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Canal clean-up campaign held in Hazaribagh

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- A major canal clean-up campaign has taken place in Hazaribagh Bottola Mazar Canal in the capital under the 'Cholo Khaal Bachai' initiative. Footsteps Bangladesh, in collaboration w... Read More


Customers to get e-bike, sure discounts on purchasing Walton IT products, accessories

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Country's Superbrand and tech giant Walton has announced 'Double Dhamaka Offer' for the customers of Walton desktop, laptop, all-in-one PC, tablet, printer and speaker. Under this ... Read More


Prime Bank holds training on AML & CFT Compliance in Jashore

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Prime Bank PLC. recently organized a day-long training program on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) compliance in Jashore. The training was... Read More


Special drive to protect mother hilsa from Oct 4-25: Farida

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter today announced that netting of hilsa will be suspended nationwide from October 4 to 25 as part of a special drive to protect mother hi... Read More


Why are so many young people having heart attacks?

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- It is a scene that has become unsettlingly common in Bangladesh. A young professional, barely in his late thirties, collapses at his office desk. A father in his early forties sudde... Read More


One-third of Bangladesh's farm produce lost before reaching consumers, experts warn

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Bangladesh loses about 34 per cent of its farm produce before it reaches consumers-an amount equivalent to 4.0 per cent of the country's GDP. Experts warn that such massive losses ... Read More


Former Snapchat CSO meets Prof Yunus, keen to invest in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Imran Khan, a prominent American investor of Bangladeshi origin, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in New York on Saturday (local time) and expressed his interest in invest... Read More


Bangladesh Bank extends transaction hours for instant fund transfers

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Bangladesh Bank has revised the transaction hours for the Real-Time Gross Settlement (BD-RTGS) system, aiming to expand access to instant electronic payments in response to growing ... Read More


NBR allows partial exporters to import duty-free raw materials against bank guarantee

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- In a bid to expand export trade, the National Board of Revenue (NBR has allowed partial export-oriented industrial units to import raw materials duty-free against a bank guarantee, ... Read More


Health sector steeped in unhealthy practices in procurement, equipment use

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- High-value medical equipment purchased over a year ago remains largely unused, exposing critical gaps in resource utilisation and public money's value. Such neglect and waste offic... Read More