Jatiya Party has announced the names of its candidates for 287 constituencies out of 300 for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7, reports BSS.Jatiya Party secretary general Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu announced the names at a...
The 17th death anniversary of Mohammad Hanif, the first elected mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation and former president of Dhaka City Awami League, will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Different socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies pay tributes to Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon by placing wreaths at his grave on the Dhaka Medical College campus in the city on Monday, marking his 33rd martyrdom anniversary....
A Dhaka court has sentenced 17 leaders and activists of BNP to two years and a half in jail in a case lodged for carrying out subversive activities in the city's Uttarkhan area in 2018, reports BSS.The convicts are Sarkar...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP has taken a stance against the countrymen by enforcing destructive blockade programme, reports BSS."BNP is enforcing blockade programme that even has no support from its own activists", he said while...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said permission for party leaders to run as independent candidates in the upcoming national election is a 'strategic decision', report agencies."Awami League is moving forward, changing strategy as per the need of...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 27 (BSS): A total of four meritorious students and six teachers of different departments under Fine Arts Faculty in Rajshahi University (RU) were given dean's award as recognition to their significant achievements in their respective academic fields.The students,...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
The jute growers of Bogura, Sirajganj and Chandpur districts have no smiles this year as they are not getting its fair price in the rural markets.Our Bogura Correspondent reports, despite several efforts of the government, farmers of Bogura and Sirajganj...
The campus of Dhaka University has become a meeting place of different types of people. Not only the students, but outsiders also frequently visit there mainly for recreational activities. But these activities are often to blame for loud noise on...
Joblessness rate among the educated youth is growing day by day in Bangladesh. The country has nearly 800,000 graduates who were unemployed in 2022, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). This unemployment rate was 12 per cent in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
Though the leather sector has shown slight improvement in export performance in FY 23 at USD1.12 billion compared to the previous FY's USD1.11 billion, still the sector's growth is not at the expected level. And with Bangladeshi apparel products facing...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
AI till date is in the domain of humour and irritation with few taking it seriously. There is some talk about its economic threat but that's about it. Not much on how it's going to affect us in the long...
If Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent results are the first stepping stone, the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam scores provide for the final platform for entering higher education in this country. When the just published HSC exam results are...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2023 virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban on Sunday — PID
MGH Group has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Microsoft Cloud Solutions to revolutionise cloud infrastructure with Microsoft Azure. The strategic alliance, entitled "Building tomorrow on Azure", forged at MGH Group's head office in Dhaka, centres on integrating Microsoft cloud...
Europe's benchmark share index edged up on Friday to close higher for a second straight week, while investors assessed data from Germany for clues about the country's economic outlook, reports Reuters.The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.4 per cent to close...
The Indian markets regulator on Friday proposed to ease certain provisions of the insider trading law, which will make it easier for management to trade in company shares without running afoul of the law, according to a discussion paper on...
An exchange-traded fund tracking artificial intelligence stocks saw investors pouring money after six straight weeks of outflows, on the backdrop of strong quarterly results by chipmaker Nvidia and rising optimism that US interest rates have peaked, reports Reuters.The Global X...
BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters): China's Huawei said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit, which has chalked up robust sales for a number of new vehicles, to a new joint company owned up...
Branch managers' conference of Janata Bank PLC for Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal Divisions was held on a virtual platform recently. Managing Director (MD) and CEO of the bank Md Abdul Jabbar was present as the chief guest at the conference...
Sonali Bank PLC opened a new ATM booth of the bank at Teajgoan Industrial area in the city on Sunday. Additional Secretary of Financial Institutions Division under the Ministry of Finance Md Azimuddin Biswas and Sonali Bank Deputy Managing Director...
Bank Asia Limited signed an agreement with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) for electronic subscription of its First Perpetual Bond recently. Khairul Bashar Abu Taher Mohammad, chief regulatory officer of DSE, Rahi Iftekhar Reza,...
BRAC Bank has won the IBS Intelligence Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2023 for implementing the loan origination system for small and medium enterprises. The international accolade has been conferred to the bank in the 'Best Digital Lending & Collections Implementation'...
The Premier Bank has won Mastercard's 'Excellence in Mastercard Business (Innovation) 2022-23' Award at the Mastercard Excellence Awards 2023 event held at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden Hotel recently. Managing Director and CEO of the bank M Reazul Karim received...
On the occasion of World Cup cricket, some 217 winners got lucrative prizes, including an iPhone 14 Pro Max smartphone, by participating in the quiz competition of Facebook group 'bKash App Users of Bangladesh', says a statement. The 6-week competition...
ADN Telecom and its two subsidiaries -- ADN DigiNet and ADN Technologies -- signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan-based Nakanishi Sangyo Company Limited and Good Create Company Limited at the ADN Group Headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday, says...
Vernon and Oliver Furniture Company Limited, a China-Malaysia joint venture, will invest US$ 14.55 million in the BEPZA Economic Zone to set up a factory to produce mattress.An agreement to this effect was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority...
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters): Major Wall Street indexes notched weekly gains on Friday, as global equities drifted toward their biggest one-month rally since November 2020 during a shortened, muted trading session following the US Thanksgiving holiday.Oil futures traded steady...
BENGALURU, Nov 26 (Reuters): India's Tata Technologies' 30.43 billion rupee ($366 million) initial public offering (IPO) remained the most oversubscribed domestic IPO this week, signalling robust demand for the Tata group's first public float in nearly two decades.Investors bid for...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-11-27 00:00:00
Two executives of ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (ICB AMCL) have been accused of embezzling at least Tk 31.9 million meant to be distributed in dividends to unitholders of open-ended mutual funds. As many as 440 people were beneficiaries of...
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