Wahid Sami | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
The IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam, a pivotal exam for those who want to study, work, or migrate abroad, will undergo a radical change in 2025. While the exam still tests listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, there...
SAMIHA MAMUN | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
A competitive graduate programme demands more than satisfying essential admission criteria. Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores represent a critical measurement yet function as one aspect among many necessary components for a complete application. GRE scores enable admissions officers to compare...
NCC BANK OBSERVES FINANCIAL LITERACY WEEKNCC Bank celebrated Financial Literacy Week- 2025 with the theme "Think before you follow, wise money tomorrow" to include unbanked and marginalised people into the financial system. To mark the occasion, the bank organised a...
ISTANBUL, March 22 (Reuters): Turkish stocks were set for their worst week since the aftermath of 2008's Lehman Brothers collapse on Friday as concerns about this week's detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival refused to subside.The lira was...
FE REPORTSummit Power has reported a more than 37 per cent lower profit for the first half of FY25 to Tk 1.15 billion, compared to the same period of the previous year, as cost increased but demand fell. Its consolidated...
City Bank has appointed Mesbaul Asif Siddiqui as its new head of wholesale banking. Prior to this role, he served as the chief risk officer of the bank, strengthening the institution's risk management framework.The bank has also appointed Mohammad Mahmud...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
Listed mutual funds (MFs) witnessed the highest return last week on the Dhaka bourse among all sectors, with investors' sudden interest in them. The sectoral return of close-ended MFs was 5.14 per cent in the week, followed by the ceramics...
Farhan Fardaus | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
Stakeholders in the insurance sector have proposed selling off assets of defaulting companies to settle customer claims against the backdrop of a further decline in claim settlement rates. Life insurance companies in the country settled 72.43 per cent of all...
A farmer harvesting pumpkins from his field at Arial Beel in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district- bdnews24.com
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 22 (bdnews24.com): A three-month-old baby has been killed and his mother injured in a wild elephant attack at Karnafuli upazila in Chattogram district.The incident occurred around 2am on Saturday in Shahmirpur village under Barauthan Union, according to Karnafuli...
KHULNA, Mar 22 (BSS): Farmers in the saline-prone coastal region are very busy in cultivating watermelons, a highly profitable and fortune-changer crop for country's southern people.Just a decade ago, the people of Khulna had not even considered cultivating watermelon, where...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Mar 22: Chandpur's Haimchar upazila riverbank protection dam has turned vulnerable due to strong waves in the mighty Meghna river.Thousands of people living beside the riverbank are getting panicked and can't have sound sleep in fear of the riverbank...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 22: Manufactures have boosted up production of vermicelli, a desert most commonly consumed during the two Eids, in the factories of Chattogram in the run-up to the Eid-ul-Fitr. Also called 'shemai' and traditionally taken as an Eid delicacy,...
Ritu Porna Chakma, a key member of Bangladesh's SAFF-winning women's football team, has alleged she is facing obstruction in the construction of a house promised by local authorities following her contribution to the nation's success, reports UNB.Ritu, who scored in...
Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protishtan (BKSP) emerged unbeaten champions in the BRAC Bank Women's Development Cup Hockey Tournament, outplaying Kishoreganj DSA by 8-0 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB.President of...
TOKYO, Mar 22 (AFP): A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.There is currently no effective treatment...
SEOUL, Mar 22 (AP): A top Russian security official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Friday and thanked him for the country's support of Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine, according to Russian state media.The meeting...
ISTANBUL, Mar 22 (AFP): After his third night in custody, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was to appear before prosecutors Saturday, just hours after hundreds of thousands hit the streets across Turkey in a massive show of defiance.It was the third...
GAZA, Mar 22 (Reuters): Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a US proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified military operations to press the Palestinian militant group to free remaining Israeli hostages.US special envoy Steve Witkoff's "bridge"...
FE REPORT The government has taken an initiative to review the minimum monthly wages for workers in the glass and silicate industry, in accordance with the Labour Act. The last wage review for this sector was held in 2019. At...
The Asia EdTech Summit (AES) celebrated a major milestone with the official launch of the AES Bangladesh Consortium at a city hotel on Saturday.The event brought together over 200 EdTech leaders, investors, policymakers, and global delegates to shape the future...
FE REPORT | 2025-03-23 00:00:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) president Taskeen Ahmed said on Saturday that the adoption of 'International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)' could help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) gain easy access to finance, investment and capacity development.Mentioning SMEs as...
NEW DELHI, Mar 22 (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will discuss a new $20 billion loan for Argentina during an informal meeting next week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.The IMF will discuss a four-year extended fund facility of about...
NEW DELHI, Mar 22 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has decided to let lapse a $23 billion program to incentivize domestic manufacturing, just four years after it launched the effort to woo firms away from China, according to...
Walton has launched three new models of online UPS systems under its arc brand, designed to provide uninterrupted power supply (UPS) to technology-driven organisations, offices, and industrial establishments. The new models, named UON1, UON2, and UON3, offer powerful performance and...
ICE cotton futures slid to a near two-week low on Friday, pressured by a stronger US dollar, lower export sales reported in a federal weekly report and downbeat sentiment in the grains market, setting them on course for a weekly...
SONALI BANK HOLDS BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN BARISHALGeneral Manager's (GM) Offices of Sonali Bank PLC in Barishal and Faridpur jointly arranged a Divisional Business Conference-2025 at a club in Barishl city on Saturday. MD & CEO of the bank Md Shawkat...
Speakers at a discussion have underscored the importance of clear labeling system on product packaging, allowing the consumers to easily identify the levels of sugar, salt, trans fat, saturated fat, and other ingredients to determine potential health risks, reports BSS.They...
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed (top, left) interacts with a guest at the commemoration meeting for eminent businessperson and entrepreneur Syed Manzur Elahi at the Senaprangan Auditorium in the capital on Friday. Syed Manzur Elahi’s son Syed Nasim Manzur welcomes Chief...
LONDON, March 21 (Agencies): Britain's Heathrow says "we're now safely able to restart flights" after a fire knocked out its power but warns customers not to travel to the airport unless their airline has advised them to do so. The...
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