Tuesday, March 19, 2024

No advance payments in e-commerce: BB

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said e-commerce platforms would not be able to receive payments in advance for any products or services rendered. Some e-shops instruct shoppers to deposit money directly into their respective bank accounts before delivering a product or service, breaching Bangladesh Bank regulations

Brac Bank to raise Tk 600cr thru bonds

Brac Bank has decided to raise Tk 600 crore by issuing a non-convertible bond with a view to providing home loans to the country’s lower and middle income groups. The board of the private lender took this decision at a meeting on August 26, after which it sent the proposal to the Bangladesh Securities and ... Read more

Bata returns to profit

Bata Shoes (Bangladesh), one of the most popular footwear brands in the country, returned to profit after a year riding on higher sales. The company’s declaration of profit comes as good news for the local economy, which is rebounding strongly despite the ongoing coronavirus

Arambagh relegated to first division for fixing

Bangladesh Football Federation has relegated Arambagh Krira Sangha to the first-division for two years on Sunday for their involvement in match-fixing in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League. Earlier, Arambagh were set to be relegated from the BPL after finishing 12th out of 13 teams in the running edition and were supposed to play in the

Shah Rukh Khan is the most in-demand actor in new survey

Topping the list of 10 most in-demand stars worldwide is Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, followed by Allu Arjun, Priyanka Chopra bags the third position Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and South Indian hero Allu Arjun have srcured the top three spots in a survey that analysed the topten in-demand actors on ... Read more

Guardiola announces his departure from Manchester City

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has announced the date of his departure from the English team, as it will be his last season in England,indicating that he will head to coach the national teams in the future. Last November, the 50-year-old Spanish coach extended his contract until the end of the 2022-2023 season, and with ... Read more

Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer dies at 80

Charlie Watts, the unshakeable drummer for The Rolling Stones and the band’s irreplaceable heartbeat, died in London on Tuesday morning, according to his spokesperson. No cause of death was cited; he was 80. “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers ... Read more

It’s possible to walk across the Padma now

All 2,917 road slabs in place on Padma bridge The Padma bridge project yesterday moved one step closer to completion after the authority finished the installation of all road slabs linking both sides of the Padma river through the roadway. Now it is possible to cross the Padma river by walking across the 6.15 kilometre-long ... Read more

Rain at the summit of Greenland for the first time on record

Something extraordinary happened recently. On August 14, 2021, it rained at the highest point on the Greenland Ice Sheet for several hours — the first rainfall event in recorded history, and air temperatures remained above freezing for about nine hours. The record-breaking rain is the latest in a string of warning signs about how climate ... Read more

Messi returns to bercelona for weekened

Lionel Messi, who was left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for their Ligue 1 encounter against Brest on Friday, has returned to Barcelona with his family, reported Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo. According to the report, Messi, who has spent most of his life in Barcelona since joining the Spanish club in 2000, went back to ... Read more

Pori Moni sent to jail

Film actress Pori Moni was sent to jail today on completion of her one-day remand, in the third phase, in a case filed with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act. She was earlier placed on six-day remand in two phases in the same case. Criminal Investigation Department did not submit

Martial Arts Legend and ‘Kill Bill’ Actor Sonny Chiba Dies at 82

Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend best known internationally for starring in ‘Kill Bill: Volume1 and Volume 2’ as well as ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’ died Thursday from complications caused by COVID-19, his manager said. He was 82. Born Sadaho Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan on Jan. 22, 1939, ... Read more