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National
9 hours ago

MV Abdullah owner for peaceful rescue of seamen

CHATTOGRAM, Mar 18: Law enforcers from various corners were reportedly trying to take action against the Somalian pirates to rescue the abducted seamen of Bangladeshi flag carrier-ship MV Abdullah. However, SR Shipping, a concern of KSRM Group and the owner of the MV Abdullah, was trying to contac

National
9 hours ago

Domestic onion glut sinks prices, curbs India imports

Traders have lost interest in importing onions from neighbouring India due to a recent dramatic fall in domestic prices of the kitchen staple. The price fall in the local market coincides with the harvest season beginning across the country's onion-growing hubs such as Pabna and Faridpur. Farm-le

Economy
9 hours ago

BMI forecasts steady growth in BD this fiscal

Fitch Solutions Company BMI predicts that the economic growth in Bangladesh is likely to remain steady in the current fiscal. "We hold our short-term forecast for economic growth in Bangladesh steady, as we expect the country's real GDP to grow by 5.4 per cent y-o-y in FY2023/24," it says. The BM

Economy
9 hours ago

Depositors won't lose out, staffers stay after merger

Depositors won't lose out and staff members will retain their jobs as the crisis-stricken Padma Bank merges with Exim Bank through a deal signed Monday, the host assures. But the directors of the defunct bank all get their marching orders from the board, said the Exim Bank chairman after the deal

Trade
9 hours ago

Gas crunch poised to ease with FSRU operation

Gas supply across Bangladesh may increase next week as another private-sector floating LNG-regasification unit looks all but ready to resume operation after an overhaul, sources say about a respite from fuel crunch.    Summit LNG Terminal Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Summit Group, is exp

National
10 hours ago

PM calls upon UNDP to raise more funds for Rohingya

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to make an effort to raise larger international funds for the support of the Rohingya people. She made the call at a meeting with visiting UNDP goodwill ambassador and Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria at

Editorial
10 hours ago

Prices are fixed but of no use

The current price ceiling fixed for as many as 29 commodities by the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) and its positive impacts conspicuous by their absence is more like the game of pranksters Tom and Jerry. In the cartoon, they play pranks which are funny and hilarious at times but hardly

Columns
10 hours ago

Why is the media establishment suddenly looking fragile?

In November 2023, we wrote an article titled, " BD media: Why new entrants in an uncertain era?" where we wondered why there were new investors in the media economy when the global economy was not healthy.  Our conclusion of sorts was, "It's obvious that if investment is coming in, the need fo

Bangla
11 hours ago

মার্কেন্টাইল ব্যাংকে আর্থিক সাক্ষরতা দিবস উদযাপন

মার্কেন্টাইল ব্যাংক পিএলসি সম্প্রতি সর্বস্তরের জনগণের মাঝে ব্যাংকিং কার্যক্রম সম্প্রসারণ ও সচেতনতা সৃষ্টি, সম্পৃক্ততা বাড়ানো ও বাস্তবায়ণের উদ্দেশ্যে প্রধান কার্যালয়সহ সারাদেশে ব্যাংকের বিভিন্ন শাখা-উপশাখায় ‘আর্থিক সাক্ষরতা দিবস’ উদযাপন করে। খবর প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তির। দিনব্যাপী শাখায় আগত বিভ

Trade
11 hours ago

ICB celebrates Bangabandhu's birth anniv, National Children's Day

On the occasion of the 104th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day on Sunday, a national flag hoisting, bunch balloon flying and du’a mahfil were organised at the head office of ICB, according to a press release. Professor Dr

Opinions
11 hours ago

Securing our oceangoing vessels

The maritime vessel named MV Abdullah that was hijacked by Somali pirates on Tuesday last week from the high seas in the Indian Ocean is learnt to have been changing its position keeping close to the Somali coast. The crew members of the ship reportedly are safe and that the pirates have been allow

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