Three leading European aerospace groups announced Thursday a plan to merge their satellite operations to create a powerhouse for competing in particular against Elon Musk鈥檚 Starlink internet system...
United Commercial Bank PLC launched its 鈥楽ustainability Report 2024鈥� at a special ceremony held at its corporate office recently in the capital, said a press release...
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC on Wednesday held its 69th board meeting at the Police Headquarters in the capital, said a press release...
In a rare moment of agreement, the three candidates vying to be mayor of New York City all denounced on Wednesday a federal immigration raid that targeted street vendors.
Grameenphone partnered with Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC to accelerate Titas Gas鈥檚 digital transformation and enhance its operational efficiency through advanced connectivity and smart digital solutions, said a press release...
THE age of frictionless globalisation has run its course. For three decades, nations built prosperity on the idea that markets, not politics, would guide the world鈥檚 future. That illusion has faded. What鈥檚 taking shape now is a far more complicated order 鈥� one defined not by efficiency or shared gain but by leverage, competition, and strategic restraint. Beneath it all lies...
As the world observes World Development Information Day today, the occasion serves not as a celebration but as a profound summons to action. Established by the UN in 1972, its mandate is stark: to 鈥榙raw the attention of the world to development problems.鈥� This year, the day coincides with the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, themed 鈥楤uilding Our Future...
The National Consensus Commission and its panel of experts on Thursday decided to recommend issuing the July Charter Implementation (Constitutional Reforms) Order for a proposed referendum on measuring people鈥檚 mandate for the proposed reforms...
THE state of residential halls at Dhaka University has reached an alarming level of decay, laying bare years of institutional neglect and bureaucratic inertia. Across several halls, such as Salimullah Hall, the Mohsin Hall, the Shahidullah Hall and the Surya Sen Hall, students live under crumbling ceilings, cracked walls and exposed iron rods. The recent incident on October...
Captain Liton Das returned from injury as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the first two matches of the forthcoming T20I series against the West Indies.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday concluded the trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
The government has approved a plan to establish the Savar City Corporation by merging the Savar municipality with Ashulia in an effort to strengthen urban governance and improve civic services in the rapidly expanding industrial belt on the outskirts of Dhaka...
Vice president JD Vance warned Wednesday that the United States and allies face a tough task disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal...
Bangladesh Medical University signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Health Organisation at the BMU vice-chancellor office in Dhaka on Wednesday...
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and Drik Trust have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a collaborative programme titled Ctrl+Alt+Story: Research and Storytelling in Journalism...
Professor Md Mamun Habib, head of the department of general management at the school of business and entrepreneurship of Independent University, Bangladesh and principal contact person of AACSB, was appointed AACSB Regional Network Virtual Ambassador under the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in USA on September 24 last...
Metrorail authorities have announced that from now on, anyone entering stations without the purpose of traveling will have to pay Tk 100 when their rapid pass is scanned at the concourse floor...
A seminar titled Regional Geopolitical Landscape: Impacts on the Security Dynamics of Bangladesh and Ways Forward was held at the auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Bangladeshi young visual artist Anika Roy delivered a special lecture on Rickshaw Painting at an event held at Kansas State University of Kansas in the United State of America.
The British Council celebrated the academic accomplishments of 42 students from 23 English medium schools across Bangladesh at the British Council Scholars鈥� Award 2025 programme at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Dhaka on Tuesday...
Shamsuddin Biswas, who took part in the World War II as a British soldier, died at about 5:00am at a private hospital in Jashore on Wednesday...
The residential students of a number of halls at Dhaka University are living in constant risks as the decaying buildings need major repairs...
Three major political parties 鈥� the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party 鈥� have raised allegations against the interim government, questioning its neutrality ahead of the upcoming national election...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership agreement with Shamadhan Services Limited, a concern of Grameen Telecom, said a press release...
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management has laid emphasis on greater investment, capacity building, and regulatory guidance to help banks move from planning to practical deployment of Artificial Intelligence-based security systems...
The Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology of Dhaka University plans a special training programme to create qualified and skilled manpower in the field of leather processing technology...
Prime Bank PLC and Green University of Bangladesh recently signed an agreement to strengthen industry-academia collaboration through joint initiatives and student-focused programmes...
Electronics giant Walton鈥檚 smart inverter chillers are being used at Singapore鈥檚 two hospitals, namely Mount Elizabeth Hospital and General Hospital, said a press release...
Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday, in hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade and relieving pressure on its sanctions-hit economy...
Thailand鈥檚 recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned Wednesday as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signalling the potential end of the family鈥檚 decades-long political dynasty...
