National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has vowed to take all necessary steps to ensure the timely announcement of the July Proclamation, which includes the outline of the country's fundamental reforms, report agencies.Nahid, a leading figure in last year's...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for preparing a list of individuals who were victims of forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other forms of political repression during what she described as the fascist rule of the Awami League."Justice must...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector could be on the cusp of a transformative leap, with the potential to earn up to US$94 billion in annual export earnings by 2029, if the country expands into non-traditional markets and embraces manmade fibre...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
Cash feeding into banks continues as the regulator decided to defer rollback of 14-day-tenure central-bank repo by minimum three months, to a much-needed respite to the commercial lenders from liquidity crunch.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) earlier in April last decided to...
The immediate objective of the July mass uprising was fulfilled through the regime change but a great dream behind it was to build a new state system and a new Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Prof Yunus reminds.As the interim government led...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
Over 150 imports, including essentials and capital goods for industries, are set to be costlier with a 2.0-percent advance income tax levied, businesses said.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has imposed the AIT on the import of 150 items under...
NEW YORK, July 01 (Reuters): President Donald Trump signed on Monday an executive order terminating a US sanctions programme on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help...
PARIS, July 01 (AFP): More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration's dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.The study in...
GAZA, July 01 (Reuters/BBC): Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza on Tuesday, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidant was in Washington, expected to discuss a possible ceasefire.Thousands of residents again...
TOKYO, July 01 (AFP): Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe."Japan's monthly average temperature in June was the highest for the month since statistics began...
BANGKOK, July 01 (Reuters): Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government fighting for survival and under fire on multiple fronts.The court took...
LONDON, July 01 (Reuters): Fresh off a title in Bad Homburg and tipped for a deep run at Wimbledon, world number three Jessica Pegula suffered a shock first-round exit on Tuesday, dismantled 6-2 6-3 by unheralded Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.It was...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has admitted that the upcoming white-ball series against India, scheduled for August, is now in doubt due to political uncertainty, reports UNB.Speaking after the BCB's 19th board meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the...
The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to return to its usual December-January slot this season, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) considering several new steps-including the possibility of foreign franchises joining it, reports UNB.After a recent board meeting at...
ORLANDO, Florida, July 01 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal stunned Manchester City 4-3 in extra-time in Orlando on Monday to pull off one of the shocks of the Club World Cup and set up a quarter-final against Brazil's Fluminense.Marcos Leonardo scored...
Leaving the disappointment of the Test series behind, Bangladesh wants to start afresh when they will take on Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series opening game at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today (Wednesday), reports BSS. The match will...
JASHORE, July 01(UNB): Three construction workers were killed falling from the sixth floor of an under-construction building in Khorki Circuit Housepara area of Jashore town on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman, 35, an engineer from Kushtia district,...
LALMONIRHAT, July 01 (UNB): An illegal road project cutting through fertile farmland in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district is drawing sharp criticism, as sand dredged unlawfully from the Teesta River is being used for its construction.The construction, carried out with...
A CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
BOGURA, July 01: Potato exports from the northern district of Bogura have soared this year, with shipments reaching 36,009 tonnes between February and June-more than double the volume exported during the same period last year.Last year exports of the tuber...
LONDON, July 1 (Reuters): Oil prices were slightly higher on Tuesday as investors assessed expectations that OPEC+ will announce an output hike for August at an upcoming meeting as well as trade negotiations.Brent crude was up 54 cents, or 0.8...
HSBC raised its 2025 average gold price forecast to $3,215 an ounce from $3,015 and its 2026 forecast to $3,125 from $2,915, citing elevated risks and government debt, reports Reuters.Gold tends to perform well during periods of economic uncertainty and...
LAUNCESTON, Australia, July 1 (Reuters): Global imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ticked higher in the first half of 2025 as stronger European demand pulled cargoes away from Asia.Total imports of the super-chilled fuel were 208.62 million metric tons in...
Uttara Motors Limited, the sole distributor of Suzuki Cars and SUVs in Bangladesh, inaugurated its Suzuki Premium Experience Centre at Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road in Dhaka on Monday. The event was jointly inaugurated by Yasuhiko Hirose, Executive Officer, and Anil Kumar...
Citizens Bank organised a day-long training on 'Integrated Supervision System (ISS) Reporting' at its Training Academy recently. Md. Abdul Latif, Deputy Managing Director of the bank, inaugurated the programme. Md. Dewan Siraj, Director, Integrated Supervision Management Department (ISMD), Bangladesh Bank,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 01: Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), the country's only state-owned oil refinery, has established a new record in crude oil refining, as it has processed a total of 1.535 million tonne crude oil in the fiscal year 2024-25 surpassing...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
In a major leap towards digital tax compliance, more than 1.7 million taxpayers filed their income tax returns online in the fiscal year 2024-25, which ended on Monday. The record number marks a significant milestone in the National Board of...
Jamuna Bank PLC has appointed Mohammad Jahangir Alam as Deputy Managing Director (DMD), effective on July 1, says a statement. With over two decades of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking, Mr Alam brings deep expertise, visionary leadership and a...
The concluding workshop of agricultural research projects conducted under the guidance of Bangladesh Bank and funded by the 'Special CSR Grant' of Dutch-Bangla Bank was held at a hotel in Dhaka recently. Abul Kashem Md. Shirin, Managing Director and CEO...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-02 00:00:00
Chevron Bangladesh, a part of the global energy company Chevron, has expressed its keenness to invest in further exploration of two onshore gas blocks - block-11 and block-12 - in the country's gas-rich north-eastern region along with a compression station...
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