Experts call for modernising Companies Act
Experts called for an urgent update to the Companies Act 1994, citing the existing law inadequate for the needs of a modern economy...
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Steady supply, strong stocks keep rice market stable
Bangladesh is unlikely to face any rice shortage during the 2025鈥�26 fiscal year as projected demand and supply will remain well balanced, according to an official document...
BSCPLC reaches 4 terabits bandwidth
State-owned Bangladesh Submarine Cable PLC has marked a significant milestone by surpassing 4 terabits per second in international bandwidth (real-time internet traffic) transmission...
Trump orders firing of key US official
President Donald Trump said Friday he has ordered the firing of a key economic official, accusing her of manipulating employment data for political reasons after a new report showed cracks in the US jobs market...
Political movement stressed for fair water sharing
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday called on the political parties to continue their movements to ensure for Bangladesh a fair share of water of the common rivers with India.
Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to Syria
Turkey on Saturday turned on a supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria, whose infrastructure was ravaged by civil war, with annual deliveries expected to reach up to two billion cubic metres...
People may rise up again if democratic transition delayed: BNP
Senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Abdul Moyeen Khan on Saturday warned that if the transition to democracy聽was delayed further, the people of Bangladesh would rise up again.
Global stocks fall sharply
Stock markets dived Friday following weak US jobs data that raised doubts about the world鈥檚 biggest economy as president Donald Trump moves forward with additional tariffs...
ONE Bank opens 50th sub-branch
ONE Bank PLC on Thursday opened its 50th sub-branch at Shafipur Bazar, Kaliakair in Gazipur under its Ganakbari (EPZ) Branch, said a press release...
CA urged to take action to implement health sector reform proposals
Public health experts, mostly members of the health reform commission, in an open letter to the chief adviser on Saturday demanded immediate actions to implement reform proposals and to incorporate those into the 鈥楯uly Charter鈥�.
Banglalink, bKash partner to boost connectivity,聽data services
Banglalink has entered into a strategic partnership with bKash to enhance customer convenience through integrated digital services, said a press release...
Agrani Bank holds review meeting
A business review meeting of Agrani Bank Dhaka Circle 2 and Main Branch was held to review the business of the main branch and the zones corporates and branches under the jurisdiction Agrani Bank Dhaka Circle 2...
Standard Bank holds 415th board meeting
Standard Bank PLC on July 31 held its 415th board meeting at its head office in the capital, said a press release...
NRBC Bank鈥檚 Cumilla Zone holds town hall meeting
A town hall meeting was held at NRBC Bank鈥檚 Comilla Zone on Friday at a hotel in Feni, said a press release...
NALA launched to ease remittance inflow
NALA, a US-based financial services company, has recently launched its services in Bangladesh aiming to simplify sending remittances to the country, said a press release...
Colombian ex-president Uribe gets 12yrs鈥� house arrest
A Colombian judge on Friday sentenced still-powerful former president Alvaro Uribe to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined Colombian politics for a generation.
US deports 39 Bangladeshis for alleged illegal stay
The United States authorities on Saturday deported at least 39 Bangladeshis, including a woman, by a special flight on the allegation of staying in that country illegally.
Brazilians burn Trump effigies as tariffs spark anger
Brazilians set fire to effigies of Donald Trump in protests across several cities Friday, denouncing the US president鈥檚 politically motivated trade tariffs.
European Court of Justice challenges authority of sports court CAS
The European Court of Justice said on Friday national courts must be permitted to carry out detailed reviews of arbitral awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Rafi, Annie fail to improve timing in 50m events
Bangladesh鈥檚 swimmers Samiul Islam Rafi and Annie Akter failed to improve timings in their respective men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 50 metre backstroke freestyle events in the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Saturday.
Butler & Co off to Laos
The Bangladesh women鈥檚 under-20 football team reached Laos on Saturday for their Group H qualifying matches of the AFC U-20 Women鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers.
Many cricketers aspiring coaching: Bashar聽
A lot of former and current players have shown interest in taking up coaching as a career, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board鈥檚 programme coordinator of the game development, Habibul Bashar, on Saturday.聽
Building power for Palestine, a new world order
A COALITION of cross-regional states met in Bogot谩, Colombia in mid-July to discuss measures to disrupt Israel鈥檚 genocide of Palestinians. The subsequent commitments by some of those governments to end all material support to Israel and to uphold international law is an important development not just to end the genocide, but to counter the relentless militarism...
Cut in global funding in education
A SIGNIFICANT number of underprivileged children continue to suffer from what is now recognised as learning poverty 鈥� particularly in developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills 鈥� despite the government鈥檚 considerable annual investment in primary education through the Primary Education Development Programme and additional efforts by...
Public film-making on a broken reel
THE Film Development Corporation, once the heartbeat of cinematic culture, now stands as a hollowed-out relic of its past. Established in 1957 and revitalised after independence in 1971, the corporation had flourished for decades as the nation鈥檚 premier film production hub. Since the early 2000s, this state-run institution has, however, suffered gradual disuse, bureaucratic...
Gains in US tariff can only be evaluated in light of offers
THE reciprocal tariff that the United States has finally, after three rounds of negotiations in July, imposed on goods import from Bangladesh at 20 per cent, lowered from 35 per cent that the United States on July 8 announced, is viewed as something that has brought about short-term relief. The tariff came into effect on August 1, making Bangladeshi exporters pay a 20 per cent...
Bodies of 2 Bangladeshis found in Padma River
The disfigured bodies two Bangladeshis, reportedly burned with acid, were recovered from the Padma River along the Masudpur border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday, triggering fresh outrage over...
4 dead as train聽 bumps into auto-rickshaw at Ramu
At least four people, including three from a family, were killed as a train rammed a CNG-powered autorickshaw at a level crossing in the Rashidnagar area at Ramu in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday.
FinExcel hosts training programme on project management for banking professionals
Financial Excellence Limited, an organisation for professional training, skill development and advisory services for the financial sector, had organised a two-day training programme on project management on August 2 and August 3 at Hotel Lake Castle of Gulshan-2 in Dhaka, said a press release on Saturday...
Kidnapped minor boy rescued in Bandarban; one arrested
Police in a drive rescued a seven-year-old boy from a remote area in Bandarban district on Friday after he was kidnapped on Wednesday...