Karmasangsthan Bank seeks five-year extension of state guarantee for Tk 7.0b loan

Karmasangsthan Bank has urged the government to extend the tenure of the state guarantee for a Tk 7.0 billion loan taken from Bangladesh Bank (BB) by five more years, in a bid to continue supporting youths through its loan programme,...

Miracle Industries regains BCIC as major client after 17 years

Listed plastic packaging manufacturer Miracle Industries Limited (MIL) is set to regain a major customer after 17 years.In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, the company announced that state-run Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will now purchase 50 per cent...

BD, Italy want to further expand economic relations

Both Bangladesh and Italy want to further deepen and expand the bilateral economic relations between the two countries.Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin and Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro expressed their interests in this regard at a meeting held at...

Fresh probe into S Alam-owned Aviva Equity over loan misuse, laundering

The securities regulator has launched an investigation into the financial transactions of Aviva Equity Management, owned by the infamous loan defaulter S Alam Group.Earlier in 2023, the Dhaka Stock Exchange found evidence of misappropriation of investors' money by Aviva Equity...

Weather (2025-09-25)

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the...

Dengue claims five more lives--

Dengue claimed five more lives in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, and the fatalities from the disease rose to 187 this year, reports UNB.Dengue situation has worsened this month, as it has claimed highest 65 lives until September...

Cleaning campaign of Ctg city starts at CIU

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 23: The campaign to clean Chattogram city started at the Chittagong Independent University (CIU) from Monday.Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, inaugurated the programme at the...

DU Marketing Dept holds Sales Fair

The Department of Marketing, University of Dhaka (DU), organised a Sales Fair, initiated by its 27th batch, on Wednesday.The day-long fair was held in front of the Faculty of Business Studies academic building. The event started in the morning and...

ACC, TIB renew tie-up to fight graft

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further accelerate and strengthen their anti-corruption activities.The MoU was signed at the ACC headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday.This marks the fifth MoU...

BD, S Korea sign MoU for digital land survey

Bangladesh and South Korea on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in South Korea's Seoul to carry out a digital land survey in Bangladesh.The MoU will facilitate Korean technical support to Bangladesh for carrying out digitised cadastral survey and...

Ballots can't be printed at Nilkhet: DU admin

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have clarified their position regarding the allegations - raised by different panels following the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections held on September 9. The administration stated that the DUCSU ballots...

RU Shibir forms human chain to protest campus shutdown

Islami Chhatra Shibir formed a human chain at Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday to protest the complete shutdown - enforced by a section of teachers, officers, and employees for reinstating the controversial ward quota in admission and demanding 'justice for...

Ex- DNCC female councilor held

Police have arrested former female councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Mohila Awami League leader Hajera Khatun Nargis from Gulshan area, reports UNB.Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Talebur Rahman said she was arrested from the...

'Postal Vote BD' app for expat reg to be unveiled in Nov

Election Commissioner Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Wednesday said the 'Postal Vote BD' app will be launched by the third week of November for the registration of expatriate voters for casting ballots in the national election, reports UNB."We're developing a...

Sazzad elected CPB president, Ratan GS

Kazi Sazzad Zahir Chandan has been elected president of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) for a four-year term, while Abdullah Al Kafee Ratan has been chosen as general secretary (GS), reports bdnews24.com.Both had been serving as presidium members of the...

Efforts on to prevent easy bail for AL men: Home adviser

Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said efforts are being made to ensure that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations cannot obtain bail easily, reports bdnews24.com.He made the remark while talking to journalists after...

AL leader Ajoy Kar Khokon arrested

Police have arrested Awami League (AL) leader and former Bangladesh Chhatra League general secretary Ajoy Kar Khokon, report agencies.He was arrested in the capital's Gulshan area by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the early hours...

Ex-minister Qamrul on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam on a five-day remand in a case over killing jhut trader Monir during July uprising, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadiqur Rahman passed the order when assistant sub-inspector of...

Hasina planned helicopter bombing on July protesters

Ousted Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasaina planned to use helicopters to bomb protesters during the July-August 2024 mass uprising. In an audio recording of a conversation submitted to the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka, Hasina was heard stating that...

NY airport attack makes AL's future more uncertain: Khosru

Harassment of BNP and National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders by banned Awami League (AL) activists has further deepened doubt about party's political future, report agencies.The harassment took place while they were accompaning Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to the UN General...

Prof Yunus calls for smarter financing to close $4tn SDG gap with five priorities

NEW YORK (USA), Sept 24 (UNB): Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday suggested five priorities for better financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including mobilisation of domestic resources fairly, supported by international assistance."Tax systems must be progressive, transparent, and...

BD peg India back to 168 in Asia Cup clash

Bangladesh staged a fine comeback to restrict India to 168 for 6 in their Asia Cup Super Four meeting, after the Indian openers threatened to run away with the game.India looked set for a huge total when Abhishek Sharma and...

NCP applies to EC for 'Shapla' symbol

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has formally applied to the Election Commission (EC), seeking the inclusion and allocation of the "Shapla" (water lily) symbol, or its variants "White Shapla" or "Red Shapla," as the party's electoral symbol, reports BSS.The application...

Commission sees solution in consensus among parties

The National Consensus Commission (NCC) believes the crisis centring constitutional reforms and the July Charter's implementation will be resolved if political parties negotiate and reach a consensus.The parties, too, agree that negotiations could ease the complexities. However, some parties have...

Interest rate spread falls to 25-month low amid profitability concerns

The interest-rate spread between banks' weighted average lending and deposit rates narrowed to a 25-month low of 5.75 per cent in July, raising concerns over profitability in the country's financial sector. The decline, driven by higher deposit costs and sluggish...

Salehuddin asks SoCBs to speed up default loan recovery drive

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has asked the chief executives of six state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to take necessary steps for quicker recovery of their default loans. He also advised them to ensure good governance in the banks, emphasising that...

$1.44b hard-term loans get govt nod

The standing committee on non-concessional loan approved seven hard-term loans worth US$1.44 billion at its meeting on Wednesday, officials said.This is the largest amount of hard-term loans, approved by the committee in one sitting, within the tenure of this interim...

Nassa Group to shut 16 RMG units amid financial crisis

Nassa Group, one of Bangladesh's leading garment manufacturers, is set to permanently close 16 of its factories after failing to sustain operations due to severe financial and other crises. The move, finalised through a tripartite agreement, affects more than 12,500...

Prayer Timings (2025-09-25)

BNP leads with 41.3pc, Jamaat 30.3pc

A majority of respondents - 41.3 per cent - in a latest survey said they would vote for the BNP, while 30.3 per cent showed interest in the Jamaat-e-Islami and 18.8 per cent in the Awami League (AL).The survey found...