Dhaka, Ctg stocks rise
The stock markets in Dhaka and Chittagong continued to experience an upward trend on Wednesday, with the main index in Dhaka rising by 16 points...
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Climate justice needs gender equality
CLIMATE justice is more than just reducing carbon emissions or promoting clean energy. It is about recognising how climate change affects different communities in unequal ways. It demands fair solutions that consider the needs of those who suffer the most. Among them, women 鈥� especially in low-income and marginalised communities 鈥� are facing the harshest...
ISD student makes mark in global competition
A student of International School Dhaka, Aditya Varshney, has recently secured third place in a global competition titled Global Change It Challenge 2025...
Bangladesh's forex reserve drops to $19.7b
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserve, calculated as per the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 guidelines, has dropped to $19.7 billion, following a $1.75-billion payment to the Asian Clearing Union for import bills covering January and February...
Stakeholders urge quick resolution to BSEC crisis
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
Dhaka Stocks decline
Dhaka stock market saw a decline in its indices in the past week for the second consecutive week as a section of investors chose to sell shares to realise short-term profits.
BSEC officials go on strike
Officials and employees of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have abstained from work on Thursday, demanding resignation of chairman Khandaker Rashed Maqsood and other commissioners...
BSEC officers threaten to go on strike
Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go on strike if the chairman and three commissioners did not resign...
TRUMP鈥橲 鈥楴IXON REVERSAL MOMENT鈥�: Game changer in international politics?
SINCE the Communist Revolution in 1949 till February 1972, the United States has not recognised Mao Zedong鈥檚 China. It has accepted the People鈥檚 Republic of China (Taiwan) as the legitimate Chinese government. In 1953, the Soviet Union and China together fought a war on the Korean peninsula against the US-led coalition. The Soviet Union and China fell apart...
Nations fail to break deadlock on UN climate report timing
Nations failed to break a deadlock over the timing of the UN鈥檚 next blockbuster assessment of climate change science after a marathon meeting in China that US envoys skipped.
Stocks end week in positive territory
Stocks has ended the week in positive territory as investors showed buying interest in particular large-cap scrips, especially the Bank stocks, as anticipation builds ahead of their year-end earnings and dividend declarations...
Lanka鈥檚 moderate politics despite govt鈥檚 massive mandate
DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people鈥檚 mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People鈥檚 Power government frequently jibe at the government鈥檚 economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...
CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION: Solution or illusion?
IN THE fight against climate change, corporations are no longer bystanders but major players 鈥� with their actions determining the fate of our planet. With their expansive operations and influence, multinational giants exert unparalleled power to shape the planet鈥檚 future. While their ambitious net-zero pledges and glossy sustainability reports paint an optimistic...
Forex reserve nears $21b amid high remittance
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserves, calculated under International Monetary Fund guidelines, neared $21 billion again, driven by strong remittance inflows...
ORION PHARMA鈥橲 SHARE MANIPULATION: Nabil Group MD Aminul fined Tk3.2cr
Md Aminul Islam, founder and managing director of Nabil Group, along with two of the conglomerate鈥檚 firms, has been fined Tk 3.40 crore for manipulating shares of Orion Pharma, according to an enforcement report by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
Two captivities, one story
SINCE January 20, 2025, the world has closely watched the exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire 鈥� despite its fragility and Israel鈥檚 repeated violations 鈥� took effect on January 19, 2025. It marks a critical moment that underscores the immense physical and psychological toll the genocide has inflicted on both sides. The first swap saw 3 Israelis...
Soft microfinance: potential game-changer
MICROFINANCE is welcomed as a revolutionary tool to eradicate poverty, providing financial access for those excluded from traditional banking systems. It emerged with a promise to empower small entrepreneurs and poor people, especially women, by offering them loans to do businesses, secure livelihood and achieve financial independence...
Dutch circular textile trade mission arrives
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, in collaboration with BGMEA and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), organised a Circular Textile Trade Mission matchmaking session at the BGMEA complex in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Global Islami Bank placed in Z category
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday downgraded Global Islami Bank PLC to 鈥榋鈥� category from 鈥楢鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
3 brokerage firms get FIX certification
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday awarded financial information exchange certification, or FIX certification, to three brokerage houses to help them offer value-added services to their investors...
Betar celebrates World Radio Day tomorrow
The state-run Bangladesh Betar will celebrate World Radio Day 2025 with various programmes in Dhaka tomorrow...
UGC holds meeting on social, behavioural change
The meeting of the management and coordination committee for conducting research on social and behavioural change and capacity building of university teachers was held at the auditorium of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Govt mulls over tax imposition on industrial water use
The government is now mulling to impose tax on the use of groundwater for industrial purposes, environment, forest and climate change affairs adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Tuesday...
SRI LANKA: Filling in the vacuum caused by global political changes
THE government has given emphasis to finding new ways of boosting Sri Lanka鈥檚 economic growth. Among these would be the need to improve the country鈥檚 utilisation of digital technologies. The government has taken pride in the number of Sri Lankan experts it has mobilised to this cause. Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, who made Dialog a household name in Sri Lanka...
CAPITAL MARKET TASK FORCE: Minimum Tk 10 lakh investment for margin loans proposed
The capital market reform task force has proposed that investors having investment of less than Tk 10 lakh in the stock market would not be eligible for margin loans...
DSE demotes 4 cos to junk category
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Monday downgraded four companies to 鈥榋鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
Climate vs classrooms
THE phrase 鈥榯oday鈥檚 children are tomorrow鈥檚 future鈥� rings increasingly hollow in the wake of UNICEF鈥檚 recent report, 鈥楲earning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2024鈥�. Education is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of national progress, yet the growing frequency of extreme weather events 鈥� intensified by...
Almost all nations miss UN deadline for new climate targets
Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change...
Climate fund to be used in social forestry initiative
The government will use the Climate Change Trust Fund to pay the beneficiaries of the social forestry initiative, forest, environment and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Sunday...
Southeast Bank approves Tk 1,000 crore bond
Southeast Bank Limited has announced the issuance of a fully redeemable, non-convertible, unsecured, floating-rate subordinated bond as part of its efforts to enhance the bank鈥檚 Tier-II capital...