Top rice trader ‘Chaal Rashid’ arrested
Top rice trader ‘Chaal Rashid’ arrested

Police arrested Abdur Rashid, the owner of Rashid Agro Food Products Ltd, from Kushtia town on Saturday afternoon. He was apprehended in the Mojompur area around 5 pm in connection with a fraud case, confirmed Kushtia Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shihabur Rahman. The arrest...

DSE sees early gains with Tk192cr traded in 1st hour today
DSE sees early gains with Tk192cr traded in 1st hour today

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the nations premier capital market, experienced an upward trend during the first hour of trading on Tuesday, with transactions totaling Tk 192 crore by 11am. According to DSE data, 5.51 crore shares and mutual fund units were exchanged through 56,675 transactions...

BAJUS protest: Lakshmipur gold trader murder
BAJUS protest: Lakshmipur gold trader murder

In protest against the murder of gold trader Hiralal Debnath, leaders of the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) district branch in Lakshmipur staged a silent procession, a human chain, and submitted a memorandum to the authorities. They also issued a 72-hour ultimatum demanding the arrest...

Singapore envoy discusses trade, investment, and skilled labor with BNP leaders
Singapore envoy discusses trade, investment, and skilled labor with BNP leaders

Singapores non-resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Derek Loh, engaged in discussions with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on topics concerning to bilateral relations, trade, and investment. The hour-long meeting, which began around 9:30 pm, was held at the BNP...

Joint forces detain 72 ‘drug traders’ from Gazipur slum
Joint forces detain 72 ‘drug traders’ from Gazipur slum

Joint forces have detained 72 people along with a huge amount of drugs, locally made weapons and Tk 22 lakh in cash for their suspected involvement in drug trading at Keranirtek slum of Tongi in Gazipur, reports UNB. The detainees include 51 men and 21 women. Tipped off, a team of Rapid...

French court overturns ban of Israeli companies
French court overturns ban of Israeli companies

A Paris commercial court on Wednesday threw out a French government decision to ban Israeli companies from setting up stands or exhibiting hardware at the Euronaval defence trade fair, reports AFP. The court ordered the organisers to suspend the execution of the measures adopted against the...

Bangladesh expects to see export growth despite global trade shifts
Bangladesh expects to see export growth despite global trade shifts

Bangladesh expects substantial export growth although the Global trade dynamics have undergone significant shifts in recent years, reports UNB. A document of the Ministry of Finance expected the growth based on the projection of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although global trade...