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India shuts visa application centre in Ctg over security concerns

Dhaka, Dec. 21 -- The Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Chattogram has been closed indefinitely due to security concerns. The Indian Assistant High Commission announced that all operations at ... Read More


Elon Musk becomes first person worth $700 billion

Dhaka, Dec. 21 -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk's net worth surged to $749 billion late Friday after the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla stock options worth $139 billion that were voided last year, acco... Read More


US forces seize another oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

Dhaka, Dec. 21 -- US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Saturday that the US forces seized another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela earlier in the day. "In a pre-dawn action early t... Read More


NRBC Bank organises first AI-driven conference

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- NRBC Bank has organised the 'AML and CFT Conference 2025', marking the first use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, to enhance institutional capacity and strengthen awarenes... Read More


Additional police, BGB deployed in Dhaka for Hadi's funeral

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed at the Parliament complex and several other key locations across Dhaka ahead of the funeral prayers for slain political act... Read More


Child dies as BNP leader's house locked and set on fire

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- A seven-year-old girl of a local BNP leader was burnt to death after miscreants locked their house from outside and set it on fire in Bhabaniganj of Lakshmipur's Sadar upazila on Fri... Read More


Zubaida flies back to London

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Zubaida Rahman, the wife of BNP leader Tarique Rahman, has set off for London ahead of her husband's planned return to Bangladesh after more than a decade in the UK. She left Dhaka ... Read More


NDF president Anisul's house set on fire in Chattogram

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Miscreants set fire to the house of Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, president of the National Democratic Front (NDF), in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Friday night. Wit... Read More


Citizens Bank opens its Tejgaon Link Road Branch

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Citizens Bank PLC recently opened the Tejgaon Link Road Branch at Gulshan Tejgaon Link Road, Dhaka, according to a press release. Mr. Chowdhury Mohammed Hanif Shoeb, Chairman, Citiz... Read More


Online Editors Alliance denounces attacks on Prothom Alo, Daily Star

Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The Online Editors Alliance has condemned the recent attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, two of Bangladesh's leading newspapers. In a joint statement, the orga... Read More