Anxious residents re-emerge after Mali jihadist attacks
People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian...
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5-day hilly fruit fair begins
Chattogram hill tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Wednesday said that a hub of hill fruits would be set up in the capital to make the fruits available for city people...
AIB remittance campaign winners get prizes
Al-Arafah Islami Bank on Wednesday organised a prize-giving ceremony for its Eid-ul-Azha Remittance Campaign 2025, said a press release...
Global Islami Bank opens 3 sub-branches
Global Islami Bank on Wednesday opened three sub-branches at Bhuiyar Hat in Noakhali, Islamia Madrasa in Chattogram and Tarakanda in Mymensingh, said a press release...
NRBC Bank holds audit committee meeting
NRBC Bank PLC on Tuesday held the 62nd meeting of its audit committee, said a press release...
4 NBR officials sent into retirement
The government on Wednesday sent three members and a commissioner of the National Board of Revenue into retirement in the aftermath of protests by NBR officials over revenue sector reforms...
48th BCS written exam on July 18
The 48th BCS, special, written examination, MCQ type, will be held on July 18...
38 named in charge sheet for lawyer Alif murder
The Chattogram police on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet against 38 individuals with Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari named as the key accused in the lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case...
Head teacher tied to pole, assaulted over land dispute
The police on Monday arrested two people for their alleged involvement in assaulting a headmaster of a school by tying him to a pole over a land dispute in the Dastidar Bazar area under Satkania upazila in Chattogram...
Violence against women rises: PCJSS report
The number of incidents of human rights violation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts鈥攃overing Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban districts鈥攕lightly decreased in the first half of 2025, with 103 incidents reported, compared with 107 incidents during the same period last year, according to a half-yearly report by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti...
Ctg port handles record 32.96 lakh containers in FY25
Chattogram Port, the country鈥檚 prime seaport, handled a record 32,96,067 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers in the just concluded 2024-25 financial year, posting a growth of 4 per cent from that of 31,68,690 TEUs in FY24. It set a new record in container handling, said the official data...
Remittances cross $30b for first time in a year
Remittance inflow crossed the $30 billion mark for the first time in a single fiscal year, reaching $30.32 billion in FY2024鈥�25 (July鈥揓une)...
Govt to procure 1.1 lakh tonnes fertilser, 5 more LNG cargos
The Advisory Council Committee on government purchase in a meeting on Tuesday approved separate proposals to import 1.1 lakh tonnes of fertiliser at a cost of around 850 crore...
National Bank launches 鈥楿ttoron鈥� campaign
National Bank PLC on Tuesday launched a campaign titled 鈥楿ttoron 鈥� Rise Again, Rise with Trust鈥� as part of its initiatives for deposit mobilisation, consumer financing and credit card services, said a press release...
9th anniversary of Holey Artisan Bakery attack observed on July 1
The 9th anniversary of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack, the deadliest night of terror in the country鈥檚 history that left 22 people dead, is being commemorated on Tuesday...
Man jailed for 10 years for attempted child rape in Hatirjheel
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Md Shukur Ali Sheikh, 35, to 10-year imprisonment in a case lodged over the attempted rape of a six-year-old child in the city鈥檚 Hatirjheel area in 2021...
Large-cap scrips drive stocks down
Country鈥檚 both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange on Monday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
Southeast Bank opens CEPZ branch
Southeast Bank PLC has recently inaugurated its 136th branch at Commercial Complex, Chattogram EPZ, said a press release...
200 sued, 8 held for attacking police in Habiganj
Eight people were arrested on early Sunday morning in a case filed in the incident of snatching an accused after attacking the police at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj...
Zelensky signs decree to exit anti-landmine treaty
Ukraine鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website...
Netanyahu 鈥榤ust go鈥�: ex-Israeli PM Bennett
Israel鈥檚 prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has told a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country鈥檚 longest-serving leader in an election...
Remittances $2.54b in June
Bangladesh鈥檚 remittance inflow has witnessed 7.1 percent year-on-year growth, reaching $2.54 billion in the first 28 days of June...
Indonesia begins $5.9b EV battery project despite environment fears
Indonesia broke ground Sunday on a $5.9 billion megaproject for EV battery production backed by Chinese giant CATL, despite NGOs raising concerns over a lack of environmental guarantees...
Dhaka, Ctg stocks rise
Both Dhaka and Chattogram stock markets began the week on Sunday with index gains and a majority of share prices rising, although Chattogram saw a drop in turnover despite the upward trend...
AL leader arrested in Ctg over attack on Mirza Fakhrul鈥檚 motorcade
The police on Saturday arrested a fugitive accused from Chattogram city鈥檚 Pahartali area in the case filed over the attack on BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir鈥檚 motorcade in 2017...
Baatighar owner Dipankar interrogated in July case
Police on Saturday quizzed Dipankar Das, owner of well-known bookstore Baatighar, in connection with a case filed over an attack on a student-led demonstration against discrimination in Chattogram in July past year...
CUET holds first-ever TEDxCUET
The Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held its first international TEDx licensed event TEDxCUET with the theme 鈥榬esilience: rising beyond limits鈥� at the central auditorium of CUET in Chattogram on Saturday...
Acquisition of skills can ensure attractive job at home, abroad: NU VC
Vice-chancellor of the National University, Professor ASM Amanullah, on Saturday said that only through timely acquisition of skills could students ensure good and attractive job opportunities in the country and abroad and a way to earn more foreign currency...
6 Israelis held for attacking soldiers in West Bank
Six Israelis were detained for assaulting soldiers near a town in the occupied West Bank where clashes with Palestinians erupted earlier this week, the military said on Saturday...
16 soldiers killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, local government officials and police officers told AFP...