MTB Foundation recently launched a "Water Access Hub and Sanitation Facilities" under the project "Jol Torongo" for the vulnerable community of Char Alexander, Lakshmipur, as part of its programmes marking World Environment Day 2025. The project was aimed at catering...
Sheikh Mohammad Maroof, managing director & CEO of Dhaka Bank, formally inaugurated the bank's 35th sub-branch at Hazratpur under Kalatia Branch. Md. Mostaque Ahmed, deputy managing director & CEMO; Tipu Sultan, SEVP & head of Islamic Banking Division, and Altamas...
The 53rd annual general meeting of Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited was held through a digital platform on Thursday. Chairman Mr. Rajeev Gopalakrishnan presided over the meeting. The shareholders approved a total cash dividend of 445 per cent. This includes...
Stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Thursday, extending gains from the previous sessions amid rising oil prices as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding, reports Reuters.US President Donald Trump hailed the swift...
Prime Bank's long-term credit rating has been upgraded to AAA which is the highest credit rating assigned by the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) in Bangladesh, while the short-term rating was reaffirmed to ST-1.This significant upgrade is a strong...
United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB), in partnership with Bangladesh Bank (BB), has recently launched a month-long Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) in Bogura, says a press release. Supported by the Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Program (SICIP) of the Ministry...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to lease at least two aircraft in the coming months to address an acute shortage of aircraft and meet growing passenger demand as global manufacturers are unable to deliver new aircraft before 2031, reports UNB."We...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) is going to invest Tk 2.97 billion to expand the capacity of its Savar factory following the closure of its factory in the capital.In a stock exchange filing on Thursday, the tobacco manufacturer said...
FARHAN FARDAUS | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Legacy Footwear announced a new contract that it signed with a Chinese company to earn an additional revenue of Tk 366 million a year over the next five years. After the disclosure of the price-sensitive information on Thursday, the stock...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
The recent proposal to relax conditions, attached to the special fund, for boosting investments in pooled instruments has elicited an opposing view that banks will refrain from investing unless fund managers are made accountable. A majority of the mutual funds...
Light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at many places over, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday). It may also occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur,...
Traders and onlookers looking at a Catla fish, weighing 21.600 kg, which fishermen caught from the Padma River at Goalanda in Rajbari. The fish was sold at Tk 38,880 at Doulotdia fish market through open bidding on Thursday. — Focus...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Catherine Breen Kamkong has joined as the new country representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Bangladesh. Catherine, an Australian national, has been serving the UN in various capacities since 2011. She brings with her over 20 years...
The defence ministry's inter service public relations directorate (ISPR) on Thursday said military-led joint forces in a weeklong nationwide drive arrested 385 crime suspects like identified terrorists and perpetrators of mob violence, reports BSS."Units under several infantry divisions and independent...
The government is planning to set up separate prisons for drug addicts in every division, says Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, reports bdnews24.com.He also said that the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project to...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Air Vice Marshal Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan has been removed from his post as the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and was reassigned to the Bangladesh Air Force.A notification in this regard was issued on Thursday...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested three individuals and recovered 6,000 yaba tablets along with 99 kilograms of hashish during separate anti-narcotics operations in the capital.In one raid on Wednesday night, a team of Jatrabari Police Station searched the...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
The submission of individual income tax returns will begin in July this year, National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan announced on Thursday.The earlier start marks a significant shift from last year, when the tax return process...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Two people died from dengue in the last 24 hours, ending Thursday morning. At the same time, 195 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals. No deaths were reported in relation to COVID-19, but 19 new cases were confirmed during...
The government has taken an initiative to launch 'assessment tools' for the next six months from 1st July to evaluate the quality of education in primary schools across the country, reports BSS.Under the initiative, the government will collect ground level...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guesthouse Jamuna in the capital on Thursday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Giving journalists proper salaries through the Wage Board, ensuring fair trials for those who spread false information during the past fascist regime, and changing how media ownership works can help protect journalists in Bangladesh. At present, media freedom in the...
The investigating agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has found involvement of 30 people, including police in the killing of Begum Rokeya University Student Abu Sayed, during the July Uprising, report agencies. The investigating agency of ICT submitted the probe...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
BNP has announced a month-long programme to mark the first anniversary of the July-August Uprising.Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes while speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital on...
In the ongoing nationwide operation, 1,673 more crime suspects were arrested and nine firearms and ammunition were seized in the last 24 hours, reports BSS.According to the press release of the Police Headquarters on Thursday, 1,135 individuals were apprehended in...
KHULNA, June 26 (UNB): A case has been filed against 156 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for their alleged involvement in an attack on a BNP programme in 2023 in Khulna.General Secretary of Khulna Metropolitan unit of BNP,...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said a strong democratic structure cannot be established in the country by weakening the executive branch. "The executive branch should be allowed to do its job, the judiciary should be allowed to perform...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00
Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday told a Dhaka court that the 2024 national election was a "dummy and farcical" one.Highlighting the helplessness of the Election Commission (EC),Mr Awal added that without fundamental reforms, it would...
BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said his party will begin discussions on seat sharing with its political allies once the election schedule is announced, reports UNB."We've not reached that stage yet to talk about seat sharing. This...
Extensive security measures with deployment of a large number of law enforcers including teams of SWAT, bomb disposal squad and intelligence agencies have been taken for peaceful celebration of the 'Ratha Yatra', also known as the Chariot Festival of the...
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