The process to transfer the bank accounts of depositors of the five banks included under the merger to the newly formed Sammilito Islami Bank is at the final stage, reports BSS.If the process is completed within the next week, the...
The Premier Bank PLC has recently organised its Annual Risk Conference 2025 at its head office in Dhaka.The conference was held under the theme "Proactive Risk Management for Sustainable Growth", with participation from members of the Board of Directors, senior...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter Saturday said that Bangladeshi shrimp was globally recognised for its taste and quality.However, in the international market, size or taste alone was not enough. Shrimp health standards, environmental-friendly production methods, and antibiotic-free status were...
Maisha Zaahir | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Farah had exceeded every sales target for three consecutive years at a multinational bank in Dhaka. Her quarterly reviews were flawless. When the regional manager position opened, she assumed it was hers. It went to Kamal, who had missed targets...
Tausif Imam Khan | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The BRAC University Business & Economics Forum concluded its flagship national business case competition, Vitalizers 3.0 at the BRAC University Auditorium recently, reinforcing the event's position as a premier platform for aspiring business leaders across Bangladesh.Presented by X Ceramics, co-sponsored...
Tanjim Hasan Chowdhury | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The promise is alluring: a foot in the door, a chance to learn, a line on a CV that might open up a future career. For thousands of students, graduates, and even post-graduates across Bangladesh, this promise comes in the...
BANGKOK, Dec 27 (AP): Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed a new ceasefire agreement to end weeks of armed clashes along their disputed border, with the truce taking effect at noon local time.Under the agreement, both sides committed to immediately...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (AP): Pakistan summoned Britain's deputy high commissioner on Friday after a viral video showed a woman at a rally in a northern English city saying the Pakistani army chief would die in a possible attack.The Pakistani Ministry...
YANGON, Dec 27 (Reuters): Myanmar heads to the polls today (Sunday) as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia's worst humanitarian crises.Already one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries, Myanmar...
KYIV (Ukraine), Dec 27 (Agencies): Russia pummelled Ukraine's capital Kyiv with drones and missiles on Saturday, killing one woman and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky's latest talks with US leader Donald Trump.Russia attacked...
Marufa Afrin Mohona | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
Every year on December 16, as the red and green flag rises against the winter sky and the nation celebrates Victory Day, Bangladesh remembers its hard-earned freedom. The day marks triumph after nine months of blood, sacrifice, and resistance. Yet...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
A textbook definition of the well-worn word ‘nation’ may denote ‘a group of people who share a common identity based on shared history, culture, tradition, custom, religion, language and a sense of unity or belonging together. Here, ‘nation’ is mostly...
Bangladesh stands at a critical economic juncture, where sustaining growth depends not only on macroeconomic indicators but also on policy clarity, institutional efficiency and investor confidence. While recent discussions have focused on inflation, policy uncertainty remains largely overlooked.Frequent changes in...
On the occasion of the English New Year, bursting firecrackers and releasing sky lanterns have become a common practice. Every year, as Thirty-First Night approaches, excitement among children, teenagers and adults knows no bounds. But have we ever questioned why...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The revelation that an average of around 40 people die by suicide every day in Bangladesh is a chilling indicator of a profound and largely unaddressed social crisis. Police records on unnatural deaths show that between 2020 and 2024, a...
ASJADUL KIBRIA | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
December is usually a month of holiday-making for most people in Bangladesh. A large number of people wait throughout the year for the month when they can travel home and abroad with their families and friends. For most outbound tourists...
Amid a series of new laws and initiatives introduced recently by the interim government to ease public suffering and speed up the delivery of justice, the proposed Commercial Courts Ordinance 2025 stands out as a potentially transformative measure. It comes...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Friday issued a clarification regarding the withdrawal of funds by depositors of five banks currently undergoing a merger process, cautioning the public against misinformation circulating in various media outlets, reports BSS. "The process to allow depositors...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-27 12:00:00
Flanked by a blend of dense greenery and rustic beauty, our autorickshaw speeds towards Mogolhat from the Mission intersection, the heart of the Lalmonirhat district. Cows and goats graze in fields despite an intermittent drizzle on a September morning. Bamboo,...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-12-27 12:00:00
During the height of the language movement in 1952, two national newspapers were attacked because they opposed the movement. The Morning News, owned by Khwaja Nooruddin from the Dhaka Nawab family, supported the government and kept criticising the language movement....
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during mid night...
Jahangirnagar University (JU) has published the admission test results of the 'D' Unit under the Faculty of Biological Sciences for the first-year undergraduate (honours) programme of the 2025-26 academic session, recording an overall pass rate of 39.10 per cent, reports...
The Coast Guard has detained nine people and seized 9,000 litres of diesel over an alleged attempt to smuggle the fuel from Chattogram to Myanmar, reports bdnews24.com.The arrests were made on Wednesday night after Coast Guard personnel spotted a suspicious...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Inqilab Mancha staged a blockade at Shahbag intersection in the capital on Friday, demanding justice for the killing of its spokesperson, Sharif Osman Hadi.After the Jum'ah prayers, Inqilab Mancha activists brought out a protest march from the Dhaka University Central...
Two people, including a child, have been killed in a collision between an autorickshaw and three-wheeled vehicle transporting cement in Patuakhali's Dumki Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.Two others were injured in the accident, which occurred at around 09:30 am on Friday in...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Taskeen Ahmed has praised the Chief Justice's initiative to establish dedicated commercial courts across the country, calling it a timely and pressing need to enhance competitive trade and business development.He made...
(Top) BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman offering munajat at the grave of his father, former president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Friday; and (bottom) the motorcade of Tarique Rahman and BNP senior leaders...
The Election Commission (EC) has issued a gazette redefining the boundaries of four parliamentary constituencies in Pabna and Faridpur districts, reports bdnews24.com.The four seats are Pabna-1, Pabna-2, Faridpur-2 and Faridpur-4.The decision follows an order from the High Court division to...
Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and former lawmaker Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho on Friday said he had stated in parliament nearly 15 years ago that BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman would return to the country and the people of Bangladesh...
MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 26 (BSS): BNP has nominated Sheikh Md Abdullah, Md Abdus Salam Azad and Md Kamruzzaman Ratan to contest the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election in Munshiganj's three constituencies.Member of the district BNP convening committee Sheikh Md Abdullah received...
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