OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 02: A court here has rejected the bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former Iskcon leader and a spokesperson for the Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote.The Hindu monk was arrested in a sedition case filed with the...
President of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has demanded withdrawal of the false cases against former Chief Justice SK Sinha and take initiative to bring him back to the country, reports BSS.He raised...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate allegations of corruption over the construction of sculptures and murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country, reports bdnews24.com.ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain announced the decision to the media on...
The BNP has demanded that the interim government make public all the contracts signed in the power and energy sectors during the 15 years under Sheikh Hasina's rule, reports UNB."I urge the interim government to disclose every contract signed in...
Midland Bank PLC (MDB) signed an MoU with Ship International Hospital Ltd., one of the trusted private hospital in Bangladesh. Md Rashed Akter, Head of Retail Distribution Division & Chief Bancassurance Officer from Midland Bank, and Futoshi Kono, Board Director,...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) PLC launched Retail Business Hub at its Jamalkhan branch in Chattogram. Retail clients will get various banking facilities, including home, semi-pucca, car, personal investment from the Business Hub. Managing Director and CEO of the bank Farman...
BEIJING, Jan 2 (Reuters): Apple is offering rare discounts of up to 500 yuan ($68.50) on its latest iPhone models in China, as the US tech giant moves to defend its market share against rising competition from domestic rivals like...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) continues to attract significant foreign investment as Prime Leaf Processing Company Ltd becomes the 40th company to sign a lease agreement in the BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ).This milestone further solidifies the zone's...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram Elevated Expressway, the longest of the country, opens to commercial traffic today (Friday). After four months of trial runs, toll collection on the expressway starts today. Sources said tolls for both entry and exit would initially be...
Bengal Commercial Bank has posted an impressive 181 per cent growth in its operating profit for the year 2024, compared to the previous year. The bank's operating profit surged to Tk 760 million in 2024, up from Tk 270 million...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a reduction in the cash margin requirement for opening Letters of Credit (LCs) for car imports, with effect from February 1, reports UNB.The central bank issued the directive on Thursday under Section 29 of the...
bKash has played a crucial role in driving a surge in remittance inflows to Bangladesh, with expatriates sending funds legally to over 4 million unique bKash accounts in 2024. Expatriates have sent 65% more remittances through bKash in 2024, compared...
FE REPORT | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
Despite an economic slowdown in the past calendar year, state-owned Sonali Bank PLC has registered an operating profit of Tk 56.34 billion, the highest in its history.The profit has surged by Tk 17.88 billion from the previous year's profit of...
CAPE TOWN, Jan 02 (Reuters): South Africa have already sealed their place in this year's World Test Championship (WTC) final ahead of the second and final Test against Pakistan at Newlands on Friday but will want to keep their momentum...
SYDNEY, Jan 02 (AP): The scenarios are clear-cut for Australia going into Friday's final match of the five-Test series with India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.If the Australians win or draw the match they will regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for...
The unrest surrounding the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)- the country's only franchisee T20 tournament - has continued. Agitated fans have now vandalised and set fire to booths at the swimming complex next to the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in the city after...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official confirmed on Thursday that Najmul Hossain Shanto has decided to step down as the national T20I captain, reports Cricbuzz.The sports online portal earlier reported that Najmul is not interested to lead the side after the...
Taskin Ahmed of Durbar Rajshahi creates history by taking seven wickets just for 19 runs against Dhaka Capitals in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Thursday, reports UNB.This is now the best-ever bowling record in the history of the event....
Alliance Finance PLC organised a brief function along with its first Town Hall meeting of the year 2025 at its corporate head office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Wednesday to welcome the New Year. Jowher Rizvi, Chairman of the company,...
The 587th meeting of the Board of Directors of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) was held at its head office on Thursday. Chairman of the bank Dr Mohammad Ali presided over the meeting. Managing Director of the bank Niranjan Chandra...
Union Bank PLC has launched a new initiative to recover defaulted investments, with a sit-in demonstration organised on Wednesday in front of the house of Mohammad Aminul Hasan, owner of Swapna Agro Farm and Swapna Poultry Feed. Bank officials took...
Bangladesh General Insurance Company PLC (BGIC) welcomed the New Year 2025 and also celebrated the 102nd birth anniversary of MA Samad, the pioneer of insurance industry and founder of BGIC, with a programme held at its Head office in Dhaka...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has raised the exchange rate of the US dollar by Tk 12 throughout 2024, resulting in a 12.72% depreciation of the local currency, the taka, over the year.A central bank data analysis shows that the central...
The government has approved a proposal, in principle, for appointment of operations and maintenance contractor for the Installation of Single Point Mooring (SPM) through open tender method (OTM) instead of G2G basis, reports BSS.The approval was given in a meeting...
The tourism sector in Bangladesh weathered a difficult year in 2024, plagued by political instability, environmental calamities and security concerns in popular destinations, reports UNB.Tourism businesses warn that unless political stability is restored, 2025 may offer little respite for this...
JAMALPUR, Jan 02 (BSS): A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Sadar upazila in 2023.The court also fined convict Uzzal Mahmud 28, son of Md Majnu Miah, a resident of Deuliyabari village...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chuadanga and Khagrachhari districts on Thursday, reports BSS.In Chuadanga, a man was killed and another was injured in a road accident in the Naudapara area under Alamdanga upazila here on Thursday...
KHULNA, Jan 02 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here on Thursday unanimously viewed that infusing dynamism into the social services can be the best way of welfare of the people with special needs and other underprivileged sections of the society.Emphasis...
OUR CORRESPONDENT & UNB | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
Public life in Lalmonirhat district and adjoining areas is now in a vulnerable state because of a severe cold wave coupled with chilly weather blowing in the northern region for the last couple of days.Meanwhile, lowest temperature in Bangladesh was...
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