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The 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pragati Life Insurance Limited held on Sunday. The chairman of the company Khalilur Rahman presided over the meeting online. The shareholders unanimously...
Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people by the names of their fathers, calling for mothers’ names...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Sunday said the ministry has no plan to close state-owned sugar mills or lay off workers. “Initiatives are being taken to make sugar...
The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a coalition of eight leftist parties, has announced plans to besiege the prime minister’s office on October 5 in protest against the shutdown of state-owned...
Emirates will resume flights to five more destinations in the beginning of October, says a press release. Emirates will resume flights to Johannesburg (Oct 01), Cape Town (Oct 01), Durban...
About 3,500 US companies, including Tesla Inc, Ford Motor, Target Corp, Walgreen Co and Home Depot have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for better cooperation with the neighbouring countries for the development of the people of the region. “Our foreign policy is ‘friendship to...
The US-Bangla Airlines has decided to operate two weekly flights on the Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka route from the beginning of the next month. Health protocols will be followed properly during the flights...
The Supreme Court has barred lawyer Yunus Ali Akhand from practising in the High Court and the Appellate Division for two weeks for making 'disparaging remarks' about the judiciary on...
A Dhaka court is set to deliver a verdict in the illegal arms case against Shamima Noor Papia, an expelled leader of Jubo Mahila League, and her husband Mofizur Rahman,...
The Supreme Court has barred lawyer Yunus Ali Akhand from practising in the High Court and the Appellate Division for two weeks for making 'disparaging remarks' about the judiciary on...
Sonali Bank Limited, powered by Sonali Intellect Limited, has achieved a new milestone by closing its year-end process in eight hours. The process took eight hours and 17 minutes last...
A Sylhet court on Sunday recorded statement of the victim who was gang raped in MC College on Friday. She was produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Court No-3...
Dr M Mosharrof Hossain has been appointed chairman of the IDRA, the regulator of 79 life and non-life insurers in Bangladesh. The government on Sunday issued an order in this...
Stocks slipped into the red on Sunday, after remaining flat in the past two trading sessions, as late hours sell-offs wiped off early gains. The market opened on an upbeat...
Saudi Airlines is selling tickets for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday to help expatriate Bangladeshis return to their workplaces in the kingdom. People who have already gotten their tokens...
The Appellate Division on Sunday rejected bail petitions of Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin in two money laundering cases. A four-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain,...
Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of Bangladeshis, neglect of health and safety protocols is rife across the country, not least the...
A consumers’ welfare association called for introducing ‘online voting’ apart from the country’s existing manual or physical voting system in the pandemic. Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association made the demand...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 46 people in Dhaka in a regular anti-narcotic drive on the charges of selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under the DMP...
Police have arrested two accused, including key suspect Saifur Rahman, in the gang-rape case of a newly married woman in Sylhet’s MC College, UNB reports. Saifur was arrested from Noarai...
The management of the Ring Shine Textiles Ltd has decided lay off of the factory for one month time up to October 25, 2020. Due to worldwide impact of prevailing...
Shishuraishob.com, a website on children, has recently been launched with a view to building a children-sensitive society and establishing their rights. The launching ceremony took place at the CBCB Auditorium...
About 15,000 hectares of cropland has gone under water in nine upazilas of Kurigram district during the fifth phase flooding triggered by onrush of upstream water and heavy downpours. The...
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) inspected 43,401 factories across the country in the financial year of (FY) 2018 – 2019, according to an official data. The...
The board of directors of Trust Bank Limited has approved the issuance of fully redeemable non-convertible unsecured subordinated bond worth Tk 4.0 billion only to strengthen the capital base. The...
The US-Bangla Airlines has decided to operate two weekly flights on the Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka route from the beginning of the next month. Health protocols will be followed properly during the flights...
Police have arrested Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Saifur Rahman, the main suspect in the rape of a newly-married woman in Sylhet's MC College, bdnews24.com reports. Saifur was apprehended from Sunamganj's...
Four members of a family, including two children, were killed as part of a mud-wall of their house collapsed on them at Jhaupara in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur district on...
Prof AJM Nuruddin Chowdhury, former Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University (CU), died of coronavirus infection at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 70. Prof Nuruddin breathed his last...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday as optimistic investors showed appetite on sector-wise issues riding on the news of interest rate cut on stock investment...
Flood situation deteriorated further in northern, north-eastern and few central districts of Bangladesh on Saturday amid continued rainfall and the onrush of upstream waters from the neighbouring India. The Dharla,...
Community-based mechanised farming reduces production cost by nearly 38 per cent from the level of expenditure witnessed in conventional labor-intensive cultivation. Besides, it also helps produce 11 per cent more...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday requested the Jeddah-bound passengers who previously bought tickets for the March 21 flight to contact its sales office today (Sunday) to confirm their tickets...
Experts on Saturday listed inconsistencies in relevant policies as the main impediment to smooth flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. They suggested bringing holistic reforms of policies...
Sukuk, a sharia-compliant bond-like instrument used in Islamic finance, can play a vital role in financing infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, speakers told a webinar on Saturday. Islamic banks have excess...
Speakers at a programme on Saturday observed that Bangladesh tourism industry has been stuck up in plan, master plan, discussion, policy and law formulation and workshop, except for any visible...
Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) organised a webinar on "Creating Teaching Platforms for Future" recently, says a statement. Ahmed Mustafa, Professor of Biology & Director of Life Science's...
Many Saudi-bound migrant workers were still facing troubles in obtaining air tickets and mandatory Covid-19 test certificates on Saturday. The stranded workers, desperate to go to their workplaces in Saudi...
Around 63 per cent of the total cost of the VAT Online Project (VOP) has remained unspent though the deadline for its execution is set to end on December 31...
Just around a couple of months before COVID-19 emerged as a world-shaking pandemic in 2020, Dhaka was basking in its myriad wedding festivities. So were the other cities, small towns...
Good financial reports by business organisations including smaller ones can build investors’ confidence, making Bangladeshi businesses comparable globally, business and financial analysts told a discussion on Saturday. In the context...
There are definite advantages of mediation over arbitration and litigation as a dispute resolution tool, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has created an unprecedented challenge in...
When a major plan covering the system's operation of a vital sector such as power requires revision only two years after its adoption, a few questions about the farsightedness and...
The East India Company’s name has been synonymous with the colonial exploitation of South Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, since the 16th century. Today, in one of the great ironies...
Today, September 27, is World Tourism Day (WTD). About 159 member countries of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) celebrate this day every year to foster awareness on the importance of...
The US backed Afghan government and the Taliban held peace talks on Saturday, September 12 in Qatar's capital Doha, This was the first ever face to face meeting between them...
Even in normal times, there has been a growing recognition of the threat that illicit financial flows (IFFs) pose to the integrity and stability of the global financial system. But...
An immediate outcome of the Covid-19 is a booming black market of medical equipment. Different global bodies and agencies have already expressed concern on rise of illicit trade in drugs...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reminded the international community that the fates of people across the globe are intertwined amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as she called on world leaders to...
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