60 students from Dhaka get Sonali Bank scholarship
Sonali Bank PLC on Tuesday awarded scholarship to 60 students from Dhaka district during a scholarship award ceremony held at the bank鈥檚 head office, said a press release...
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Poison killed Putin critic Navalny, wife says
The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024...
German suspect in Madeleine McCann case freed from prison
The top suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal was freed from a German prison on Wednesday, an AFP journalist at the scene reported...
Sonali Bank inaugurates treasury automation
The largest state-owned commercial bank, Sonali Bank PLC, started its treasury activities fully automated with Core Banking System (CBS)...
Sonali Life, MILVIK sign deal for digital health services
Sonali Life Insurance Company Limited, one of the leading 4th generation life insurance companies in Bangladesh, has entered into a strategic agreement with MILVIK Bangladesh, a renowned digital telemedicine service provider...
Govt considers shorter terms for lifers, release of elderly inmates
The government is considering reducing the 30-year jail term for life-sentenced prisoners and releasing some elderly inmates after reviewing their sentences...
Govt considering reducing life imprisonment term: adviser
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, Retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the government is considering reducing the life imprisonment term to a reasonable period from 30 years aimed at releasing older prisoners.
US envoy agrees to prisoner swap: Taliban govt
Washington鈥檚 special envoy Adam Boehler made a rare visit on Saturday to Kabul, where he said the United States would move forward with a prisoner exchange, according to the Taliban government...
Bolsonaro of Brazil jailed for 27 years for plotting coup
Brazil鈥檚 Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury.
Musk鈥檚 title of richest person challenged by Oracle鈥檚 Ellison
Billionaire Elon Musk is at risk of losing his title as the world鈥檚 wealthiest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whose software giant appears poised for massive AI riches through a major deal with OpenAI...
Father accused of killing drug-addicted son
A father allegedly killed his drug-addicted son with a cutting tool at Bamail Madhyapara area of Demra in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Sonali Bank signs deal with BADC
Sonali Bank PLC on Wednesday signed an agreement with Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, said a press release...
20,000 still without power in Berlin after suspicious fire
Around 20,000 Berlin homes and businesses were still without power Wednesday, a day after a fire hit electricity pylons in what police labelled a suspected arson attack...
Case filed over attack on RAB personnel
A case was filed against 172 people on Monday, a day after vehicles of the Rapid Action Battalion were confined and attacked over detention of a man at Sreepur in Gazipur...
Bolsonaro backers protest impending coup trial verdict
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will test his political strength Sunday with demonstrations in the country鈥檚 main cities, days before the Supreme Court decides whether he is guilty of attempting a coup.
46 persons with disabilities get job at BRAC Bank event
BRAC Bank鈥檚 social welfare initiative 鈥楢porajeyo Ami鈥�, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN), hosted a job fair for persons with disabilities, where a total of 46 PWDs secured employment at various companies...
Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners
Prisoners in Uzbekistan will be able to plead for reduced sentences if they read books selected by authorities to cultivate 鈥榗orrect spiritual and moral values鈥�, officials said.
Fatema Zahir elected Bay Leasing chair
Bay Leasing and Investment Limited on Tuesday elected Fatema Zahir Majumder as the new chairperson of its board of directors...
City sign goalkeeper Donnarumma from PSG as Ederson departs
Manchester City confirmed the signing of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday after selling the long-serving Ederson to Fenerbahce.
Sonali Bank opens 14-day prog for Youth Festival-2025
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday inaugurated 14-day services for customers to create young entrepreneurs and build a new Bangladesh as part of Youth Festival-2025 programme, said a press release.
Son's long-awaited LAFC home debut ends in defeat
Son Heung-min's first home game with Los Angeles FC ended in a 2-1 defeat on Sunday with Anders Dreyer scoring the winner for San Diego.
Sonali Bank signs deal with BPATC
Sonali Bank PLC on Sunday signed an agreement with Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, said a press release.
Jackson hopes to revive Bayern move after Chelsea halt loan deal
Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson has reportedly stayed in Germany in a bid to revive his aborted loan move to Bayern Munich after the deal was called off at the last minute.
Sonali Life wins 6 Commonwealth business awards
Sonali Life Insurance has won awards in six categories at Commonwealth Partnership Summit and Business Excellence Awards for the second time, said a press release.
Thai woman jailed for 43 years for royal insult freed
A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom鈥檚 longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on Wednesday under a mass pardon marking the king鈥檚 birthday...
Nine extremists among 700 escaped inmates still in hiding
Inspector general of prisons Brigadier General Syed Md Motaher Hossain on Tuesday revealed that nine militants were among 700 inmates who remained absconding till now after a jailbreak during the past year鈥檚 political unrest.
Locking up and torturing the resistance
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa at 20 years old on Aug 3, 2025 inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison...
Sonali Bank signs deal with Kapasgola Mohila College
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with Kapasgola City Corporation Mohila College, Chattogram, said a press release...
Bob Simpson: architect of Australian cricket revival
Bob Simpson, who has died at the age of 89, was the archetypal granite-jawed comic-book Australian cricketer who opened the batting, bowled leg-spin and is still cited as the greatest slip catcher the game has seen...
Accursed fate of Palestinians in Israeli prisons
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa (20 years old) on August 3, 2025, inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison. Just months earlier, reports emerged that Israeli forces had killed another Palestinian prisoner in Megiddo, Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad (16 years old), on March 24. Both young men, boys really, had been picked up from the...
