UGC, Education Malaysia sign MoU

The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) have signed a MoU to implement joint collaborative activities to improve the quality of higher education and research in Bangladesh.In the presence of Malaysian Minister of Higher Education...

Consider me as an adviser from Rangpur

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus has said he considers himself a son of Rangpur, as he is moved by the bravery and sacrifice of July uprising martyr Abu Sayed."Consider me as an adviser from Rangpur," said Professor Yunus while...

Wage inequality declines in most countries: ILO

A latest International Labour Organization (ILO) report has revealed that wage inequality has declined in most countries since 2000, but it remains a significant challenge. The report published on Thursday examined global and regional wage trends, real wage growth, and...

Jatiya Nagorik Committee protests murder attempt on Hasnat, Sarjis

Jatiya Nagorik Committee has staged a demonstrtion, condemning the attempted murder of Anti-discrimination Students Movement conveners Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, reports UNB.The two were reportedly targeted in a deliberate truck run-over incident while returning from Chattogram on Wednesday.Students from...

Anti-graft council forms 11-member body

An 11-member committee has been formed at the first conference of the Anti-Corruption National Coordination Council, reports UNB.Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf has been appointed president of the committee, while Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque will serve as the vice-president.The announcement...

Govt gives highest priority to ISKCON issue, no need to intervene: HC

State lawyers have informed the High Court (HC) that government is giving highest priority to ISKCON issue and chaotic situation created following the murder of a lawyer on the Chattogram Court premises. Additional Attorney General Aneeq R Haque and Deputy...

Two ex-RAB officers asked to appear before ICT on Dec 2

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has asked two former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers before the tribunal onDecember 2 in a case filed over enforced disappearances during the Awami League (AL) regime, reports BSS. A judicial panel led by Chairman...

Early polls only solution to current crisis: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said an early general election is the only way out of the present political restlessness across the country."Announcing an election schedule shortly should be the only aim right now...

Indian benchmarks slide as IT stocks, derivatives expiry weigh

India's benchmark indexes posted their steepest declines in nearly two months on Thursday, dragged down by heavyweight IT firms and as investors adjusted positions due to the expiry of monthly derivatives contracts, reports Reuters.The NSE Nifty 50 fell 1.49 per...

World markets head for reality check after month of Trump

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters): November was a month of clear winners and losers from Donald Trump's November 5 US election victory.Trump trades, essentially punishing tariff-sensitive assets from European exporters to Mexico's peso and driving investment towards US stocks and the...

Major Gulf markets gain on Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire

Major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Thursday following Israel's agreement to a ceasefire deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah group under a deal brokered by the US and France, reports Reuters.The agreement, a rare diplomatic feat in...

What the Adani allegations highlight about India's clean energy push

NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (Reuters): Bribery allegations against Adani Group founder Gautam Adani have highlighted the growing problem India's renewable energy developers face in finding buyers for the power they generate.While India's central government wants to shift away from polluting...

HSBC, DBL Lifestyles sign agreement

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Bangladesh and DBL Lifestyles Ltd., the flagship retail brand of DBL Group, have collaborated to enhance DBL Lifestyle's digital payment services under an agreement signed recently in presence of M. A. Rahim,...

The 37th Annual General Meeting of RPGCL held

The 37th Annual General Meeting of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) was held in the city on Wednesday with Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Chairman of RPGCL Board of Directors in the...

522nd BOARD MEETING of SOCIAL ISLAMI BANK HELD

Social Islami Bank held its 522nd Board meeting at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Thursday. Chairman of the Bank Professor Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam presided over the meeting. Vice Chairman Maksuda Begum, and Directors Major (Retd.) Dr. Md....

Islami Bank inaugurates Laxmipur Branch in Rajshahi

Islami Bank Bangladesh inaugurated 398th Laxmipur branch in Rajshahi on Thursday. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, chairman of the bank, addressed the programme as the chief guest. Md. Abdul Jalil, chairman, executive committee, Professor Dr. M. Masud Rahman, chairman of Risk...

Mutual Trust Bank Inks Deal with PFEC Global

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) recently signed an agreement with PFEC Global to provide payroll banking services to its employees. Md. Shafquat Hossain, deputy managing director & head of retail banking of Mutual Trust Bank, and Md. Shahidul Islam, CEO of...

Mirza Azhar joins Bank Asia as DMD

Mirza Azhar Ahmad has joined Bank Asia PLC as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) & Chief Operating Officer recently, says a press release. Mr. Ahmad started his career with Standard Chartered Bank in 1999 and served there till 2022. Afterwards, he...

Ship breakers urged to meet June 2025 deadline

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 28: The Bangladesh Ship Breakers and Recyclers Association (BSBRA) held its 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the port city on Thursday. Members attending the meeting called for united efforts and dynamism to boost the industry, which has...

NBL expects turnaround in months

The liquidity crisis-hit National Bank is hopeful of its turnaround within the next few months, largely riding on the cash support provided by the central bank.The recently-reconstructed board members of the first-generation commercial lender expressed this optimism at a press...

Here is why blue chip stocks have kept falling

Market leaders, including Grameenphone and Square Pharmaceuticals, which experienced significant gains on the bourses after the August change in the political regime, endured sharp corrections in recent sessions.Experts say the companies having the ability to influence the index had witnessed...

Wife, two others get life-term for killing husband

SYLHET, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com): A Sylhet court has sentenced three people, including the wife of the victim and her "fiancé", to death for the murder of a man in the tourist centre of Jaflong.Judge Shaila Sharmin of the Sylhet Additional...

Crack on Dhaka-Rajshahi railway tracks fixed after 5 hours

NATORE, Nov 28 (UNB): A crack that developed on Dhaka-Rajshahi railway track at Lalpur upazila in Natore district end has been fixed after five hours of detection.The railway communication with the northern districts from Dhaka remained undisrupted due to having...

Village children busy plucking water lily

Village children busy plucking water lily at Tarapur village in Laxampur upazila of Cumilla district- bdnews24.com

Ex-VC of KUET opts for retirement, nine officials suspended

KHULNA, Nov 28 (UNB): Former Vice-Chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Prof Mihir Ranjan Halder has sought voluntary retirement.In another development nine people, including the former pro-VC and two deputy registrars, have been temporarily suspended on charges...

Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat

TORONTO, Nov 28 (AP): Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official said Wednesday.Trump has...

Adviser Rizwana stresses integrated plan for ecotourism

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan stressed on Thursday the need for implementing an integrated plan to develop ecotourism and protect coastal region from natural calamities, reports BSS.She came up with the importance when speaking a seminar...

387th Board meeting of Shahjalal Islami Bank held

The 387th meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC. was held at the bank's corporate head office on Wednesday. Chairman A. K. Azad presided over the meeting.

Southeast Bank distributes special CSR fund to support farmers

Southeast Bank PLC. provided financial support to grassroots farmers at the bank's head office recently, says a press release. As part of its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the bank provided the support across three significant areas: "Increase yield...

Exim Bank inaugurates its 152nd branch in Mirpur DOHS

Exim Bank opened its 152nd branch at Mirpur DOHS in the capital on Thursday.Chairman of the bank Md. Nazrul Islam Swapan inaugurated the branch as the chief guest while Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Feroz Hossain presided over the programme,...