IBBL launches smart banking campaign

Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC launched a month-long campaign titled ‘Smart Banking towards Financial Excellence’ for ensuring better asset quality on

Kuwait once again bans BD workers

Kuwait has reintroduced a ban on recruitment of workers from Bangladesh after months from reopening it under certain controls. The

Axiata Game Hero season ends

Robi & Airtel, both the brands of the leading digital company, Robi Axiata Limited have successfully concluded the second international

DCCI hails budget

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today hailed several proposals of the national budget for fiscal 2018-19 (FY19), but

BGMEA urges govt to revise tax on sources

Terming some initiatives of the national budget for fiscal 2016-17 as encouraging for industrialization, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association

Bangladesh

Massive anti government protests in Bangladesh 

Shahariar Islam Sovon Thousands of protesters from various political parties took to the streets in several districts, major cities, and capital to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation including a free, fair, and credible national

Bill to ban strikes in essential service sector

In a bid to empower the government to ban strikes in essential service sector, a Bill titled Essential Services Bill-2023 has been placed in the parliament in a bid to empower the government to ban strikes in essential service sector. There is a provision of maximum six months’ imprisonment or Tk 50,000 fine or both


International

NATO allies set to provide ‘heavier weapons’ to Ukraine

NATO countries are set to announce new “heavier weapons” for Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his backers to speed up their decision-making. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting of around 50 countries on Friday at the US-run

World population at 8 billion humans and still growing

The UN Population Division estimates that the number of humans on Earth will grow to eight billion on November 15, more than three times higher than the 2.5 billion global headcounts in 1950. However, after a peak in the early 1960s, the world’s population growth rate has decelerated dramatically, Rachel

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Share Market Update

Robi’s IPO lottery held.

Price fall drives stocks down.

CSE AGM held.

BASIC Bank holds its 31st AGM.

CSE reappoints Shamsur as CRO.

Jamuna Bank’s 19th AGM held.

PBL 37th AGM held.

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