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Adilur for strengthening SME Foundation

Advisor for Industries, Housing and Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan has laid importance on strengthening the SME Foundation structurally to further energise the small and medium enterprise sector and accelerate its development for expanding domestic and international markets for different products. 'Strengthening the SME Foundation structurally into a robust and...

Mobile phone traders demand reforms to NEIR

Mobile phone traders on Sunday staged a demonstration in the capital's Agargaon area demanding the reform of NEIR initiative.The road in front of BTRC building was blocked as part of the protest - held under the banner of "Bangladesh Mobile Business Community" around 10 AM. General Secretary of the Bangladesh...

BD, Thailand willing to expand trade relations

Bangladesh and Thailand want to further expand their existing trade relations and make more effective use of maritime transport facilities between the two nations.The views came when Thailand Ambassador to Bangladesh, Thitiporn Chirasawadi, made a courtesy call on Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Udding at the latter's Secretariat office on Sunday,...

Islami Bank launches stall at 12th National SME Fair

Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC launched a stall at the 12th National SME Fair 2025, a seven-day event organised by the SME Foundation. Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Managing Director of the bank, inaugurated the stall at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center on Sunday by cutting a ribbon. Abu Sayed Md. Idris,...

Al-Arafah Islami Bank inaugurates stall at SME Product Fair

Managing Director (Acting) of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan inaugurated a stall at the 12th National SME Product Fair at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center on Sunday. Deputy Managing Director S. M. Abu Jafar, Executive Vice President Jalal Ahmed, Senior Vice President Solaiman Al Raji and Monirul Islam,...

Sonali Bank participates in National SME Fair-

Sonali Bank PLC has participated in the 12th National SME product fair 2025 at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center on Sunday. MD & CEO of Sonali Bank Md. Shawkat Ali Khan, General Manager Kazi Md. Mofizul Islam and others top officials were present. Later, the MD and CEO inaugurated the bank's...

Musk denies $800b SpaceX valuation reports

NEW YORK, Dec 07 (Reuters): CEO and billionaire Elon Musk denied news reports that his rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is seeking a $800 billion valuation through a share sale.“There has been a lot of press claiming SpaceX is raising money at $800B, which is not accurate,” Musk said in...

COMMUNITY BANK HOLDS ANNUAL RISK CONFERENCE 2025

Community Bank Bangladesh PLC held its Annual Risk Conference 2025 at a city hotel on Saturday. ANM Moinul Kabir, Director, DOS-2, Bangladesh Bank, attended the event as the chief guest. Joint Directors of Bangladesh Bank Mahmuda Haque and M.M. Apurba Abrar were present as resource persons. Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director...

UBS may cut further 10,000 jobs by 2027

VIENNA, Dec 07 (Reuters): UBS may cut an additional 10,000 jobs by 2027, Swiss paper SonntagsBlick reported on Sunday, without citing where it obtained the information.Responding to the report, UBS did not confirm this number, but said it would "keep the number of jobs cuts in Switzerland and globally as...

Tesla launches low-cost Model 3 variant

STOCKHOLM, Dec 07 (Reuters): Tesla launched the new, lower-priced version of its Model 3 car in Europe on Friday, two months after its U.S. debut, aiming to boost sales as competition intensifies and demand slows.Tesla is grappling with softening demand across Europe, where new registrations have fallen sharply this year...

Apple, Google send new round of cyber threat notifications to users around world

WASHINGTON, Dec 07 (Reuters): Apple and Google have sent a new round of cyber threat notifications to users around the world, the companies said this week, announcing their latest effort to insulate customers against surveillance threats.Apple and the Alphabet-owned Google are two of several tech companies that regularly issue warnings...

Saudi Arabia's int’l trade hits $144.3b in Q3

RIYADH, Dec 07 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's total international trade reached SR540.5 billion ($144.3 billion) in the third quarter of 2025, marking annual growth of 8.6 per cent, or SR43 billion, compared with SR497.5 billion in the same period last year, according to the General Authority for Statistics' latest international...

Advent's $1.b deal talks for Whirlpool India stake collapse

MUMBAI, Dec 07 (Reuters): Global private equity firm Advent International's talks to acquire US giant Whirlpool's India unit for up to $1.0 billion have collapsed due to disagreements over valuation, four people familiar with the matter told the news agency.Advent had emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a 31 per...