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Appointment of administrator at Nagad legal: HC

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The High Court (HC) has declared that the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) step to appoint an administrator to manage mobile financial service provider Nagad is legal. The court also rejected... Read More


Absence of registry, oncology setup in hospitals causing woes

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Four-year-old Alvi is facing an ordeal of life at a very early age, as he has recently been diagnosed with blood cancer. It is forcing him to spend his childhood in various hospitals... Read More


Commerce ministry reconstitutes Working Group to boost trade with Russia and East Europe

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The Ministry of Commerce has reconstituted its Working Group (WG) to expand trade and commerce, with a focus on securing duty-free market access to Russia and tapping into the potent... Read More


Newly appointed DNCC administrator sets out priorities in meeting with journalists

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz has announced that environmental protection, public health preservation, and resolving the issue of waterlogging will ... Read More


Govt to sell beef at Tk 650, chicken at Tk 250 per kg during Ramadan

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The government will sell fish, meat, milk, and eggs at affordable prices across the country - from divisional cities to upazilas - during the holy month of Ramadan. The initiative w... Read More


MTB, Gulshan Society partner to enhance community security

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) and Gulshan Society have signed an agreement to strengthen community security and enhance public safety under MTB's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... Read More


Global advocacy group calls for evidence-based tobacco regulation in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Global advocacy group We Are Innovation (WAI) has urged the Bangladesh government to reconsider proposed amendments to the Smoking and Tobacco Product Usage Act, warning that a ban o... Read More


Poet Sohel Hasan Galib placed on two-day remand

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- A Dhaka court on Monday granted police two days to remand poet Sohel Hasan Galib in a case over contempt of religion. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka gave the order... Read More


Police commissioner calls for heightened vigilance on Martyrs Day

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali has urged heightened caution ahead of this year's Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day, citing a "diffe... Read More


Southeast Bank, Visa jointly organise 'Hajj Card Conference'

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Southeast Bank PLC and Visa recently organised the "Hajj Card Conference" in the ballroom of FARS Hotel & Resorts in the capital. The conference aimed to strengthen partnerships wit... Read More