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SAU signs memo with Planten Agro

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University signed a memorandum of understanding with Planten Agro Limited in Dhaka on Saturday...

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Shahjalal bank holds 897th EC meeting

The 897th meeting of the executive committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC was held recently at the corporate head office of the bank...

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Chattogram Customs seizes 12.5 million cigarettes

Chattogram Customs House seized 12.5 million foreign cigarettes concealed in a consignment declared as oranges on Thursday, in an apparent attempt to evade nearly Tk 30 crore in duties...

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BB lets banks send fees for language courses abroad

The Bangladesh Bank has widened access to foreign currency for overseas education by allowing banks to release foreign currency for language courses abroad without prior approval from the central bank...

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Cyber Security Ordinance promulgated scraping CSA

The interim government has promulgated the Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025 in a gazette, cancelling the previous Cyber Security Act, to identify, prevent, suppress, and subsequently to try the crimes committed in cyberspace for ensuring cyber security.

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I don’t have US passport: Khalilur

National security adviser Khalilur Rahman, also the chief adviser’s high representative on Rohingya affairs, on Wednesday said that he was a Bangladeshi national and did not have nationality of any other country...

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BSEC to meet retail investors May 29

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a consultation meeting with representatives of retail investor organizations on May 29 at 12:00pm...

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Samya’s murder: a wake-up call for campus security

THE tragic and brutal murder of Shahriar Alam Samya, a bright student from the Institute of Education and Research at Dhaka University, has struck a deep blow to the nation’s conscience. Once the torchbearer of progress and a hub for democratic movements, Dhaka University now finds itself grappling with an unsettling darkness that falls over its campus...

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British Council invites CTC grant applications for 2025

The British Council is now accepting applications for its 2025 Connections Through Culture grants, which offer funding of up to £10,000 for artists and creative organisations collaborating between the UK and 19 partner countries, including Bangladesh, to bring powerful cultural projects to life...

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Bangladesh to stay as top cotton importer in 2025-26

Bangladesh, the second largest exporter of readymade garment items, is poised to remain the world’s largest raw cotton importer in the marketing year 2025-26, said the US Department of Agriculture...

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Expats send $1.6b in 17 days of May

Bangladesh has received $1.61 billion in inward remittances during the first 17 days of May, marking a robust flow of foreign currency from expatriate workers, according to a revised update from Bangladesh Bank...

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PBPLC gifts 2 micros to BAU

Pubali Bank PLC on Tuesday gifted two microbuses to Bangladesh Agricultural University as part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...

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Humanitarian channel, its pull effect

THE foreign affairs adviser’s statement of on April 27 to the media on humanitarian channel sparked debates and discussions across political, security and academic domains. The adviser said, ‘According to the United Nations’ proposal, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine. It will be a humanitarian passage. However, we have...

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India’s push-in strategy

DESPITE deep ties between Bangladesh and India in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, India’s approach to border management has often been aggressive, escalating tensions with its neighbours. Recently, a complex diplomatic conflict has emerged over ‘push-in’ incidents along the India-Bangladesh border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) have been...

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Overlooked threat of unattended bridges, culverts

THE Roads and Highways Department’s finding that at least 712 bridges and culverts across the country are in urgent need of repairs is alarming. The figure, drawn from inspections in six of the department’s 10 zones, paints a deplorable picture of the state of national infrastructure. An additional 1,319 structures are on the brink of degradation, pending maintenance, and at...

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ACC prosecutes S Alam, 42 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against 43 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also former chairman of First Security Islami Bank, and the bank’s former...

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Paris kidnap bid highlights crypto data security risks

New regulations threaten the security of the personal data of cryptocurrency users and may expose them to ‘physical danger’, the platform at the centre of last week’s Paris kidnapping attempt has claimed...