Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has outlined his vision of a Bangladesh where religious festivals do not require extensive security arrangements, reports bdnews24.com."We don't want to practise our religion under a security cordon. We want to freely practise our respective religions...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday). Day and night temperature may remain unchanged. The...
The 27th Academic Council meeting of Bangladesh Army University of Engineering and Technology (BAUET) was held on Monday on the university campus under the chairmanship of its Vice-Chancellor Brigadier General SM Lutfor Rahman.BAUET Treasurer Col (retd) Md. Shawkat Hossain; Deputy...
Uttara University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wadhwani Foundationon Sunday to introduce the 21st Century Employability Skills Development Course for its outgoing graduates, according to an official statement.The signing ceremony took place on the university campus in the...
International Standard University (ISU) inaugurated the first batch of its Master of Public Health (MPH) programme through a grand ceremony on Friday at the university's Mohakhali campus, according to a press statement.The event marked an important milestone in ISU's commitment...
RU CORRESPONDENTThe students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) staged demonstrations on Tuesday, protesting the promotion of a driver to the post of engineer at the BEPZA complex as well as demanding fulfillment of their three-point charter of...
FE REPORTBritish High Commissioner (HC) to Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke, visited the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) on September 15-16 to witness firsthand impact of the UK-funded programmes - supporting marginalised communities in the region. During her visit to Khagrachhari and Rangamati,...
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 156 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 665 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever,...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Umama Fatema, a vice president (VP) candidate from the Sotontra Shikkarti Oikyo panel, in Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election, has applied to count votes again manually.A written application signed by VP candidate Umama Fatema and member candidate Nowrin...
RU CORRESPONDENTRajshahi University (RU) is set to hold elections for the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), hall unions, and student representatives in the Senate on September 25, with voting taking place in 990 booths across 17 centres in nine...
Ru CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The "Universal Students' Union" panel contesting the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), hall unions, and Senate student representative elections has announced a 12-point manifesto, pledging reforms aimed at academic, administrative, and campus life improvements.The manifesto was unveiled at a...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The volume of consumer loans in the country's banking system soared by over 17 per cent in 4th quarter (Q4) of the last fiscal. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the amount of consumer loans during the April-June...
TRUST BANK INAUGURATES ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMMETrust Bank PLC, in collaboration with Bangladesh Bank and the Ministry of Finance, inaugurated a one-month 'Entrepreneurship Development Training Programme' in Rangamati under the SICIP Project recently. Hosne Ara Shikha, Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank,...
Bangladesh Commerce Bank celebrates 26th anniversary Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) celebrated its 26th anniversary at the bank's head office recently. Managing Director and CEO (current charge) Mohammad Ziaul Karim was present as the chief guest and cut a cake...
The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) on Tuesday cancelled the tender for appointing an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contractor for the Single Point Mooring (SPM) project.The committee approved the cancellation when Energy and Mineral Resources Division placed the...
Ismail Hossain | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
In a move to protect the country's burgeoning digital entertainment sector, several over-the-top (OTT) platforms have sought urgent support from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to combat the rampant piracy of their contents on a host of illegal online...
ICC Bangladesh team joins World Chambers Congress of ICC in MelbourneICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman (Fifth from left) led a 10-member delegation to the 14th World Chambers Congress of ICC held in Melbourne, Australia recently. Also seen in the picture...
The National Cricket League T20 (NCL) tournament has been postponed indefinitely due to adverse weather conditions, reports UNB.In a media release on Tuesday, BCB announced that a new schedule would be released depending on the situation."Due to inclement weather, the...
West Indies will arrive in Bangladesh to play a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and as many T20Is in mid October, reports Cricbuzz.Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday that they will host the three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National...
Giving the Bangladesh Women's Cricket team a taste of India before their World Cup journey, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday said cricket is really something that brings them together in many ways and the two nations...
Tareq Ahmed Robin and Mohammad Saiful Islam | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's education system produces few STEM-trained graduates. The White Paper on the country's economic situation notes that about 60 per cent of university students study arts and social sciences, and only 12 per cent study science, technology, engineering, or math...
SHIPPERS' COUNCIL HOLDS BOARD MEETING The 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) for the term of 2024 & 2025 was held at its office at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Monday, with its Chairman...
RUPALI BANK HOLDS BUSINESS PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETINGRupali Bank held a Business Performance Review Meeting for the corporate-1 branch offices under the bank's local office and Dhaka South and Dhaka North Divisional offices for the month of August at the bank's...
Sonali Bank provides scholarships to studentsSonali Bank PLC has been providing Education Scholarship-2023 among 850 poor and meritorious students of secondary & higher secondary level under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A total of 60 students from Dhaka district were...
Gold surged to a record high on Tuesday, buoyed by a weakening US dollar and growing market anticipation ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, where a 25-basis-point rate cut is widely expected, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.5% to $3,696.34...
Chinese company KMK Industrial Limited is set to establish an airplane amenity bag and kit manufacturing industry, the first of its kind in the BEPZA Economic Zone.The company signed a land lease agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority...
HONG KONG, Sept 16 (Reuters): Foreign investors are plotting a return to China's stock markets in a big way three years after pulling back and terming them uninvestable, encouraged by the tech opportunities on offer, and a growing demand for...
PRIME BANK, BFIU HOST TRAINING on Money Laundering PreventionA day-long lead bank training programme on prevention of money laundering and combating financing of terrorism was held recently at Moulvibazar. The programme was organised under the initiative of the Bangladesh Financial...
NCC BANK, FinCoach INK BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEAL NCC Bank entered into a strategic partnership with FinCoach Bangladesh Limited, an online financial marketplace, to enhance customer access to deposit products, retail and SME loan products through digital platforms. Under this agreement,...
CITY BANK, UNFPA PARTNER TO EMPOWER GIRLS, WOMENUNFPA and City Bank on Tuesday announced the launch of a partnership through Komlaphul Pharmacy Initiative to train young women as pharmacy associates across Bangladesh. This is the first collaboration between UNFPA and...
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