LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters): The number of British households who failed to pay their energy bills last month was 39 per cent higher than a year ago, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Thursday, showing ongoing economic...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Pubali Bank PLC and Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals Ltd, Kolkata, at the bank's head office recently. Mohammad Anisuzzaman, Deputy Managing Director of Pubali Bank, N M Firoz Kamal, Deputy General Manager & Head...
Global Islami Bank (GIB) signed an agreement with ARS-Bangladesh, a microcredit financial institution, at the bank's Head Office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Thursday for financing flower cultivation and Black Bengal goat farming in Jashore in line with the Agricultural...
To support new technology-driven business ideas, Midland Bank Limited (MDB) signed a loan agreement with Agromukam BD Limited, a stratup, to extend a Tk 10 million loan under the MDB Startup Loan facility. The business venture operates through their website...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-12 00:00:00
Outgoing Planning Minister MA Mannan has expressed reservations about the current model of "capitalism" in the country, saying that it has exacerbated rural-urban disparities and income inequality."This model isn't ideal for me," Mannan admitted to reporters on his last day...
Gold prices climbed on Thursday, buoyed by a softer dollar, while markets awaited a key US inflation report later in the day that could help gauge the Federal Reserve's policy trajectory this year, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.5 per...
LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Thursday after an oil tanker was boarded by an armed group in Oman, raising the prospect of escalating conflict in the Middle East.Brent crude futures gained $1.03, or 1.3 per cent, to...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-12 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has put forward a set of recommendations aimed at overcoming existing obstacles to the growth of cross-border trade in agro-based products.The apex trade body has called for taking measures, including...
Maldives upgrades ties with ChinaBEIJING, Jan 11: China and the Maldives upgraded their relationship on Wednesday during newly elected President Mohamed Muizzu's first state visit to Beijing, following a campaign in which he cast China's regional rival India as a...
YANGON, Jan 11 (Reuters): Myanmar's junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, met with a special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), state media reported on Thursday, as Laos takes over chairing the bloc, which has encouraged peace efforts...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 11 (AFP): Brunei's polo-playing Prince Abdul Mateen, one of Asia's most eligible bachelors, married his commoner fiancee on Thursday as part of a lavish 10-day celebration in the oil-rich sultanate.An Islamic marriage ceremony for the 32-year-old...
THIMPU, Jan 11 (Al Jazeera): Bhutan's liberal People's Democratic Party (PDP) is set to form a new government after winning in parliamentary elections, according to results from the country's electoral body.PDP leader Tshering Tobgay, 58, who was prime minister from...
THE HAGUE, Jan 11 (BBC): Israel's plan to "destroy" Gaza comes from "the highest level of state", the UN's top court has heard. The claims were made by South African lawyers as it presented its case accusing Israel of genocide...
PORT MORESBY, Jan 11 (BBC): A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea's capital after at least 15 people were killed in rioting. More than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary", Prime Minister...
GENEVA, Jan 11 (AP): The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported...
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts as he plays tennis sitting in a wheelchair during a charity event on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Thursday ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship starting on January 14 — AFP Photo
ABIDJAN, Jan 11 (AFP): Morocco coach Walid Regragui was just five months and 20 days old when the country won the Africa Cup of Nations for the only time in 1976.In the second and last tournament decided by a mini-league,...
ADELAIDE, Jan 11 (AFP): Both top seeds at the ATP-WTA Adelaide International suffered quarter-final shocks on Thursday, with Elena Rybakina and Tommy Paul exiting in straight sets.World number three Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion and last year's Australian Open finalist,...
STOCKHOLM, Jan 11 (AFP): Ex-England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has at best "maybe a year" to live, he said Thursday.The 75-year-old Swede, who has managed a slew of high-profile teams and took England...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11 (AFP): Nepal's cricket body on Thursday suspended former captain and star player Sandeep Lamichhane, a day after he was sentenced to eight years in prison for rape.Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for cricket in Nepal...
Bangladeshi shooter Robiul Islam narrowly missed the chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics directly as he failed to reach the final round of the Asian Shooting Championship now being held in Jakarta on Wednesday, reports UNB.The Paris Olympics will...
DOHA, Jan 11 (AFP): Qatar must shoulder the pressure of defending their crown when they kick off the Asian Cup on home soil against Lebanon on Friday, captain Hassan Al-Haydos warned.The 2022 World Cup hosts won the continental title for...
RIYADH, Jan 11 (AFP): Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final on Wednesday.Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger exchanged early headed goals before Ferland Mendy sent...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Najmul Hassan Papon said he would try to end his tenure as the board chief by this year as his working area are expanded after being sworn in as the Minister of Youth and Sports...
NATORE, Jan 11 (UNB): A Natore court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison in a case filed for attempting to rape a woman in Gurudaspur upazila.Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed...
The University Grants Commission on Thursday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate allegations of irregularities, including in teacher recruitment, against Islamic University Vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam, reports UNB.A press release, signed by UGC Director Muhammad Jaminur Rahman, was...
MANIKGANJ, Jan 11 (UNB): The ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed on Thursday after seven hours of disruption caused by dense fog.Abdus Salam, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha point, said the ferry service was suspended...
KHULNA, Jan 11 (BSS): The government has set a target to procure 28,278 tonnes of Aman paddy and 81,858 tonnes of Aman rice from all 10 districts in Khulna division during the current season.Under the procurement drive, the Food Department...
KHULNA, Jan 11 (UNB): Two months have passed since its inauguration, but train services on the Khulna-Mongla railway line are yet to become operational.Residents of the Khulna region are anxiously waiting the commencement of train services on this line. However,...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-01-12 00:00:00
There used to be a time —- and that was in my youth —- when I thought I would be a politician. On a monsoon evening before the gates of the old Ganabhaban, where I stood nearly every evening to...
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