As football fever grips the nation ahead of the FIFA World Cup, BRAC Bank has launched an exciting PayFlex campaign, enabling customers to purchase televisions and home entertainment products through zero per cent installment facilities at leading electronics retailers across...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-06-08 00:00:00
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is set to spend Tk 49.64 billion on rehabilitating 5,180 kilometres of severely damaged, dilapidated, and non-motorable rural roads, along with 7,000 metres of damaged bridges and culverts, over the next four years.A Project...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 7 (Reuters): The global airline industry nearly halved its 2026 profit forecast on Sunday, citing conflict in the Middle East that has driven up fuel costs, disrupted key air corridors and exposed the fragility of a...
Janata Bank Staff College, Dhaka organised a 25-day training programme titled 'Foundation course for officers' (Batch: 5/26) that began on Saturday. Managing Director of Janata Bank Md Muzibur Rahman inaugurated the course. A total of 50 senior officers of the...
AB Bank launched the pilot phase of 'AB e-Loan', powered by flxCred, an AI-powered digital lending solution integrated into its digital banking platform, AB Direct. Developed in partnership with Filps, a UAE-based Fintech Infrastructure Company, the AI-powered platform enables customers...
Southeast Bank has relocated its Motijheel branch (Islamic banking) to a new and more spacious location. The branch has commenced its operations on Sunday at its new address: DR Tower (1st Floor), 65/2/2, Box Culvert Road, Purana Paltan, Motijheel, Dhaka-1000....
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) recently announced the official launch of MTB Trade X, a web portal designed to streamline the submission and acknowledgment of trade transaction requests. With MTB Trade X-the country's first in-house developed solution-the bank has transitioned from...
NEW DELHI, June 4 (Reuters): India's push to tighten power grid discipline is colliding with its clean energy ambitions as tougher rules for solar and wind projects alarm investors, who warn the requirements could slash returns and impede investment needed...
FE REPORT | 2026-06-08 00:00:00
The newly appointed chairman of the securities regulator on Sunday announced a firm commitment to embrace digitisation across the capital market to ensure a transparent, technology-driven and sustainable trading environment.While speaking at high-profile strategic sessions on his first day in...
Turaag Active and Urmi Group; and Bangladesh Squash Federation will jointly organise the "Turaag Active 6th National Squash Competition 2026" will be held from June 10-13.The trophy unveiling ceremony and a media briefing will be held at 3 PM at...
LONDON, June 7 (AFP): England thrashed New Zealand by 115 runs to win the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.New Zealand, set 254 to win, were bowled out for 138 before lunch on the fourth day, with paceman Gus Atkinson...
Sri Lanka arrive at the T20 World Cup on the back of five straight wins, albeit on the slower surfaces of Bangladesh and the Caribbean. Their limited experience in SENA conditions - just three matches in New Zealand in this...
Multi-champions Brazil, Argentina and Germany all won their preparatory games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Saturday, although by small margins, with former champion England and hopeful Portugal also securing victories, reports Reuters.The busy day of friendlies saw some...
Iran's national football team will be allowed to enter the United States only on the days of its World Cup matches and must leave the country the same day due to US visa restrictions, according to Iran's ambassador, reports UNB.Speaking...
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved a proposal for Bangladesh Television (BTV) to acquire the all-media broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026 directly from FIFA, ensuring nationwide access to one of the world's most celebrated...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was elected president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Sunday after securing a convincing victory in the board directors' election held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, reports BSS.Tamim, who had been serving...
NARAIL, June 07 (UNB): At least 20 passengers, including women and children, were injured after a bus lost control and overturned on the Narail-Jashore highway on Saturday night.The accident occurred in front of the Passport Office near the New Bus...
CHATTOGRAM, June 07(UNB): Rail communication between Chattogram and the rest of the country resumed after nearly two hours of suspension as a truck crashed into a train in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram on Sunday morning.The accident occurred at around 8:55...
Police have recovered the hanging body of a chef from the residential quarters of a restaurant in Patuakhali, reports bdnews24.com.The deceased has been identified as Md Sayem, 20, a resident of Bhandaria in Pirojpur district.On Sunday around 10:00 am, police...
Intern doctors at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Barishal have joined an indefinite strike as part of a nationwide movement demanding a six-point charter, reports bdnews24.com.The work stoppage began on Sunday morning following a call from the Bangladesh Combined...
NAOGAON, June 07 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his rivals over a land dispute in Chutipur Paschimpara village of Manda upazila in Naogaon district on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid, 65, of the village.Khorshed...
A fault in the transmission line of the Shitalakkhya 132kV Grid Substation has left large parts of Narayanganj city and surrounding areas without electricity, disrupting daily life and causing widespread suffering amid intense heat, reports bdnews24.com.The outage began on Sunday...
COX'S BAZAR, June 07: A group of miscreants allegedly set fire to a vast stretch of coastal mangrove forest in Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, after pouring kerosene on the vegetation, destroying several hundred acres of forest land in the western part...
BUNIA, DR Congo, June 07 (AFP): The EU said Sunday it has flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid -- including medicine, tents and protective gear -- to a hard-to-reach area in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo struggling with an...
NANNING, June 07 (Xinhua): In the heart of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, scientists have repurposed earthquake-monitoring gear into an AI-powered "marine stethoscope." By combining an island-based seismometer with advanced deep learning algorithms, this innovative system now tunes in...
SEOUL, June 07 (AFP): North Korea's nuclear weapons programme is "the line of no retreat", the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said in a statement carried by state media on Sunday ahead of a visit by Chinese President...
OHIO, June 07 (AP): Gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio, wounding at least 12 people and sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims.No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo...
PARIS, June 07 (Agencies): France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday.The measures, which...
Manmohan Parkash | 2026-06-08 00:00:00
For much of the past decade, the global energy transition was framed largely as a climate challenge. Governments set decarbonisation targets, investors channelled capital into renewable energy, and international diplomacy revolved around reducing emissions.That framing is becoming insufficient.What is now...
ASMA Haseeb | 2026-06-08 00:00:00
The quality of our products and services will be a key factor determining how we survive and thrive in the post-LDC era. Quality is no longer a luxury, but a primary survival mechanism for Bangladesh in a competitive global landscape....
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