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Social Islami Bank and BD Specialized Hospital sign corporate deal

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Social Islami Bank PLC and Bangladesh Specialized Hospital PLC signed a corporate agreement on Sunday. Under this agreement, SIBL cardholders, officials, employees, and their family members will enjoy various benefits, including a discount facility of 10% to 20% on different...

RUPALI BANK HOLDS AWARENESS WORKSHOP ON AML & CFT

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Rupali Bank PLC organised an awareness workshop on Anti-Money Laundering & Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT) with the participation of members of the Board of Directors recently. BFIU Director Md Anisur Rahman and Joint Director Md Mosharraf...

National Bank and National Pension Authority sign MOU

2025-05-20 00:00:00

To facilitate registration and contribution collection under the universal pension schemes, the National Pension Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Bank at a ceremony held in the meeting room of the Finance Division at the Secretariat recently....

Sonali Bank Staff College holds certificate award ceremony

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Sonali Bank Staff College has successfully conducted a two-day 'Training of Trainers (TOT)'. Following the completion of the training, a certificate award ceremony was held at the Staff College auditorium on Sunday. Chairman of Sonali Bank Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury attended...

World Metrology Day today ---

2025-05-20 00:00:00

World Metrology Day will be observed today (Tuesday) across the country and elsewhere in the world, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of measurement science and its impact on various aspects of life, including business, trade, and sustainable development,...

PRIME BANK SIGNS PAYROLL BANKING AGREEMENT WITH BHL GROUP

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Prime Bank recently signed a payroll banking agreement with BHL Group at the bank's Gulshan corporate office in Dhaka. Employees of BHL Group will enjoy preferential banking services, including credit card and loan facilities, from Prime Bank. They will also...

DHAKA BANK MILESTONE: OVER 0.5M ACCOUNTS OPENED, FRESH DEPOSITS over TK 60B

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Dhaka Bank opened over 500,000 new accounts, while mobilising fresh deposits exceeding Tk 60 billion, marking a milestone in its commitment to customer-centric banking and economic development. This extraordinary accomplishment underscores the confidence and trust of customers across the country....

BRAC BANK INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR WOMEN REMITTANCE BENEFICIARIES

2025-05-20 00:00:00

BRAC Bank aims to provide life and health insurance coverage to 50,000 remittance receiving women by 2025. The bank has partnered with Green Delta Insurance to add insurance perks to TARA Probashi Poribar proposition. Benefits include life coverage of up...

NCC BANK MARKS 32 YEARS WITH COMMITMENT TO TRUST

2025-05-20 00:00:00

NCC Bank celebrated its 32nd anniversary on Saturday, reaffirming its dedication to remaining a beacon of trust and reliability. Chairman Md. Nurun Newaz Salim inaugurated the event by cutting a cake at the bank's head office. Staff and executives collectively...

BSEC chair meets Salehuddin over market reforms

FE REPORT | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Amid the persistent fall of stock indices, the chief of the securities regulator on Monday met the finance adviser to discuss the implementation of recent directives from the chief adviser to help rejuvenate the market.After the meeting, Bangladesh Securities and...

BEPZA inks deal with ILO on two-year action plan

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) inked an agreement with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday on a two-year action plan for harmonising legislation and amending certain internal processes within the EPZs, reports BSS.In presence of Chief Adviser's Special...

Stocks plunge to 5-year low despite govt promises to support market

FE REPORT | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Stocks witnessed another setback on Monday, with the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) sinking to a fresh five-year low despite government efforts to boost investors' confidence.The interim government has planned a number of initiatives, including the offloading...

Renata aims to reclaim its ‘place at the top’ with innovation

FARHAN FARDAUS | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Renata is well-positioned to regain its leadership position in the pharmaceutical sector through cost-effective innovation of new products and efficient business models, said its chief. Investors may have gone wary about the direction of the business as key financial data...

Establishing a dedicated children court

Mir Mashur Ahmed | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 as a milestone document in the history of human rights, signifies in Article 25 that children are entitled to...

Water-logging in Chittagong city

2025-05-20 00:00:00

In the port city of Chittagong, water-logging has worsened during the rainy season. Over the past 20 years, this problem has turned from bad to worse. Even after light rainfall, certain roads and low-lying areas become submerged, with water reaching...

Importance of local pharma industry

2025-05-20 00:00:00

The local pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role in a densely populated country like ours, generating approximately $3 billion in annual revenue. With nearly 99 per cent of the industry domestically owned, it boasts of a strong local foundation that...

Saving peasants from thunderbolts

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Frequency of thunderstorms and their attendant lightning strikes are increasing globally and the culprit is global warming. The issue has been discussed multiple times on different occasions in the media. The fact that the country's peasants are dying in increasing...

Advancing Japan-Bangladesh ties

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Japan has long been one of Bangladesh's most dependable and consistent development partners. Since the latter's emergence as an independent nation in 1971, Japan has extended unwavering support to a broad range of sectors -- infrastructure, health, education, energy, and...

Implementing Strategic Transport Plan

2025-05-20 00:00:00

Dhaka City's chaotic transport operation has defied every attempt to rationalise and improve it. Now experts cite that mega projects have not been complemented by foundational improvement in bus service, pavements and signalling. So commuting in the capital city has...

Elegy for the dead and dying of occupied Palestine

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-05-20 00:00:00

Elegy is usually used for the dead. In the absence of an equally emotive word to convey the feelings of grief and remorse for those who are dying in plain sight on television screen of viewers, the same nomenclature can...

CA advises preparing ‘realistic’ budget

FE REPORT | 2025-05-19 12:00:00

Government high-ups have instructed finance officials to focus improvement in people's living standard and wellbeing in budgeting in a pivot from making growth-centric budget of the past times, sources said.The advice came when finance division officials Saturday placed the next...

How ICB's dividend plan for FY25 may boomerang on unitholders

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-05-19 12:00:00

The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has proposed that mutual funds (MFs) be allowed to distribute dividends from profits in the current fiscal year without meeting provisional requirements but experts say it will cause capital erosion. Both fund managers...

Bajus hikes gold price again

2025-05-19 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has increased the gold price again, this time by Tk 1364 per bhori, effective from Sunday (May 18).The Bajus fixed the price of a bhori of 22-carat gold at Tk 1,67,098, which was sold at...

Film actress Nusrat Faria detained at Dhaka Airport

2025-05-19 00:00:00

Nusrat Faria, a popular film actress, was detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday, reports UNB.Immigration police detained her on her way to Thailand by a flight of Biman, said Mazharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhatara police station.She...

Mirpur slum fire brought under control after over an hour

2025-05-19 00:00:00

A fire broke out at a slum in the Bhashantek area of Dhaka's Mirpur on Sunday evening and was brought under control after more than an hour. According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD), the blaze started at...

Irresponsible journalism undermines credibility of media: Press Council chief

2025-05-19 00:00:00

JHALAKATHI, May 18, 2025 (BSS) - Chairman of Bangladesh Press Council Justice A K M Abdul Hakim has stressed the need for combating sensationalist and unethical journalism practices, warning that such trends undermine the media's credibility and the public's trust."Irresponsible...

36 garments-laden trucks stranded at Benapole port

2025-05-19 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, May 18 (UNB): Thirty-six Bangladeshi trucks carrying ready-made garment (RMG) items have remained stranded at Benapole land port following restrictions imposed by India on the import of certain goods through its land ports.Secretary of Petrapole Clearing Agent Staff Welfare...

Jamaat urges govt to expedite reforms, hold polls promptly

2025-05-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher on Sunday urged the government to expedite the reform process and then take steps to hold the national election as soon as possible. "I think we shouldn't waste much time. A consensus must...

Protests continued for justice

DU CORRESPONDANT | 2025-05-19 00:00:00

Dhaka University students and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists staged separate protests in Shahbagh area of the capital on Sunday, demanding justice for DU student Shahriar Alam Shammo's murder.The protesters also demanded resignation of the DU vice-chancellor and the proctor.Shammo's...

Ishraque supporters stage sit-in for 4th day

FE REPORT | 2025-05-19 00:00:00

Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain staged sit-in for the fourth consecutive day, on Sunday, demanding handover of the responsibilities of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor to him. The protest began in front of the DSCC Nagar Bhaban...