MTB Foundation, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, has recently handed over blankets to Cadet College Club Limited (CCCL) for distribution among the poor. Rashed Ahmed Chowdhury, director and chairman of MTB Board Risk Management Committee (BRMC)...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has awarded certificates of enlistment to six back-office software vendors, according to a press release, bringing much-needed accountability and transparency to the Bangladeshi capital market. The ceremony, held at the DSE Tower, saw the presence...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-01-01 00:00:00
The block board contributed more than 10 per cent to the annual market turnover featured by the Dhaka bourse in 2023, as it offered the scope of offloading shares at lower than floor prices.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) posted a...
Farhan Fardaus | 2024-01-01 00:00:00
Fixed-income mutual funds have the potential to become a preferable and smart investment tool now, with the advantage of the rising interest rates and floor price frustrating investors over equity investments. A handful of open-ended mutual funds are designed to...
Two bees sucking nectar from a flower at a blooming mustard field. The photo was taken from Shorugram village in Dhunat upazila of Bogura district — Focus Bangla
MAGURA, Dec 31 (UNB): Miscreants killed two brothers allegedly over land dispute in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Saturday night, said police.The deceased were identified as Sabur Ali, 30, and his younger brother Hridoy Ali, sons of Manjur Ali...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-01-01 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 31: Hundreds of thousands of tourists are thronging Cox's Bazar sea beach to welcome the New Year-2024 through merrymaking in different ways. Many visit the world's longest sea beach this time to share joys with their loved...
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Dec 31 (Agencies): Bangladesh bowed out of 2023 with a 17-run loss (via D/L method) to New Zealand in the final T20 of the series in Mount Maunganui.Bangladesh won the first match of the series in...
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec 31 (AFP): Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal's first match back after a 12-month injury layoff ended in defeat when he and doubles partner Marc Lopez went down to Australian pair Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell on Sunday.The Australian...
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said on Sunday that stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto had given enough evidence to take up the leadership role on a long-term basis, according to Cricbuzz. Under his captaincy, Bangladesh earned their maiden ODI and...
David Warner has been given the hometown farewell from Test cricket he craved after the opening batsman was named in an unchanged Australia line-up for the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sydney next week (January 03), reports Reuters.Warner...
NEW YORK, Dec 31 (BBC): The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" attempting to board a container ship in the Red Sea. Four vessels from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen fired upon the Maersk Hangzhou and got to within metres...
BEIJING, Dec 31 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the foundation of Sino-Russian ties had grown stronger in 2023, as he exchanged New Year greetings with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media reported.Beijing and Moscow are staunch allies...
GAZA, Dec 31 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, expanding Israel's mission to neutralize Hamas in a conflict it says it expects to last for months."The war is at...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Sunday said the BNP will disappear from politics due to their terrorist activities, reports BSS."Political parties, which boycotted election after the independence of the country, have disappeared from politics," he told...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set January 9, 2024, for pronouncing judgement in nine cases filed with capital's Ramna and Paltan Model Police Stations against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports BSS.Confirming the matter to the agency, Fakhrul's...
BARISHAL, Dec 31 (UNB): Two Jatiya Party (JP) candidates in Barishal and Barguna have announced their withdrawal from the upcoming 12th parliamentary election.Engineer Iqbal Hossain Taposh, the Jatiya Party candidate for Barisal-5 (Sadar) and Barisal-2 (Banaripara-Wazirpur) constituencies, announced his withdrawal...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday asked the executive magistrates concerned to discharge their electoral duties at the field level with transparency so that a free, fair and neutral election can be held on January 7, reports...
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced eight people including BNP's Joint Secretary General Moazzem Hossain Alal to three years in jail in a case filed for torching a bus in Dhanmondi during hartal in 2013, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad...
NOAKHALI, Dec 31 (BSS): Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP wants to disrupt polls through politics of killing, after failing in the anti-government movement."BNP wants to foil elections through committing killings after failing in the...
US crude oil output fell slightly in October to 13.248 million barrels per day, the first monthly decline since April, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Friday, reports Reuters.Analysts have been expecting a slowdown in US oil output...
BEIJING/SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters): All Boeing 737 MAX jets operated by Chinese carriers are back in service at the end of 2023, the US planemaker's China head said on Friday, nearly a year after they started flying following a global...
BADC HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) organised a public hearing-2023 at the seminar hall of Sech Bhaban in the city on Friday, with BADC Chairman (Grade-1) Abdullah Sajjad in the chair. Officials of the corporation and stakeholders...
Now is the time to welcome the New Year. It is a time to make new promises. It is also a time to look ahead and try to change things for the better. It is also a time to look...
In the post-pandemic era, the beggars' nuisance has increased alarmingly in Dhaka city. There was a time when beggars used to sit on the streets or at some particular places for begging. But now, ingenious beggars approach us with new...
Neil Ray | 2024-01-01 00:00:00
The New Year on the Gregorian calendar is welcomed with the clock striking midnight sharp. It is because, unlike the counting of a day at dawn when the sun rises in this part of the world, the West considers the...
The dawning of a new year is always special to a people or peoples because it marks a cycle of life in relation to time. But a year is either the completion of the orbit of the planet Earth around...
FE Report | 2023-12-31 12:00:00
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to make investment in the country as Bangladesh has enough attractive sectors for foreign investment.Mr Momen said his ministry is working to facilitate investment of the expatriate Bangladeshis....
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 30 (Reuters): Pakistan's election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party's media team said on Saturday.The 71-year-old former cricket star has been...
UTAH, Dec 30 (BBC): Police in the US are searching for a teenage Chinese exchange student they believe to have been kidnapped. Kai Zhuang, 17, was last seen on Wednesday at his home in the town of Riverdale in Utah.Police...
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