Mercantile Bank Training Institute inaugurated a month-long foundation training for the 14th batch of management trainee officers at its premises. Mati Ul Hasan, managing director, inaugurated the training programme on Sunday. A total of 24 officers participated in the inaugural...
Modhumoti Bank held its 12th annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, where some participants joined virtually. Humayun Kabir, chairman of the board of directors of the bank, presided over the meeting. The meeting approved audited financial...
Infrastructure Development Company limited (IDCOL), with funding support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), hosted a high-level roundtable on roundtable titled 'Accelerating Energy Efficiency in the Textile Sector'. Held in Dhaka recently, the event brought together government officials, global brand...
IPDC Finance PLC, in collaboration with Bangladesh Bank, hosted the Women Entrepreneur Incentive Programme 2025, celebrating exceptional women entrepreneurs from across Bangladesh for their resilience, timely loan repayments, and entrepreneurial excellence in the CMSME sector.This year's awardees hail from diverse...
CHATTOGRAM, July 14 (BSS): Chattogram Customs House has begun the auctioning process for 475 containers of goods that have been left at the Chattogram port for an extended period. This initiative has been taken to reduce the cargo congestion at...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has taken a significant step forward by launching the National Halal Laboratory and the country's first advanced Helmet Testing Laboratory. Both facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art, world-class equipment, ensuring high-quality testing and certification...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
South Korean Ambassador Park Young-sik has called for further aligning Bangladesh's Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Act 2019 with its Labour Act 2006 to create more conducive environment for foreign investors. Highlighting the importance of labour productivity, he also underscored the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
The stock market watchdog has finally decided to take stern actions against all individuals responsible for the scam tied to the 2019 IPO of Ring Shine Textiles. In a press release issued on Monday, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
The country's capital market lacks an underlying policy framework, which is why it has failed to thrive and play its intended role in the economy, speakers said at a discussion on Monday. So, policy guidelines have to be fixed before...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
With Bangladesh poised to transform its media landscape in tune with a free and enlightened society, the following strategic areas are the subsequent crucial pillars. These are not long-term goals; these are immediate actions, poised for execution right now, to base our progress on transparency, fairness, and honesty.Legal and Policy Overhaul: In a just society, the law must protect the vulnerable, ensure liberty, and prevent abuse of authority....
The demand for quality libraries in universities across Bangladesh has never been more urgent. Without well-equipped and efficiently managed libraries, our higher education system remains incomplete and incapable of fostering the much-needed transformation in academic excellence, innovation, and research capacity.Take,...
As I sat in my afternoon neurochemistry class, comfortably drowsy after a satisfying lunch, my professor mentioned something that instantly snapped me back to attention: neuroplasticity. The incredible ability of humans to adapt and learn from the environment stems from...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
Industry leaders in the Readymade Garment (RMG) sector should have been elated by the fact that in the last financial year (FY2024-25), export of their products to the USA registered a sharp rise by 14 per cent compared to the...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
Remittance has long been a cornerstone of Bangladesh's economic stability and growth. The billions of dollars sent home by expatriates have served as lifelines for families, bolstered our foreign currency reserves, fueled rural economies, and underpinned banking liquidity. In the...
It is heartening to know that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has already framed a draft of the code of ethics and professional conduct for its staff in order to make its service transparent and accountable. Why the NBR...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-07-15 00:00:00
In the humid silence of a summer afternoon in Khulna, a teenage girl wipes sweat from her brow and looks out at a charred patch of land where mango trees once stood. Her grandfather tells her that this used to...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-07-14 12:00:00
“The media is the most powerful force on the planet. It has the power to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent — and that’s power.” — Malcolm X.Bangladesh stands at the crossroads—a time weighed down by history and...
RIAZ UDDIN HRIDOY | 2025-07-14 12:00:00
From the crowded streets of Dhaka to the quiet corners of backwater villages, the glow of digital screens has become inescapable. Bangladesh's transformation has brought remarkable connectivity, on the information superhighway. Yet this digital leap forward comes with a pressing...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Day temperature may fall by...
Public Welfare Civil Society (PWCS) took a tree plantation event keeping up with the ongoing National Tree Plantation Campaign 2025, according to a press statement.PWCS Chairman MD Nurul Islam Okil and the Secretary General Md. Mahabub Rahman Shohel inaugurated the...
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has secured the top position among Bangladeshi universities in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) 2025.A total of 1,253 universities from 87 countries participated in the WURI Rankings 2025, with seven Bangladeshi...
The Bangladesh National segment of the Global Spell Bee 2025 ended at North South University (NSU) in the capital on Saturday. NSU Debate Club hosted the event, where NSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, and British Council Bangladesh Country Director...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) and the government will celebrate July Women's Day today (Monday) at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC). The observance is part of a series of events to commemorate the first anniversary of the July Uprising. The Ministry of Cultural...
A 32-year-old man was killed in a road accident in front of Terminal-3 of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport under Airport Police Station in the capital on Saturday night, reports UNB.The victim was identified as Ashraful Alam, son of late...
HOBIGANJ, July 13 (BSS): Primary and Mass Education Adviser Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder said the interim government has taken a plan for quality improvement of primary education.The plan includes infrastructure development, bringing back the dropout students, fill up the...
Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus sent 1,000 kilogrammes of 'Haribhanga' mangoes to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a goodwill gesture between the two neighbours, reports UNB.The consignment is scheduled to reach New Delhi on Monday, an official at...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 13: The Water Development Board (WDB) launched a large-scale eviction drive in Chattogram on Sunday morning to reclaim the government land, occupied by 39 influential grabbers. The land, worth around Tk 3.20 billion, spans approximately 32 acres along...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
Dengue fever claimed one more life in 24 hours until Sunday morning, taking the total death toll of the mosquito-borne disease to 56 this year.Meanwhile, 420 more people were admitted to hospitals across the country after testing positive with the...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
A group of nationalist teachers at the Dhaka University (DU), under the banner of 'Sada Dal', formed a human-chain on Sunday, demanding the trial of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League (AL)-backed teachers at the university.The demonstration...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
A legal notice has been served upon the government bodies concerned, including the Bangladesh Bank, drawing their attention to take initiatives to make guidelines on non-performing loans (NPLs). Md Juwel Azad, a Supreme Court lawyer, served the notice on Sunday,...
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