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Singer Noble sent to jail in rape case

Dhaka, May 20 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent singer Mainul Ahsan Noble to jail, scrapping his bail plea in a case lodged for keeping a girl confined in his Demra home for seven months and raping her... Read More


Prime Bank signs Payroll Banking agreement with BHL Group

Dhaka, May 19 -- Prime Bank PLC, a leading second generation local commercial bank in Bangladesh, has recently signed a 'Payroll Banking' agreement with BHL Group at bank's Gulshan corporate office. ... Read More


EBL partners with DEG and JIM Foundation to enhance climate risk assessment capabilities

Dhaka, May 19 -- Eastern Bank has signed a Technical Assistance (TA) Framework Agreement with DEG Impulse- a wholly owned subsidiary of DEG - and the Joint Impact Model (JIM) Foundation to bolster its... Read More


Court freezes 13 BO accounts of RAJUK's ex-chairman, his wife

Dhaka, May 19 -- A Dhaka court today (Monday) ordered authorities to freeze 13 beneficiary owner (BO) accounts of former chairman of RAJUK Major General (Retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman Sarker and his wife G... Read More


Govt honours captain, crew of Biman flight that lost wheel

Dhaka, May 19 -- The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has bestowed honours on the captain, first officer and a member of the cabin crew of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines jet for touching down safel... Read More


Govt to launch management fund to handle stolen money: BB Governor

Dhaka, May 19 -- The government is set to launch a management fund to handle recovered money and assets seized from financial offenders, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur said on Monday. He ... Read More


No dual NIDs, Bangladesh's database now fully secure: EC

Dhaka, May 19 -- No one in the country currently has dual national identity cards, and the NID database is now fully secure, said ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the Election Commission's NID W... Read More


Akij Food and Beverage to raise Tk 5b through zero-coupon bond

Dhaka, May 19 -- Akij Food and Beverage Limited (AFBL), one of Bangladesh's leading homegrown FMCG companies competing with global giants, has announced plans to raise Tk 5 billion through a zero-coup... Read More


ILO, BEPZA ink deal on two-year action plan

Dhaka, May 19 -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Monday signed an agreement on a two-year action plan aimed at harmonising legis... Read More


No innocent won't be harassed: Adviser Jahangir

Dhaka, May 19 -- Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has reiterated that they will make sure that no innocent person is harassed in the July uprising cases. "We'll take measures as no innocent pe... Read More