Masato Kanda assumes office as ADB chief
Masato Kanda today officially assumed office as the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank...
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Railway police arrange for woman鈥檚 childbirth
The Airport railway police arranged for a woman鈥檚 childbirth at the platform in Dhaka on Monday...
Ex-CHT affairs state minister Dipankar Talukdar arrested
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Monday arrested former state minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Awami League lawmaker Dipankar Talukdar.
DB detains actress Meher Afroz Shaon
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch detained actress Meher Afroz Shaon from Dhanmondi in the capital Dhaka Thursday evening.
Bangladesh, ADB sign deal to establish green digital data centre
The Asian Development Bank; Posts and Telecommunications Division under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited; and the Public-Private Partnership Authority of Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding for developing...
DBBL holds managers鈥� conference
The two-day Managers鈥� Conference-2025 of the Dutch-Bangla Bank to review the bank鈥檚 overall performance for the year 2024 and discuss the business plan and strategy for achieving targets for the year 2025 concluded in Dhaka on Sunday...
10,000 textbooks seized, two detained
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch in an operation on Wednesday seized two trucks carrying about 10,000 government textbooks intended to be distributed to primary and secondary school students.
Tk 1,200 crore bonds of DBBL okayed
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC鈥檚 proposal to issue subordinated bonds worth Tk 1,200 crore...
DBA urges CSE for withdrawal of new schedule
The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh has requested the Chittagong Stock Exchange to withdraw the decision of shifting the opening time and keep the existing schedule intact...
Penalty king Kane sends Bayern past Gladbach
A second-half penalty from Harry Kane gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, restoring their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Death toll from Munshiganj speedboat accident reaches four
At least four people were killed and six more were rescued as a speedboat and a motorised trawler collided in the Meghna River under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj on Friday.
BRDB deputy directors鈥� conference held
The two-day deputy directors鈥� conference of Bangladesh Rural Development Board was concluded at the BRDB headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday....
Mizanur joins BWDB as additional DG
Joint secretary Molla Mizanur Rahman joined the Bangladesh Water Development Board as additional director general (administration) on Tuesday...
DBA seeks extended relaxation for negative equity provisions
The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh urged the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission to extend the timeline for provisioning against negative equity and unrealised losses until 2030...
Victory Day Kabaddi begins today
The Victory Day Kabaddi tournament will begin at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium in the city today...
ADB approves $600m loan for structural reforms in Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said that it approved $600 million 鈥榩olicy-based loan鈥� to Bangladesh...
Death toll in Kirtankhola speedboat capsize rises to 4
The death toll from the speedboat capsize in the Kirtankhola River in Barishal rose to four with recovery of three more bodies from the river on Sunday...
1 dies, 3 missing in speedboat-barge collision in Barishal
One person died and three went missing after a speedboat collided with an anchored sand-laden barge on the River Kirtankhola in Barishal on Thursday.
Journalist Munni Saha arrested
Journalist Munni Saha was arrested on Saturday in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka.
Masato Kanda becomes ADB president
The Asian Development Bank鈥檚 board of governors has elected Masato Kanda as ADB鈥檚 11th president...
DB arrests former Barguna-1 MP Shambhu
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Barguna-1 constituency Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday evening.
ADB to invest in agriculture, food technology, climate research
The Asian Development Bank at a courtesy meeting in Dhaka with Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz assured that the ADB would invest in research and...
Ex-housing minister Mosharraf arrested
The police on Sunday arrested former housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain at the capital鈥檚 Basundhara Residential area in a murder case...
Masato Kanda sole candidate for next ADB presidency
Masato Kanda, special adviser to Japan鈥檚 prime minister and finance minister, is the sole candidate for next ADB presidency.
Former state minister for primary, mass education Zakir arrested in Dhaka
The police on Wednesday arrested Bangladesh鈥檚 former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain from Mohammadpur in Dhaka.
DBA suggests review of聽demutualisation laws, reforms
The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh at a meeting with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday placed a number of suggestions, including a review of the exchange demutualisation laws and schemes and withdrawal of 12 per cent interest rate on margin loans, to develop the stock market...
DB arrests ex-minister Abdur Razzaque in Dhaka
The police arrested Awami League presidium member and former agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque at Eskaton in the capital on Monday...
Former data centre director sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Tareque M Barkatullah, former director of the Data Centre, to jail in a case lodged for allegedly selling citizens鈥� National Identification information.
Ex-minister Saber freed on bail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday freed former environment, forest and climate change affairs minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury after granting his bail applications in six cases, including...
Ex-minister Saber, ex-MP Asaduzzaman, ex-senior聽secy Aminul arrested
The members of the law enforcement agencies on Sunday arrested former environment, forest and climate change affairs minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, former Awami League lawmaker...
