The overall Purchasing Managers鈥� Index of Bangladesh declined by 3.2 points in August, reaching聽a slower expansion rate at 58.3, according to the latest PMI index published jointly by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Policy Exchange Bangladesh on Sunday...
ONE Bank PLC recently organised valedictory and certificate distribution ceremony of its one month-long training on 鈥楨ntrepreneurship Development Programme,鈥� said a press release...
Prime Bank PLC has entered into a strategic partnership with real estate company JCX Developments Limited, said a press release...
Weak US jobs data cemented expectations of an interest rate cut later this month on Friday, but stocks slid on worries about the economic outlook and profit-taking...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed strong opposition to a proposed amendment to the Representation of the People Order, which, seeks to change the rules for alliance elections by requiring candidates to contest using their own party鈥檚 symbol rather than a common alliance symbol.
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...
Trust Bank PLC and the Bangladesh Bank signed a bilateral participation agreement to implement Tk 500-crore Start-up Refinancing Fund, aimed at nurturing innovative entrepreneurs and supporting new business ventures in Bangladesh...
NCC Bank PLC received the honour of runner-up in risk management category at the 鈥�3rd ICC Emerging Asia Banking Conclave & Awards 2025鈥� organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, said a press release...
Reiterating that the national election must be held within the first half of February next year, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said 鈥榥o force on earth鈥� can obstruct it.
Daraz Bangladesh is launching 鈥�9.9 Anniversary Mega Sale鈥� today to celebrate its anniversary, said a press release...
Uber introduced the Uber One Membership Programme, tailored specifically for riders, in Bangladesh on Sunday for the first time, said a press release.
THE Chinese government launched its global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative鈥櫬� on September 7, 2013. The project is also known as One Belt, One Road. The 鈥榖elt鈥� refers to the Silk Road economic belt, a network of overland road and railway routes connecting nations. The 鈥榬oad鈥� refers to the 21st century Maritime Silk Road, a series of shipping lanes and...
PLANNING for life after retirement is no longer a luxury but a necessity. As Bangladesh sees rising life expectancy and the expansion of its middle class, the central question has shifted: will today鈥檚 savings be enough for tomorrow? Retirement planning is not merely about setting money aside; it is about knowing how to save, when to save and how much to save...
EIGHT years after the mass flight from Myanmar, roughly a million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh, concentrated in 33 hyper-dense camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, with additional families relocated to the government-built settlement on Bhasan Char. The scale and duration of displacement, coupled with dwindling aid, have shifted the situation from a temporary...
A GROUP of people said to be connected to diverse Islamist parties and groups on September 5 attacked a shrine, known as Nura Paglar Darbar, at Goalanda in Rajbari. The attackers vandalised the shrine, exhumed the body of Nura Pagla, whose given name is Nurul Haque Molla, who died on August 23 and was buried in a grave on raised ground, and burnt it. The clash...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday directed authorities to hold the Bangladesh Civil Service examination at a fixed time each year following the official calendar, ensuring full transparency in the process.
Intishar Mostafa Chowdhury and Foayej Ahammed Peash, two alumni of Independent University, Bangladesh, have been selected in the final 14-member squad of the Bangladesh National Futsal Team for the upcoming AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers in Malaysia.
Bangladesh T20 captain Liton said their 鈥榰ltimate dream鈥� would be to go all the way in the Asia Cup as the Tigers left for the UAE to take part in Asia鈥檚 biggest cricket extravaganza on Sunday.
Election commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker on Sunday claimed that no uncertainty is there over the 13th Bangladesh national elections and the atmosphere is fully favourable for the polls.
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 135 this year...
Inflation in Bangladesh in August 2025 marked the lowest in more than three years, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics released on Sunday.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka overpowered Amanda Anisimova to defend her US Open crown on Saturday, defeating her American rival in straight sets to clinch the fourth Grand Slam title of her career.
Japan鈥檚 prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he would step down after less than a year in power, during which he lost his majority in both houses of parliament.
Adviser to the primary and mass education ministry Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Sunday said that they were considering reducing the number of holidays for primary level educational institutions...
A total of 22.1 per cent people in Bangladesh remained illiterate till now, said the officials of primary and mass education ministry officials on Sunday...
A khatib (who leads Jummah prayers) was hacked to death inside his own home in Bhola town on Saturday night...
Veteran left politician, author and Jatiya Mukti Council president Badruddin Umar died in a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday.
The Hathazari upazila administration on Sunday held a 鈥榩eace鈥� meeting between representatives of qawmi madrassah students and Sunni groups after violent clashes in Chattogram鈥檚 Hathazari left more than a hundred people injured on Saturday over a Facebook post...
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed concern and condemned the incident of Nura Pagla鈥檚 body after being exhumed from the grave and burnt in Goalanda in Rajbari...
Environment, forest and climate change affairs adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said that Dhaka would survive if its water bodies were restored and protected...