ABTI opens 30-day foundation course
Agrani Bank Training Institute on Saturday commenced a 30-day foundation course for senior officers of 166th and 167th batches, said a press release...
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Preparing for cloudburst disasters
PICTURE a tranquil afternoon in a Himalayan village. The mountains are draped in mist, the air feels crisp and the clouds seem to drift without purpose. Then, in an instant, the heavens rupture. Sheets of water cascade with an intensity that defies belief. Rivers rise like unleashed beasts, hillsides collapse, homes vanish and people flee for their lives. This is no ordinary...
Nursing students block road in Gazipur
Students of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Nursing College in Gazipur blocked Rajbari road in front of the DC office in Gazipur city on Thursday, protesting misconduct of three instructors...
ABTI closes 30-day course
Agrani Bank Training Institute on Thursday concluded its 30-day foundation course for officers (cash) 92nd and 93rd batches, said a press release...
JBPLC opens 25-day foundation training course
Janata Bank Staff College Dhaka on Monday began a 25-day foundation training course for officers of batch 10/25, said a press release...
Janata Bank begins 25-day basic course
A 25-day foundation course for officers began at Janata Bank Staff College in Dhaka on Sunday...
Spurs get Frank off to flier as Haaland sparks revamped City
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank enjoyed a 鈥榙ream鈥� home debut with a 3-0 win over Burnley, while Erling Haaland inspired new-look Manchester City's 4-0 rout of Wolves on the opening weekend of the Premier League season on Saturday.
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...
Karmasangsthan Bank organises training course
Karmasangsthan Bank organised the inauguration of the foundation training course for 40 officers, assistant officers, and data entry operators on Saturday at the bank鈥檚 head office...
Sheltech MD Tanvir completes Capstone leadership course
Tanvir Ahmed, managing director of Sheltech Group, has completed Capstone Course 2025/2 at National Defence College, Mirpur Cantonment in the capital held from July 13 to July 31...
Yasmeen Murshed laid to rest at Banani graveyard
Yasmeen Murshed, founder of Scholastica School, educator and former adviser to a caretaker government, was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka on Friday.
JBPLC opens foundation course
Janata Bank Staff College Dhaka recently began a 25-day foundation course for officers of 08/25 batch, said a press release...
Karmasangsthan Bank hosts entrepreneurship dev training
Karmasangsthan Bank鈥檚 loan and advance department on Thursday hosted an entrepreneurship development training programme at Upazila Livestock Office and Veterinary Hospital at Gouripur in Mymensingh, said a press release...
Stunning Sarr strike gives Tottenham victory over Arsenal
Pape Matar Sarr scored from the halfway line as Tottenham punished a shaky performance by Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya to win the first north London derby staged outside the UK 1-0 on Thursday.
Trump, EU chief seek deal in transatlantic tariffs standoff
US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen prepared to meet Sunday in Scotland in a push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff that is going down to the wire...
Trump, EU chief to meet today in push for deal
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet in Scotland this weekend in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff...
17th death anniv of 8th pir of Mia Shaheb's Maidan darbar on Thursday
The annual urs marking the 17th death anniversary of Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah (RA) will be held at Mia Shaheb's Maidan Darbar Sharif premises on Thursday at Luxmibazar in Dhaka.
South Korea rain kills 17
Heavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people in recent days, government records showed Sunday, while 11 remain unaccounted for in the intense downpours...
Bank Asia, BB host entrepreneurship dev training
A month-long 鈥楨ntrepreneurship Development鈥� training programme has started in Chattogram under Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme project, a joint initiative of the Bangladesh Bank and Bank Asia...
Bangladesh must embrace start-ups, tech-driven entrepreneurship
INNOVATION, automation and the rapid digitisation of life are changing economies across the world, and Bangladesh is right in the middle of that shift. Every year, more than two million young people enter the workforce here, but most find themselves up against a job market that鈥檚 shrinking in real terms. The public sector is already full, and many private sector jobs are...
Prime Bank, DU鈥檚 IBA sign deal on entrepreneurship development
Prime Bank PLC and Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka on Sunday signed an agreement, said a press release...
Month-long basic course by ABTI begins
Agrani Bank Training Institute (ABTI) has inaugurated a month-long foundation course for the 92nd and 93rd batches of cash officers...
EU chief faces parliament before confidence vote
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces a grilling from lawmakers Monday ahead of a confidence vote she expected to survive鈥攂ut which casts renewed scrutiny on her leadership...
Nation to remember martyred children of July uprising: adviser
Bangladesh interim government social welfare adviser Sharmeen S Murshid on Sunday said the nation will long remember the children and women martyred during the student-led July mass uprising in 2024 that forced the聽ouster聽of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh聽Hasina.
Crisis of false and frivolous cases
OVER the past year, an unsettling pattern has emerged in the landscape of justice. Serious criminal charges, particularly murder, assault, extortion and sedition, are filed not solely in pursuit of justice but, increasingly, as instruments of coercion, retaliation and harassment. The right to legal recourse, a fundamental pillar of any democratic society, is now at the risk of...
Aga Khan Academy students win SAEC competition
A group of students of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka won the Australian government鈥檚 Study Australia Entrepreneurship Challenge 2025 Bangladesh competition...
Highest turnover in June at bourses
The country鈥檚 stock markets on Thursday witnessed the highest turnover of the month, accompanied by a notable rise in indices and gains in the majority of listed companies...
Industrial term loan disbursements fall
Industrial term loan disbursements declined notably in the January鈥揗arch quarter of 2025 comparing with the same period in the previous year, reflecting the deepening economic crisis stemming from persistent political unrest, a volatile business climate, and ongoing distress in the banking sector...
6 agricultural entrepreneurs honoured in Naogaon
Six successful entrepreneurs in agriculture, fisheries and livestock sectors have been honoured under Agriculture Unit run with support of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation...
BTF Play-tennis Coaches Course held
The four-day BTF Play-Tennis Coaches Course, organised by the Bangladesh Tennis Federation, was held at the Ramna Tennis Complex in the city on Thursday.
