Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will announce its election manifesto today (Wednesday) ahead of the 12th parliamentary polls slated for January 7, 2024, reports UNB.AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will unveil the election manifesto at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel...
TARAGANJ (Rangpur), Dev 26 (UNB): Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday requested all voters to go to the polling centres early in the morning and cast their ballots for 'boat' to let her party serve them again."The election will...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
The government plans to import increased LNG (liquefied natural gas) cargoes from spot market next year amid dollar crunch as long-term suppliers are averse to augmenting shipments."We've planned to import 24 LNG cargoes from spot market from January to December...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
The outgoing year 2023 has been a grim one for low-income and lower-middle-class households in Bangladesh, with most essential commodities reaching record highs, continuing the upward trend from 2022.With wage growth way lower than inflation, the price pressures exposed millions...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
Immediate undertaking of three major 'painful' reforms is a must-do for Bangladesh economy to navigate current turmoil that may last couple of years ahead, a noted economist told economic reporters Tuesday.Some sort of 'shock-therapy' has to be given by the...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh booked higher trade surplus with European Union countries by over 8.0 per cent year on year to $23.6 billion in the past fiscal, although its overall external-trade deficit widened.The country had an overall external-trade deficit in the year under...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in city's Jatrabari and Khilgaon areas on Tuesday, reports BSS.The deceased were identified as Md Easin, 20, son of Montu Hawlader, a resident of Jatrabari area in the city and Mirajul alias...
BRAHMANBARIA , Dec 26 (UNB): A fish trader who was stabbed by muggers in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.The dead is Tinonath Das (35), a resident of Lalpur Kandapara village...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people in a case over a shooting that left 3 persons injured in Tangail sadar upazila on Sunday night, reports UNB.The arrestees are Faruq Hossain 40, son of late Saiful Islam and...
Afroza Zaman, mother-in-law of Managing Director of Bashundhara Group Sayem Sobhan Anvir, passed away while performing Umrah in Makkah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. She was 67, says a press release.She left behind two daughters, a son...
The first-year admission tests of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for the academic session of 2023-24 will begin on February 24, reports BSS.The recommendation came from a meeting of the university's admission committee which will be finalised in...
Prof Abdur Rob Khan has joined North South University (NSU) as treasurer, says a press release.President Mohammed Shahabuddin, also chancellor of the university, appointed him treasurer recently.He took charge of the office at a function on Sunday. Chairman of NSU...
A meeting on fishery industry called for introducing an e-traceability system in the sector for its promotion, reports UNB.In the meeting recently held at Natun Bazar Launch Ghat Road in Khulna, they agreed that e-traceability is essential for the expansion...
Aiming to maintain overall peace, law and order in the country, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed across the country from December 29 ahead of the next parliamentary election alongside the Army, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday,...
FE REPORT The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said as many as 164 candidates participating in the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections earn more than Tk 10 million each annually.According to a report published by the anti-graft watchdog based on affidavits by...
US retail sales rose 3.1 per cent between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, as shoppers looked for last-minute Christmas deals amid big promotions, a Mastercard report showed on Tuesday, reports Reuters.The increase is lower than the 3.7 per cent growth...
BCSIR holds stakeholder workshop-2023 The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industry Research (BCSIR) organized a stake-holder workshop on 'the role and commitment of Bio-Medical Research in building smart Bangladesh' on Tuesday in the capital. BCSIR member (administration) Md Delwar Hossain...
NEW DELHI, Dec 26 (Reuters): Shipments of Russian Sokol crude oil to Indian Oil Corp have been delayed by payment problems, forcing India's biggest refiner to draw from its inventories and buy more oil from the Middle East, two sources...
MANILA, Dec 26 (Reuters): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of reduced tariffs on rice and other food items until the end-2024 to keep prices stable amid a threat of dry weather in the coming months, his...
Crystal Insurance Company board meetingLimited was held recently in the company's corporate office in the city with Abdullah Al-Mahmud (Mahin), Chairman of the company, in the chair. Directors A.H.M. Mozammel Hoque, Md. Tajul Islam, Farhana Danesh, Nusrat Mahmud, Arafat Rashid...
NRBC holds BAMLCO Conference 2023NRBC Bank PLC organized Branch Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCO) Conference-2023 in a hybrid format at the conference room of the bank's head office recently to enhance knowledge and skill of their employees. Md Rabiul...
SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Reuters) : High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024, amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and...
IDCOL received SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award 2022 Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) received the SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Award 2022 in the Public Sector category. Md. Shahriar Rana, Senior Vice President and Head of ICC, IDCOL, received...
Sonali Bank gets SAFA awardSonali Bank PLC has been awarded the 'South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Best Presented Annual Reports Award-2022'. On behalf of Sonali Bank PLC, its Deputy Managing Director Subhash Chandra Das received the award at a...
TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (Reuters): Libya's Stock Market resumed trading on Monday at a hall in the capital Tripoli after more than nine years of closure because of the political and security situation.The prime minister of the Government of National Unity...
A tripartite issue management agreement was signed by Green Tiger Electric Vehicle Ltd. with ICB Capital Management Ltd. (ICML) and BRAC EPL Investments Ltd. on Tuesday in a bid to mobilise funds from the capital market. Green Tiger Managing Director...
Social Islami Bank launched three sub-branches on Tuesday from its head office. Zafar Alam, managing director and CEO, inaugurated the sub-branches as the chief guest, while Mohammad Forkanullah, deputy managing director, presided over the programme. The sub-branches are Dighinala Sub-branch...
Syed Zulkar Nayen, head of Business, Retail and SME Banking at Eastern Bank (EBL), inaugurated a sub-branch of the bank at Abid Plaza in Daudkandi Pouroshova under Cumilla district on Tuesday.
FE REPORT | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
Auditor of Aziz Pipes Ltd. has issued a qualified opinion on the company's financial statements for FY'23, stating that the firm does not have proper plans and resources to run the business in future. According to a filing with the...
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