IFAD to sell bikes to Pubali Bank clients on installment
Pubali Bank PLC and IFAD Motors Ltd recently signed an agreement on providing installment facility to the bank鈥檚 credit cardholders to buy motorcycles...
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Bangladesh, Korea ink railway capacity deals
The government of Bangladesh and the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport of the Republic of Korea on Sunday signed deals to strengthen the operational capacity of Bangladesh Railways by providing consultancy services, supplying essential equipment and delivering training programs...
Govt for bringing independent Ebtedayee madrassahs under MPO facilities
Education ministry鈥檚 Technical and Madrassah Division secretary KM Kabirul Islam on Tuesday said that an initiative is being taken by the ministry to include independent Ebtedayee Madrassah under the monthly payment order system.
Campaigners seek free healthcare
The Health Sector Reform Commission in 50 days of its formation is still gathering information and opinions on several focal areas such as service improvement while public health campaigners and medical practitioners demand free healthcare at all public health facilities...
A fixable problem in Lanak govt鈥檚 vision
THE important promises of the NPP government to the people includes addressing the problem of corruption and waste. This was the centrepiece of the Aragalaya protests that brought down the government in 2022. The government made many other promises too when it was in the opposition. But unlike in the case of these other promises...
Reforms vs elections debate a fallacious argument: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday dismissed the debate over which one among reforms and elections should precede, terming it a fallacious argument...
ACI Formulations declares 20pc cash dividend
ACI Formulations Limited declared 20 per cent cash dividend on Sunday during its 28th annual general meeting held virtually, said a press release.
ACI declares 20pc cash, 15pc stock dividend
The 51st annual general meeting of Advanced Chemical Industries Limited was held on Sunday on digital platform. M Anis Ud Dowla, chairman of the company, presided over the meeting.聽
Loan facility to crisis-hit business groups, banks continues
The interim government has continued to provide crisis-hit commercial banks and large business groups with emergency loan assistances with the offering of Tk 180 crore to the Beximco Group in the past week, said officials...
UK joins Indo-Pacific trade bloc
Britain on Sunday became the first European nation to join a major Indo-Pacific trading bloc, in what has been hailed as the country鈥檚 biggest trade deal since Brexit...
An overhaul of power policy long overdue
AN UNEVEN development of the power sector, riding on a wrong policy and supported by the now-repealed energy indemnity law, is more pronounced with a decline in the power demand since the onset of the winter. A low demand for power shows the abnormal extent of power overcapacity. About three quarters of the installed power generation capacity...
Low demand exposes many vulnerabilities
More than three quarters of Bangladesh鈥檚 installed power generation capacity remained unused for a few hours in the morning since the winter officially began on the first day of December...
Asia Pacific growth to remain steady in 2025: MEI report
The Asia Pacific region鈥檚 growth in the forthcoming year will remain at 2024 levels, according to Mastercard Economics Institute鈥檚 recently published economic outlook for the year 2025, which also forecasted that inflation and interest rates would ease offering relief to consumers and households...
Australia, Nauru announce security treaty
Australia and Pacific nation Nauru announced a landmark security treaty on Monday, advancing Canberra鈥檚 aim of blunting China鈥檚 growing regional influence...
Bulgaria affirms to issue visa in Dhaka
Bulgarian ambassador to Bangladesh Nikolay Yankov on Sunday affirmed the start of Visa Facilitating Services for visa issuance in Dhaka...
Exporters to get incentive for shoe, bag made of synthetic-fabric mix under bond facility
Exporters will enjoy cash incentive for shoes and bags made of a mixture of synthetic materials and fabrics under the bond and duty drawback facilities, said the Bangladesh Bank...
Time of hope and a promise to keep
THE recent political transition in Sri Lanka, following the presidential and parliamentary elections of September and November, offers a pivotal opportunity to address entrenched issues of exclusion. In his inaugural speech at the 10th Parliament, president Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised his commitment to preventing racism and religious extremism in Sri Lanka. He asserted that his government...
Gonoforum urges national unity to foil conspiracies
Leaders of Gonoforum on Thursday called on the political parties of the country to forge national unity to foil the conspiracies of creating anarchies in Bangladesh...
Bank Asia celebrates 25th anniv
Bank Asia celebrated its 25th anniversary through an event at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, said a press release...
BIMSTEC to pursue visa facilitation scheme
BIMSTEC expert group on visa matters will pursue visa facilitation scheme to promote intra-BIMSTEC travels, people-to-people exchanges, trade and tourism.
Dengue treatment inadequacy outside cities warrants action
THE proposition that 78 per cent of the dengue patients recorded as residents of Dhaka鈥檚 south city areas in hospital documents are from outside Dhaka is worrying on a couple of counts. This brings to the fore the weakness of the reporting mechanism put in place in hospitals. This also stands to frustrate any plan to fight against the disease. Above all else...
South Asia needs $625b to reach RE target by 2030
South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, need $625b to fulfill their targets of renewable energy capacity by 2030...
Indo-Pacific free of dominance underscored
Politicians, academics and officials at a geopolitical conference in Dhaka on Sunday called for a free and open Indo-Pacific without dominance of any individual country while...
UK Indo-Pacific minister to arrive Dhaka tomorrow
British parliamentary under-secretary of state for Indo-Pacific Catherine West will visit Bangladesh on November 16-17 to discuss ways to strengthen ties with Bangladesh on key fronts...
Arbitrary act gives rise to energy costs
Bangladesh paid over Tk 1 trillion in capacity charge to power plants during the 14 years of rule of the immediate-past and now ousted Awami League government until 2023...
Deputy commander of US Indo-Pacific Command meets Bangladesh鈥檚 army chief
A five-member delegation headed by deputy commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Lt Gen Joshua M Rudd has paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh鈥檚 army chief General Waqar-Uz-Zaman at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka during a three-day visit.
鈥業n the short run, Awami League doesn鈥檛 have a place in Bangladesh鈥�: Yunus tells FT
The chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the Awami League exhibited 鈥榓ll the characteristics of fascism鈥� and it has 鈥榥o place鈥� in the country鈥檚 politics for now...
Thousands rally in Lisbon against racism in policing
Thousands took to Lisbon鈥檚 streets on Saturday to protest against police use of force and racism, following a week of unrest sparked by the shooting of a black man by officers...
Govt should investigate dengue further for better management
AN INCREASING number of death from dengue infection may have been the result, as experts believe, of mutation in both the dengue virus and its vector 鈥� primarily, Aedes aegypti. As dengue virus has its genome based on ribonucleic acid which can mutate fast to adapt to adverse conditions, experts say that such...
Yamaha participates in 鈥�7th Chattogram Motor Fest 2024鈥�
ACI Motors-Yamaha participated in the 鈥�7th Chattogram Motor Fest 2024鈥� held at GEC Convention Hall, Chattogram from October 17 to 19, says a press release.
