Business Report : South Korea is set to provide a loan of $814.91 million to Bangladesh for the construction of a rail and road bridge across the Karnaphuli river at the Kalurghat point in Chattogram. Of the loan, $724.73 million will come from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund, and $90.18 million from the Economic Development Promotion Facility, according to a statement from the Economic Relations Division (ERD). Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of the ERD, and Yoon Hee Sung, chairman...
Day: June 29, 2024
News Desk : A Rohingya man has been killed allegedly over a power struggle at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar Ukhiya Upazila. The incident occurred at East Balukhali-8 camp around 11pm on Thursday, said Ukhiya Police Station chief Md Shamim Hossain, reports bdnews24.com The deceased, 35-year-old Md Salek, was a resident of the camp’s D-76 block. “A group of four to five burqa-clad perpetrators stopped Salek as he was returning home. They attacked him, stabbing his head and different...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : As long as there is a history of music in Bangladesh, the name of the artiste who will be remembered with utmost respect is the pride of our music arena, the living legendary artiste Ferdausi Rahman. With the hands of legendary Ferdausi Rahman, the song teaching programme titled ‘Esho Gaan Shikhi’ started on Bangladesh Television (BTV). Now she is not teaching music in ‘Esho Gaan Shikhi’ due to her poor health. But now she enjoys the...
Business Report : ‘Biswas Imports’ is one of the trusted names in recondition car business in Bangladesh. The company imports...
UNB : A union-level Awami League leader and his aide were hacked and shot to death and two others injured in an attack by miscreants over reportedly establishing supremacy in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 47, general secretary of Nayaladanga union unit of the AL and son of Ettaj Ali of the same union and his aide Abdul Matin Ali, 55, a teacher of local Harinagar High School and son of...
Business Desk : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded Bangladesh for recent introduction of the Crawling Peg Mid-Rate (CPMR)...
AFP, Bridgetown : Unbeaten throughout almost a month of cricket across the USA and the Caribbean, India and South Africa...
Staff Reporter : Former Foreign Minister and Awami League Member of Parliament, Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, emphasised the importance of maintaining a strong relationship with India for Bangladesh’s benefit. The former minister said, “Many will say we haven’t gained anything; however, several lakhs of people from our country are easily going to India for medical treatment or for shopping. This is a significant gain. If we had a bad relationship, we would have suffered.” Dr. Momen made these remarks while...
Staff Reporter : Despite a slight decrease in the prices of some items, the overall cost of daily essentials in...
Business Report : H&M posted on Thursday a 52-percent jump in net profit for the second quarter as the world’s second biggest fashion retailer pressed on with efforts to control costs. Chief executive Daniel Erver said the company had achieved its “best profit and cash flow for many years” in the April-to-June period, with profit after tax reaching five billion Swedish kronor ($473 million). He said the group’s profitability performance was strong in the first half of the year thanks...
Business Report : First ISO 9001: 2015 Certified Credit Rating Company in Bangladesh Credit Rating & Information Services Ltd (CRISL)...