TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters): Japan's economy limped back to meagre growth in the fourth quarter, significantly missing market expectations in a key test for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government as cost-of-living pressures drag on confidence and domestic demand.Fresh off a...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Bangladesh Operations has officially inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art corporate banking department at its head office in Gulshan 2, Dhaka. This move underscores the bank's long-term commitment to the Bangladesh financial sector. The opening was marked...
Ispahani Centre, a newly-constructed nine-storey commercial development located at Ispahani Moor, Lalkhan Bazar in Chattogram, has welcomed the Chattogram sales office of YKK Bangladesh Pte Ltd. The company will operate from the fifth floor of the building under a lease...
NRBC Bank awards 66 branches and sub-branches for achieving more than 100 per cent of their targets in collecting current and savings accounts (CASA), which are low- and no-cost deposits. The certificates were handed over to the heads of branches...
Under the initiative of its flagship platform PrimeAcademia, Prime Bank PLC recently organised a seminar titled "Empowering Youth" at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU), in collaboration with GAU and the GAU Career Club. The programme was attended by Shaila Abedin, SEVP...
Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is a terrain of mystery, danger and constant risk. Yet this is where the region's traditional honey collectors, known as Mawalis, venture deep into the wilderness, often staking their lives to collect honey. Their...
Sylhet, Feb 16 (UNB) - Power supply will be temporarily suspended in several key areas of Sylhet city today due to transformer repair, renovation, and transmission line development work.A press release on Monday, signed by the Executive Engineer of Sales...
Bangladesh Bank on Monday issued a special warning against the growing circulation and promotional use of 'sample notes' designed to resemble genuine currency, saying such practices risk fuelling counterfeit activities and destabilising the country's monetary management system, reports UNB.In a...
JASIM UDDIN | 2026-02-17 00:00:00
Global readymade garment (RMG) buyers have largely welcomed Bangladesh's 13th parliamentary election, viewing the smooth transition of power as a positive signal for business continuity, while setting their sights on securing preferential market access as the country approaches graduation from...
Bangladesh Women's A team clinched their second straight win in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament by securing a three-wicket victory against Thailand at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok on Monday, reports BSS.Electing to bat first, the Thai women's...
Bangladesh's pace bowler Taskin Ahmed is available for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan despite not being part of upcoming BCL one-day tournament, a competition organized by Bangladesh Cricket Board as part of the preparation for the hosts, reports Cricbuzz.BCB...
DUBAI, Feb 16 (Gulf News): Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is known for speaking his mind, and he did so again after Pakistan's 61-run defeat to India in the T20 World Cup group-stage clash in Colombo. Clearly disappointed, Akhtar...
KOLKATA, Feb 16 (AFP): England survived a scare to qualify for the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup on Monday as Italy's swashbuckling chase of 203 fell agonisingly short in a pulsating match in Kolkata.Will Jacks scored the fastest...
Rashid Khan has become the first bowler to get to the 700-wicket mark in T20 cricket, getting to the mark when he removed Muhammad Arfan in Afghanistan's T20 World Cup match against UAE in Delhi on Monday, according to ESPNcricinfo....
NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Reuters): Afghanistan clung to their fading hopes of making the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup after Azmatullah Omarzai's all-round brilliance fashioned their five-wicket victory against the United Arab Emirates in a Group D...
MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 16 (BSS): The National Consumer Rights Protection Department fined four commercial establishments for failing to display price lists and preserve purchase receipts at Baligaon Bazar under Tongibari upazila of the district on Monday.During the drive, the mobile court...
NATORE, Feb 16 (UNB): A 65-year-old woman suffered burn injuries in an acid attack by some miscreants in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district early Sunday.The victim was identified as Halima Begum, mother of union parishad member Chameli Begum.Victim's family said...
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Khulna and Panchagarh district on Monday, reports BSS.In Khulna, a motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on the western approach of Khan Jahan Ali Bridge in Khulna city on Monday...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-17 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Feb 16: Acute shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders and its high prices all of a sudden has left Chandpur residents reeling in hardships during food preparation as consumers seen running from one shops to another in vain...
Those who are blind and cannot see are the ones showing us the way today. Those who are misguided, immoral, and inhuman are loudly teaching lessons on humanity. Those who are inhuman, today the world seems paralysed without their advice....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-02-17 00:00:00
BNP chairman, Tarique Rahman paid a visit to Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman at the latter's Bashundhara residence last Sunday (February 15) evening. Terming it 'a historic moment in national politics', the Jamaat leader, Shafiqur Rahman, reaffirmed his party's commitment, along...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2026-02-17 00:00:00
A landslide victory brings with it not only power, but scrutiny. After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's sweeping win in the 13th parliamentary elections on 12 February, public attention has swiftly shifted from celebration to expectation. Among the most pressing tests...
That a number of environmental organisations have been observing the Sundarbans Day each year on February 14 since 2001 is not widely known. The reason for this is the limited publicity the day's observance receives with the government yet to...
Barkat-e-Khuda | 2026-02-17 00:00:00
Dubbed as a “bottomless basket” and a “test case for development”, Bangladesh has come a long way in its journey towards economic growth. Since independence in 1971, Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by about 77 times from less...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-02-16 12:00:00
CHANDPUR, Feb 15: Soil traders have been indiscriminately extracting topsoil from Chandpur's remote farmlands for the past several months, which, experts say, has been leaving those lands uncultivable for some crops and less fertile for others.Illegal soil extraction continued during...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2026-02-16 12:00:00
Undeniably, the July uprising has radically changed the public's view on what future governments should be like. The Dr Yunus-led interim administration's role has been more than just arranging the 13th parliamentary election. In fact, its job has been to...
Weather may remain dry with cloudy sky in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius in Teknaf, while the lowest...
The Central Shaheed Minar in the capital being cleaned on Sunday ahead of the Language Martyrs' Day and the International Mother Language Day, to be observed on February 21. — Focus Bangla
The 6th death anniversary of poet Al Mahmud, whose poetry inspired freedom-loving people from the 1952 Language Movement to the Liberation War of 1971 and the July Uprising, was observed on Sunday, reports BSS.Various social and literary organisations across the...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said no journalist was sent to jail for expressing his/her opinions during the interim government's tenure, reports UNB."I am not aware of any journalist being arrested solely for criticism during our tenure. Any...
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