Prime Bank entered into a strategic partnership with BRAC Healthcare Limited to offer exclusive discounts on a range of health screening packages for its valued customers. A signing ceremony to mark this partnership was recently held at Prime Bank's corporate...
Dutch-Bangla Bank and its partner Pragati Life Insurance have handed over first insurance claim upon the tragic demise of a customer. The handover ceremony took place at the bank's head office. A cheque covering claim amount was handed over to...
As part of the nationwide "Cashless Bangladesh" awareness programme, Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), in collaboration with Visa, launched the country's first Multipurpose Student Card on October 10 at Pundra University of Science & Technology, Bogura. The innovative card combines a...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
Sena Kalyan Insurance saw its third-quarter profit slump by 16.7 per cent year-on-year to Tk 32.40 million, as revenue from its core underwriting business fell sharply while management expenses continued to climb.The army-run general insurer saw a 67 per cent...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
The stock market regulator has ordered LR Global Bangladesh Asset Management Company to recover the investment it made in Padma Printers & Colour three years ago in breach of securities rules.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) at the same...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
LafargeHolcim posted a 36 per cent year-on-year profit growth to Tk 1.20 billion in July-September - a remarkable feat at a time when the construction industry is reeling from sharp cuts in both public and private investment.The success was achieved...
Under the Bangladesh Insurance Sector Development Project (BISDP), Sadharan Bima Corporation is implementing a comprehensive automation programme. As part of the programme, four modules of the G-4 Package (ERP) and two modules of the G-10 Package (Core Insurance System) went...
A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held at Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka on Tuesday. Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab, chairman of the...
US-Bangla Airlines has further expanded its fleet with the addition of a third wide-body Airbus A330-300, which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday morning, reports BSS.The aircraft arrived from Madrid, Spain, at 8:30 am and was officially received...
Portable power solution brand EcoFlow has officially begun its journey in Bangladesh recently.ACI Motors has signed an agreement with this leading technology company to become its exclusive distributor in the country. Industry insiders regard this partnership as a significant step...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 21 (BSS): Bangladesh proudly houses its first-ever Agricultural Museum on the campus of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh.Established to preserve and showcase the country's ancient and modern agricultural practices and technologies, the museum aims to deepen national awareness...
With toxic pesticides and chemical fertilisers saturating its farmlands, Bangladesh faces a growing public health crisis as food safety slips further out of reach, reports UNB.Although these agrochemicals have played a critical role in boosting crop yields their unregulated and...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
The country's accounting professionals have called for adoption and effective implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9, citing its critical role in restoring public trust and ensuring greater transparency in the country's banking sector.They also underscored the need for...
DAMASCUS, Oct 21 (AP): The World Bank has projected that reconstructing Syria after more than a decade of civil war will cost around $216 billion, nearly ten times the nation's 2024 GDP.The conflict erupted in 2011 after government crackdowns on...
TEHRAN, Oct 21 (Reuters): Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rejected an offer of renewed talks from U.S. President Donald Trump and denied his assertion that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities.Tehran and Washington engaged in...
LJUBLJANA, Oct 21 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said any negotiations regarding Ukraine's territory must be handled only by President Volodymyr Zelensky."No one else can do this. Therefore, it is up to Ukraine to decide for itself and...
PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters): Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Not since World War...
JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (AFP): US Vice President JD Vance landed in Israel on Tuesday to shore up a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal, after President Donald Trump warned Hamas it would be wiped out if it breached the truce.Trump's special envoy...
DUBAI, Oct 21 (Gulf News): Fifteen-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, currently playing in the youth ranks at Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, where his father also plays, has been named in a 22-player squad for the upcoming Federations Cup Tournament in...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct 21 (Reuters): South Africa batsman Tristan Stubbs scored an unbeaten 68 to steer his side to 185-4 at stumps on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan on Tuesday, but two late wickets saw the...
Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain continued to create records in the ODI format, reports BSS.In Bangladesh's 74-run victory over West Indies in the first match, Rishad returned astonishing figures of 6-35, which was best bowling by a Bangladeshi spinner in ODI...
West Indies defeated Bangladesh via a Super Over in their in their second match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Tuesday, report agencies.This result means, the series is leveled 1-1 with one more match to go. The...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 21 (UNB): A trucker and his assistant were killed when a truck slammed into another from behind on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district on Tuesday morning.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
CHUADANGA, Oct 21 (UNB): The bodies of four people, who died allegedly after drinking toxic spirit, were exhumed on Tuesday for autopsy.The bodies were exhumed in presence of assistant commissioner and executive magistrate Nurul Huda Monir from 8:30 pm to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
MANIKGANJ, Oct 21: A dilapidated bridge over the Ichamati River at Kusta Purbo Para in Ghior upazila of the district has become a daily nightmare for thousands of people. Built in 2002 at a cost of around Tk1.8 million by...
Salim Afzal Shawon | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh's financial system is facing a paradox that is becoming impossible to ignore. While formal capital markets remain sluggish - with a weak equity market and limited retail participation in corporate bonds and mutual funds - a vibrant, digitally active...
The devastating fire at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's Cargo Village exposes a grave lack of safety measures and mismanagement in handling hazardous goods. Unlike international airports, Shahjalal's Cargo Village lacks automated fire detection and protection systems. Flammable chemicals, perfumes, sprays,...
Artificial intelligence has slipped into our lives almost unnoticed, yet it's reshaping nearly everything we do. From the moment we wake up and scroll through personalised news feeds to the moment we finish our day's work with AI-generated emails or...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-10-22 00:00:00
In the absence of studies on the performance of the social safety net programmes (SSNPs), there's a common belief that despite their inherent challenges, they play a significant role in preventing a general decline in poverty rates and supporting specific...
The function of any regulator is to ensure that the stakeholders concerned follow the set of rules that guides their activities and does not fall afoul of it. Also, it holds those breaking the rules to account and, at the...
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