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Bangladesh Bank bans use of note replicas in marketing, social media content

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Bangladesh Bank has prohibited the use of paper printed to resemble real or sample banknotes for product advertising or social media content, citing risks of fake currency circulatio... Read More


Body of ex-Jagannath University student found hanged in Old Dhaka

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The body of a former Jagannath University student has been found hanged at a shared accommodation in Old Dhaka's Dhupkhola area. The body was identified as that of Imran Nobel Prama... Read More


A mason was having tea with his brother in Narayanganj. 30 minutes later, he was found dead in a field

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- A mason has been beaten to death in Narayanganj's Sonargaon Upazila over a financial dispute. The incident took place in Parameshwardi village of Noagaon Union on Sunday night, said... Read More


Haseeb appointed as first vice chancellor of Dhaka Central University

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Prof ASM Abdul Haseeb, a professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has been appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the newly-formed Dhaka Centra... Read More


Haseeb appointed as first vice-chancellor of Dhaka Central University

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Prof ASM Abdul Haseeb, a professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has been appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the newly-formed Dhaka Centra... Read More


Banking, stock market hours reduced for Ramadan

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Trading hours for banks and the stock market have been reduced during Ramadan, with banking cut by an hour and stock market trading shortened by half an hour. In a notice, Banglades... Read More


Court clears Transcom's Shahnaz, Simeen in alleged forged share transfer

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- A Dhaka court has discharged Transcom Group CEO Simeen Rahman and her mother Shahnaz Rahman along with four others from a case involving the alleged embezzlement of shares through fo... Read More


37 houses prepared for ministers, state ministers, prime minister's residence undecided

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- At least 37 houses are being prepared in areas including Dhaka's Minto Road and Hare Road -known locally as the "Montri Para" or ministers' neighbourhood-for the new government's min... Read More


ASI dies in Thakurgaon while attempting to arrest suspect

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police has died after suffering a heart attack while attempting to arrest a suspect in Pirganj Upazila of Thakurgaon. Pirganj Police Station chie... Read More


NCP to sign July Charter, delegation going to Jamuna on Monday evening

Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) is signing the July National Charter, with a party delegation headed to the State Guest House Jamuna, the official residence of the chief advisor, on... Read More