COLOMBO, Feb 04 (AFP): Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is "gradually" emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said Sunday in a speech to mark independence day.Recalling the "indignity of being labelled a financially...
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters): Societe Generale, France's third-biggest listed bank, is set to cut about 900 jobs in its home country this year, two sources close to the matter said, as CEO Slawomir Krupa seeks to cut costs to boost...
Customers are getting a discount of up to Tk 9,000 on refrigerators, air-conditioners, laptops, home appliances, and electronic appliances at Singer with bKash Payment, says a statement. Additionally, 10 lucky couples will win a 4-day 3-night trip to Istanbul, Turkey....
MetLife announced that it has been named to the Fortune magazine's 2024 list of the "World's Most Admired Companies." This year's list included eight life insurers in the annual report card of the best-regarded companies, says a statement.Annually, Fortune partners...
BRAC Bank in partnership with Prothoma Publications, a concern of Bangla newsaper Prothom Alo, hosted a book fair at the bank's head office on January 29-30 on the eve of commemorative month of February. Faruq Mayeenuddin, Vice Chairperson, BRAC Bank;...
Chattogram Government Women's College has opened its new canteen building constructed with funding from Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC. Chairman of the bank Abdus Samad Labu inaugurated the building as the chief guest on Sunday at a function held on the...
A five-day 'Orientation Programme' for newly recruited 290 Senior Officers and Officers of Pubali Bank PLC began on Sunday. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Mohammad Ali was present at the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest and Deputy...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Three journalists of The Financial Express have won the Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Economic Reporters' Forum awards (BCCCI-ERF Journalism Award-2023).State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu handed over the awards at a ceremony at the...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
The government's ongoing sales drive of essential items to 10 million low-income families has encountered a setback due to a lack of smart cards, according to an official document.To address the issue, the government has instructed divisional commissioners (DCs) to...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4 (Reuters): Ahead of elections next week, Pakistan's caretaker administration is making binding plans for a new government to sell loss-making Pakistan International Airlines, according to the minister in charge of the process and other officials.In the past,...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins of the country...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Sunday said the country's wetlands will be mapped in one year to conserve those, reports BSS."In addition, an inventory will be conducted for the proper use of water resources. Coordinated...
The 12th Kibria Print Fair, currently ongoing at Kalakendra in city's Lalmatia, is bringing together 19 printing studios and institutions from across the country to showcase their exquisite artworks, reports UNB.Kibria Printmaking Studio has been organising the fair, also known...
Dr Tofazzal Hossain (TH) Khan, a former director of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), passed away on Sunday. He was 88, reports UNB.TH Khan breathed his last at around 9:30 am after suffering a cardiac arrest at his...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Law Minister Anisul Huq has assured of taking appropriate steps needed for the trial of the case filed in connection with murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi."The real culprits of Sagar-Runi killing must be brought under trial....
Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser to the Prime Minister, Peter D Haas, US Ambassador in Bangladesh, Nadia Anwar, founder member and vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees, Christopher Howard, resident legal adviser, US Embassy, Dhaka, Dr Hasanul...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
A dengue surge may take place outside capital Dhaka this year due to lack of adequate budget and clean-up drives across the country to destroy the mosquito breeding.Dengue infections may surpass the record-breaking 2023 outbreak, the health directorate forecast.It said...
Election Commissioner Begum Rasheda Sultana has said as the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls, held on January 7, was transparent, it was welcomed by all parties, reports BSS."The 12th parliamentary election was held accordingly and impartially, and it has taken the...
RANGAMATI, Feb 04 (UNB): Two members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot dead allegedly by miscreants in the Machalong Bridge Para in Baghaichari upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday.The dead are Dipayon Chakma (40), son of Anil Baran...
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has brought two Jubo Dal leaders back to Dhaka after the suspects were detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an email,...
Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu demanded dropping two 'controversial' lines from 'Sharifa's story' in the textbook of Grade-VII, reports UNB.The opposition chief whip came up with the demand while participating in an unscheduled discussion in the House.Chunnu, also...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has filed a revision petition with the High Court challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal's order that stayed conviction and sentence of Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and three others in...
Dhaka metro rail services were disrupted on Sunday due to technical issues, leaving passengers stranded at stations and onboard trains for nearly two hours. The photo was taken from the Motijheel metro station. — FE Photo
MOSCOW, Feb 4 (TASS): The duty on wheat exports from Russia will stand at 3,804.6 rubles ($41.82) per tonne from February 7, 2024, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.The duty on the export of barley will be 827 rubles ($9.1)...
NEW YORK, Feb 4 (AFP): With the latest Boeing crisis, airlines are staring down more delays, a familiar problem in a market in which both the US giant and rival Airbus face supply chain constraints.Over the past year Boeing has...
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is expected to set a world record on Sunday for the duration of space flights with nearly 2-1/2 years in total, Russian news agencies reported.As expected, at 11:30:08 Moscow time (0830:08 GMT), the 59-year-old Kononenko will...
The government has extended the deadline for Hajj registration on both government and private management till February 6 on special due.To register, one has to deposit Taka 2.05 lakh for primary registration by this period or one can deposit entire...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the process to send back 14 Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar was underway. They fled their country due to heavy gunfights there."They are now in the custody of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB)...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
The operations of metro rail remained suspended for nearly one-and-a-half hours on Sunday due to, what officials said, sudden power outage in one portion of the Uttara-Motijheel corridor.As the trains of Mass Rapid Transit Line 6 (MRT6) stopped between Uttara...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Four students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) were arrested on Saturday night for their alleged involvement in rape of a woman on the campus and they were placed on a three-day remand by a court on Sunday. The arrestees were identified...
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