MetLife settles Tk 1,396cr in claims in H1
MetLife Bangladesh has settled claims worth Tk 1,396 crore in the first six months, or January-June period of 2025...
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Good Neighbors Bangladesh to get MetLife services
MetLife Bangladesh has recently signed an agreement with Good Neighbors Bangladesh, said a press release...
Forest department rescues 50 wild birds in Mirpur-1
The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the forest department on Friday rescued 50 wild birds from different pet shops and kitchen market areas of Mirpur-1 in Dhaka.
Significant declines in some species after deep-sea mining: research
Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday...
Meghna Life offers 15pc cash dividend
The Meghna Life Insurance board of directors has recommended 15 per cent cash dividend for the year ended December 31, 2024...
56 life-term prisoners freed after serving 20yrs
The government has released 56 life term awarded prisoners upon completion of 20 years in imprisonment...
Climate crisis threatening right to life: UN
The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the UN human rights chief warned Monday, as a heatwave roasted southern Europe...
Sandhani Life hosts training on selling skills
Sandhani Life Insurance Company Limited recently hosted a training on 鈥楩undamental Selling Skills,鈥� said a press release.
Popular Life wins prize for drug abuse prevention initiatives
Popular Life Insurance Company Limited on Thursday won the first prize for its initiatives against drug abuse, said a press release...
4 individuals, organisations to get National Wildlife Conservation Award 2025
In recognition of outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation and research, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officially nominated two individuals and two organisations in four categories for the National Wildlife Conservation Award 2025, said a press release...
Xiaomi Technologies to get insurance services from MetLife
Xiaomi Technologies Bangladesh Private Limited has recently penned an agreement with MetLife Bangladesh to provide insurance benefits to its employees, said a press release...
Guardian Life, French embassy sign deal
Guardian Life Insurance Limited has recently signed an agreement with the France embassy in Bangladesh, said a press release...
Reel world: performing life, losing living
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, Akij Takaful sign deal
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 clients to get benefits at CrossFit Assemble
MetLife Bangladesh has recently signed an agreement with CrossFit Assemble, said a press release.
Claim of life on distant planet questioned
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 settles Tk 2,895cr in claims in 2024
MetLife Bangladesh has settled claims worth Tk 2,895 crore in 2024, said a press release...
Premier Bank鈥檚 bancassurance service launched
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 hosts training on money laundering prevention
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 gets ISO 27001:2022 certification
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...
Bangladesh declares 2 wetlands as wildlife sanctuaries
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...
Yousuf wins Arthakantha award
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.
Health, well-being marketing fest held
Brand Practitioners Bangladesh has recently organised the ACI Nutrilife Presents Health and Well-being Marketing Fest 2.0 in Dhaka...
Pragati Life holds confce
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...
Man gets life imprisonment for raping stepdaughter
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Anwar Hossain to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter repeatedly at Hatirjheel in Dhaka in 2022...
In early need of oversight on illicit trade in birds online
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...
Netanyahu bombing Gaza again to save political life
ISRAELI forces have killed more than 400 people in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including more than 100 children, according to Palestinian officials...
5 jailed for life term for 2005 murder
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...
Three get life in prison for raping teenage girl
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...