Monira Munni | 2024-02-03 00:00:00
Umpteen adversities like global demand fall, high cost of production and US dollar problems have forced closure of a good number of garment factories across Bangladesh, sources in the export industry said.Besides, financial crisis fueled by sluggish global demand and...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Saturday)), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Friday was recorded at 27 in Mongla of Khulna and Bhola...
Journalist Abdul Wahed Khan diesVeteran journalist Abdul Wahed Khan has passed away in Sylhet. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Sylhet around 11:30 pm on Thursday. Wahed was the editor of Sylhet's Jalalabadi newspaper and weekly Sylhet...
Bangladesh Air Force Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan returned home on Friday after an official visit to Morocco, reports BSS.During the visit, the BAF chief made a courtesy call on with the Inspector General, Royal Moroccan Air Force, an ISPR...
A fire has ripped through several structures, including two resorts, at Rangamati's Sajek Valley, a tourist hotspot, reports bdnews24.com.The fire reportedly broke out at one of the affected resorts on Sajek's Konglak Hills around midnight on Thursday.Army personnel, aided by...
NILPHAMARI , Feb 02 (UNB): A man tried to commit suicide allegedly after killing his wife and two children in the Mollapara textile area at Sadar upazila of Nilphamari on Friday morning.The dead are Tahura Begum (35), wife of Ashiqur...
Three persons were killed separate road accidents in Dhaka, Chattogram and Gazipur districts on Friday, report agencies.A motorcyclist died and his pillion rider was injured after a collision with a private car on the Hanif Flyover in the city's Jatrabari...
Mohchhena Begum, 50, had to get married to an expatriate when she was a ninth-grader. But, she saw her reflection in her daughter and wanted to make her offspring established with higher education.Afroza Siddiqa, Mohchhena's daughter who works as a...
On the first weekend (Friday), Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela witnessed a high turnout of visitors. The picture was snapped from the book fair's Suhrawardy Udyan segment in the city — FE photo
Ismail Hossain Some 102 nongovernmental organisation (NGO) microfinance institutions (MFIs) of the total 750 have failed to submit their annual audited financial reports for 2022-23 to the regulator even after four months have passed since the September deadline.Both the MFIs...
CHANDPUR, Feb 02 (UNB): Former Awami League MP from Chandpur-4 (Faridganj) and former district Awami League president Dr Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka on Friday morning.He is survived by his wife, three sons and...
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin has congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, reports BSS.The Secretary General wrote to offer her most sincere congratulations on Sheikh Hasina's re-election as Prime Minister...
Bangladesh Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna speaking at a sit-in programme demanding the release of all political prisoners, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, at the National Press Club in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said the investigation into the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case will continue until the real criminals are identified and detained, reports BSS."I feel sad actually, even if I say something...
Supporters of Raushan Ershad have held a media briefing after occupying the Jatiya Party's headquarters in Dhaka's Kakrail for around one and a half hours, reports bdnews24.com.Around 50 party members, led by Kazi Mamunur Rashid, the acting secretary general of...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the government is not worried about what BNP says over the last general polls but it is concerned about the price hike of essential commodities, reports BSS."There is volatility in...
Vietnamese Prime Minister (PM) Pham Minh Chinh has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to pay an official bilateral visit to Hanoi, reports BSS.The formal invitation was handed over to Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud by his Vietnamese counterpart Bui...
FE REPORTThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) terms the statement of Russian ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy on the January 07 election 'unwanted and unexpected'.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comments in a statement issued on Friday."The comments made...
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (AFP): The United States on Thursday approved a $4 billion sale of state-of-the-art drones to India.The sale marks a milestone in Indian purchases of American weapons after New Delhi's historic reliance on weapons from Russia, which have...
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (AFP): European governments should resist calls for greater financial support from protesting farmers across the continent, or they could come to regret it, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday.Farmers from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Greece...
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (AFP): The IMF sees a greater risk to the global economy if central banks start cutting interest rates too soon than if they move "slightly" too late, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday.The US Federal Reserve, the...
BEIJING, Feb 02 (AFP): China's economic slowdown is likely to persist in the coming years as the Asian giant struggles with sagging productivity and a rapidly aging population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday.The world's second-largest economy last year...
ICC Bangladesh organised a day-long Workshop on ‘Settlement of Documentary Credit Disputes through ADR: Review of ICC Arbitration & DOCDEX Cases’ in Chattogram recently. A total of 67 participants from 26 banks attended the workshop. ICCB Secretary General Ataur Rahman,...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 2 (BSS): State-owned Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) is installing prepaid meters for 0.1 million more residential customers in the city and in different upazilas of the district at a cost of Tk 2.91 billion.Talking to the...
Global equity funds attracted substantial inflows in the week to Jan. 31, driven by upbeat US economic growth data, and inflation readings showing a continued moderation in price pressures.According to data from LSEG, global equity funds secured a net $7.43...
SYDNEY, Feb 2 (Reuters): Asian shares were buoyed by a late bounce in US tech on Friday as results from Meta and Amazon beat expectations, while investors are bracing for US jobs figures, which could hasten bets for rate cuts...
ATHENS, Feb 2 (Reuters): The initial public offering of a 30 per cent stake in Athens International Airport, Greece's largest gateway for tourists, attracted strong demand, the airport said on Friday, marking the first successful launch of a major IPO...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-03 00:00:00
The initial public offering (IPO) of Asiatic Laboratories will open for subscription tomorrow (Sunday), aiming to raise Tk 950 million from the primary market under the book-building method.The subscription period ends on February 8, according to Dhaka Stock Exchange.To subscribe...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-03 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index rebounded in the outgoing week from a sharp fall in the previous week, as bargain hunters snapped up lucrative stocks that saw deep correction following the floor price removal.Higher-than-expected quarterly earnings of some companies and lucrative...
The Assumption University Alumni Association of Bangladesh (AUAAB) hosted a reception to State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu, a distinguished alumnus, at a city hotel on Wednesday.
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