Managers鈥� meeting held by Jamuna Bank
Jamuna Bank PLC recently organised its Managers鈥� Meeting for the Dhaka North and Mymensingh zones at a hotel in the capital...
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HONOR launches thinnest foldable phone Magic V5
HONOR has recently launched the world鈥檚 slimmest foldable phone, the Magic V5, in Bangladesh...
Roar Global to strengthen Meta in Bangladesh
Roar Global, a Meta managed partner in Bangladesh, is strengthening its presence in the market with expanded services and a continued commitment to supporting the country鈥檚 digital growth...
Xiaomi launches REDMI 15C with largest display
Mobile handset brand Xiaomi has launched its latest smartphone, Xiaomi REDMI 15C with the tagline 鈥楽omoy Ekhon Amar鈥� in Bangladesh featuring 6.9-inch biggest display in this segment and a powerful long lasting 6000mAh battery life for entertainment enthusiast...
Enforceability of labour law
IN 2013, the tragic Rana Plaza incident shook the whole country, killing thousands of workers. The tragedy turned the lives of thousands of families upside down. Structural cracks in the building were discovered the day before the incident, but factory owners made their workers come for work. Section 61 of the Labour Act, 2006, instructs that when a building is required...
Why colonial-era laws still rule
A SINGLE district police memo tells the story. The language of 鈥榩ermission first,鈥� the stress on 鈥榦rders,鈥� the presumption that authority flows in one direction: these are not quirks of one officer on one day. They are the reflexes of a legal order built to govern subjects rather than to serve citizens. Much of Bangladesh鈥檚 day-to-day criminal justice still runs on statutes...
BNP suspends Fazlur Rahman for three months
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has suspended all the party posts held by Advocate Fazlur Rahman, a member of the BNP Chairperson鈥檚 Advisory Council and a valiant freedom fighter, for three months.
BGB-BSF DG-level conference begins in Dhaka
The 56th director general-level border conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh and India鈥檚 Border Security Force began at the BGB鈥檚 Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Tax evasion soaring since 2012: survey
Tax evasion in Bangladesh witnessed a sharp increase for more than a decade, according to a Centre for Policy Dialogue survey...
Guardians demand trial of Milestone authorities, raise 9-point demand
Bereaved guardians have demanded a fair investigation and trial of the authorities of Milestone School and College in Uttara, accusing them of running illegal coaching business and not installing fire fighting equipment on the premises...
BUET students聽block Shahbagh
Bachelor of Science in engineering students, mostly from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, pressing for reforms in the recruitment and promotion system...
ROHINGYA CRISIS: 10-15 deliveries at single hospital every day
At least 10 or more Rohingya women, many underaged and malnourished, bear child every day in a single hospital at Ukhiya in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
DUCSU ELECTIONS:聽Army to be deployed as 鈥榮triking force鈥�
Members of the Bangladesh Army will be kept as 鈥榮triking force鈥� at the university鈥檚 main entrances during the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections scheduled for September 9.
Stay Fit, Stay Secure: Why Safety-First Exercise Needs a Smart Watch
In Bangladesh, a new chapter in personal safety is being written on the wrists of its citizens. Smart watches, once seen as simple gadgets for tracking fitness, have evolved.....
Bangladesh, South Korea agree to deepen tie, explore strategic partnership
Bangladesh and South Korea held the 4th round of Foreign Office Consultations in Seoul on Tuesday and agreed to deepen ties and explore strategic partnership between the two countries...
Bangladesh Bank again calls for applications for digital bank
Bangladesh Bank has once again invited applications from investors to establish the country鈥檚 first digital banks, with an aim of ensuring faster and more accessible financial services through a fully branchless model...
Foreign national held with cocaine worth Tk 130 cr at Dhaka airport
Customs intelligence officials detained a foreign national with more than eight kilograms of cocaine worth Tk 130 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Dhaka鈥檚 air again 鈥榰nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥� with AQI score of 129
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 129 at about 9:40am on Tuesday morning...
Prime Bank hosts seminar on financial inclusion, youth empowerment at EWU
The Prime Bank PLC in collaboration with the East West University and its EWU Creative Marketing Club organised a seminar titled Financial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking at the EWU in Dhaka.
Dhaka to raise border killing, push-in issues
The Border Guard Bangladesh is likely to raise different cross-border crime issues, including border killings, push-ins, and illegal intrusion, in the 56th director general-level border conference between the BGB and the Border Security Force of India, set to begin...
Malaysia denies claim of 10,000 Bangladeshi students getting passes
Malaysian higher education minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir rejected as false and baseless a claim that 10,000 Bangladeshi students in Malaysia would be granted a 鈥榞raduate pass鈥� to allow them to work in the country...
Two suspected Rohingyas detained in Sirajganj
Police have detained two suspected Rohingyas at Kamarkhand upazila in Sirajganj for their alleged attempts to obtain Bangladeshi national identity cards...
Pro-BNP RU teachers, students protest alleged irregularities in recruitment
Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed teachers and students of Rajshahi University staged a demonstration on Sunday night, protesting against alleged irregularities in the university鈥檚 teacher recruitment process...
Bangladesh joins Hope Network as 31st country
Responding to the invitation of the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Bahrain and with the aim of opening new horizons of international youth cooperation, Bangladesh has decided to join the Global Network for Youth Competitiveness, Hope Network...
BADC holds workshop on 鈥榥on-urea fertiliser import, transportation
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation organised a workshop on 鈥榥on-urea fertiliser import, transportation, storage and distribution management鈥� at the seminar room of Krishi Bhaban at the BADC headquarters in Dhaka on Monday...
BEPZA attracts 23 Chinese investors in 14 months
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority has witnessed a sharp rise in Chinese investments over the past 14 months, due to China鈥檚 shift to high-value products and the ongoing US-China tariff tensions...
Taka reaches near fair value, claims BB
Bangladesh鈥檚 currency, the taka, has finally moved close to its fair value against the US dollar, trading at a level that better reflects economic fundamentals after years of artificial overvaluation and damaging distortions...
Transactions of BFIU chief Shahinul under scrutiny
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has begun scrutinising the financial transactions of its chief, AFM Shahinul Islam, including those linked to his wife, Suma Islam, according to BFIU officials...
Semiconductor industry to get Chinese support
Bangladesh and China have taken a significant step toward advancing their cooperation in the semiconductor sector...
BGMEA makes 鈥楿nit Price鈥� entry mandatory in UD
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has urged its members to include the unit price of both imported raw materials and exportable readymade garment items when submitting utilisation declaration applications through its software, effective from September 1...