Saudi Arabia kicked off a major investment conference featuring heads of state and the global business elite on Tuesday as it seeks support for its sprawling 鈥榞igaprojects鈥� and sky-high AI ambitions...
Southeast Bank PLC has launched eight agent banking outlets to facilitate the people outside the formal banking system across the country, especially in Chapainawabganj, Gazipur, Manikganj, Barishal, Rajbari and Tangail, said a press release...
Trust Bank PLC has opened its Jolshiri branch at Jolshiri Abashon area at Rupganj in Narayanganj, said a press release...
IDCOL and chemical engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology unveiled on Monday IDCOL-DChE, BUET ICS Laboratory at BUET premises in the capital, said a press release...
American Alumni Association on Monday hosted another edition of its Brain Gain Series at United Commercial Bank PLC head office in the capital...
AB Bank PLC has organised a daylong training programme on 鈥楢nti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism鈥� for its senior officials, said a press release...
Md Rokonuzzaman has been elected president of Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the 2025-27 term, said a press release...
HSBC reported a 14 per cent drop in third-quarter pre-tax profit on Tuesday, with the banking giant鈥檚 bottom line weighed down by legal provisions related to the late Bernard Madoff鈥檚 huge investment fraud...
Bangladesh finished fourth in the CAVA Cup Men鈥檚 Volleyball after suffering a straight 3-0 set defeat to Sri Lanka in the bronze medal match at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city on Tuesday.
Iqbal Hossain took a five-for before Kalam Siddiki鈥檚 101 trumped Uzairullah Niazai鈥檚 140 as the Bangladesh Under-19 beat their Afghanistan counterparts by five runs in DLS method in the first of five-Youth ODI series at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura on Tuesday.聽
Batting, particularly that of the upper order, poses a significant concern for Bangladesh as they face West Indies in the second of the three-match T20I series at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday.
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was killed and at least eight others were injured as two factions of BNP鈥檚 youth front, Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, locked in a clash in Chattogram city early Tuesday.
A MAN lost his life October 26 after a bearing pad from Dhaka Metro Rail fell from an elevated pier, another headline, another tragedy, another moment when Bangladeshis are forced to ask themselves: Can we trust the systems built to carry us safely home?...
WHEN a nation builds, it envisions progress. Roads are not merely concrete stretches but arteries of economic mobility and public hope. Yet, when those arteries are choked by inefficiency, corruption and ignorance disguised as expertise, what emerges is not progress but paralysis. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from Gazipur to the Airport stands today...
WHEN the July Uprising swept across Bangladesh, it was the workers, the invisible pillars of the nation鈥檚 economy, who paid the highest price. They marched for justice, raised their voices for dignity and faced tear gas and bullets in the hope of change...
The Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday called for the formation of an independent committee to investigate alleged financial irregularities and administrative corruption at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.
AFTER five decades of growth driven by export-orientated manufacturing, remittances and public investment, the economic model shows signs of rising inequality, persistent unemployment and sluggish private investment. Economists, business leaders and policymakers at the Economic Reform Summit 2025 in Dhaka on October 27 unanimously emphasised structural overhaul...
A Juba Dal activist died after suffering a heart attack during a rally marking the organisation鈥檚 47th founding anniversary in Nakla upazila of Sherpur on Tuesday afternoon.
The European Union plans to deploy a large delegation of election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming national elections, scheduled for the first half of February, marking the first such mission since 2008, EU ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller said on Tuesday.
Detective on Tuesday arrested a girl allegedly for posting a derogatory video on social media about the July mass uprising and its fighters from Godagari upazila in Rajshahi...
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday Bangladesh sought extradition of Bangladesh鈥檚 former prime minister Sheikh Hasina following legal aspects and subsequent court鈥檚 order but did not get any reply from the Indian side...
The Dhaka Special Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced former Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, to life term imprisonment in an arms case...
Leaders of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector have expressed deep concern over certain provisions in the newly approved Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, particularly those related to trade union formation, calling them 鈥榠mbalanced and impractical.鈥�...
Four more people died of dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 273 this year.
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was killed and 18 others were injured in a clash between two groups of JCD and Juba Dal activists over tearing a party banner at Bakolia in Chattogram port city early Tuesday...
The cyclonic storm Montha over the Westcentral Bay and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone on Tuesday morning...
The Career Development Club of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology held the grand finale of the Intra BUFT Public Speaking Competition 2025: Who Owns the Mic at the Multipurpose Hall of BUFT in Dhaka on Monday.
The Bangladesh Rashtra Sanskar Andolan and the Ohingsa Gono Obhuthan on Monday announced month-long countywide programmes to press its four demands.
The British Council Partner Schools Teachers鈥� Recognition Award 2025 was held at Le Meridien in Dhaka on Sunday.
