IN BANGLADESH, as across much of the globe, the rapid rise of short-form video content 鈥� those tightly-edited, punchy clips accompanied by music, challenges and original skits 鈥� has come to dominate how we consume entertainment and even how we relate to one another. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have popularised these formats...
AB Bank PLC and Akij Takaful Life Insurance PLC signed an agreement under which AB Bank explored a new horizon in Islamic DPS by introducing free insurance coverage up to Tk 50 lakh for the first time for Islamic depositors...
MetLife Bangladesh has recently signed an agreement with CrossFit Assemble, said a press release.
When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant planet, the rare good news raised hopes humanity could soon learn we are not alone in the universe...
MetLife Bangladesh has settled claims worth Tk 2,895 crore in 2024, said a press release...
Premier Bank PLC has inaugurated its bancassurance business through collaboration with Life Insurance Corporation of Bangladesh and Pragati Insurance Limited, said a press release...
MetLife Bangladesh has recently organised a daylong training workshop on 鈥楶revention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing鈥� for branch managers and unit managers of MetLife鈥檚 Chattogram region, said a press release...
Pragati Life Insurance PLC has been awarded ISO 27001:2022 certification in recognition of its excellence in information security management systems, said a press release...
The Bangladesh government on Wednesday declared two ecologically significant wetlands in Rajshahi district as 鈥榃etland-Dependent Wildlife Sanctuaries鈥� for the first time...
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited managing director and chief executive officer BM Yousuf Ali has recognised as 鈥業nsurance Personality of the Year鈥� at Arthakantha Business Excellence Award 2025 for his contribution in the insurance sector, said a press release.
Brand Practitioners Bangladesh has recently organised the ACI Nutrilife Presents Health and Well-being Marketing Fest 2.0 in Dhaka...
The Annual Conference 2024 of Pragati Life Insurance PLC was held recently at Hotel Sea Palace in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, said a press release...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Anwar Hossain to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter repeatedly at Hatirjheel in Dhaka in 2022...
ILLICIT trade in wildlife, mostly native and exotic birds, especially online, worryingly continues to thrive as the authorities have almost no oversight on the matter. A dearth of human resources and technical and other logistic supports needed to stop the illegal trade in rare and endangered bird species is glaring. The Wildlife Crime Control Unit, which has only six people...
ISRAELI forces have killed more than 400 people in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including more than 100 children, according to Palestinian officials...
A Pirojpur court on Monday convicted five people and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment for shooting and killing a man during a robbery at Bhandaria in Pirojpur in 2005...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday convicted three men and sentenced them to life term in jail in a case filed over the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka...
Excellent Ceramics Group has recently signed a contract with MetLife Bangladesh to receive insurance facilities for their employees, said a press release...
The former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique, is currently on life support at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in Dhaka.
BRAC Bank has partnered with ShareTrip, a travel and lifestyle company, to provide exclusive benefits to its premium banking senior customers...
UCEP Bangladesh and MetLife Foundation have jointly launched Aponjon, a program aimed at training and certifying 1,000 caregivers in Bangladesh...
A court in India鈥檚 western resort state of Goa sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison on Monday for raping and murdering an Irish tourist eight years ago...
MetLife Bangladesh has expanded its 鈥極ne by MetLife鈥� app (formerly 360Health) beyond Android to iOS and web portals...
Families of the victims of the February 25-26, 2009 rebellion in the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles on Wednesday urged not to release death row and life term convicts in murder case without applying law properly...
Cameroon president Paul Biya, the world鈥檚 oldest head of state, turns 92 years old on Thursday after more than four decades in power but remains tight-lipped on whether he will run for another term in elections this year...
A Tangail court on Sunday sentenced two persons to life term imprisonment and acquitted 10 others in a case over the murder of Awami League leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed around 12 years ago...
Students, teachers and officials of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University celebrated on Saturday as the university was ranked as the top university in Bangladesh in the Life Sciences category of Times Higher Education rankings 2025...
MetLife Bangladesh has settled Tk 2,895 crore taka claims in 2024, said a press release...
THE idea of a ceasefire is as old as the idea of war. In old records, one reads of halts in firing for humans to eat or sleep. Rules of combat developed out of an understanding that both sides had to rest or refresh themselves. Sometimes, this understanding included the lives of animals...
A discussion titled 鈥楻ole of Popular Life in employment, poverty alleviation and economic development of the country鈥� was held at the International Mother Language Institute Auditorium at Segunbagicha in Dhaka...