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Prime Bank partners with Wecon Properties Ltd to offer special benefits for home loan customers

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with one of the country's leading real estate companies, Wecon Properties Ltd. The agreement was formally signed... Read More


Rohingya refugee held with yaba pills in Bandarban

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a Rohingya man and seized 330,000 Yaba tablets in separate anti-narcotics operations along the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchhari upa... Read More


PM releases commemorative postage stamp on Int'l Mother Language Day

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has released a commemorative postage stamp, an opening envelope and a canceller on the occasion of the great Martyrs' Day and the International Mother L... Read More


PM Tarique begins work at Tejgaon PMO

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday began work at the Prime Minister's Office in Tejgaon for the first time after assuming office. He arrived at the office at 10:10 am, where ... Read More


BD-US reciprocal tariff deal's status unclear

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court torpedoing Trump tariffs effectively upsets Bangladesh's trade arrangements with the United States, prompting calls for a cautious reassessm... Read More


Three killed in Moulvibazar road accident

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Three people have been killed and another injured after a pickup truck collided head-on with a CNG-run autorickshaw in Moulvibazar Sadar. The crash occurred around 1:45am on Saturda... Read More


Asymmetrical reciprocity is Bangladesh's strategic gamble in the new US trade order

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Bangladesh was not alone in reaching a trade agreement with the United States (US) under what can only be described as asymmetrical reciprocity. The governing principle of the US-Ban... Read More


Inqilab, azadi not words that belong in Bangla: Iqbal Hasan Tuku

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has said that the Bengali language has no connection with the words 'Inqilab' and 'Azadi'. "If the people of Ban... Read More


Youth killed in Jhenaidah road crash

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A truck collision in Pobhati Kalarhat area of Jhenaidah district town on Friday night left one young man dead and another seriously injured. The accident occurred around 11:00 pm wh... Read More


Ansar-VDP Development Bank seeks 3-yr extension

Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Ansar-VDP Development Bank has sought extension of the state guarantee on a Tk 10-billion "Agriculture and Rural Credit" facility for another three years, aiming to help sustain econ... Read More