Citizens Bank PLC recently celebrated the third anniversary of the launch of its commercial operations in a befitting manner. Chairman of the bank Chowdhury Mohammed Hanif Shoeb along with Masuduzzaman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and other board members took...
Modhumoti Bank, in association with SEHEO (Socio Economic Health Education Organisation), organised an open agricultural loan and food distribution programme for 500 marginal farmers recently at SEHEO Convention Center, Chaklapara, Jhenaidah. Under this programme funded by Modhumoti Bank, loans worth...
A nine-member delegation of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB), led by its Chairman Md. Rezaul Karim, will leave Dhaka today (Wednesday) on a business tour of Malaysia. During the visit, SCB delegation will hold a bilateral meeting with the Malaysian...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) successfully concluded its first-ever 'Annual Financial Conference 2025' on Tuesday. Held at the BEPZA Executive Office, the two-day event focused on BEPZA's financial management, challenges, achievements, innovative strategies, and future action plans, said...
The government on Tuesday approved several procurement proposals, including one for importing a cargo of LNG and another for procuring 30,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser.The approvals came from a meeting of Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) held at...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
The Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) has recently awarded the Prime Bank PLC, one of the leading private commercial banks, triple A (AAA) for long-term and ST-1 for short-term, a recognition more than technical accolade; it is a recognition...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
Global Insurance secured a 14 per cent year-on-year growth in profit to Tk 64 million in 2024, supported by higher investment income in a challenging business climate.Subsequently, the general insurer's consolidated earnings per share (EPS) stood at Tk 1.58 for...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
A mismatch between the expenses of listing and incentives offered by the government is the reason why companies are reluctant to enter the secondary market, said speakers at a discussion on the capital market on Tuesday. "No one comes to...
ANINDETA CHOWDHURY | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
Anima (Pen name) was returning home after a hectic day, and while her eyes were bamboozled with the busy roads of the metropolitan, her ears were soothed with a melody that had been playing for over a week. A story...
SUBAH JAHWA PURBA | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
And they never say a word, but their love and purrs are what we need at the hardest time. In the heart of Dhaka, there is a buzz about newly launched cafes - freshly brewed coffee, a cosy ambience, and...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh is at a landmark in the nation’s life—one of jubilation and an invitation to strategic contemplation. Bangladesh. With its anticipated graduation from the United Nations’ List of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) by 2026, the nation is poised to turn...
Biodiversity is the foundation of life on Earth. It provides us with oxygen, food, medicine, and climate stability. Yet, we are witnessing its alarming decline due to human activities-urbanisation, deforestation, pollution, illegal hunting, and climate change. The consequences are far-reaching,...
Bangladesh's suburban regions are rapidly evolving into urban centres, bringing both development opportunities and rising environmental and social challenges. To ensure that urbanisation remains economically and environmentally sustainable, the private sector-especially banks-must step forward alongside the government.Banks play a vital...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-07-09 00:00:00
One of the most alarming and persistent challenges confronting the nation today is the scourge of drug abuse and the illicit trafficking of narcotic substances, threatening public health, law and order, and the very fabric of society. Despite repeated calls...
Though there is no supply shortage, the prices of different categories of rice, the staple food of the Bangladeshis, have been rising since last month, leaving market watchers intrigued. Because, the overall yield of Aman, the second largest rice crop,...
SYLHET, July 07 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday called upon party leaders and activists to begin preparations for the next election by earning people's trust and refraining from wrongdoings."It is now your (BNP leaders and...
Light to moderate rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday).The highest temperature in the country...
Transporters have long been keeping their buses in a haphazard way on the busy main road in the capital's Azimpur area and using the thoroughfare as an illegal parking bay, thus intensifying gridlock in the area. The snapshot was taken...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-08 00:00:00
Police arrested a person named Kamruzzaman (30) on Monday for his alleged involvement in killing his wife at Bhatara in the capital. The victim's mother filed a case. Later, a police team carried out a drive on Monday, and arrested...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-08 00:00:00
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are likely to be published on 10 July.An official at the Dhaka Education Board said they had sent a proposal to the Ministry of Education for publishing the results...
The Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), observed in Bangladesh on Sunday with due religious fervour and solemnity, repots UNB.Ashura, the 10th of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, commemorates the date in the Hijri year of...
Shamim Ahmad, former Chief of Correspondents and City Editor of UNB, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Monday. He was 68, reports UNB.He was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday following a deterioration of his health...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-08 00:00:00
The dengue situation in the country is deteriorating further, as three more people died of the mosquito-borne disease during a 24-hour period until Monday morning, when an additional 492 patients were hospitalised.However, the situation with Covid-19 appears to be more...
Bangladesh's population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds (115 million) in the working-age group (aged 15-64), presenting a window of opportunity to harness the demographic dividend, reports UNB.The estimation was made in the annual flagship...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-08 00:00:00
Locally-led and integrated nutrition and hygiene programmes can significantly improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, adolescent girls and young children living in the country's slums, found a new study.As part of its AdSEARCH dissemination series, icddr,b held a...
A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a two-day remand in an arms case, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazur Rahman passed the order, said sub-inspector Moktar Hossain, Banani Police Station's general registration official at the...
A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on Mohammad Hazrat Ali, a retired chief engineer of the Power Development Board (PDB), over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday expressed support for the proposal made by the National Consensus Commission to decentralise the lower judiciary and extend its reach to the upazila level, aiming to bring justice closer to people, reports UNB.Talking to reporters during...
NARAYANGANJ, July 07 (UNB): A Narayangaj court on Monday placed former city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy on a two-day remand in a murder case involving last year's July Uprising.Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Moinudding Kadir passed the order after hearing...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-08 00:00:00
Md Al-Amin, former central sub-theatre and debate secretary of the banned student organisation Chhatra League, was caught by students at Surja Sen Hall and handed over to Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday (June 6) noon.The detainee Al-Amin, a student of...
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