NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters): The Trump administration's pledge to contain long-term US Treasury yields has strengthened bond market expectations that a long-desired regulatory shift on bank leverage requirements could be finally looming.Some traders are betting regulators may soon focus...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Presently, one can purchase mutual fund units at only Tk 3 each when net asset value per unit is more than Tk 11. That means investors will get a heavy discount of 72 per cent for investing in an instrument...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
On February 1, President Donald Trump issued an executive order imposing sweeping tariffs on almost all imported products from Canada, Mexico, and China. However, Tariffs on China became effective on February 4, 2025, while Canada and Mexico reached agreements with...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, are likely to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference to be held in Muscat, Oman, on February 16-17,...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday joined the interactive plenary session of the World Governments Summit (WGS) at its venue in Dubai, the UAE, reports BSS.The session was moderated by Becky Anderson of CNN, according to a message received.Prof Yunus...
Decision on the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Office's (OHCHR) including the dissolution of the RAB and limiting DGFI's role to military intelligence activities will be taken collectively, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Police once again used force, including baton and water cannon, on Thursday to disperse scrapped primary schoolteachers as they staged a sit-in blocking the city's busy Shahbagh intersection.The lawmen also took away some of the protesters for "interrogation" at the...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has arranged a public hearing on the proposed gas-tariff hike for new industries and extended units of existing industries on February 26. It requested the interested persons and institutions to enlist their names with the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Implementation of development projects during the first seven months of this fiscal year (FY 2024-25) dropped to only 21.52 per cent of the FY's total allocation, the lowest in 12 years.Officials said on Thursday that the interim government has taken...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has reaffirmed its support for economic reforms that are critical for Bangladesh's inclusive and sustainable growth and development."The World Bank is supporting the government on a range of reforms to increase transparency and accountability in bank...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami prioritises local body polls over the national election to "align with public sentiment", said the party's Secretary General, Prof Mia Golam Parwar.Speaking to reporters after a two-hour meeting with the Election Commission at Nirbachan Bhaban on Thursday, he...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has emerged as the country with which India has the third-highest trade surplus, with the latter's exports to the former being significantly more than its imports. Over a period of 20 months ending in November 2024, India's trade surplus...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that "the people will decide" whether the Awami League will retain its registration as a political party, reports bdnews24.com.He stated his party's stance on the matter in response to a question...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
UNICEF has suggested an independent investigation into the incidents of alleged killing of children during the July-August protest in Bangladesh in 2024, as mentioned in the UN Human Rights Office's fact-finding report."These findings must horrify us all, and UNICEF appeals...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Assigned defenders pulled the rug from under her feet and the prime minister lost her control over the helm of affairs and eventually fled the country amid a student-mass upsurge.This is how Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier on August...
Shab-e-Barat will be observed across the country and around the world tonight (Friday night), report agencies.The Islamic Foundation has announced various programmes to mark the event as well.The programmes including sermons, prayer meetings, recitations of the Holy Quran, and Hamd...
A seven-strong National Consensus Commission (Jatiya Oaikymoto Commission) has been formed with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus as its chairman, report agencies.Constitution Reform Commission head Ali Riaz has been made vice-chairman of the committee.A notification in this regard, signed by Cabinet...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
The government is going to raise Tk 30 billion by issuing the fifth Sukuk bond in the third week of March 2025 as part of its effort to implement a development project smoothly.The decision was made at the first meeting...
A bird perches on the branch of a Red Silk Cotton Tree, embracing the vibrant blooms of Pahela Falgun, the first month of spring that sets in today. The photo was taken from the city's Islampur area on Thursday. —...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Extreme weather events like floods, droughts, storms and heatwaves force Bangladesh to count a cost worth nearly US$3.0 billion annually besides inflicting human misery on over 6.3 million people.These findings on cost of cyclic climatic calamities of recent times form...
Rain/showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky until 6:00 pm today (Friday), according to the Met Office.Light to moderate to thick...
A group of 145 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, who wanted to voluntarily return home from Libya, arrived in Dhaka early Thursday, reports UNB.They arrived by a chartered flight of Buraq Air (UZ0222) at 5:30 am following a joint effort by the...
Eighteen more new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 1,374 this year, reports UNB.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), two new cases were reported...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Police will provide emergency services to various diplomatic missions, UN agencies, and foreigners living in or visiting Bangladesh in English when they call the 999 hotline to receive assistance, according to a notice issued on Thursday.The notice was signed by...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Police on Thursday dispersed Narsingdi Textile Engineering College students from outside of Secretariat while they were protesting against the government decision of shutting down their institution.The government decided to relocate the students to Tangail Textile Engineering College, despite the long-standing...
The Spring Semester 2025 orientation programme of East West University (EWU) in progress on its campus in the capital on Thursday. EWU Chief Adviser Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin presided over the event. University Grants Commission (UGC) Member Prof Dr Mohammad...
On behalf of Bangladesh Navy, Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, Chairman of the National Hydrographic Committee and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), officially assumed the NIOHC Chairmanship for the 2025-2027 term during the 24th meeting of the North Indian Ocean...
Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury along with other dignitaries releasing balloons on the occasion of the 77th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP at the Ansar-VDP Academy in Shafipur, Gazipur on Wednesday.
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