BRAC Bank arranged medical consultations by Malaysian physicians for its employees and their family members. GD Assist, a sister concern of the bank's valued business partner, Green-Delta, arranged this medical consultation. Specialist doctors from renowned Malaysian hospitals assisted BRAC employees...
Malaysian Rubber Council Chairman Dato Sri Mohammad Suparadi Bin Md Noor met BSEC Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam at the BSEC office in the capital on Wednesday. They discussed collaborative measures in establishing 'Commodity Exchange' of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)....
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revived its $2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the South Asian nation clinched a debt restructuring deal with China, its biggest official lender.The IMF said its board had...
Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in sustainable fashion, boasting 206 LEED-certified green factories. This impressive lineup includes 76 platinum-rated and 116 gold-rated facilities, underscoring the country's strong commitment to environmental stewardship, reports UNB.In just the past six months, this growth...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and other regulatory bodies should have coordination between them while supervising the mutual fund sector. "It [monitoring the sector] is not a task that can be performed by a single department of the...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
AFC Agro Biotech is going to produce molecular diagnostic kits as per an agreement with South Korean Bioneer Corporation. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, it said molecular diagnostic kits would be used to detect Dengue, Chikungunya, Hepatitis B...
BABUL BARMAN | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
Sponsor-directors of some companies have purchased or have declared to purchase shares of their own firms at a time when investors have shown reluctance to put money in the stocks. For example, three directors of Square Pharmaceuticals, announced last week...
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): Gold prices edged up on Wednesday, buoyed by weaker Treasury yields, but bullion was still near its lowest in over three weeks as the dollar inched higher ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision...
BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters): Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday, after falling by more than 3 per cent to six-month lows in the previous session on oversupply and demand concerns.Brent crude futures for February were up 6 cents, or...
TEXAS, Dec 13 (Reuters): Southwest Airlines on Wednesday raised its forecast for fourth-quarter fuel costs, sending its shares down 1.4 per cent in premarket trading.The carrier, however, expects unit revenue for the quarter to improve to the higher end of...
Dr. Muhamad Abdul Mazid, retired Secretary to the government of Bangladesh and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has been appointed adviser of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB), says a statement. Mr. Mazid started his...
The 337th meeting of the board of directors of Islamic Finance and Investment Limited (IFIL) was held at its head office in the city on Tuesday. KBM Moin Uddin Chisty, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFIL, presided over...
SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters): Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios thinks his well-documented mental health issues have taken a couple of seasons off his career and he will play on for only one or two more years after he finally gets...
Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan delivering his speech at the concluding and prize-giving ceremony of Army Assault Course Compitition-2023 at Cumilla Cantonment in Cumilla on Wednesday — ISPR
Bangladesh will take on New Zealand XI for their only warm-up game today (Thursday) at Lincoln, reports BSS.The 50-over match will start at 4am Bangladesh time.The game will give Bangladesh a match practice ahead of their three-match ODI series against...
PERTH, Australia, Dec 13 (AFP): David Warner will take centre stage when the three-match series against Pakistan begins on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be the Australian opener's farewell to Test cricket.The 37-year-old has indicated that he plans...
A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy...
Social Islami Bank’s Gulshan Branch arranged a client get-together at a hotel in the city. Zafar Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, was present as chief guest at the event.
Meghna Bank inked deal with Bangladesh Bank recently to facilitate USD long-term loans for its clients under the Bangladesh Bank- Long-term Financing Facility (BB - LTFF) scheme. Bangladesh Bank's Deputy Governor Nurun Nahar chaired the signing ceremony at the Head...
Bank Asia Limited has recently signed an early wage access (EWA) agreement with AGAM International, an AI-based fintech firm, says a press release. ANM Mahfuz, Additional Managing Director of Bank Asia, and Masudur Rahman, Operation Director of AGAM International, signed...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
Half of the country's plastic goods manufacturing factories are not compliant with fire and health-related safety standards, according in findings of a latest audit report.Moreover, 49 per cent factories are non-compliant with electrical safety standards and 40 per cent fall...
BENAPOLE, Jashore, Dec 13 (UNB): In Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district, mustard farmers are facing the threat of significant losses due to recent heavy rainfall induced by cyclonic storm Michaung. Much of the mustard fields have been submerged, causing widespread...
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BENAPOLE, Dec 13: The vegetable farmers in Jashore are bearing the brunt of the ongoing political unrest in the country.Market insiders said traders are not giving fair price of vegetables to the growers on various pretexts including hartal and blockade.As...
BERLIN, Dec 13 (AFP): Two German men will go on trial Wednesday in Berlin charged with high treason for allegedly stealing intelligence secrets and passing them to Russia's security services during the war in Ukraine.The pair, named by prosecutors as...
BANGKOK, Dec 13 (AP): A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced Wednesday a recently elected lawmaker to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution.Rukchanok Srinork arrived at the court building...
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (BBC): India's parliament witnessed chaotic scenes after at least two men intruded into the chamber, shouting slogans and spraying coloured gas. Images show MPs and security officials trying to catch one of the intruders, who was...
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters/BBC/AP): The United Nations on Tuesday demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing international support because of its "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in its...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to...
Marking 15 years of the State Partnership Programme between USA Oregon National Guard and Armed Forces Division (AFD), a memento was presented to AFD Principal Staff Officer Lieutenant General Waker-uz-Zaman on behalf of the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), USA,...
Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB. Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', with an AQI score of 262 at 08:51 am on Wednesday morning.An AQI score between 151...
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