SBAC BANK HOLDS BAMLCO CONFERENCESBAC Bank PLC organised its Branch Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCO) Conference 2025 in a hybrid mode recently, with physical presence at the bank's Head Office. Md Mofizur Rahman Khan Chowdhury, Director of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence...
City Bank organises workshop on prevention of money launderingCity Bank organised a day-long workshop on "Prevention of money laundering & terrorist financing" on Saturday in Barishal. A total of 43 officials from the retail and operations divisions participated in the...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-08-31 00:00:00
Junk stocks rally abnormally quite frequently and manipulation is what is suspected behind the rallies.The bourses discharge their supervisory duties only by asking the relevant companies whether there was any undisclosed price-sensitive information (PSI) behind the price escalation. The respondents...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 30 (BSS): Human rights organisation Odhikar on Saturday formed a human chain at Mymensingh Press Club to observe the Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.Organisation's district coordinator journalist Abdul Qayyum hosted it after a rally on CK...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 30 (UNB): Two people were killed when a microbus and a battery-run easy-bike plunged into a roadside ditch after a collision between them on Panchagarh-Tetulia highway in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh district on Friday night.The deceased were identified...
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 30 (UNB): Authorities have collected 32 sacks of cash and gold from the donation boxes of historic 'Pagla Mosque' in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning after four months and 17 days since the last count.The nine donation boxes were...
RANGPUR, Aug 30 (UNB): A mysterious disease has broken out in Pirgacha Upazila of Rangpur, leaving over 200 people infected and triggering widespread panic.Locals report that the outbreak began after livestock fell ill and subsequently died.Despite weeks of emerging cases,...
SYLHET, Aug 30 (BSS): Jaflong, known as 'the daughter of nature' is a popular tourist destination in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, attracting huge number of tourists every year.Jaflong is located behind the hills of Indian state of Meghalaya where fountains...
KHAGRACHARI, Aug 30 (UNB): A three-year-old boy was killed by his mentally unstable mother in Shantinagar area of Khagrachari town early Saturday.The incident happened at around 01:00 am and the mother, Sabina Yasmin Bani, 28, herself informed the landlord about...
SATKHIRA, Aug 30 (BSS): After nearly three months of closure, the Forest Department will reopen the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO world heritage site, for tourists tomorrow (Monday).The Sundarbans will be opened for domestic and foreign...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, Aug 30: Bangladeshi fishermen are held hostage by the soldiers of the Arakan Army of Myanmar in the Naf River of Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, especially with frequently becoming victims of abduction by them. Incidents of abducting fishermen...
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 30 (AFP): Argentine police on Friday raided the offices of the National Disability Agency and a pharmaceutical company at the heart of a corruption scandal embroiling President Javier Milei's influential sister.The allegations against Karina Milei, her brother's...
KYIV, Aug 30 (AFP): Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts that drew a fresh appeal from President Volodymyr Zelensky for US and European help.Despite a recent flurry of...
JAKARTA, Aug 30 (BBC): Three people have been killed after protesters set fire to a council building in eastern Indonesia, amid nationwide demonstrations over the death of a ride-sharing driver.Affan Kurniawan, 21, was run over by a police vehicle in...
BANJUL, Aug 30 (Reuters): At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia's foreign affairs ministry said late on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-08-31 00:00:00
Very early this month (August), millions of people celebrated across the country the anniversary of the fall of Sheikh Hasina who ran the country for close to 16 years. Under Hasina's rule Bangladesh essentially turned into a one-party rule, or...
Creating a Palestinian state on the West Bank of the River Jordan and Gaza on the Mediterranean coast has been a cherished dream of Palestinians since 1947. Palestinians in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem have been living under Israeli...
Climate change is one of the most significant problems in today's world. We can see its effect everywhere. The weather is no longer typical. Sometimes it rains too much, sometimes there is no rain at all. Summers are hotter, winters...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-08-31 00:00:00
The bond market's performance last fiscal year was truly exceptional, particularly in the secondary trading of fixed-income government securities. The annual volume of secondary transactions in these securities soared to an unprecedented high, marking a significant 88 per cent growth...
While the severity of Bangladesh's air pollution is no longer surprising, a new study provides a grim new picture of its damage. The latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2025 update found that this invisible menace is robbing every citizen...
Human society has passed through epochs of changes -- distinctly from early agrarian stages to this day of wisdom-teasing artificial intelligence (AI) wonders. What persists up till now, however, is women's struggles for self-identity and self-esteem. Here comes 'Hawabibi In...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
The central mosque of Dhaka University is set to be rebuilt with financial support from Turkey's largest private aid organisation, IDDEF.The new mosque complex will feature modern facilities along with opportunities for education and research, according to a press release...
Amar Bangladesh (AB) Party on Friday welcomed the Election Commission (AC) roadmap for the 13th National Parliamentary Election, reports BSS."We welcome the announced roadmap as part of the democratic transition," said AB Party general secretary Barrister Asaduzzaman Fuaad at a...
KHULNA, Aug 29 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary-General and former parliament member Mia Golam Parwar has said that as an election-oriented political party, Jamaat-e-Islami will participate in the next national election. However, no election would be accepted without fundamental reforms, he...
BNP Secretary- General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the upcoming national elections would be held as scheduled, despite growing uncertainty and frustration among citizens, reports UNB.Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of a book titled 'Roktoakto July' at...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
Twenty scam-hit e-commerce companies, including Eorange and Amar Bazaar, still owe over Tk 651 million to their customers, leaving thousands in financial uncertainty despite repeated assurances and regulatory pressure.Data from the Ministry of Commerce shows that total stuck funds across...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
The Rohingya crisis would become a regional problem in the coming years if not addressed, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Friday."From the Bangladesh perspective, this is the biggest problem we have. There is no resolution within our...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
The government will provide funds from the public exchequer for setting up solar panels on the rooftop of all state-owned buildings, aiming to generate some 2,000-megawatt to-3,000-MW electricity.However, the state-owned entities, which have their own income, will have to fund...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-08-30 00:00:00
The government's fiscal deficit during the first 11 months of the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 exceeded Tk 1.0 trillion, driven largely by higher operating costs that include increased food imports.The amount was 42 per-cent up from that of the corresponding...
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