799th Executive Committee meeting of SJIBL held

The 799th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) was held recently at its Corporate Head Office by maintaining proper hygiene and social distance

02:35 4 December 2020

Unilever, Niketan donates Tk10 lakh to Amar Joti Special School

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), in collaboration with Niketan, has donated Tk10.3 lakh to Amar Joti Special School.

02:26 4 December 2020

‘Big share of stimulus packages untapped due to reluctance of banks’

Planning Minister MA Mannan has said that despite the government sending money to the banks for stimulus packages announced to curb the effects of the pandemic, a large share is

02:12 4 December 2020

‘Adequate allocation in ADP required for char areas’

“To ensure a fair share of the benefits of economic advancement for the char people, all stakeholders need to work together,” said State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan.

02:02 4 December 2020

Police detain 11 snatchers with 202 mobile sets in Ctg

Chattograme (Dec 3, 2020): Law enforcers today claimed to have detained 11 suspected snatchers and recovered 202 mobile sets from their possessions by carrying out raids in different parts of the port city.

01:48 4 December 2020

Dabur, Patanjali lying on honey adulteration: CSE

New Delhi (Dec 3, 2020): On December 2, 2020, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released its findings on the nefarious business of adulteration in honey, which is damaging people’s

01:13 4 December 2020

Stocks continue to rally on vaccine news

At close, the benchmark DSEX index gained almost 40 points or 0.81% to 4,974 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

00:43 4 December 2020

Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities unforgivable: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh cannot forget and forgive the atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971.

00:32 4 December 2020

Bangladesh, UK to discuss trade, investment issues in January

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom are going to have a government-to-government (G2G) meeting in January next, in a bid to pursue post-Brexit trade and investment opportunities between the two countries, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Thursday. 

00:08 4 December 2020

Fight against climate crisis top priority for 21st century: UN Chief

Describing the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged to take climate action and ‘make peace with nature’

The UN

23:55 3 December 2020

Rupayan Housing to introduce special offers for Robi Elites

The leading digital services provider of the country, Robi, has signed an agreement with one of the country’s leading real estate companies, Rupayan Housing Estate Limited.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU)

23:40 3 December 2020

PM seeks Swedish investment in special economic zones

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Swedish investors to invest in Bangladesh’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs), saying that many opportunities have been created there for doing business.

23:04 3 December 2020

Emirates brings hotel stay for passengers with over 10hr-transit

Emirates has re-launched its Dubai Connect offer which gives customers transiting through its hub a complimentary hotel stay in Dubai.

The offer is available to customers booked in all classes with

22:40 3 December 2020

Shubhashish Bose becomes new CEO of ICAB

Shubhashish Bose has joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) as its new chief executive officer (CEO).

The Council of ICAB confirmed his joining on Tuesday, reads a press

22:25 3 December 2020

Covid-19: 35 die, 2,316 infected in 24hrs in Bangladesh

Some 35 more patients died after being infected with coronavirus while around 2,316 people were infected with the virus at different parts of the country in the last 24 hours ending 8:00am on Thursday.

21:59 3 December 2020

How artificial intelligence could widen the gap between rich and poor nations

New technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionize production processes, but they could also have a major impact on developing economies

21:58 3 December 2020

Pandemic could push 72 mln more children into learning poverty: WB

Covid-19-related school closures risk is pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into "learning poverty" - meaning that they are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10, the World Bank has said.

20:49 3 December 2020

Halt Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char, urge int’l rights bodies

Two international human rights organisations have equivocally called upon the Bangladesh government to halt its relocation activities of Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char.

20:46 3 December 2020

Rape at MC College: Charges pressed against eight people

Police on Thursday pressed charges against eight people in a case filed over the gang rape of a woman at Sylhet MC College.

20:26 3 December 2020

Test your talent with national cyber security drill

The government`s e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) will host the two-day drill – to be held online remotely – on December 12-13, in order to build resilience and capacity for handling threats on cyberspace.

19:22 3 December 2020

Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on Covid-19

Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen government ministers are scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly’s special session that opens Thursday to discuss the response to Covid-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, which has claimed 1.5 million lives and shattered economies in both rich and poor countries.

18:24 3 December 2020

Biden facing pressure to pick defense secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense.

17:55 3 December 2020

Bangas Ltd’s earnings drop by 70%, declares 5% dividend

The earnings per share (EPS) of Bangas Ltd have dropped by 70 percent to Tk0.60 for 2019-20 fiscal year (FY), as against Tk2.05 for the same period of previous FY

17:08 3 December 2020

Covid-19 vaccines: Bangladesh has ‘limited choices’

As three Covid-19 vaccines look ready to be rolled out soon, now one question is crossing the public mind where actually Bangladesh is in the line to have one.

17:04 3 December 2020