports increased around 7.0 per cent in the just-passed fiscal year.According to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank (BB), the opening of fresh LCs or letter of...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
Merchandise exports earned Bangladesh US$ 48.28 billion in the just- concluded fiscal year 2024-25 in a steady growth, bar the last month, banking heavily on the performance of readymade garments as usual.Official statistics published Wednesday showed 8.58-percent year-on-year growth in...
KISHOREGANJ, July 2 (UNB): Bodies of two madrasa students who had gone missing around 22 hours ago were retrieved from the Brahmaputra River in Mymensingh on Wednesday.The deceased were Abir, 7, son of Habib Mia, Jubayed, 6, son of Mumtaj...
COX'S BAZAR, July 02 (UNB): What was meant to be a rejuvenating seaside escape has turned into a nightmare for many tourists in Cox's Bazar, as visitors discover that the crystal waters of the world's longest natural sea beach are...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-03 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ July 02: Fisheries Department, Gopalganj has taken a programme of pearl cultivation on an experimental basis in the district recently.According to the District Fisheries Office sources, a total of 20 pearl cultivators are involved in the programme. They started...
Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe following a groin strain. Maharaj sustained the injury while batting on Day 3 of the first Test that South Africa won by a massive margin of...
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 02 (Reuters): Borussia Dortmund held off a stirring second-half fightback from Monterrey to complete the Club World Cup quarter-final line-up with a 2-1 win in a round-of-16 thriller at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Tuesday.Clinical finishes from Serhou...
COLOMBO, July 02 (AFP): Skipper Charith Asalanka hit a fighting century as Sri Lanka posted 244 all out against Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Colombo on Wednesday.Electing to bat, Sri Lanka slipped to 29-3 but Asalanka stood firm...
As cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the schedule of Asia Cup 2025, it has come to light that the tournament is likely to commence on September 05 with the high-voltage clash between Pakistan and India due on September 07...
The Bangladesh Women's Football Team moved within touching distance of their first-ever final round appearance in the AFC Women's Asian Cup defeating hosts Myanmar 2-1 in a hard-fought Group C encounter at Yangon's Thuwunna Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, reports UNB.Ritu...
NEW YORK, July 02 (AFP): Rising star of the American left Zohran Mamdani is now officially the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, according to official primary election results released Tuesday.The 33-year-old self-declared democratic socialist defeated his nearest...
NEW YORK, July 02 (Reuters): The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air defence missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that US stockpiles are too low, two people familiar with the decision said on Tuesday.The slowing of...
DUBAI, July 02 (AP): Iran's president on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities, likely further limiting inspectors' ability to track Tehran's program...
GAZA, July 02 (Reuters): Word from US President Donald Trump that Israel has agreed to the conditions needed to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza raised hopes on Wednesday in the enclave, where health officials said at least 20 people...
Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday as investors shifted their focus to the US fiscal situation and lingering uncertainty ahead of the July 9 deadline for US tariffs to take effect, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.1 per cent at...
BENGALURU/SINGAPORE, July 2 (Reuters): India's renewable power output rose at its fastest pace since 2022 in the first half of 2025, a Reuters analysis of government data showed.Renewable power output jumped 24.4 per cent to 134.43 billion kilowatt hours (kWh)...
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters): Oil futures edged up on Wednesday as Iran suspended cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog and markets weighed expectations of more supply from major producers next month while the US dollar softened further.Brent crude added 92...
WASHINGTON, July 2 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday a trade deal with Japan was unlikely before the July 9 deadline, threatening to raise tariffs on Japanese imports to 30 or 35 percent.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One,...
The 62nd meeting of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of NRBC Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Tuesday. Muhammad Emdad Ullah, Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, presided over...
Bengal Commercial Bank held its 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at a hotel in Dhaka recently. Md Jashim Uddin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank and President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), presided over...
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