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Uttara Bank inaugurates new premises of its Narail Branch

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Mr. Maksudul Hasan, Deputy Managing Director and Managing Director (Acting) of Uttara Bank PLC, has inaugurated the new premises of Narail Branch, Narail (Shirin Super Market,Holding... Read More


Southeast Bank holds training for SME entrepreneurs

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Southeast Bank PLC, in partnership with Bangladesh Bank, has launched a month-long Entrepreneurship Development Program for SME entrepreneurs under the Skills for Industry Competitiv... Read More


SAJIDA Foundation shares insights on women-led climate resilience

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- SAJIDA Foundation hosted a research dissemination event titled "Building Climate Resilience: Women as Agents of Change" in Dhaka on Thursday (August 21). Policymakers, researchers, ... Read More


Dutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country's Parliament he i... Read More


Ultimatum to return looted white stones in Sylhet

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- The Sylhet district administration has ordered looted white stones from the Shada Pathor tourist site to be returned by 5pm on Tuesday, 26 August. The directive came from a meeting ... Read More


Youth injured in transformer blast dies in Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- A 28-year-old man, who sustained burn injuries following a transformer blast in Gendaria in Dhaka, died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Friday. The deceased... Read More


Russia, US discuss possible cooperation on LNG projects: Putin

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of cooperating in liquefied natural gas (LNG), not only in the Russian Arctic zone but also in the US state of Alaska, Rus... Read More


Youth march in Dhaka calls for scrapping meeting with tobacco firms and swiftly passing amendment to tobacco control law

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- An anti-tobacco youth march in Dhaka on Saturday called on the government to ensure the swift passage of a pending draft amendment to the Tobacco Control Act. The march, which start... Read More


NCC Bank honoured by Bangladesh Bank as one of the Best Sustainable Banks

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- NCC Bank has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Sustainable Banks in Bangladesh, based on the Sustainability Rating 2024 conducted by the Bangladesh Bank. According to a press rel... Read More


Fight over bribe money at Savar municipality goes viral

Dhaka, Aug. 21 -- A video of two officials of Savar Municipality fighting over an alleged bribe of Tk 5,000 linked to a pending file has gone viral. A three-member probe committee has been formed to ... Read More