Bangladesh Women's team lost the three-match T20 International series to Sri Lanka after suffering a 21-run defeat in the second match at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Thursday, reports BSS.Put into bat first, the visiting Sri Lankan side...
A group of lawyers has filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the ad hoc committee formed by dissolving the elected board of directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and naming Tamim Iqbal its president, reports bdnews24.com.The petition...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken a leaf out of the County Championship book as their president Tamim Iqbal announced on Thursday that they are looking to introduce a 2nd XI Championship in the National Cricket League (NCL), the...
FE REPORTA Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of income tax records of former Awami League MP Md Nizam Uddin Hazari over graft allegations.Acting Judge Md Alamgir of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court passed the order on Thursday, allowing...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1) has indicted former ministers Qamrul Islam and Rashed Khan Menon in a case over alleged crimes against humanity linked to the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com.A three-member bench, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the...
Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam has alleged the current Bangladesh Bank governor was appointed to help reschedule massive loans for ruling party lawmakers, report agencies.Participating in the discussion on the thanksgiving motion for the president's speech in parliament, the National...
The Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said that Bangladeshi nationalism supports many different political ideas and allows diversity. Because of this, people can follow different beliefs and parties, reports BSS.But he also said Jamaat-e-Islami should clearly explain whether...
FE REPORT The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance will hold a series of rallies across seven divisions in phased programmes beginning this month, protesting what it termed politicisation of the administration and the appointment of ruling party loyalists to local government...
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said a total of 1,855 cases have been filed across the country over incidents of killings, enforced disappearances and torture committed during the fascist Awami League regime, reports UNB. Responding to a scripted question from...
City Bank reported 162 per cent profit growth in Q1, 2026, demonstrating sustained growth across key areas compared to the same period of the previous year, according to a press release. The bank's profit after tax stood at Tk 2.41...
Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun joined Shahjalal Islami Bank as additional managing director (AMD) on Tuesday (April 28). Prior to joining the bank, he served as the deputy managing director at Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB), according to a press release.The banker hailing...
Bank Asia PLC has promoted Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla to the position of Additional Managing Director (AMD) in recognition of his significant contributions and long-standing service to the bank.Mr. Molla, who has served as Deputy Managing Director since 2018, will...
SOUTHEAST BANK, NSU LAUNCH VISA BRANDED STUDENT CARD CAMPAIGNSoutheast Bank and North South University have officially launched an exclusive VISA branded student credit and prepaid card at the NSU campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka recently. The inauguration ceremony was attended by...
FE REPORTRenata's profit surged 33 per cent year-on-year to Tk 0.78 billion in the third quarter to March, driven mainly by a sharp fall in finance costs following major capital restructuring exercises.An increase in revenue also contributed to the business...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Listed real estate company Eastern Housing Limited (EHL) reported a moderate growth of 6.36 per cent in profit for the third quarter of FY26 to Tk 181.25 million.However, its operating cash flow turned sharply negative due to higher investment in...
MTB SIGNS MOU WITH ASCENT HEALTH TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS MTB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ascent Health at MTB Tower, Dhaka, on April 8 to provide its debit, credit, and prepaid cardholders an exclusive 25 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Reckitt Benckiser (Bangladesh) secured an 8.64 per cent year-on-year growth in profit to Tk 817 million in 2025, supported by higher sales and a sharp decline in finance costs.Earnings per share (EPS) of the UK-based multinational firm that sells health...
OSLO, April 30 (Reuters): Some 287 candidates will be considered for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with U.S. President Donald Trump likely to be among the nominees.Of this year's nominations,...
NEW YORK, April 30 (AFP): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for King Charles to "return" the prized Koh-i-Noor diamond, which the British Empire took from the Indian subcontinent in the 1800s, on the third day of the monarch's...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have held a phone conversation discussing issues related to Iran and Ukraine, the Kremlin has said, reports UNB.According to a Kremlin aide, during the call Putin put forward proposals aimed at...
JERUSALEM, April 30 (AFP): Israel's foreign ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces had arrested about 175 activists aboard 20 ships from an aid-laden flotilla bound for Gaza."Approximately 175 activists from more than 20 boats... are now making their way peacefully...
Gold prices jumped on Thursday as the dollar eased and oil prices ticked lower, with some analysts also pointing to an uptick in safe-haven demand on growing concerns that the US-Iran war could escalate, reports Reuters.Spot gold climbed 1.9 per...
SINGAPORE/BANGKOK, April 30 (Reuters): Rice supply is expected to fall this year as farmers cut planting acreage across Asia because of fertiliser shortages and soaring fuel costs from the Iran war, with an emerging El Nino also set to squeeze...
NARAIL, Apr 30 (UNB): Two students been injured after a coconut tree fell on a classroom of a kindergarten in Kalia municipality of Narail district on Wednesday.The incident occurred at Shamsunnahar Kindergarten in Chhoto Kalia around 10:00am when a sudden...
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 30 (UNB): A Rohingya woman and her daughter were killed in an attack by a herd of wild elephants in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Chemon Ara Begum, 27, wife of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-05-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Apr 30: The country's prime mango-producing districts-Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon-are facing a severe setback this season as persistent heat wave, drought and repeated nor'westers have disrupted orchard conditions, triggering widespread fruit drop, pest attacks and other weather-related damage.Growers and...
Recently, Bangladesh Bank verbally instructed banks to cap the buying price of the dollar at Tk 122.85 per dollar, which had been slightly higher in recent days. Bangladesh Bank intends this capping to maintain control over inflation. However, the International...
While many may consider entering the club of nuclear power generation a giant step forward, my humble knowledge impels me to think that it would only add to the unendurable anguish and miseries that the country is already burdened with,...
Shiabur Rahman | 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is encountering a surge in the incidence of measles. Over 35,000 people, mostly children under five, have been infected by the virus this year and more than 200 deaths have been reported. The saddest part about the current crisis...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Record levels of global food insecurity in 2026, as projected by the World Food Programme (WFP) and an unprecedented high military expenditure sum up the current state of human civilisation. Expenditure on arms in 2024 was $2.7 trillion whereas there...
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