Southeast Bank PLC recently hosted an Executive Conference on "Redefining the Future of Banking with Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Blockchain" at the Southeast Bank Training Institute, Dhaka. Chairman of the Bank, M.A. Kashem, inaugurated the conference as the chief...
M. Khorshed Anowar, DMD and Head of Retail and SME Banking, Eastern Bank PLC (EBL), formally inaugurated a sub-branch of the bank at Rupnagar of Mirpur in the city on Wednesday. EBL Branch Area Head- Dhaka Farzana Ali, Mirpur Branch...
AB Bank PLC. and Axentec PLC. signed an agreement at the bank's head office in Dhaka on Wednesday. Under this agreement, the bank embraced cloud technology for its data center management. Axentec, a subsidiary of Robi Axiata PLC, will facilitate...
Bangladesh's interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant central to the deal received from New Delhi, according to documents seen by Reuters.In 2017, the Indian company...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) PLC appointed Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan as additional managing director (AMD) and chief risk officer recently.He has more than 30 years of experience and expertise in the banking industry. Prior to joining the bank, he served...
Molla Mizanur Rahman, Joint Secretary, joined Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) as Additional Director General (Administration) on December 17, 2024, said a press release. Prior to this position, he served as Joint Project Director (Joint Secretary) of the Aspire to...
The 3rd Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Ltd was held on a virtual platform on Thursday under the Chairmanship of Md Saidur Rahman, Addl Secretary, Chairman of BCIC and Chairman...
The 10 Minute School and bKash are jointly launching an online course to inculcate digital financial knowledge and skills for the younger generation.This course aims to empower future generations in finance management by making them skilled in taking informed financial...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
The government of Japan will provide 500 million yen, equivalent to approximately Tk 386.30 million, as a grant to a primary education development project titled "The Fourth Primary Education Development Programme" (PEDP-4).The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement with the...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
The country's realtors could not meet huge demand for flats in the capital as they were facing different challenges, industry people told a programme on Thursday.They also said the latest Detailed Area Plan (DAP) 2022-2035 has been one of the...
Bayern Munich's leading goalscorer Harry Kane is on track to return from injury in today (Friday)'s Bundesliga clash with RB Leipzig at home, coach Vincent Kompany said on Thursday, reports Reuters.Kane, who has scored 14 goals in 12 league appearances...
Bangladesh endured an eight-wicket defeat against India in their Super Four match of the Under-19 Women's T20 Asia Cup Cricket at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, reports UNB.Following the loss, Bangladesh faces a must-win scenario against Nepal...
KARACHI, Dec 19 (Agencies): India will play next year's Champions Trophy matches on neutral ground after refusing to visit tournament host and arch-rival Pakistan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday following weeks of wrangling.The announcement ended a month-long...
After a string of underwhelming performances, experienced batter Mohammad Mithun and Imrul Kayes stepped up when it mattered most, guiding Khulna Division to the playoffs of the National League T20 in Sylhet, report agencies.Mithun, who had scored just 58 runs...
BENAPOLE, Dec 19 (UNB): The sale of winter clothes has increased at shops and different markets in Jashore town as cold has tightened its hold in the region for the last few days.According to the Bangladesh Metrological Department, the temperature...
LALMONIRHAT, Dec 19 (BSS): Lalmonirhat Railway Hospital faces acute shortage of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians and other staff, hampering its medical service to the people and railway men.Sources said currently, indoor medical services of the hospital are about to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
SYLHET, Dec 19: Unauthorised extraction of sand from the Dhalai River in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet district by organised quarters has been going on unabated for many days, causing serious concern among the locals about possible collapse of the bridge...
OUR CORRESPONDENT PABNA, Dec 19: School for the Visually Impaired adjacent to Atgharia Government High School in Pabna, built about seven years ago at a cost of more than Tk10 million (Tk 1 crore), has been lying neglected.The two-storey scho0ol...
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (NDTV): Protest, counterprotests and brawls, and an attempt to murder police complaint against Rahul Gandhi - over Amit Shah's "Ambedkar is the fashion" remark - all roiled Parliament Thursday, with the BJP and Congress trading allegations...
JERUSALEM, Dec 19 (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.In a...
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters): Russia can definitely work with the administration of Donald Trump after he is sworn in as US president next month, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.Ryabkov reiterated accusations by Moscow that "reckless" actions by...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (AP): Pakistan on Thursday denounced new U.S. sanctions on the country's ballistic missile programme as "discriminatory" that put the region's peace and security at risk.Pakistan's Foreign Ministry warned in a statement that the sanctions "have dangerous implications...
BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters): China and India took a further step towards easing their long-running border dispute on Wednesday, with senior officials holding formal talks for the first time in five years and committing to finding mutually acceptable solutions.The meeting...
KABUL, Dec 19 (AFP): Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed at least 52 people and injured 68, a provincial official said Thursday.The accidents happened in Ghazni province on the...
In Bangladesh, Nipah virus cases are reported almost every year. However, this year, the number of such infections is quite high. A total of 10 people out of 14 infected have died of this viral infection in 2023. The fatality...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
Dhaka is often making headlines for ranking as the most polluted city in the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI). The air quality of the city of around 20 million people remains in the "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" categories...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
Read between the two pieces of news---one concerning the fall of 7.8 million more people into poverty over the past couple of years and the other savouring the formation of a committee for payment of dearness allowance for government employees---the...
The recent decline in green and sustainable financing by banks and financial institutions (FIs) poses a significant challenge to achieving environmental sustainability. While a handful of private banks have managed to maintain or even exceed their targets in funding green...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-12-20 00:00:00
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have played a transformative role in Bangladesh, contributing significantly to socio-economic development, poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, and disaster management. With more than 2,000 registered NGOs, the sector serves as a critical bridge between the government and the...
The National Bank has been honoured with the "Remittance Award 2024" by the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment for its exceptional contribution to remittance collection during the fiscal year 2023-24, reports BSS.The award ceremony was held at the...
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