OSAKA (Japan), Apr 13 (AFP): World Expo opened on Sunday with 160 countries and regions showcasing their technology, culture and food, with host Japan hoping to provide the world with some much-needed hope.Highlights at the show in Osaka until mid-October...
SHANGHAI, April 13 (Reuters): Chinese bourses have set daily restrictions on net share sales by hedge funds and large retail investors, four sources said on Friday, as Beijing steps up support for its stock markets in an intensifying trade war...
BRAC Bank has signed an Employee Banking (EB) agreement with Zara Zaman Technology Ltd., a leading software development company and the largest supplier of GRG-branded ATMs and Android POS terminals in Bangladesh. Through this partnership, the employees of Zara Zaman...
AB Bank, the first private commercial bank of the country, celebrated its 43rd founding anniversary on Sunday. All the 104 branches and 57 sub-branches of the bank observed the day in a befitting manner. AB Bank organised a flag-hoisting event...
Amalendu Roy has been appointed as deputy managing director (DMD) of Premier Bank.Prior to this joining, Mr. Roy served as DMD and head of corporate branch of United Commercial Bank, according to a statement.The veteran banker has 28 years of...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
Stocks tumbled on Sunday, hitting two-month low, as investors adversely reacted to the announcement of an abrupt gas price hike for captive power plants and industries.The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) hiked the gas price by 33 per cent for...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
Foreign investors have retreated from Bangladesh's equity market once again over persistent economic challenges and political uncertainties after signs of a return following political changeover in August last year. Economic reform measures taken by the interim government gave rise to...
US energy firms this week cut oil rigs by the most in a week since June 2023, lowering the total oil and natural gas rig count for a third consecutive week, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely...
BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters): Shipments of seven rare earths placed on an export control list last week by Beijing have ground to halt, three sources said, raising the risk of shortages overseas as Chinese exporters begin the long, uncertain wait...
LOS ANGELES, April 13 (Reuters): Imports to the busiest US seaport could drop as soon as May, as companies pause orders in response to President Donald Trump's escalating tariffs on China and other trading partners, Port of Los Angeles Executive...
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), a leading UK-based multinational and the country's largest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, welcomed Baroness Rosie Winterton DBE, the UK Government's Trade Envoy to Bangladesh, and Sarah Cooke, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, to its...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slid to an over eight-month low last week, weighed by weak demand, high stocks and concerns of a global recession triggered by US President Trump's implementation of worldwide tariffs.The...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
Three teams from Bangladesh were named champion, runners-up, and second runner-up in the Business Case Competition 2025, jointly organised by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh and BRAC Business School, BRAC University.They were selected from a...
Bangladesh's gross foreign exchange reserves have reached $26.15 billion, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank, reports UNB.The gross reserves, which reflects the total stock of foreign currency holdings, are one of the key indicators of a country's economic...
FENI, Apr 13 (UNB): An alarming crisis of fresh water has gripped Feni, with more than 0.167 million (1.67 lakh) tube wells across the coastal district running dry amid intense heat and prolonged drought.Tens of thousands of residents without access...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Apr 13: Sunflower cultivation has reached a strikingly burgeoning height in four upazilas of Chandpur district in recent times thanks to different inspirational moves taken by the agriculture department.Farming of the oilseed is becoming increasingly popular among the farmers...
JAIPUR, India, Apr 13 (AFP): Batting great Virat Kohli struck his 100th half-century in T20 cricket to steer Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a thumping nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.England's Phil Salt set up Bengaluru's chase of 174 with...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 13: GPH Ispat Turf Cricket Championship Tournament has been inaugurated in the Oxygen area of the city on Saturday.Additional Managing Director of GPH Ispat Limited Mohammed Almas Shimul inaugurated the tournament. Chief Operating Officer T. Mohan Babu, Director...
Gazi Group, Agrnai Bank and Partex Sporting Club register victories in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on Sunday, reports UNB.At the BKSP in Savar, Wasi Siddiquee led Gazi Group Cricketers to a 51-run win over Brothers Union. After Gazi...
MONACO, Apr 13 (AP): Carlos Alcaraz defeated an injury-striken Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 to win the Monte Carlo final on Sunday and secure his sixth Masters 1000 career title.Alcaraz cruised to his first Monte Carlo trophy and his 18th...
Four times champions Bangladesh Men's Hockey team will fly for Indonesia tonight (Tuesday) early hour at 2:30 am by a Thai flight in a hope to repeat their feat in the AHF Cup Hockey Tournament '2025 billed for Indonesia capital...
FREETOWN, Apr 13 (AFP): Fire broke out inside Sierra Leone's presidential building in central Freetown Saturday, witnesses and the government said, but President Julius Maada Bio was not present.Firefighters brought the blaze under control after five hours tackling the flames,...
HONG KONG, Apr 13 (AFP): Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party voted on Sunday to move forward with plans to dissolve the party as its leaders first proposed in February, the party's chair said.The party is the latest Hong Kong...
SEOUL, Apr 13 (AFP): Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol will face his first criminal trial on Monday for insurrection after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December, which plunged the democratic country into political turmoil.Yoon sought to...
NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (AP): Four earthquakes rattled parts of India, Myanmar, and Tajikistan on Sunday morning within the span of an hour, triggering panic across Central and South Asia.From Himalayan towns to Central Asian settlements, residents were seen fleeing...
LONDON, Apr 13 (BBC): More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study by two leading experts in child health.Children...
GAZA, Apr 13 (Reuters): Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting...
KYIV, Apr 13 (AFP/BBC): A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 30 people and wounded 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said, in another deadly attack on civilians that came after a top US...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
Pahela Boishakh is the opening of a new horizon in the lives of the Bengalis. It is not just a day of celebration, but a reflection of the Bengali culture, which is rooted in the deepest part of our tradition,...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-04-14 00:00:00
Life is a ceaseless voyage over time – from the cradle to the grave; but the starting point of the cosmic phenomenon called time is still a mystery. Some people claim that it started with the big bang of creation....
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