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Target $2.5b export to SADC bloc

Bangladesh moves to discover trade treasure troves across Africa with an imminent exploration mission and trade summit under a comprehensive plan for export-market diversification into potential destinations yet untapped. Sources say direct shipping connectivity with prime ports on the continent planned and striking trade treaties with African countries under South-South...

AWS outage disrupts global digital services

Amazon's cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), experienced a major outage on Monday, disrupting a wide range of digital services worldwide, including several platforms widely used in Bangladesh.The outage affected leading apps and platforms such as Snapchat, Fortnite, Coinbase and Robinhood, while AI start-up Perplexity and messaging service Signal...

Bangladesh, neighbouring nations on radar of new hacker group

A new hacker group named "Mysterious Elephant" has been detected operating across the Asia-Pacific region, according to Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), reports bdnews24.com.The group has primarily been targeting government departments and foreign affairs-related organisations across the region. Countries identified as targets include Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri...

CITIZENS BANK HOSTS TRAINING PROGRAMME

Citizens Bank organised a training programme on 'Leadership & Team Building for Work Excellence in Banking' at its Training Academy recently. Alamgir Hossain, Managing Director of the bank, inaugurated the event as the chief guest. Deputy Managing Directors Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Abdul Latif and Dr. Shamsun Nahar, Associate Professor,...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME ENDS

A month-long Entrepreneurship Development Training Programme, jointly organised by Bangladesh Bank and Trust Bank PLC under the 'Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (SICIP') ended in Rangamati recently. The programme, implemented by the Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aimed to enhance...

BKASH HOLDS DISCUSSION ON 'DIGITAL PAYMENT IN THE PORT CITY'

bKash, the country's largest mobile financial service (MFS) provider, organised a discussion titled 'Digital Payment in the Port City' at a hotel in Chattogram recently. Entrepreneurs and representatives from Chattogram-based Barcode Café, Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu General Hospital, Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View, Epic Healthcare, Utshab Supermarket, Chittagong Club Limited, Shajinaz Hospital...

Saudi real estate inflation cools to 1.3pc

RIYADH, Oct 20 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's real estate inflation slowed to 1.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, driven by a softening residential market that offset stronger commercial sector gains, official data showed. According to the General Authority for Statistics, the annual increase in the real estate...