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MetLife Foundation and UCEP to jointly train 1,000 caregivers

Dhaka, March 1 -- UCEP Bangladesh and MetLife Foundation have jointly launched a program to train and certify 1,000 caregivers in Bangladesh. Titled "Aponjon", the program is designed to empower unde... Read More


Speed limit on Dhaka Elevated Expressway raised to 80kph

Dhaka, March 1 -- The authorities have increased the speed limit on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway to 80kph. The new speed limit came into effect on Thursday night, according to Hasib Hasan Khan, a di... Read More


BRAC Bank partners with ShareTrip to offer exclusive benefits to Premium Banking Senior customers

Dhaka, March 1 -- BRAC Bank has partnered with ShareTrip, one of the country's leading travel and lifestyle companies, to provide exclusive benefits to its Premium Banking Senior customers. Through t... Read More


Hatirjheel motorcycle hijacking at gunpoint actually a shooting scene

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- A recent video of a motorcycle hijacking at gunpoint in broad daylight in the capital's Hatirjheel area by four youths that went viral on social media was actually a shooting scene. ... Read More


Sustainable development impossible without protecting environment: Rizwana

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today (Friday) said sustainable development cannot be achieved without safeguarding the environment by controlling... Read More


One killed in road crash on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- A truck driver was killed and his helper injured as a speeding truck rammed into their parked truck from behind on Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj on Friday morning, said police. The ... Read More


Stage set for NCP's debut rally at Manik Mia Avenue

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- The new student-led political party -- the National Citizens Party, or NCP -- is set to make its debut by discussing a "new political paradigm". All preparations for the party's ina... Read More


One detained with 8,400 yaba pills at Dhaka airport

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Aviation Security, or AVSEC, has detained a passenger with 8,400 methamphetamine-based yaba tablets in his possession at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport. The Maldives-bound ... Read More


Hundred economic zones scaled down to five priority EZs

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Bangladesh scales back its big-dream plan to establish 100 economic zones across the country by 2030 and the current government prioritizes five full-blown EZs to deliver the desired... Read More


Govt publishes list of 'July warriors'

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- The government has published a gazette containing a list of those injured in the mass uprising, recognising them as "July warriors". The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs published... Read More