A Dhaka court has showed arrested model Meghna Alam in a case filed with the capital's Dhanmandi Police Station over fraud with a foreign diplomat by luring him into a romantic trap, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Miah passed the...
Snail-pace work on installation of a water supply pipeline, by Dhaka Wasa, in the arterial road of Old Dhaka's Alu Bazar has become a nagging pain for the travellers to the ever-busy business hub. The picture was snapped on Thursday....
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The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Wednesday removed about 400 illegal structures occupying footpaths and roads conducting two separate drives in the city's Agargaon and Uttara areas in a bid to reclaim public spaces.DNCC Zone 1 Zonal Executive Officer...
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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) handed over on Thursday 251 lost and snatched mobile phone sets to their rightful owners.Deputy Police Commissioner of Tejgaon zone of DMP Ibne Mizan handed over the mobile phone sets to the owners at Shyamoli in...
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Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally chosen a joint-venture company between India and Bangladesh for the Dhaka-Narayanganj railway track development work, nearly two years after construction came to a halt following the exit of the Chinese contractor.The cost of the project,...
Detectives have arrested Md Shaher Alam Murad, former general secretary of Dhaka south unit of Awami League (AL), from the capital's Uttara, reports UNB.Md Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP, said Murad, also an executive member of Dhaka...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 17 (BSS): Rajshahi University (RU) administration has approved the amended constitution of its Rajshahi University Central Students Union (RUCSU) and formed a seven-member election commission to oversee the long-awaited student body elections.The RU administration finalised the decision in...
A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze a total of 59 bank accounts of former Cumilla-6 lawmaker AKM Bahauddin and former Narsingdi-2 lawmaker Anwarul Ashraf Khan over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed...
The National Citizens' Party (NCP), a newly-formed political party has asked the Election Commission (EC) to extend the deadline for applying for party registration by at least 90 more days, reports UNB.The newly-formed party made this request in a written...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed concern that the interim government might be working with a 'hidden agenda', reports UNB."Is this government working with any agenda and planned design? This is now a big question...
A five-member delegation of BNP attended a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday with the commission's vice chairman, Prof Ali Riaz, in the chair - PID
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) inaugurated an Internship Programme on Tuesday. Md. Omar Faruk Khan, managing director (current charge) of the bank, was present as the chief guest. K.M. Munirul Alam Al-Mamoon, deputy managing director & director general...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank, one of the leading Sharia-based banks in the country, has presented the Chairman's Award to the best officers in deposit collection. As the chief guest, Chairman of the bank Khwaja Shahriar gave away crests, certificates and cash...
The two-day Meet Bangladesh Exposition (MBX), showcasing Bangladesh's potential export sectors -- Medical and Personal Protective Equipment (MPPE), Leather and Leather Goods, Footwear, Plastics, and Light Engineering -- will begin on April 24.The exposition will be held at the International...
SEOUL, Apr 17 (Reuters): Hyundai Motor plans to temporarily suspend production of some of its electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea due to slow demand and US tariffs, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday, citing unnamed industry sources.The South Korean...
Importers who opened or amended letters of credit (LCs) for yarn on or before April 13 will be allowed to bring in cotton through land ports, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said on Thursday.The clarification comes in response to...
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The three-day Dhaka International Diagnostic Medical Equipment Expo-2025 kicked off on Thursday in the city with the aim of promoting advanced health technology and attracting local and foreign investment in the health sector.Eco Expo jointly with the Bangladesh Private Hospital,...
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Germany will provide Euro 52.5 million (approximately Tk 7.24 billion) to Bangladesh for a climate change adaptation project.A financial agreement in this regard was signed between the governments of Bangladesh and Germany at Economic Relations Division (ERD) on Wednesday, a...
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The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has issued a special directive urging heightened vigilance in the use of radio communication devices such as walkie-talkies and repeaters under Private Mobile Radio (PMR) and Short Breaking Radio (SBR) systems.In the directive, signed...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Thursday categorically said the government is firmly committed to supporting local producers rather than offering incentives to commercial importers."In principle, we have said there shall be a duty gap...
LOS ANGELES, Apr 17 (Reuters): The US Trade Representative's office will announce its plan on Thursday for levying port fees on China-linked ships as part of President Donald Trump's effort to revive domestic shipbuilding and counter China's dominance on the...
ISTANBUL, Apr 17 (AFP): Turkey's central bank hiked its key interest rate to 46 per cent on Thursday after a month of protests over the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor put pressure on the economy.The monetary policy committee "has decided...
RIYADH, Apr 17 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's date exports saw a 15.9 per cent year-on-year increase in 2024, reaching SR1.695 billion ($451.7 million), according to newly released data from the National Centre for Palms and Dates.In the same year, the...
The 293rd meeting of the Board of Directors of First Security Islami Bank PLC was held on Thursday at FSIB Head Office in Dhaka, with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of the Board, in the chair. Md Azizur Rahman, Vice Chairman,...
The 8th meeting of the newly formed Risk Management Committee of Union Bank PLC was held at the bank's Head Office in Dhaka on Thursday. Chairman of the Risk Management Committee Md. Humayun Kabir presided over the meeting. Member of...
The 895th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC (SJIB PLC) was held at the Corporate Head Office of the bank on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by Akkas Uddin Mollah, the Chairman of the...
A knowledge-sharing seminar organised by KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) was held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) in Cumilla on Thursday. The event brought together distinguished guests, scholars, faculty members of BARD, health cadre officials and alumni...
The two-day long 4th Bangladesh Remittance Fair 2025 will begin in New York (NY) from Saturday with an aim to boost remittance flow from the USA to Bangladesh, reports BSS.Bangladesh-USA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BUCCI) and USA-Bangladesh Business Links...
PATUAKHALI, Apr 17 (UNB): The outpatient services at Patuakhali Medical College and Hospital remained suspended since Thursday morning as the hospital interns went on a work abstention protesting the suspension of a doctor over 'wrong treatment'.The interns of the medical...
A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Ashulia, Kushtia and Sitakunda on Wednesday night, report BSS.In Savar, two persons were killed and five others injured in a road accident in front of Fantasy Kingdom in...
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