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Drive for full interoperable payment system sans sops

After hiccups on journey for a cashless society, the regulator now signs deal with Gates Foundation for backbone installation to fully implement interoperable payment system.Under the broader objective, the central bank signed a virtual agreement with the Gates Foundation to have its mojaloop open source software to install an inclusive...

Call for interoperable governance, ethical data practices and people-centred digital shift

Discussants at a session titled "From Silos to Systems: Rewiring the Global Data Order" stressed the urgent need for interoperable governance, ethical data practices and people-centred digital transformation.Speaking at the fourth edition of the Bay of Bengal Conversation (BoBC) 2025, held in Dhaka on 22-24 November, they highlighted that fragmented...

RAJUK identifies 300 risky buildings in city

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the capital development body, said on Monday that it has identified around 300 small and large buildings out of the 3,252 assessed that are vulnerable to earthquakes, report agencies.RAJUK has only assessed the earthquake resilience and risk of 3,252 structures out of 2.1 million buildings...

Govt ready to take all possible measures: CA

The country's top earthquake specialists have urged the public to remain calm and steer clear of growing online misinformation after a series of mild tremors rattled parts of the country over the weekend. At an emergency meeting in Dhaka on Monday, convened by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, scientists and disaster...

Khaleda zia urges all to pray for her

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment under intensive medical supervision at Evercare Hospital in the capital, on Monday urged the people of the country to pray for her speedy recovery, reports UNB."Since her admission to Evercare Hospital on Sunday night, the BNP Chairperson has been receiving...

90pc people of South Asia will be at risk of extreme heat by 2030: WB

Some 90 per cent of the South Asian population including Bangladeshis will be at risk of extreme heat and nearly a quarter at risk of severe flooding by the year 2030 due to the region's high climate vulnerabilities, a World Bank report said on Monday. With increase in water and...

Only political govt can control commodity prices successfully

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said controlling commodity prices by engaging administrative officials is difficult while a political government is more successful in this regard. "You can't resolve these (price controls) by involving administration. This can be done by a political government," he said.He went on: "They (political...

Dengue deaths hit 88 in Nov, deadliest month of 2025

Bangladesh reported 88 dengue deaths in the first 24 days of November this year, making it the deadliest month of 2025 for the disease, even with a week remaining.Two more people died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Monday morning, raising this year's death toll to 366, according...

Court orders seizure of Salman's land, freeze on Tk 546.6m bank account

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the seizure of 36 bighas of land in Gazipur owned by Salman F Rahman, former adviser on private industry and investment to the prime minister.The court also ordered freeze on his IFIC Bank account containing Tk546.6 million.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Foyez issued...

Bollywood's 'He-Man' Dharmendra dies aged 89

MUMBAI, Nov 24 (AFP): India's hugely popular star Dharmendra was lovingly known as the "He-Man" of Bollywood, thanks to his roles in a string of action movies that cemented his legacy spanning more than six decades and 250 films.Born Dharam Singh Deol on December 8, 1935 in Punjab, he also...