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.
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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.
Saifuzzaman鈥檚 6 flats, building, market to be seized: court
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize six apartments worth Tk 7.42 crore belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury in different areas of Chattogram.
3 cops injured in mob attack in Sylhet, 8 held
A mob injured three police personnel and damaged a vehicle early Saturday when the police tried to rescue a youth confined by local people at Pirerbazar of the Shah Paran police station in Sylhet city...
Narsingdi ASP attacked after detaining extortionists
Narsingdi Sadar Circle additional superintendent of Police Anwar Hossain was seriously injured in an attack by the accomplices of extortionists who had been detained by the police on Saturday...
BRAC Bank partners with VeloxPays
BRAC Bank has partnered with VeloxPays Pty Ltd, a new remittance service provider, to deliver an app-based remittance experience for wage earners in Bangladesh...
15 people injured as bus overturns inside Karnaphuli Tunnel
At least 15 passengers were injured after a bus lost control and overturned inside the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Chattogram on Saturday...
Dismissed, OSD employees of IBBL block Dhaka-Ctg highway
Dismissed officials and those made officers-on-special-duty of Islami Bank Bangladesh on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Faujdarhat in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, demanding reinstatement, withdrawal of OSD orders and the cancellation of conditional assessment tests...
Meeting set with candidates, students on CUCSU polls
The Election Commission has decided to hold a meeting with candidates and interested students to discuss issues concerning the upcoming Chattogram University Central Student Union elections...
Vinicius, Rodrygo back in Ancelotti's Brazil squad
Real Madrid duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo were recalled to the Brazil squad by coach Carlo Ancelotti on Wednesday for upcoming friendlies against South Korea and Japan.
Fisherman killed in crocodile attack in Sundarbans
The body of a fisherman was recovered on Tuesday night after being attacked by a crocodile while he was catching fishes in the Sundarbans...
FFWC issues flash flood warning in Chattogram, six other districts
Flash floods are likely to hit seven districts 鈥� Feni, Chattogram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Sherpur, Netrakona and Mymensingh 鈥� as major rivers continue swelling due to heavy to very heavy rainfall in the Dhaka, Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions of Bangladesh, as well as in upstream regions of India鈥檚 Tripura and Assam states...
Ansar-VDP DG visits Uttara Temple
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence聽 Party director general Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud visited Uttara Sarbajanin Temple in the capital on Wednesday...
Harvard to run trade schools under upcoming deal: Trump
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration was close to reaching a $500 million financial settlement with Harvard under which the elite academic institution would operate trade schools...
Increased tariffs come into effect Oct 15
Increased tariffs on 23 out of the 52 services at the Chattogram port, the lifeline of the country鈥檚 trade, will come into effect on October 15 amid businesses鈥� opposition to the steep hikes in charges...
Shahjalal Islami Bank holds 89th meeting of Shari鈥檃h Supervisory Committee
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC held the 89th meeting of its Shari鈥檃h Supervisory Committee at the bank鈥檚 Corporate Head Office on September 24...
Mahmudul leads Ctg鈥檚 perfect run
Mahmudul Hasan struck his second half-century to help Chattogram thrash Barishal by eight wickets and maintain their perfect run in the ongoing NCL T20 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday...
Govt services for migrant labour must improve
REMITTANCE earnings of migrant workers significantly contribute to the economy. Yet, government services for them remain inadequate and unsatisfactory. In a multi-stakeholder consultation meeting in Dhaka on September 30, civic groups called on the government to improve its labour migration services. The government agencies, mainly the Bureau of Manpower...
Supradip visits puja mandaps in Rangamati
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser and former ambassador Supradip Chakma visited several puja mandaps in Rangamati district town and exchanged greetings with the organisers, visitors and devotees Monday night...
CPA, Navy sign MoU for hydrographic survey
The Chattogram Port Authority and the Bangladesh Navy inked a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct joint hydrographic activities on Monday...
Youth crushed under train in Ctg
A youth lost his life Tuesday morning after being struck by a train at Middle Sonapahar BSRM gate in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram...
Israeli attacks kill 41 in Gaza, Hamas reviews Trump鈥檚 plan
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency and hospitals said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 41 people across the territory, including 17 near an aid distribution centre...
Protests at Khagrachari rape, attack continue
Socio-political organisations and citizens on Tuesday continued to protest against the rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachari and subsequent eruption of violence killing at least three national minority people there...
LC openings for imports increase in July-Aug
The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports picked up modestly in July鈥揂ugust of the current fiscal year, hinting at a gradual recovery in trade after months of political turmoil and economic disruption...
Tech-based initiatives stressed to boost remittance inflow
Money Transfer Operators and bankers have emphasised the need to embrace next-generation technologies to boost remittance inflows, as expatriates prioritise low-cost, secure, and instant money transfers to their families in Bangladesh...
Rupali Bank collects $1 billion remittance
State-owned Rupali Bank PLC has achieved the milestone of $1 billion in foreign remittance collection for the first time in the calendar year...
BNP warns of broader conspiracies behind CHT tensions
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday expressed concern over the ongoing tension in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, alleging that the unrest was part of a broader conspiracy to destabilise the country.
Chattogram poses no threat to anyone
ON SEPTEMBER 25, an article, titled 鈥業s Chittagong port becoming a danger to India鈥檚 eastern borders?鈥�, was published in India Today, the most widely circulated Indian news magazine. The article claims that the port of Chattogram, Bangladesh鈥檚 principal seaport located in its southeast along the Bay of Bengal, poses 鈥榬eal risks鈥� to India owing to supposedly growing...
Justice is first step towards peace in the CHT
THE violence leading to deaths, injuries and destruction of houses and businesses of national minority communities in Khagrachari is a consequence of ethnically biased state policies towards the national minorities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, an issue that successive governments left unattended. On September 28, at least three Marma youths were killed and several...
Farakka Committee urges alarm over successive floods, drought in the Teesta Basin
The International Farakka Committee on Monday urged the government of Bangladesh to raise alarm over the issue of repeated floods and drought in the country鈥檚 Teesta Basin due to control of the river鈥檚 flow in India...
