Trump鈥檚 UK visit lands AI, pharma, nuclear pledges
President Donald Trump鈥檚 state visit to the UK has delivered pledges from US tech giants to invest a combined $42 billion to help drive Britain鈥檚 AI sector...
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Bangladesh Commerce Bank celebrates 26th anniv
Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited recently celebrated its 26th anniversary at its head office, said a press release...
Adviser, China envoy visit Premier Bank pavilion at BRI expo
Premier Bank set up a pavilion at the two-day 鈥楤elt and Road Initiative in Bangladesh Exhibition 2025,鈥� said a press release...
UK inflation stable ahead of central bank rate call
British inflation was unchanged in August, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling expectations that the Bank of England will not cut interest rates again at its meeting this week...
British drugs giant GSK vows $30b US investment
British pharmaceutical group GSK plans to invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years, it announced Wednesday as President Donald Trump began a UK state visit...
NRB Bank hosts prog on Cashless Bangladesh initiative
NRB Bank PLC, as lead bank, organised a two-day seminar, campaign, and roadshow titled 鈥楥ashless Bangladesh鈥� at different venues in Cumilla, including Cumilla University and Victoria College...
BRAC Bank leads Cashless Bangladesh prog in Rajshahi
The Bangladesh Bank began a two-day seminar on Cashless Bangladesh Initiative in Rajshahi on Wednesday, with BRAC Bank serving as the lead bank, to promote digital transactions and enhance financial awareness...
TECNO to launch POVA Series
Global innovative technology brand TECNO is set to launch its POVA series on the Bangladeshi market, said a press release...
Dhaka Bank, Rancon Motors sign deal
Dhaka Bank PLC and Rancon Motors Limited, the authorised general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Bangladesh, recently entered into a strategic partnership, said a press release...
NCC Bank signs deal with FinCoach Bangladesh
NCC Bank PLC has entered into a strategic partnership with FinCoach Bangladesh Limited, an online financial marketplace, to enhance customer access to deposit products, retail and SME loan products through digital platforms...
60 students from Dhaka get Sonali Bank scholarship
Sonali Bank PLC on Tuesday awarded scholarship to 60 students from Dhaka district during a scholarship award ceremony held at the bank鈥檚 head office, said a press release...
Southeast Bank holds 30th AGM
Southeast Bank PLC on Wednesday held its 30th annual general meeting on digital platform, said a press release...
Arif becomes EPB vice-chair (chief executive)
Mohammad Hasan Arif on Monday assumed position of vice-chairman (chief executive) of the Export Promotion Bureau, said a press release...
Experts stress stronger village courts to ensure grassroots justice
Justice sector experts on Wednesday called for raising public awareness to strengthen village courts for resolving minor disputes at the local level.
Poison killed Putin critic Navalny, wife says
The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024...
German suspect in Madeleine McCann case freed from prison
The top suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal was freed from a German prison on Wednesday, an AFP journalist at the scene reported...
Nasum ensures Tigers live another day
There could be debate around team selection and questions over Bangladesh鈥檚 batting approach against Afghanistan in their Group B match at the Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, but Nasum Ahmed ensured they lived another day to deal with all those...
Aminul hopes Tigers will make it
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul on Wednesday hoped that the national team wouldn鈥檛 have to come back to Bangladesh before the Afghanistan series following the ongoing Asia Cup in the UAE...
Bangladesh, China celebrate friendship with women鈥檚 friendly
Bangladesh and China are celebrating five decades of diplomatic relations with a special women鈥檚 football friendly match at the National Stadium, Dhaka, on Saturday...
PSG in audacious bid to sign Barca鈥檚 Putellas
Paris Saint-Germain鈥檚 women鈥檚 team have made an offer for Barcelona鈥檚 Alexia Putellas and are 鈥榠n discussion鈥� with the two-time Ballon d鈥橭r winner, AFP learned on Wednesday from a source close to the negotiations...
A new chapter for Sri Lanka
SRI Lanka has reasons to be satisfied with the response it is receiving from the international community. Three international monitoring bodies have chosen to give the government good reports. The first was the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance based in Sweden. Its Global State of Democracy Index for 2025 saw Sri Lanka jump 15 places since...
Khaleda Zia and the enduring paradox of Bangladeshi politics 鈥� III
THE years following Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 return to power in 2009 marked not merely a political shift but the construction of an entirely new order. What appeared at first as a democratic mandate soon revealed itself as a project of consolidation 鈥� an appropriation of state institutions into the service of dynastic authority. Bureaucracy and the armed forces, traditionally...
When watchdogs become wolves
WHEN the nation鈥檚 anti-graft watchdog itself becomes synonymous with corruption, the damage goes far beyond individual scandals 鈥� it strikes at the moral core of accountability in Bangladesh. As 抖阴精品 reported on September 14, 2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission has disciplined 244 of its own officials over the past 17 years for taking bribes, extorting...
Regulatory failure keeps risky vehicles on road
AN INCREASING number of illegally modified covered vans plying the road is another example of a regulatory failure in the transport sector. A Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report shows that 23.33 per cent of the road accidents in 2024 involved covered vans, trucks and pickups. The modified bodies of the vehicles, usually illegal extensions in length and width...
Community Bank, Bangladesh Services sign strategic partnership for Balaka Executive Lounge access
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Bangladesh Services Limited, says a press release.
China invites Bangladesh to join Global Governance Initiative
China has said Bangladesh is welcome to participate in cooperation under the framework of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), together with other nations to help build a more just and equitable global governance system...
Bangladesh interim govt chief to leave Dhaka Sept 22 for UNGA
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka on September 22 for New York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where he is scheduled to deliver Bangladesh鈥檚 national statement and hold a series of high-level bilateral meetings.
United post sixth straight annual loss despite record revenues
Manchester United on Wednesday reported an annual net loss for the sixth consecutive year despite record revenues of 拢666.5 million ($910 million).
IUB, Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka holds seminar on workplace harassment
Independent University, Bangladesh and Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka jointly organised a seminar titled Workplace Harassment of Women at the DMK Lecture Gallery of IUB on September 13, 2025, said a press release...
Hasina鈥檚 2 more bank lockers seized
The National Board of Revenue intelligence cell seized two lockers belonging to the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at Agrani Bank on Wednesday...