The US State Department has ordered the suspension of student visa processing in the latest escalation of a Trump administration crackdown on foreign students criticised Wednesday by China...
On the occasion of Kazi Nazrul Islam鈥檚 birth anniversary, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Journalists Association organised a two-day long July Uprising photo exhibition...
The number of reports on suspicious transactions and activities related to money laundering rose by 56.41 per cent in July-May period of the financial year 2024-25 amid increased cash transactions and fraudulent activities following the political shift on August 5, 2024...
The use of the Mobile Financial Services is increasing for money laundering, bribery, online gambling, cryptocurrency transactions and even terror financing and other illegal purposes, a Transparency International Bangladesh study has suggested...
A case was filed early Monday, days after a video circulated on the social media that showed three muggers brandishing machetes were snatching a bag from a man in broad daylight at Moghbazar in Dhaka city...
The orthopaedic surgery department of Bangladesh Medical University started the indoor service patient admission at the Super Specialised Hospital of the university in Dhaka on Monday...
BRAC Bank recently convened a corporate seminar titled 鈥楴ext Front: Reimagining Financial Leadership for the Future,鈥� engaging chief financial officers and senior financial leaders, said a press release...
Textile and garment industry owners said that due to the inadequate supply of gas, the normal manufacturing activities is being hampered in the industry...
NOT long ago, artificial intelligence made headlines for what many described as a creative breakthrough. OpenAI鈥檚 GPT-4 ranked in the top one per cent on standardised creative thinking assessments 鈥� those same tests used to measure human originality and problem-solving. Around the same time, an Artifical Intelligence generated song that mimicked the...
AS A transnational feminist scholar of social movements, when the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report came out on April 19, I became keen on reviewing the 433 recommendations under 15 thematic areas. I was initially a bit frustrated to see that the report primarily focused on 鈥榚quality between women and men鈥�...
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from Monday, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion.
Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association, the national platform of physiotherapy professionals and a member of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council, on Saturday called for the inclusion of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council Act in the recently submitted Health Reform Commission report.
The Criminal Investigation Department鈥檚 financial crime unit on Saturday froze 35 bank accounts of journalist Munni Saha and individuals and organisations linked to her...
A Supreme Court lawyer on Saturday sent a legal notice to National Citizen Party鈥檚 chief coordinator (northern region) Sarjis Alam, demanding an unconditional public apology for a Facebook post deemed disrespectful to the judiciary...
IN SOUTH Asia, power rarely wears the mask of neutrality. It either comes cloaked in populist nationalism or camouflaged in a strategic alliance. Bangladesh, wedged between two troubling neighbours 鈥� India and Myanmar 鈥� is increasingly a frontline state, not just in terms of geographic vulnerability, but as a theatre for the contest between sovereignty and...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has removed High Court judge Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman from office following a recommendation by the Supreme Judicial Council on proven allegations of misconduct...
Kazi Maniruzzaman, former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, warned that if the Chattogram port did not operate 24 hours a day, garment factory owners cannot pay workers their wages and Eid allowances...
Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Shamim Ahmed said that the plastic toy sector has the potential of fetching about $1 billion in export earnings in the coming years if it gets adequate policy support...
Pubali Bank PLC on Tuesday gifted two microbuses to Bangladesh Agricultural University as part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Crop Protection Association on Monday convened its 45th annual general meeting at Senamalancha in Dhaka, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Judicial Service Association on Monday demanded exemplary punishment for five leaders of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum allegedly for misbehaving with a judicial magistrate during a bail hearing at the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on May 17.
Mobile financial services provider bKash is offering discount and cashback offers of up to Tk 6,000 on online and in-store shopping on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, said a press release...
The interim government on Sunday decided to form an independent board to run mobile financial service provider Nagad following mounting concerns over alleged irregularities, unauthorised control and institutional overreach in the MFS provider, officials said.
Daily transactions of Nagad, a leading mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, have increased by around Tk 100 crore on average, following the Postal Department taking on the responsibility to oversee its operations...
THE 鈥楬uman Project鈥� is a conceptual blueprint for fostering socially and fiscally responsible economic justice, especially in systematically exploited, excluded, and disempowered communities. By focusing on social equity and deep investment in human capital and thereby engineering shared prosperity as the sustainable return, the Human Project aspires to bring...
AS BANGLADESH moves towards a digitally advanced society, it must prepare to face the growing threat of artificial intelligence-driven crimes. Artificial intelligence can help crime in various ways such as generating deepfake videos, fake audio clips and doctored screenshots, creating convincing phishing messages, automating online scams, hacking into secure...
Socialist Party of Bangladesh leaders on Thursday called for a two-term limit on top governance positions, including president, prime minister, parliament members, mayors and chairs of upazila and union councils...
The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh has urged the government to crack down on the syndicates responsible for unfair increase in air fares...
The leaders of the Sammilita Parishad, a contesting panel for the upcoming biennial election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said that the BGMEA office will never again become a platform for any political party...
Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with City Group, on Thursday announced launch of Shariah-compliant short-term investment opportunity in 鈥楾eer Islamic Commercial Paper,鈥� said a press release...