FENI, Nov 25 (UNB): Unplanned, unregulated and unapproved poultry farms across Feni district are triggering severe environmental pollution, disrupting local biodiversity and putting thousands of residents at risk, according to locals and officials.Residents have filed repeated complaints with government offices...
KUSHTIA, Nov 25 (UNB): The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday demolished nine illegal brick kilns and destroyed raw bricks worth about Tk 1 crore in the Char Sadipur area of Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia.The drive was led by DoE...
OUR CORRESPONDENTPABNA, Nov 25: Snail killing is going on unhindered in various canals, wetlands, Chalan Beel and different other waterbodies in Bera, Chatmohar and Santhia upazilas of Pabna district, which has a good name for its food grains and fish...
Pragati Insurance Limited, the bancassurance partner of Midland Bank PLC, has successfully settled its first non-life motor car insurance claim. To mark the occasion, a brief ceremony was organised at the bank's Gulshan branch. During the event, a cheque was...
TORONTO, Nov 25 (AP): Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Monday that Canada and India will move quickly to advance a trade deal after two years of strained relations, noting Ottawa has a new foreign policy in response to U.S....
RANGPUR, Nov 25 (BSS): The Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Begum Rokeya University (BRUR) have signed an agreement for handing over the IT Training and Incubation Center, established in Pirganj upazila of the district, to the university for management and...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank launches training programme for SME entrepreneursAl-Arafah Islami Bank has launched a special month-long training programme to promote sustainable entrepreneur development and strengthen the SME sector. Conducted under the SCICP project at the Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training Institute...
SIBL administrator team exchanges views with branch managers The Administrator Team of Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) on Monday exchanged views with branch managers and sub-branch in-charges on how to ensure smooth and uninterrupted banking operations. The meeting was presided...
Shimanto Bank inks MoU with Force Support Wing of BGBShimanto Bank has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Force Support Wing of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Pilkhana, Dhaka. As part of this agreement, BGB members who use...
Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam hands over the report on the fire in the cargo area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka on Tuesday. — Focus...
Gazipur, Nov 25 (UNB) : Workers of a garment factory blocked a road in Konabari of Gazipur on Tuesady protesting the closure of the factory. The authorities of Honeywell Garments hanged a closure notice on the main gate of the...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 25 ( BSS): Chattogram sea port achieved significant progress during the last 10 months particularly in all major operational indexes like container and cargo vessel handling as well as reducing waiting time of vessels registering a stable continuation...
EBL PARTNERS WITH SSCL TO LAUNCH ADVANCED SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PLATFORMEastern Bank on Monday signed an agreement with Spectrum Software and Consulting (SSCL) to implement OptiFin, a flagship supply chain finance solution by SSCL. Riad Mahmud Chowdhury, deputy managing director...
PRIME BANK LAUNCHES COUNTRY'S FIRST AI-POWERED LC PLATFORM Prime Bank has recently launched Prime Banijjo, the country's first AI-powered digital letter of credit (LC) management platform. The event featured an interactive experience session where corporate clients and trade partners explored...
Mahtab Osmani Mahtab Osmani joined Bank Asia as deputy managing director & head of corporate business, international banking, and export finance, effective from Tuesday, according to a press release.Mr. Osmani brings 24 years of distinguished experience from Standard Chartered Bank,...
NCC BANK, MASTERCARD UNVEIL PREMIUM CARD PORTFOLIONCC Bank and Mastercard have announced a strategic collaboration to launch a portfolio of three premium cards. The cards -- Multicurrency Business Debit Card, Multicurrency Platinum Debit Card, and Titanium Credit Card - were...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-26 00:00:00
Fortune Shoes' profit nosedived to Tk 19 million in FY25 as non-operating income shrank significantly.The shoe manufacturer's profit tumbled 77 per cent year-on-year in FY25, according to a stock exchange filing on Tuesday.Fortune Shoes, based mainly in the southern division...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-26 00:00:00
The securities regulator has granted additional time to eight more market intermediaries to ensure compliance with provisioning requirements for unrealised losses and to adjust negative equity.The extension will take effect after December 31 this year, when the current deadline expires."Some...
MUMBAI, India, Nov 25 (AFP): Bitter rivals India and Pakistan have been clubbed together in the same group and will play each other on February 15 in Colombo in the T20 World Cup, cricket's world body announced Tuesday.Defending champions India...
Rangpur Division moved to the top of the points table in the 27th National Cricket League (NCL) after securing a five-wicket win over Rajshahi Division in their fifth-round match at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium on Tuesday, reports BSS.Pacer Mukidul Islam...
Gold prices eased on Tuesday, slipping from an over one-week peak as the dollar held firm, while investors awaited a batch of delayed US economic data that could help refine expectations for future Federal Reserve rate cuts, reports Reuters.Spot gold...
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters): Britain will scrap a sugar-tax exemption for pre-packaged milk-based drinks, including bottled milkshakes and milky coffees, the health department said on Tuesday, as part of efforts to curb an "obesity epidemic".The sugar tax, also known as...
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters): Oil prices extended an earlier decline on Tuesday after news reports cited a US official saying that Ukraine had agreed to a peace deal.Brent futures were down $1, or 1.6 per cent, at $62.37 a barrel...
GENEVA, Nov 25 (AFP): The United Nations called Tuesday for swift and impartial investigations into Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including a deadly attack on a Palestinian refugee camp last week.The UN rights office decried that nearly a year since the...
GENEVA, Nov 25 (AFP): Israel's war in Gaza has ravaged the Palestinian territory's economy and is threatening its very survival, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for "immediate and substantial" international intervention.Rebuilding the Gaza Strip will cost more than $70...
KABUL, Nov 25 (AFP): Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tensions soar following a suicide bombing in Peshawar a day earlier."The Pakistani invading forces bombed...
MOHAMMAD ASIF | 2025-11-26 00:00:00
"I live on the tenth floor at Wari with my two elderly parents and my wife. When the building started shaking, I felt helpless. I kept thinking that if something happened to them, I wouldn't even know how to get...
Jarin Tasnim OhiYou may be familiar with Mirpur's National Botanical Garden. But do you know why it's so well-liked? With about 56,000 species, a dedicated study herbarium, a variety of leisure amenities including lakes and cactus houses, and a sizable...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2025-11-26 00:00:00
As we stand at a critical juncture in history, the urgency of addressing climate change has never been more apparent. Scientists around the globe agree that our planet is in peril, grappling with the effects of extreme weather events, rising...
Barkat-e-Khuda | 2025-11-26 00:00:00
Because of a major shift in dietary patterns and lifestyle changes due to urbanisation and rising incomes, low- and middle-income countries are experiencing a rapid nutrition transition, leading to 'double burden of malnutrition', with under nutrition co-existing with obesity. The...
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