GAZIPUR, Mar 20 (UNB): Workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway for one and a half hours on Thursday, demanding to extend their vacation by two days on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr.The protest caused severe...
BENAPOLE, Mar 20 (UNB): A total of 21 Bangladeshi teenagers, who were trafficked to India, have returned home through the Benapole checkpost with special travel permits.Indian immigration police handed them over to Benapole immigration authorities on Wednesday at around 08:30...
Jatri Kalyan Samiti (JKS) has demanded a ban on unfit vehicles on roads, railways, and waterways during the Eid travel to reduce accidents, traffic congestion, and public suffering, reports UNB.In a statement on Thursday, the association's Secretary General, Md Mozammel...
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The Bangladesh Police on Thursday urged homebound passengers, transport owners and other stakeholders to abide by guidelines issued by the police headquarters in a circular on Thursday in order to ensure safe and smooth journey ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Assistant Inspector...
Md. Akikur Rahman, a sponsor director and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Southeast Bank PLC, breathed his last on 20th March. He was born on February 15, 1945 in a respected Muslim family of...
A group of Dhaka University (DU) teachers formed a human chain at the university's Battola on Thursday, protesting mass killings of Palestinians by Israel, reports UNB.Teachers of other universities also joined the demonstration organised under the banner of the University...
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Members of the Detective Brach (DB ) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested three drug traders from Jatrabari area in the capital. The detectives also recovered 105 kg hashish worth Tk3.1 million (Tk 31 lakh) and a private...
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The government and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) on Thursday signed a deal of around US$1 million to train female peacekeepers.The duration of the project will be three years with a total estimated budget of US$ 997,336.The...
International Crisis Group President Comfort Ero called on Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus at State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Thursday. — PID
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Farm credit disbursement fell by more than 6.0 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25) mainly due to the ongoing political uncertainty, bankers have said.High interest rates also pushed down the agriculture loans...
A Dhaka court on Thursday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and four others in a bribery case, reports UNB.Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 Md Abu Taher passed the...
RANGPUR, March 20 (BSS): The Detective Branch (DB) of Kurigram district police arrested banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Saddam Hossain Nayan from Rangpur metropolis last night.Arrested Saddam was the general secretary of the Kurigram district unit."The BCL leader was...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami has submitted their opinions on the proposals of key reforms to the National Consensus Commission, reports BSS.The present interim government has formed the seven-member National Consensus Commission headed by chief adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus aiming to...
Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has said anybody can criticise the interim government without fear, and that is the success of this administration, reports UNB."Could you criticise the government in power a year back or eight months back as you...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will return home in mid-April, said UK BNP President MA Malek, reports BSS.He disclosed the information to the newsmen after an iftar mahfil organised by Noakhali Nationalist Forum UK on Wednesday in...
BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said the country will be on the right track if the next election is held by December this year, as it is the cut-off time for the parliamentary polls, reports UNB."Everyone...
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday and discussed a range of issues relating to Bangladesh's upcoming elections, reforms and bilateral issues, reports UNB.The hour-long meeting, which began at...
PARIS, Mar 20 (AFP): Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta said Thursday it would launch its generative artificial intelligence assistant Meta AI in the European Union from "this week", more than a year after the service's US release."It's taken longer...
BRASÍLIA, Mar 19 (AFP): Brazil's central bank on Wednesday hiked its key interest rate one point to 14.25 per cent, a nine-year high, as it seeks to contain inflation in Latin America's largest economy.It was the fifth consecutive increase, and...
ZURICH, Mar 20 (AFP): Switzerland's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter per centage point to 0.25 per cent on Thursday, citing "high uncertainty" in the global economy.The Swiss National Bank made its fifth cut since March...
RIYADH, Mar 20 (Arab News): Abu Dhabi has signed a multi-year deal with Microsoft and Core42 to build a sovereign cloud system, supporting its push to become the world's first AI-powered government. The deal - inked by the Department of...
FRANKFURT, Mar 20 (AFP): European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde warned Thursday a trade war between the United States and Europe could shave half a per centage point off eurozone growth and push up inflation.US President Donald Trump is threatening...
CHAMPAGNE (France), Mar 20 (AP): US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit the EU with 200 per cent tariffs on alcoholic drinks, including wine, cognac and champagne, if the bloc does not pull back from imposing levies on US...
RIYADH, Mar 20 (Arab News): Egypt and India have reaffirmed their commitment to tripling bilateral trade from $4.2 billion in 2024 to $12 billion within five years, reinforcing a target set last year during a joint meeting. The pledge came...
The 147th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of the Board of Directors of Standard Bank PLC was held at its head office in the city on Thursday. Chairman of the committee Md Zahedul Hoque presided over the meeting. The...
Janata Bank PLC's Divisional Branch Managers' Conference in Dhaka South was held at a convention hall on Thursday. Chairman of the bank M Fazlur Rahman was present as the chief guest while Managing Director Md Mazibur Rahman and Deputy Managing...
Longi, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the world, has decided to set up an office and invest in solar panel manufacturing in Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said on Thursday, reports BSS.The ambassador said several top Chinese...
Moody's Investors Service has published its latest credit opinion on City Bank, recognizing its moderate profitability and capital amid rising asset risks, according to a press release.City Bank has retained its B2 issuer rating, with an updated negative outlook that...
BRAC Bank, in collaboration with Western Union, has been rewarding remittance recipients this Ramadan with an exclusive water bottle, according to a press release. Customers collecting remittances through Western Union from BRAC Bank's extensive network, which includes 189 branches, 74...
President Donald Trump's tariffs and other policies have some financiers and officials in Asia predicting the remaking of the post-World War II economic order, leading to an urgent quest to diversify away from America. But it's not proving to be...
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