Business Desk : The CEO and Managing Director of state owned Sonali Bank PLC Md. Afzal Karim has been appointed...
Day: February 8, 2024
Business Report : The country received investment proposals worth Taka 24,865.16 crore from some 281 industrial units during October-December, 2023. These 281 industrial units were registered with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) during this period. According to a press release of the BIDA, Taka 20,924.09 crore came as local investment proposals while Taka 3,941.07 crore were foreign investment proposals. Out of the 281 industrial units, some 243 industrial units are local, some 19 units are foreign while 19 industrial...
Staff Reporter : Farmers are busy in the fields as Boro cultivation which is in the full swing in different...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : In the 1970s, a Mukta Manch (open stage) was built on the abandoned railway site at...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : An elderly man was killed by his rival groups over land dispute in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj on Sunday night. The victim’s Abdul Malek (75) in Hossaindi areas in Pakundia upazila. According to locals and Police, there was a long dispute with Abdul Malek over the land of the neighboring Azizuls. A local arbitration court was held on Sunday afternoon. On the way back from the arbitration, the opponents attacked Abdul Malek. The local people...
AFP, Mount Maunganui : Black Caps seamer Kyle Jamieson claimed four wickets on Wednesday to drive New Zealand (NZ) to...
News Desk : As many as 20% of households in Kurigram suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity, says a UN report. The information was revealed in the report “Bangladesh Chronic Food Insecurity Situation 2019-2024” on Wednesday, reports media. According to the report, many households depend on unskilled daily labour, marginal farming, or traditional fishing to survive. They often live in areas where there is a high recurrence of shocks, flash and monsoon floods, riverbank erosion, and dry spells. Led by...
BBC : Two bomb explosions have killed at least 22 people in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on the eve of general elections, officials say. The first blast killed 14 people in front of an independent candidate’s party office in Pishin district. A second explosion left eight people dead in Qillah Saif Ullah district, about 150km (93 miles) away. Many others were injured in the two blasts. The election has been marred by violence and claims of poll-rigging. No group has yet...
Reuters : Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in Nevada’s primary on Tuesday, finishing behind ballots marked “none of these candidates” by supporters of Donald Trump, according to Edison Research. Haley, the last remaining rival to frontrunner Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, was the only major Republican candidate contesting the party’s Nevada primary on Tuesday. Trump was not on the ballot. U.S. President Joe Biden easily won Nevada’s Democratic presidential primary after dominating his party’s first...
Business Report : The daily trade turnover on the Dhaka bourse, with turnover crossing Tk 17 billion mark for the first time after more than 16 months, as buoyant investors are putting fresh bets on selective large-cap stocks. Turnover, a crucial indicator of the market, stood at Tk 17.30 billion on the country’s premier bourse, in a further climb by 5 per cent over the previous day’s tally of Tk 16.52 billion. It happens to be the biggest single-day transaction...