Business leaders call for extension of loan repayment period
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has urged Bangladesh Bank to extend the loan repayment period for defaulters from three months to nine months...
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All-women Himalayan expedition team honoured
The first ever Bangladeshi all-women team that had recently made an expedition to Himalayan peaks was honoured at Liberation War Museum on January 23....
Capacity charge set to soar to Tk 38,000cr
The power sector fixed cost is set to reach Tk 38,000 crore in the current financial year of 2024鈥�25 as installed power generation capacity keeps growing amidst rather a static demand.聽
Govt should, rather, improve public industry management
FOUR state-run corporations having counted Tk 282.38 billion in losses in 28 years is a glaring example of inefficiency and mismanagement. The mismanagement in two corporations, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation and the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation, resulted in the closure of 31 mills during the third tenure, 2019鈥�2024, of the...
4 SoEs in Bangladesh count Tk聽28,238cr in losses in 28 years
Four state-run corporations incurred losses of about Tk聽28,238 crore in the past 28 years mainly because of inefficient operation forcing the successive governments to close down 37 mills and factories of the corporations in the period.
Mass Uprising Day today
The historic 鈥楳ass Uprising Day鈥�, commemorating the 1969鈥檚 movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, will be observed on Friday in a befitting manner...
Trump orders 1,500 extra troops to US-Mexico border
US president Donald Trump ordered 1,500 more military personnel to the border with Mexico as part of a flurry of steps to tackle immigration, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday...
TRUMP POLICY SHIFTS: Bangladesh treads tightropes
THE Trump presidency has significantly shaped the trajectory of US-Bangladesh relations, departing from traditional diplomacy and ushering in a transactional foreign policy approach. Under Trump鈥檚 leadership, US foreign policy pivoted away from multilateral engagements, focusing instead on bilateral dealings driven by immediate strategic interests...
INCREASING INTERN ALLOWANCE: SAU vet students continue class boycott
The veterinary faculty students of Sylhet Agricultural University staged demonstrations for the second day on Wednesday boycotting academic activities to press home their five-point demand, including enhancement of an intern鈥檚 monthly allowance to Tk 20,000 from Tk 9,000...
KSA-bound passengers stage demo over vaccine crisis
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-bound migrants and those intending to perform Umrah staged demonstration in Dhaka on Tuesday after failing to receive mandatory meningitis vaccination to travel the Middle East country...
Abahani, Rahmatganj reach 2nd round
Abahani Limited and Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society advanced to the second round of the Federation Cup from Group B following their identical 3-0 wins over Fakirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club and Chittagong Abahani on Tuesday.
ACC sues former AL MP Bahar, ex-Cumilla city mayor Tahseen
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed three cases against former Awami League lawmaker for Cumilla-6 constituency AKM Bahauddin Bahar, his wife Meherunessa, and their daughter and former Cumilla City Corporation mayor Tahseen Bahar Shuchona on charges of amassing illegal wealth...
Trump sworn in for 2nd term
Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term as president on Monday, pledging a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars as he caps his extraordinary comeback...
Expecting a consensus over 鈥楯uly Declaration鈥� by early Feb: Professor Yunus
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said he expected the political parties to reach a consensus over the 鈥楯uly Declaration鈥� by early February.
Bangladesh interim govt chief urges Argentina to boost bilateral cooperation
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged Argentina to build on the emotional footballing ties that Bangladesh had with the country to increase bilateral cooperation in different fields, including trade...
Bi-nationals should have no place in public, political administration
THIS is a welcome move that the Anti-Corruption Commission, which has found that some public servants have secretly obtained dual citizenship and used their foreign passports to conceal their illegal wealth and to syphon money abroad, has begun an inquiry to find out public servants having dual citizenship. The commission, as part of the inquiry, wrote...
AB Bank unveils operation manual
AB Bank PLC unveiled the revised 鈥極perations Manual鈥� at AB Bank鈥檚 head office in the capital Dhaka on January 19, according to a press release...
Trump administration plans mass immigrant arrests Tuesday
US immigration authorities will carry out mass arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country on Tuesday, a top border official in the incoming administration of Donald Trump has said...
Admin cadre鈥檚 supremacy manifests fascism: speakers
Speakers at a seminar held in Dhaka on Saturday condemned arbitrary suspension of officials from education, health, fisheries and livestock cadres, and the public administration reform commission鈥檚 negligence in listening to the voice of those protesting against inter-cadre discrimination...
BFF extends contract with Cabrera, Butler
The Bangladesh Football Federation has finally extended the contracts of the national men鈥檚 team coach, Javier Cabrera, and the national women鈥檚 team coach, Peter James Butler, according to a federation press release on Thursday...
Pubali Bank chair stresses following BB rules
Pubali Bank PLC chairman Monzurur Rahman on Thursday instructed the bank鈥檚 officials to conduct banking operations by following rules and regulations of the Bangladesh Bank and the regulatory body, said a press release...
Gazette of 834 July uprising martyrs published
The ministry of liberation war affairs on Thursday published a gazette of 834 martyrs of the July-August mass uprising...
ATTACK ON NATIONAL MINORITY STUDENTS: Protests spreading
Amid the growing condemnation triggered by a recent attack on a national minority students鈥� demonstration, pressing for the re-inclusion of the word 鈥楢divasi鈥� in the textbooks, at least seven individuals were injured again on Thursday when the police swooped on a protest rally tied to the issue in the capital...
Three arrested over ex-KCC councillor murder in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
Three people, including a woman, have been arrested at a location in Moulvibazar in connection with the murder of Golam Rabbani Tipu, a former councillor of the Khulna City Corporation...
BSC to sell fire-damaged vessels
The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation has announced its decision to sell two vessels, MT Banglar Jyoti and MT Banglar Sourav, following fire incidents that rendered them unserviceable....
Ex-Bodybuilding Federation GS Nazrul dies
Former Bangladesh Bodybuilding Federation general secretary Nazrul Islam passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday after suffering from stomach ulcer for the last two months...
Majedur becomes CEO of BIAC
KAM Majedur Rahman on Wednesday joined Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre as its chief executive officer, according to a press release issued by the BIAC.
Mozambique inaugurates new president
Mozambique鈥檚 new president Daniel Chapo took the oath of office on Wednesday in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in the capital Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results...
NATIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGE GRAFFITI: 2 confronting platforms to hold demos before NCTB
Two confronting students鈥� platforms are scheduled to stage demonstrations today cordoning off the National Curriculum and Textbook Board building in the capital over removal of graffiti on the national minority groups from a textbook...
Rabbi keeps Brothers in 2nd round hunt聽
Fortis Football Club suffered their first defeat of the Federation Cup when they lost to Brothers Union 1-0 in their final Group A match at the Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Tuesday.