BSS Japan on Monday posted its first factory output expansion in three months, official data showed, offering some rare good news after a string of weak figures threw cold water on recovery hopes. The upbeat figures — a 3.7 percent rise on-month in January — comes as investors look for clues about the state of…
BSS An agreement between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and South Korean company CS Bangla Limited was signed today aiming to invest US$ 25 million to establish a tent and outdoor camping items manufacturing industry in Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ). The agreement was signed at BEPZA complex in the city aiming to enhance…
BSS The first managers’ conference-2016 participated by all managers of Barisal region of Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) was held recently to motivate them to increase bank’s business. Syed Moazzem Hussain, Director, Board of Directors of PBL graced the conference as the chief guest while PBL Managing Director M Abdul Halim Chowdhury was present as guest…
BSS BRAC Bank has launched energy efficiency financing loan to assist readymade garments (RMG) and textile industries to invest in energy efficiency technology. The credit programme named “Planet Solutions”, is the first of its kind Bangladesh and is targeted to the readymade garment and textile industries to encourage them to invest in energy efficiency technology,…
BSS Alicia Vikander won the Oscar for best supporting actress Sunday for her role in transgender love story “The Danish Girl” — the first acting honor handed out at the 88th Academy Awards. Vikander beat fellow nominees Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight”), Rooney Mara (“Carol”), Rachel McAdams (“Spotlight”) and Kate Winslet (“Steve Jobs”).
BSS “Son of Saul,” a harrowing Holocaust drama which offers unflinching depictions of the gas chambers of Auschwitz, won the best foreign language film Oscar on Sunday. Laszlo Nemes’s Hungarian film beat Colombia’s “Embrace of the Serpent,” French movie “Mustang,” “Theeb” from Jordan, and Denmark’s “A War.”
BSS “Spotlight,” a searing portrait of The Boston Globe’s investigation into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, won a surprise Oscar for best picture on Sunday at the 88th Academy Awards. The movie, which has picked up a string of honors on its way to Oscars glory, beat rivals “The Big Short,” “Bridge of…
BSS In the very last second before liftoff Sunday, SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket to send a communications satellite into orbit, marking the third delay since last week. A fuel problem forced the sudden delay, following a postponement — known as a hold — earlier in the evening due to a…
BSS Some 400 poor but meritorious students from village level schools were given reception here for creating more inspiration among themselves towards education besides taking the literacy rate up to cherished mark. Paba Area Development Programme (ADP) of World Vision Bangladesh organized the reception and prize-giving ceremony at Shilpakala Academy auditorium in Rajshahi city yesterday….
UNB A new report written by civil servants in Britain’s government concludes that leaving the European Union would touch off a decade of uncertainty because of the complex process of agreeing to terms to leave. The report cited in the Guardian newspaper on Monday said that millions would be affected as the UK takes a…