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Prime Bank commits Tk 50m to Milestone plane crash victims

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Prime Bank has committed Tk 50 million to Milestone School & College's students and teachers who were critically injured in the recent aircraft crash.The contribution will be directed toward their urgent medical care, burn treatment, and rehabilitation, according to a...

IMF warns tariffs aren't the answer to global imbalances

2025-07-23 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters): Global current account balances widened sharply in 2024, reversing a narrowing under way since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, warning that tariffs were not the answer.In its annual...

RAK Ceramics reports twenty-fold increase in Q2 losses

FE Report | 2025-07-23 00:00:00

RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) experienced a loss of Tk 185 million in the April-June quarter this year, 20 times greater than the loss incurred in the same quarter a year earlier. A significant rise in production costs compounded by the shortage...

Investors putting money in closed companies raises alarm

FE REPORT | 2025-07-23 00:00:00

The recent recovery of the stock market shows promise but raises alarm at the same time as non-operational companies' stocks have been flying high on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) alongside blue-chip scrips. Most of these small-cap firms have been...

Signing of Strategic Service Agreement between Meghna

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Signing of Strategic Service Agreement between Meghna Life Insurance PLC & Software Shop Limited (SSL) Recently, a " Strategic Service Agreement " was signed between Meghna Life Insurance PLC and Software Shop Limited ( SSL) at the Board Room of...

ICB Organises Prayer and Doa for Victims of Aircraft Crash

2025-07-23 00:00:00

ICB Organises Prayer and Doa for Victims of Aircraft CrashA special session of Prayer and Doa was held at the head office of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) on Tuesday for seeking eternal peace for the departed souls and...

Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC) Chairman Dr. Md. Mokhles Ur Rahman attends a business review

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC) Chairman Dr. Md. Mokhles Ur Rahman attends a business review meeting at its head office in the city on Monday as the chief guest with JBC Managing Director (Additional Charge) Md. Sayed Kutub in the chair.

India-US interim trade deal prospects dim ahead of tariff deadline

2025-07-23 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 22 (Reuters): The prospects of an interim trade deal between India and the United States before Washington's August 1 deadline have dimmed, as talks remain deadlocked over tariff cuts on key agricultural and dairy products, two Indian...

BAMLCO Conference-2025 Held to Strengthen Anti-Money Laundering Efforts

2025-07-23 00:00:00

BAMLCO Conference-2025 Held to Strengthen Anti-Money Laundering EffortsThe BAMLCO Conference-2025, organized by the Insurance Companies CAMLCO's Association in Bangladesh- ICCAB, was held recently at the head office of National Life Insurance Company in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka. The event was attended...

Bangladesh's first female international master and chess player Rani Hamid hands over the cheque

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh's first female international master and chess player Rani Hamid hands over the cheque to the Champions of the Chess Master-2025 competition at Duranta Sports Gallery in the city recently. To mark International Chess Day, Duranta Sports Gallery, sports chain...

Security concerns lead BCB to ban outside food at upcoming match

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that carrying food inside the stadium will be banned due to security reasons, reports UNB.Before the first match of the Bangladesh-Pakistan series, BCB had allowed the spectators to carry food. But the board overturned the...

Spectators observe a minute's silence for victims of a fighter jet crash

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Spectators observe a minute's silence for victims of a fighter jet crash, before the start of the second T20I match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Tuesday- AFP

Trader stabbed to death in Khulna

2025-07-23 00:00:00

KHULNA, July 22 (UNB): A trader was stabbed to death by miscreants in Nirala area of Khulna city on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain, 48, son of Latif Hawlader of Morrelganj upazila in Bagerhat.Locals said some members...

Noakhali road accidents kill two children

2025-07-23 00:00:00

NOAKHALI, July 22 (BSS): Two children were killed in two separate road accidents at Companiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Md. Yasin, 7, son of Md. Wasim of Abdur Rashid Majhi's house under Ward no-...

Two schoolgirls drown in Cumilla

2025-07-23 00:00:00

CUMILLA, July 22 (BSS): Two schoolgirls drowned in a pond at Nagarsharif village under Chiora union of Chouddagram upazila in the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Fatema Yasmin, 9, a class three student, and Jannatul Ferdous, 10,...

Conch bangle industry in Manikganj's Ghior battling to survive

2025-07-23 00:00:00

A CORRESPONDENTMANIKGANJ, July 22: In the small village of Chhoto Boruria under Poila union in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district, century-old Shankha or conch bangle (a bangle-shaped ornament made from the shell of marine conchs) manufacturing industry is now fighting...

Around 50,000 students apply for SSC re-evaluation in Jashore

2025-07-23 00:00:00

JASHORE, July 22 (UNB): A total of 49,779 applications have been submitted to the Jashore Education Board for the re-evaluation of SSC exam answer scripts.The re-evaluation results will be published on August 10, said Professor Dr Abdul Matin, Controller of...

Three perish in Pak landslide, 15 missing after rains

2025-07-23 00:00:00

KHAPLU, July 22 (AFP): A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least three people, with more vehicles buried under the debris, officials said Tuesday.Flash floods, collapsed buildings and electrocutions have killed...

Iran ‘cannot give up on nuclear enrichment’

2025-07-23 00:00:00

TEHRAN, July 22 (Reuters): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that Tehran cannot give up on its uranium enrichment programme which was severely damaged during the Israel-Iran war last month.Prior to the war, Tehran and Washington held five...

33 die from malnutrition in Gaza in 48 hrs

2025-07-23 00:00:00

GAZA, July 22 (BBC/AFP): Some 33 people, including 12 children, have died from malnutrition in the past 48 hours, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.It comes as the UN chief says Gaza's "last lifelines" are collapsing, with humanitarian conditions breaking...

In loving memory of Hamiduzzaman Khan

Muhammed Aziz Khan | 2025-07-23 00:00:00

Today, my heart is heavy beyond words. I have lost a cherished friend, Bangladesh has lost one of its brightest lights, and the world has lost a true artist, a mentor, and a humanitarian-Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan.Hamiduzzaman bhai was not just...

Should Dhaka host a UNHR office?

2025-07-23 00:00:00

The United Nations was created to stop wars and bring peace to the world. But for decades, mass killings have continued in Gaza, Palestine. The thin, starving bodies of children are painful to see, yet the Western world still supports...

Need for mandatory fire safety training in schools

2025-07-23 00:00:00

The future of a nation depends on its children. If we cannot ensure their safety within our education system, we risk a bleak and uncertain future. The tragic incident that happened on 21 July, when a Bangladesh Air Force fighter...

Bonded warehouse needs automation for expansion and efficiency

Wasi Ahmed | 2025-07-23 00:00:00

Expansion of the existing bonded warehouse facility for export-oriented industries has been under discussion for quite some time. Given its pivotal role in ensuring uninterrupted availability of raw materials for manufacturing export goods, the importance of bonded warehouse cannot be...

Uttara tragedy overwhelms the nation

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Grief and shock benumb this nation with the Saturday's excruciating death of dozens of innocent and unsuspecting students of Milestone School and College's primary section in Uttara. Death descended out of the blue when a training fighter jet of the...

Social media is shaping what we wear

2025-07-23 00:00:00

Risanan NidWalking through the streets, a significant difference in the appearance of youngsters is visible. Surprisingly, the presence of androgynous touch among teenage boys is notable. Young girls are now more open to exploring various aesthetic styles. The fashion choices...

How low-cost attar outsells perfume in Bangladesh

Syed Raiyan Amir | 2025-07-23 00:00:00

The lane behind Dhaka's Baitul Mukarram mosque wakes up early. Before the first cup of tea cools, glass vials of amber oil stand in neat rows, throwing off woody, honey-sweet notes that cling to the morning heat. This is attar-small,...

Tk 250m truck terminal lying unused in Sylhet

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-22 12:00:00

SYLHET, July 21: The long-desired central truck terminal in Sylhet has still remained unused due to negligence of the truckers. The Tk250-million structure with a capacity of 1,200 trucks stands on nine acres of land in Sylhet city's South Surma...

Bangladesh retain title, beat Nepal

2025-07-22 12:00:00

Sagarika returned against Nepal after a three-match ban. She once again shone with a hat-trick, leading Bangladesh to a dominant victory and helping them retain the SAFF Women's U-20 Championship title undefeated.Bangladesh defeated Nepal 4-0 in their final round-robin league...

Jet crashes into school, kills 20, injures 171

FE REPORT | 2025-07-22 12:00:00

A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft Monday crashed into Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara and burst into flames, leaving at least 20 dead and 171 wounded, many of them severely burnt. The pilot of the fighter jet died...