IFIC Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) to provide payroll banking services to ICB employees. The agreement was formalised on Tuesday at a signing ceremony held at the ICB Conference Room...
Prime Bank and ICB Asset Management Company Limited (IAMCL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance the sales of units of open-end mutual funds managed by IAMCL. Recently, a signing event was held at the ICB head office in...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Marico Bangladesh has declared a 1,950 per cent final cash dividend for January-March this year, with which it is going to pay record cash dividends of 3,840 per cent for its latest financial year. Due to the record dividend declaration,...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution showed a hefty loss of Tk 2.36 billion in the third quarter of FY25 despite a 3.4 per cent year-on-year revenue growth. It was unable to generate enough income to cover the cost of producing...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Power Grid experienced a loss of Tk 1.85 billion in the third quarter through March of FY25 as the burden of repayment against foreign loans intensified.The state-owned power transmission entity had a profit of Tk 2.17 billion in the same...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Square Pharmaceuticals earned 23 per cent more to Tk 6.05 billion in January-March (Q3), FY25, compared to the same period of the previous year, as operating profits significantly jumped year-on-year. Sales of medicines were remarkably high during the month of...
The 10- man Bashundhara Kings retained the Federation Cup Football title beating 12th time champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd by 5-3 goal in tie breaker at the Mymensingh District Stadium in Mymensingh on Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB.With the day's feat, Bashundhara...
Abahani Limited won yet another title of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, beating their arch-nemesis Mohammedan Sporting Club on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB.It was their third straight title in the...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 29 (Agencies): Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam smashed a century in the second Test against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, giving the hosts a lead of 64 runs at the end of the second day with three wickets in hand.Bangladesh were...
CHICAGO, Apr 29 (BBC): Four people, including children, were killed and several others injured when a vehicle drove through a building used by an after-school camp in Illinois.The victims at the YNOT After School Camp are believed to range in...
KYIV, Apr 29 (AFP): Russian and Ukrainian forces fired dozens of drones at each other early Tuesday, killing a 12-year-old girl in Ukraine and two people in a Russian border region, authorities said.The attacks came less than two days into...
ROME, Apr 29 (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Rome for talks with Italy's Giorgia Meloni Tuesday, as the two Mediterranean countries seek to boost trade and cooperation.Meloni and Erdogan will discuss the war in Ukraine and the...
WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (AP): The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won Canada's federal election. The victory Monday capped a dramatic turnaround for the Liberals fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canada's...
HONG KONG, Apr 29 (Reuters): The first batch of individuals jailed in the landmark Hong Kong national security trial of "47 democrats" accused of conspiracy to commit subversion was freed on Tuesday after being behind bars for more than four...
BEIJING, Apr 29 (Reuters): A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, the official news agency Xinhua said, in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.Xinhua did not identify the cause of...
CAIRO, Apr 29 (Reuters/AFP): Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a "significant breakthrough," two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.There was no immediate comment from Israel and Hamas. Axios reporter...
PATUAKHALI, Apr 29 (UNB): The scenic and serene Lal Komol and Neel Komol lakes, long celebrated as the jewels of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU), are now teetering on the brink of environmental collapse, casting a shadow over the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Apr 29: Farmers are losing interest in growing soya bean in the district as soil is not favourable for its bumper production.According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), soya bean is cultivated in three upazilas of the district.Some...
TUNAZZINA ZAHAN RAMY | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Travelling abroad is no longer a luxury. With some preparation, students and working adults can now afford to visit new countries without breaking the bank. Sri Lanka tops the list as a perfect destination for a fulfilling international budget trip,...
MEGH RAHMAN | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
On April 7, 2025, Dr Babar Ali did something no Bangladeshi had ever done. He stood on Mount Annapurna 1, with a towering peak of 8,091 meters. He had already conquered Mount Everest, becoming the sixth Bangladeshi to reach there....
T I M Nurul Kabir | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
Graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status to a developing nation is a new milestone in the development journey of Bangladesh. Upcoming graduation in November 2026 is a testimony of the strides that Bangladesh has made over the decades in...
May Day, observed worldwide, is a day dedicated to workers' rights and international solidarity. It serves as an eternal inspiration for all working people across the globe. However, the workers who struggle under the scorching sun, whose efforts build civilisations,...
April 24, 2013, began like any other morning in Savar. Within moments, it became a national nightmare. The eight-storey Rana Plaza building collapsed, burying not just bodies, but humanity beneath its ruins. The cries of thousands, the panic, the dust-covered...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
The question whether domestic policies alone can effectively boost trade has no easy and simple answers. External factors may determine its course. To understand the impact and limitations of such policies, it is essential to consider them within the broader...
Instances of accepting responsibility for any major lapse including big corruption scandal, even accident, let alone any relatively minor case of lack of service delivery by any ministry during the past governments were few. Rather denial of responsibility at best...
Golam Rasul | 2025-04-30 00:00:00
US President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025, announced a new 'Reciprocal Tariff' policy designed to revitalise the American industrial base, reduce trade imbalances, and protect domestic jobs. The policy introduced a two-tiered tariff structure: a universal 10 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-29 12:00:00
BRAC Bank earned a record profit of Tk 14.32 billion in 2024, securing a remarkable 73 per cent year-on-year growth driven by substantial income from investments in government securities. Apart from high returns from Treasury bills and bonds, the bank...
Amid the criticism over the removal of two personal secretaries to two advisers from their posts, now the personal secretary (PS) to the Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Adviser, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, has been removed, citing no reason, reports...
Administrator of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mohammad Azaz has said his administration is contemplating to provide a 5.0-percent tax rebate for city dwellers who will use solar panels as part of green energy promotion. "The DNCC is thinking of...
Former law minister Anisul Huq has allegedly been assaulted by pro-BNP lawyers at a Narayanganj court, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred at around 2:45pm on Monday.According to Court Police Inspector Kaiyum Khan, Anisul was brought to the court of Senior Judicial...
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