Prime Bank recently signed a payroll banking agreement with Progressive Life Insurance Co. Ltd. The signing ceremony took place at Prime Bank's head office in Gulshan. Under this agreement, Prime Bank will provide a modern, secure and convenient payroll management...
DHAKA, Sept 18 (UNB): Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chairman Mominul Islam on Thursday expressed optimism that good companies will enter the capital market under the revised Initial Public Offering (IPO) system, while weaker ones will be barred.Speaking at a meeting...
For the first time in Bangladesh, City Bank customers can now purchase Guardian Life Insurance Limited policies directly through banking app- Citytouch.The new feature allows customers to browse products, buy policies instantly, and even submit claims, anytime and from anywhere,...
Akhteruddin Mahmood joins Bank Asia as deputy managing director (DMD) & chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective from September 14. Mahmood brings with him over 20 years of extensive leadership experience in human resources, spanning both the banking and Fast...
Ensuring support for agricultural entrepreneurs and their access to loans on easy terms is the main goal of the central bank, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur at a training programme organised by United Commercial Bank (UCB) on...
FARHAN FARDAUS | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
The stock market regulator has uncovered that a portfolio manager at one of the country's largest private commercial banks - City Bank -- misappropriated shares and profited at the expense of his own institution.After detecting unusual transactions in his account...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
The association of listed companies has demanded that the regulator forgo the existing categorisation of equity-based securities and instead consider features that reflect organisations' real business performance.Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) broached the matter at a meeting with...
NRBC Bank hosted a seminar titled 'Islamic Economy: Building a Justice in Society Beyond Riba' at its Training Institute in Dhaka on Thursday. The event featured Dr. Syed Mabroor Billah, Associate Professor at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia,...
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has entered into a partnership with Mind Mapper Bangladesh (MMB) to deliver leadership development programs under its flagship initiative, the FICCI Leadership Academy, says a press release.The MoU was signed on...
M. Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking, Eastern Bank PLC (EBL), inaugurates the bank's new sub-branch at Zom Zom Tower at Bhagyakul Road in Sreenagar Union, Munshiganj on Thursday. EBL Branch Area Head for...
MetLife Bangladesh customers will now be able to receive their digital insurance policy documents within just 24 hours of submitting policy applications, subject to meeting all requirements. This initiative sets a new standard for customer-centric innovation in the insurance sector,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
The four-day South Asia Trade Fair- 2025 kicked off on Thursday in the capital.Over 100 business entities/firms from SAARC member countries are participating in the event. The event is being organised jointly by the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
FE REPROT | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
Speakers at an event on Thursday laid an emphasis on joint efforts to increase regional trade and investment among the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). They also stressed the need for better connectivity among the...
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters): Oil prices inched higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as traders weighed the start of looser monetary policy against concerns about the US economy.Brent crude futures were up 10 cents, or 0.15...
bKash and Bigganchinta organised the regional phase of the 'Science Festival' in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions to encourage school students to develop Interest and passion for science. Following Dhaka phase, over 1,500 students from around 100 schools participated in the...
Gold prices fell on Thursday due to profit-taking, after scaling a record peak in the previous session, as markets assessed the Federal Reserve's stance on further interest rate cuts, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down 0.6 per cent at $3,638.33 per...
Singapore's Non-Resident High Commissioner Derek Loh Eu Tse has met President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Mahmud Hasan Khan, reports BSS.Loh was accompanied by Charg‚ d'Affaires of the Singapore High Commission, Mitchel Lee among others.The meeting...
A significant volume of rice, totaling 104,859 metric tons, has been imported through the Hili Land Port over the past 35 days, leading to a notable decrease in rice prices across the country, reports BSS.Md. Shakhawat Hossain Shilpi, president of...
The 2nd joint platform meeting between Bangladesh and Denmark was held at the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority office in Dhaka on Thursday. A key outcome of the meeting was the mutual approval of a local partner of APM Terminals...
KHULNA, Sept 18 (UNB): Shrimp, once known as the 'white gold' of Bangladesh's southwest and a major export from Khulna, has declined due to fierce global competition and the growth of vannamei shrimp farming in neighbouring countries.Now, after years of...
Mohammed Abdul Basith | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
Scientific journals have long been central to the advancement of discovery, defining how knowledge is disseminated, scrutinised, and preserved. From 17th-century pamphlets to contemporary digital platforms, journals have transmitted insights across generations. They serve as channels for new findings, forums...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
A legendary voice of the masses for over six decades – Badruddin Umar is no more. The 93-year-old veteran political activist, revered writer, patriotic researcher, and celebrated public intellectual who never compromised on the question of his ideals during his...
Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry is a quiet but remarkable success story. It meets 98 per cent of domestic demand and exports generic medicines to over 150 countries. However, as Bangladesh prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status in...
In various cities of India, some wonderful cafés called "Garbage Cafés" have been established. This idea is truly inspiring and remarkable. Those struggling with food insecurity usually come to these cafés, but here no money is needed for food. Instead,...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
Juvenile crime was not alien to Bangladesh society. But it has become a major social problem in recent years with the emergence of organised Kishore (teen) gangs that often intimidate residents, extort shopkeepers, trigger violence, and sometimes take lives.Law enforcement...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
That Dhaka City has long become an overturned cauldron in months marked by high temperature is known to its inhabitants. It is because they experience the scorching heat at its merciless sizzling worst. Now the World Bank in its report...
In what is being hailed as a landmark intervention in the country's banking sector, the interim government has launched formal procedures to merge five financially distressed Islamic banks into the country's largest state-owned Shariah-based banking institution. As part of the...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
Across South Asia, few forces have profoundly shaped the course of national politics. Student activism is one such forces. From the Language Movement martyrs of Dhaka to the uprisings in Kathmandu and Colombo, students have played the role of political...
NARAIL, Sep 18 (UNB): A team of Bangladesh Army arrested two men and seized a huge quantity of local firearms, foreign knives, alcohol and stolen mobile phone sets from a grocery at a market in Narail Sadar upazila on Wednesday.The...
SATKHIRA, Sept 18 (BSS): Aiming to raise awareness against corruption, a week-long debate, essay and drawing competition has begun in Satkhira.The theme of the competition is "Unity of Youth against Corruption, Building the Purity of the Future."The event was inaugurated...
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