Uttara Bank shifts Narail branch
Uttara Bank PLC on Sunday shifted its Narail branch to a new location, said a press release...
Uttara Bank PLC on Sunday shifted its Narail branch to a new location, said a press release...
THIS is deplorable that the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to accidents caused by open drains, manholes and potholes. Footpaths and even roads in all cities are dangerously dotted with open manholes and drains. Accidents in such places make the headlines from time to time and yet, the problem persists without an effective remedy. A photograph that...
THE maintenance of large infrastructure has mostly remained a neglected issue. Whilst such lack of maintenance has made the headlines in the past, this is now a photograph that ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· published on the front page on August 24 speaks volume about the neglect. The photograph shows a gaping wide in a rubber bridge expansion joint of the Khilgaon flyover in Dhaka that...
The biggest fear for senior citizens taking refuge in Benavente, a town in a zone ravaged by vast wildfires in Spain, is that ‘everything they own could burn’, its mayor Beatriz Asensio said.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast moderately heavy to heavy rainfall in Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday...
the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 35th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 64 at about 9:40am on Sunday morning...
US president Donald Trump said Friday he would make an ‘important’ decision in two weeks on Ukraine peace efforts—specifying that Moscow could face massive sanctions or he might do nothing.
A former coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, a platform which spearheaded the July uprising ousting the Awami League regime, urged Rajshahi University authorities to allow students whose enrolment expired before August 5 to participate in the coming central students’ union elections...
Mongla Port authority has introduced the long-awaited Less-than-Container Load (LCL) cargo handling system, opening new opportunities for both small and large-scale importers and exporters...
Rich people are flocking to Dubai in record numbers, drawn to the desert city by its zero income tax policy and easy luxury lifestyle that has become harder to maintain elsewhere...
Arifur Rahman has been elected chairman of Premier Bank during its 314th board meeting on Thursday, said a press release...
Jamuna Bank PLC has been recognised among the top 10 sustainable banks of 2024 by the Bangladesh Bank, said a press release...
Agrani Bank Training Institute on Saturday commenced a 30-day foundation course for senior officers of 166th and 167th batches, said a press release...
NCC Bank has been recognised as one of the top 10 sustainable banks in Bangladesh, based on ‘Sustainability Rating 2024’ conducted by the Bangladesh Bank, said a press release...
A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold.
Russia on Saturday said its forces in east Ukraine had taken two villages in the Donetsk region, upping military pressure on the ground as world leaders struggle to broker an end to the conflict.
THE government has set an ambitious target of administering typhoid vaccines to 50 million children and adolescents, aged between nine months and 15 years, under an Expanded Programme on Immunisation campaign that would begin on October 12. But the response to the campaign has so far been reserved. The Directorate General of Health Services says that..
The inclusion of Nurul Hasan and Saif Hassan in Bangladesh’s Asia Cup squad was the result of selectors’ deep dive thinking, said chairman of the national selection committee Gazi Ashraf Hossain on Saturday.
Bangladesh ‘A’ team finished the Top End T20 Series with a seven-wicket defeat to Adelaide Strikers Academy at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin on Saturday.
Derailment of a compartment of a passenger train near the airport station in the capital on Saturday disrupted rail communications between Dhaka and the rest of the country for about four and a half hours...
Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone on Saturday morning...
A Tk 90-lakh tourism development project at Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibari has come under scrutiny after Tk 21 lakh went unaccounted for, raising concerns about financial irregularities.
Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in the case of killing writer and blogger Avijit Roy, was on Friday released from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail on bail.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving one of the threats to his embattled dynasty, which has dominated Thai politics for two decades.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agree security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops...
The Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday arrested a member of a human trafficking gang at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital...
Gazipur Agricultural University on Thursday organised a tree planting campaign as part of its 50-year master plan to create a green, clean and environmentally sustainable campus...
Britain’s future king Prince William and his family are moving to a new home on the royal Windsor estate, prompting uncertainty about the future of Buckingham Palace.
US aviation giant Boeing is in talks to sell up to 500 aircraft to Chinese companies, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter...
Thailand’s suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra testified on Thursday in a case seeking her removal from office over her handling of the kingdom’s border row with Cambodia.