Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) announced the release of its Annual Sustainability Report for the year 2022 following the Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) standards. Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director and CEO of the bank, and Chowdhury Akhtar Asif, additional managing director...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
Junk shares or loss-making listed companies have mostly dominated the stock market in 2023, sidelining fundamentally strong stocks most of which remained stuck at the 'floor price'.Of the junk stocks, Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries saw an astounding 692-percent...
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters): China has issued licences to 26 domestic seed companies to produce, distribute and sell genetically modified corn and soybean seeds in certain provinces, paving the way for commercial planting of the GMO grains.The companies named in...
Union Bank opens Nalitabari branchShafiuddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director of Union Bank PLC along with other officials inaugurated Nalitabari Branch in Sherpur through videoconferencing from Head Office, Gulshan-1, Dhaka recently.
Islami Bank Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting heldA meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Tuesday on a virtual platform with Maolana Obaid Ullah Hamzah, Chairman of the Committee, in the chair. Mohammed Monirul...
Kazi Md. Talha has joined the Padma Bank Limited as its Additional Managing Director (AMD), says a press release.Prior to joining the bank, he served as the Additional Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Islamic Banking Window at NRBC...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 26: The 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of CVO Petrochemical Refinery Limited, a private oil company, was held on a virtual platform on Tuesday.The AGM was chaired by Chairman of the company Shamsul Alam Shamim. The AGM approved...
An International Trade Fair and Investment Forum- 2023 was held in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar's 2nd largest city from December 20-22, said a statement of Bangladesh Embassy to Myanmar. The Mandalay Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI) in...
BIFFL third highest taxpayer NBFI Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) has been awarded the "Third Highest TaxPayer Award" for the income year 2022-23 in the category of Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem, Chairman, NBR, handed over...
The country's power and energy sectors have been hit by a severe cash crunch, especially the US dollars, piling up a huge backlog in payment of their import bills, official sources said this week.According to official sources, the sectors' cumulative...
Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun or Rashid on Tuesday said Mukit alias 'Boma Maulana' supplied around 400 bombs in the city's different areas since October 27 this year, reports BSS."Boma Maulana supplied around 400 bombs in the city from...
FARIDPUR, Dec 25 (UNB): Two supporters of the Awami League-nominated candidate in the fiercely competitive Faridpur-3 constituency were injured in an attack on Monday, causing them to be hospitalised.They were admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College (BSMMC).AL's Faridpur-3 candidate...
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday said the country's people have no interest in casting their votes in the 'meaningless' election billed for January 7, reports UNB.He also raised a question if there is public support in the...
Amid a festive atmosphere, supporters in decorated horse carts campaigning for a candidate for the January 7 parliamentary election in Old Dhaka's Bangshal neighbourhood on Tuesday — FE Photo
FE REPORT The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed today (Wednesday) to pass an order on whether the candidates of two factions of Gonotantri Party can contest the January 7 national election. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his party didn't want the opposition parties to stay out of the national election and it would have been more competitive if those, including BNP, took part, reports UNB."We never wanted...
NATORE, Dec 26 (UNB): Bangladesh Railway has strengthened security at 20 risky points in Natore district to prevent acts of sabotage. Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad, Pakshi Divisional Railway Manager, (DRM), said security has been beefed up to prevent acts of...
Rajbari, Dec 26 (UNB): Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed on the morning of Monday after six-hours. Ferry services were suspended due to low visibility caused by dense fog, reports UNB.Authorities suspended the services to avoid accidents when the...
SYLHET, Dec 25 (UNB): A doctor and his son died, and a CNG-run autorickshaw driver was injured after a three-way collision between the autorickshaw, a truck, and a covered van at South Surma of Sylhet city on Monday.The incident happened...
The ecosystem and biodiversity in the Surdarbans have witnessed a marked progress in recent years due to various programmes taken by the government to protect the world's largest mangrove forest, reports BSS.A 2023 survey of the Forest Department shows there...
Bashundhara Kings made a good start in the 35th edition of the Federation Cup Football, the country's top-tier club football tournament, beating Fortis FC by a 1-0 goal in one of the two opening day's matches at the Sheikh Fazlul...
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha made it clear that Soumya Sarkar will be in his side's T20 World Cup plan after overcoming the mental barrier with a rollicking century in the second ODI against New Zealand, reports BSS.In third ODI,...
LONDON, Dec 26 (AP): For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading Just Stop Oil off a bridge, an...
GAZA, Dec 26 (BBC): There is no let-up in Israeli air strikes in Gaza, a UN official has told the BBC, after visiting a hospital struggling to treat the injured. Gemma Connell of the UN humanitarian agency Ocha told the...
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (BBC): Russia has confirmed one of its warships has been damaged in a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port. The airstrike took place at Feodosiya in Russian-occupied Crimea early on Tuesday morning.Russia's Ministry of Defence said...
Gold prices climbed for a third straight session on Tuesday, helped by a weaker US dollar and lower Treasury yields on expectations that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates next year, reports Reuters.Spot gold gained 0.5 per cent to...
LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters): Oil edged higher on Tuesday, finding support from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and investor optimism that the US Federal Reserve would soon start cutting interest rates, boosting global economic growth and fuel demand.While hopes...
Iftekharul Islam | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
Who doesn't want their house to look beautiful? In urban areas like Dhaka, there is a tendency to make the interior of the house as tidy, beautiful, and colourful as possible. But decorating a house doesn't come cheap. Usually, it...
Asma-ul-husna'Rickshaws and rickshaw paintings in Dhaka have recently made it to the list of humanity's intangible cultural heritage by Unesco. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed it as Bangladesh's fifth addition to that list. But...
Anindeta Chowdhury | 2023-12-27 00:00:00
You are sitting there with some scattered books, and your laptop screen is open. You look outside your table, and there are people having chitchats, doing work, or just having an evening coffee with their loved ones. You are not...
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