The Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy troops from December 29 ahead of the January 7 parliamentary polls. The decision came at a meeting of the EC officials with the Bangladesh Army's principal staff at the Nirbachan Bhaban on...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
Top Bangladeshi exporters have urged the government to continue support for the grant-based Export Readiness Fund (ERF). They argue that the fund -- designed to enhance factory compliance and boost the competitiveness of specific local exporting industries -- requires additional...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
Green and sustainable financing of banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) dropped by 6.42 per cent during the July-September 2023 over the previous quarter.According to the Bangladesh Bank, such funding in terms of loans was recorded at Tk 378.29 billion...
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for nearly four months, was moved back to the cabin again around two hours after she had been transferred to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU)...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 11: Ongoing political unrest, is taking a toll on the business of the country's prime tourist town, Cox's Bazar. Many people willing to come to the tourist spot have apparently shelved their plan for now, leading to...
As the climate crisis mirrors the unpredictable and fast-flowing waters of the Padma River, the response to this emergency remains sluggish, particularly in the realms of mitigation, finance, and adaptation.This observation comes from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as expressed in...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
Foreign onions will be flowing in soon as the state trading agency is importing 1,000 tonnes of the kitchen item in the first deal to heal the latest market waywardness. The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to make...
YASIR WARDAD from DUBAI, UAE | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the world to set its highest ambition for decarbonisation, aiming to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. He made this statement on Monday during a pivotal moment at COP 28,...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
Apparel owners rule out any grounds for US trade and economic sanctions centering labour issues in Bangladesh's garment industry rather apprehend political repercussions over the coming polls. According to them, no such labour situation has arisen in Bangladesh's readymade garment...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
This one happens to be a classic example of how huge revenue is suspected to be evaded. One Jabbar Ali sought electronically generated invoice after buying two whole grilled chickens from a restaurant but eventually had to receive manual one....
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
Premature babies gasping for breath in a bombed-out hospital without functioning incubators, a father collecting the pieces of what was once his child from the shell-shocked streets, a blood covered garment of a young girl camouflaging her body beyond recognition,...
The 28th UN climate summit, COP28, has begun in the UAE's Dubai. Officially, COP 28 stands for the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). This yearly summit,...
Almost every year onion makes headlines in Bangladesh for outrageous increases in its price. This year is no exception. The prices of onion have recently increased by Tk 100 or more per kilogram overnight as traders began stockpiling following a...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
It is common knowledge that people cry when they chop onions. But in Bangladesh, even a look at this essential kitchen item at the grocer's can bring tears to a buyer's eyes. Why that is so everyone knows here. And...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-12-12 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, like elsewhere migration plays a significant role in society and economy. Considering that reality, neither data management to support policy making and field level implementation is of quality. It is not looking at the present with the urgency...
If the announcement of an official embargo on export of a commodity or its extension by a country triggers an outright double price escalation overnight and two and a half times the following day in another country, it is a...
DUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters): Russia said on Saturday it was looking into whether its frozen gold reserves, taken after Russia invaded Ukraine, could be used to fund the climate damage fund to help developing countries.In what looked like an attempt...
West Indies have named seamer Matthew Forde in their T20 squad for the first time as part of a 15-man squad to face England in the first three matches of this month's five-game series, report agencies.The 21-year-old Barbadian recently received...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting with Dhaka city south and north units of the party and its associate bodies' presidents and general secretaries in the party's central Bangabandhu Avenue office in the city at 4:00 pm...
Insurance companies will have reasons to prepare themselves for a much cherished celebration, as the government, according to a report published in this paper a couple of days back, has approved guidelines for selling their products through banks, technically known...
RIYADH, Dec 10 (Arab News): Further improvement in Oman's debt burden led US-based Moody's Investors Service to upgrade its credit rating for the second consecutive time this year from "Ba2" to "Ba1". The upgrade in rating is attributed to improvements...
FRANKFURT, Dec 10 (Reuters): Automotive supplier Bosch (ROBG.UL) needs to cut up to 1,500 jobs at two of its German sites by 2025 to adapt staffing levels to changing demand and technologies in the auto sector, the company said on...
DUBAI, Dec 10 (AP): The European Union's plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as...
BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters): Alphabet's Google on Friday criticised a potential order from EU antitrust regulators to sell part of its lucrative adtech business, saying it was disproportionate and not right for its advertising partners.The comments from Google's director Oliver...
SHANGHAI, Dec 10 (Reuters): China's securities regulator has published draft rules aimed at slashing trading commissions for mutual funds and addressing the conflict of interest between the securities trading and fund sales businesses of brokerages, the latest reform to the...
China's securities regulator has published draft rules aimed at slashing trading commissions for mutual funds and addressing the conflict of interest between the securities trading and fund sales businesses of brokerages, the latest reform to the $3.8 trillion mutual fund...
A corporate agreement has been signed between Union Bank PLC and Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, India at the bank's Head Office in Dhaka recently. Under this agreement, the employees of the bank and their dependents and the clients having Visa Debit...
The 385th Board Meeting of Standard Bank Limited was held at the bank's Gulshan Office in Dhaka recently. Chairman of the bank Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. Managing Director & CEO Md. Habibur Rahman was also present.
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