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S'porean medical team treats July Movement eye injury victims

2025-02-02 00:00:00

A team of five renowned ophthalmologists from Singapore has begun treating the patients in the city who suffered eye injuries during the July Movement in Bangladesh, reports UNB.The doctors examined eyes of over 100 patients at the National Institute of...

Rizwana for protecting fishing cats to save nature

2025-02-02 00:00:00

Environment, Forest, Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said the conservation of fishing cats is not merely an issue of animal rights, rather it is a crucial step toward environmental protection, reports BSS."Every species plays a role in...

Experts favour written orders to prevent future blackouts

FE REPORT | 2025-02-02 00:00:00

Experts have stated that issuing written orders specifying legitimate reasons for an internet shutdown could help prevent nationwide blackouts, like those in July-August 2024, in the future. They noted that the series of shutdowns during that period were carried out...

Amar Ekushey Book Fair kicks off

2025-02-02 00:00:00

On the first day of the February, the curtain has risen on the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, ending the long wait for writers, publishers, readers, and book lovers of all stripes, report bdnews24.com. Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the...

One dies in Cumilla BNP factional clash

2025-02-02 00:00:00

A Swechchhasebak Dal leader has died in a clash between two factions of BNP's volunteer wing in Cumilla's Nangalkot Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred at Bangadda Bazar in the Upazila's Bangadda union around 3pm on Saturday, Nangalkot Police Station chief...

Shafiqur calls for holding trial of those involved in genocide

2025-02-02 00:00:00

SUNAMGANJ, Feb 01(BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday called for holding trial of those involved in genocide."Those who committed genocide must be tried to free the human society from stigma. Persons involved in forcibly disappearing people should...

Democratic forces must stay united: Tarique

2025-02-02 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 1 (UNB): BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said the only option for democratic forces is now to stay united to move the country forward and rebuild it with peace as the cohorts of the fallen fascists are...

HRW for prohibiting filing cases against unnamed people, mass arrest

2025-02-02 00:00:00

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has recommended to build a system prohibiting filing cases against unnamed people and mass arrest to stop arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearances, reports BSS. "To end arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances, the interim government should...

SBI holds 'Annual Risk Conference'

2025-02-02 00:00:00

State Bank of India, Bangladesh Operations, organised its 'Annual Risk Conference-2025' at a hotel in Dhaka on Saturday with a view to raising risk awareness among the staffs to promote a proactive risk management culture. ANM Moinul Kabir, Director of...

RUPALI BANK DISTRIBUTES BLANKETS IN NARAYANGANJ

2025-02-02 00:00:00

RUPALI BANK DISTRIBUTES BLANKETS IN NARAYANGANJ Rupali Bank PLC has distributed blankets among helpless and destitute people at Bhulta in Rupganj, Narayanganj, on Friday. Managing Director Kazi Md Wahidul Islam handed over the blankets to the cold-affected people on Masumabad...

MetLife cleared Tk 28.95b in insurance claims last year

2025-02-02 00:00:00

FE REPORTMetLife Bangladesh settled Tk 28.95 billion in insurance benefits and claims in 2024, covering loss of lives and medical needs.MetLife Bangladesh CEO Ala Ahmad said, "The most important part of a customer's insurance journey is receiving claims. We've relentlessly...

IFIC BANK HOSTS ANNUAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2025

2025-02-02 00:00:00

IFIC BANK HOSTS ANNUAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2025IFIC Bank PLC hosted its Annual Business Conference 2025 on Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall of IFIC Tower in Dhaka. Managing Director of the bank Syed Mansur Mustafa presided over the conference, themed 'Together...

Set up reform panel to tackle over-regulation, red tape

2025-02-02 00:00:00

A government taskforce has suggested creating a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) to address the pervasive issues of over-regulation and red tape in the bureaucracy, governance, businesses and tax regime, reports BSS."Over-regulation and bureaucratic red tape hindering business growth and foreign...

Synesis IT wins APICTA Award

2025-02-02 00:00:00

FE REPORTSynesis IT was recently recognised as the winner for their Central Biometric Verification and Monitoring Platform (CBVMP) in a category of Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2024.Previously, the technology solutions company developed CBVMP for Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...

Vision hosts Pithanondo Utshab

2025-02-02 00:00:00

Popular electronics brand 'Vision' recently hosted the 'Pithanondo Utshab' to celebrate and promote the traditional Bengali pitha-puli culture among urban people, says a press release.The event featured a contest where ten contestants were awarded the Pithanondo Prize-2025 for showcasing their...

JICA-funded BSRM steel plant inaugurated in Ctg

FE REPORT | 2025-02-02 00:00:00

An environment friendly steel plant of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) Limited was inaugurated on Saturday. The plant, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is located at Mirsharai in Chattogram.The inaugural ceremony marked a significant milestone for the...

ICB's open-ended funds did better than listed funds in 2024

FE REPORT | 2025-02-02 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company has declared dividends against nine open-ended mutual funds for 2024, despite the market being bearish throughout the year while many close-ended funds failed to declare any dividend for the year. Investors, whose names appeared in the...

MIDLAND BANK INAUGURATES KOTIADI BRANCH IN KISHOREGANJ

2025-02-02 00:00:00

MIDLAND BANK INAUGURATES KOTIADI BRANCH IN KISHOREGANJMidland Bank inaugurated its Kotiadi Branch at Shahidullah Bhaban in Kishoreganj's Katiadi on Thursday. The bank's Managing Director and CEO Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Senior officials of the bank,...

China's market regulator says 'stabilising confidence' key

2025-02-02 00:00:00

BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters): China's top financial market regulator said on Saturday that "stabilising the market, stabilising confidence and stabilising expectations" were priorities as the government works to provide better access to capital for leading technology.Wu Qing, who took over...

MERCANTILE BANK INAUGURATES CRM BOOTH IN KAKRAIL

2025-02-02 00:00:00

MERCANTILE BANK INAUGURATES CRM BOOTH IN KAKRAILMercantile Bank on Wednesday inaugurated a CRM Booth at Anjuman JR Tower in the capital's Kakrail on Wednesday, offering 24/7 instant cash deposit and withdrawal services. The bank's Managing Director Mati Ul Hasan launched...

Cos perform well in tensed climate after realignment

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-02-02 00:00:00

Latest financial disclosures once again proved that companies with strong financial positions perform well even in a challenging business climate if they can ensure management efficiency. Companies, such as Square Pharmaceuticals, Marico Bangladesh, MJL Bangladesh, Berger Paints and Eastern Housing,...

Reconstruction of two vital bridges a dire need for Kurigram villagers

2025-02-02 00:00:00

KURIGRAM, Feb 01 (UNB): For over 100,000 residents of Ulipur upazila in Kurigram, daily life has been a relentless battle ever since two vital bridges were washed away by devastating floods in 2019.The Amatoli Bridge and Chuniyar Par Bridge, which...

Two killed in Khulna road crash

2025-02-02 00:00:00

KHULNA, Feb 01 (UNB): Two people were killed in a road accident at Arangghata in Khulna city on Friday night.The deceased were identified as Pushpen Sen, son of Nirmal Sen, and Sourav Mandal, son of Provas Mandal of Dumuria upazila.The...

Student dies falling from tree in Noakhali

2025-02-02 00:00:00

NOAKHALI, Feb 01 (BSS): A college student died falling from a tree at Kachchhpia village under Subarnachar upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Yasin Arafat Arman, 17, a class XI student of Saikat Government College, and...

West Indies whitewash Tigresses in T20 series

2025-02-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh Women's team lost the third and final T20 International to West Indies by five wickets to taste an ignominious whitewash in the three-match series in this format at Basseterre in St Kitts on Saturday (as per BST), reports BSS.The...

Chairman (Grade-1) of BADC Md Ruhul Amin Khan inaugurating the Annual Sports Competition of the BADC High School at the

2025-02-02 00:00:00

Chairman (Grade-1) of BADC Md Ruhul Amin Khan inaugurating the Annual Sports Competition of the BADC High School at the BADC Staff Quarters Ground in the city on Saturday. Secretary of BADC and president of the school management committee Dr...

Miraz leads Khulna to BPL playoffs

2025-02-02 00:00:00

Captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz led from the front with a sterling allround performance to help the side secure a facile six-wicket win over Dhaka Capitals, a victory that confirmed their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) playoffs as the fourth and last...

US restricts copter flights after Washington crash

2025-02-02 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Feb 01 (Reuters): US authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday, after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people this week.Investigators were able on Friday to...

Medical jet with six on board crashes in Philadelphia

2025-02-02 00:00:00

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 01 (BBC): A small medical transport plane crashed into several buildings in north-east Philadelphia on Friday evening, setting homes and vehicles ablaze and injuring people on the ground.The plane had been on a medical transport mission, carrying a...

Gunmen kill 10 in Syria village 'massacre'

2025-02-02 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Feb 01 (AFP): Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "10 citizens in...