Typhoid vaccination campaign to begin on October 12
The government is set to launch the country鈥檚 first-ever typhoid vaccination campaign on October 12, as health assistants suspended their indefinite strike on its sixth day on Monday...
Tags : IT
Professor Azizur Rahman dies
Professor Dr Md Azizur Rahman died in the Mount Adora Hospital in Sylhet on Sunday...
Lankabangla participates in real-life AI training at UIU
The Institute of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Commercialisation of United International University in collaboration with the AI Forum Bangladesh organised a two-day training on 鈥楢I essentials for capital market professionals鈥� concluded at the UIU Innovation Hub in Dhaka on Sunday...
Pvt sector credit growth hits lowest at 6.35pc
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh dropped to a record low of 6.35 per cent in August 2025, the lowest in more than 23 years, signaling deepening distress across the economy...
Maldives hopes to expand trade ties with Bangladesh
Bangladesh and the Maldives have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the existing excellent bilateral relations and enhancing cooperation between the two friendly countries...
BIDA eyes fresh investment from Turkey
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority is set to hold a series of government-to-business meetings with Turkish conglomerates on October 7 and 8 to attract fresh investment in Bangladesh...
US govt shutdown may last weeks, analysts warn
The bitter tribalism that drove the United States into a government shutdown is putting compromise out of reach, analysts say 鈥� and threatening to turn a staring contest between the Democrats and Donald Trump鈥檚 Republicans into a protracted crisis...
State-owned pharma co Essential Drugs turns a corner
Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) managing director Md A Samad Mridha said EDCL has been turned into a profitable institution and in near future it will produce and supply all the medicines the public hospitals distribute free of cost to the patients...
Indices fall at DSE, rise at CSE
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange slipped on Monday while Chittagong Stock Exchange ended higher, even as turnover rose on both bourses amid a broadly bearish trend...
Italy working hard to prevent extra US tariffs on pasta
Italy has appealed to Washington and the European Commission in an attempt to dissuade the US from imposing a punitive tariffs on pasta imports, a deeply unpopular measure among producers...
AB Bank opens collection booth at NIDCH
AB Bank PLC has recently inaugurated a collection booth at National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital premises, said a press release...
Gree Fortune Offer campaign launched
Air conditioner brand Gree has recently launched a special offer-based campaign titled 鈥楪ree Fortune Offer鈥� for retail-level buyers and customers, said a press release...
Sandhani Life client receives maturity claim cheque
Sandhani Life Insurance Company Limited has recently handed over a maturity insurance claim cheque worth Tk 15,68,707 to a policyholder, said a press release...
Macron under pressure as French PM resigns after less than month
France鈥檚 new prime minister resigned on Monday after less than a month in office, sinking the country further into a political crisis and piling pressure on president Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the deadlock...
Trump administration brands US cities war zones
The Trump administration branded Chicago a 鈥榳ar zone鈥� Sunday as a justification for deploying soldiers against the will of local Democratic officials, while a judge blocked the White House from sending troops to another Democrat-run city...
MSF outraged by death of 15th colleague in Gaza
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders voiced sorrow and outrage following the death on Sunday of a colleague fatally hit in Gaza...
Rodri out of Spain squad after injury
Spain confirmed Monday Manchester City midfielder Rodri Hernandez will not be joining them for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers, after suffering a hamstring injury...
Haaland extends hot streak
Erling Haaland extended his blistering start to the season as the Manchester City striker sealed a 1-0 win at Brentford on Sunday...
US-Japanese trio gets Nobel for identifying immune system鈥檚 鈥榮ecurity guards鈥�
A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its 鈥榮ecurity guards鈥�, the Nobel jury said...
Police officer injured in road accident dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital
A constable of Special Branch of Pabna police who sustained severe injuries in a road accident in Natore died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on early Monday...
Educationist, writer Syed Manzoorul Islam on life support
Dhaka University professor emeritus Syed Manzoorul Islam is currently on life support at Labaid Hospital in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi.
RUCSU electioneering resumes as RU reopens after 14-day closure
Electioneering in the elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, hall unions and Senate student representative posts resumed on Sunday as the university鈥檚 academic and administrative activities restarted following a 14-day suspension.
BOU VC, treasurer attend conference in India
Bangladesh Open University vice-chancellor Professor ABM Obaidul Islam and treasurer Professor Abul Hasnat Md Shamim have participated in a four-day international conference on 鈥榖lended learning in technical and vocational education and training鈥� in Chennai in India.
NSU student sent to jail over 鈥榟urting religious sentiments鈥�
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent North South University student Apurba Pal to jail in a case filed over allegations of hurting religious sentiments, hours after he was beaten by a mob outside his house in the capital鈥檚 Bashundhara area.
UN renews support for forthcoming聽JS polls
The United Nations resident coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, on Sunday reaffirmed the UN support for the country鈥檚 upcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Inter-university debate fests concluded at DU
The two-day ActionAid-DUDS Inter-University Debate Festival concluded at the University of Dhaka on Saturday.
Bitcoin hits record high above $1,25,000
Bitcoin reached a new record high on Sunday, rising above the $1,25,000 mark.
FinExcel celebrates 15th anniv
Financial Excellence Limited, a leading consultancy firm in Bangladesh鈥檚 financial sector, celebrated its 15th anniversary event at a hotel in the capital on Saturday night.
Remittance inflow surges to $2.68b in Sept
Remittance inflow into Bangladesh surged by 11.7 per cent in September compared with the same month a year earlier.
U-17 team leaves for UAE without 3 coaching staff
The Bangladesh Under-17 women鈥檚 football team left for the United Arab Emirates on Sunday without three officials due to visa complications to take part in two friendly matches in Dubai against Syria and the UAE as part of their preparations for the...
