StanChart launches freelancer account
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh on Sunday introduced a dedicated banking service for freelancers, offering a fully digital and charge-free account named the 鈥楽tandard Chartered Freelancer Account鈥�...
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Army to extend hand in anti-mosquito campaign of DNCC
Bangladesh army is set to extend its hands to Dhaka North City Corporation鈥檚 anti-mosquito campaign agreeing to oversee the use of insecticide to control the vermin to prevent outbreak of dengue during the rainy season, municipal officials said on Sunday.
C2C Pharma holds blood donation event
C2C Pharma Limited has recently organised a blood donation event in collaboration with Quantum Foundation with the aim of the importance of voluntary blood donation...
Photographs depict Dhaka鈥檚 endangered nature
A seven-day exhibition of photographs depicting Dhaka鈥檚 endangered environment and nature by photojournalist Sony Ramani began at the National Art Gallery-1 of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at Segunbagicha in the capital on Saturday...
BNP seeks int鈥檒 standard probe commission
Leaders and activists of different units of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Sylhet on Thursday demanded forming an international standard probe commission to trace out the party鈥檚 enforced disappeared leaders and activists, including M Ilias Ali, a former lawmaker and organising secretary of the party...
Ananda Shovajatra motif creator鈥檚 house set on fire
Artists, students and teachers at a human chain on Wednesday protested at burning of artist Manabendra Ghosh鈥檚 house in Manikganj allegedly by unidentified miscreants...
Shabnam Huq鈥檚 25th death anniv today
Today is the 25th death anniversary of Shabnam Huq, wife of Arham Masudul Huq, former chief executive officer of Dhaka Bank Foundation, said a press release...
Ctg cultural organisation cancels Pahela Baishakh celebration event
Chattogram-based cultural organisation Sammilita Pahela Baishakh Udjapan Parishad on Sunday cancelled Bengali new year celebration event as the stage set up for programme was vandalised by miscreants in the port city.
Al-Arafah鈥檚 MD Farman, 3 others sent on leave
Al-Arafah Islami Bank has sent its managing director Farman R Chowdhury on a three-month mandatory leave...
Islamic Foundation sets 1:30pm for Jumma prayers in mosques across Bangladesh
The Islamic Foundation has urged the authorities concerned to hold the Jumma (Friday) prayers at the same time in all mosques across Bangladesh...
Model Meghna on 30-day detention under Special Powers Act 1974
Model and Miss Bangladesh Foundation chairperson Meghna Alam, who was detained by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 Detective Branch Wednesday afternoon, was placed on a 30-day detention under the Special Powers Act, 1974...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee leader sent to jail over July foundation fund fraud
A Dhaka court on Friday sent an expelled member of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee to jail over allegations of embezzling funds from the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation.
Mangal Shobhajatra renamed Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra
Dhaka University has renamed the traditional Mangal Shobhajatra, which is organised to usher in Bengali New Year, as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra, setting off controversies.
27,000 absent on first day
The Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations began on Thursday across the country while a total of 26,928 candidates were absent and 22 candidates were expelled on the first day...
Model Meghna taken to DB custody for questioning
Model and Miss Bangladesh Foundation chairperson Meghna Alam was taken into the Detective Branch鈥檚 custody for questioning on Wednesday...
6 lakh unfit vehicles ply roads
Over six lakh registered motor vehicles are currently running around the country without updating their mandatory fitness certificates despite repeated bans on their movement...
Police response to Gaza strike vandalism appears delayed
TENS of thousands of students, professionals and ordinary people marched down the roads across Bangladesh on April 7 in response to a global call for a strike demanding an end to Israeli genocide in Gaza and, also, condemning US complicity amidst an expanding offensive in the Palestinian city. Educational institutions, chiefly universities, have heeded the global call by...
Bangladeshi man loses leg in landmine blast near Bandarban border
A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man lost his leg in a landmine blast along the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday...
Govt orders all edn instts to celebrate Pahela Baishakh
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education under the education ministry on Monday ordered all educational institutions under it to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14...
ARSA chief Ataullah denied bail, sent to jail
A court in Bandarban on Monday sent Myanmar鈥檚 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army chief Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi to jail after rejecting his bail petition in two separate cases filed over the death of a member of DGFI....
SHED alerts on SSC question leak rumor
Secondary and Higher Education Division has requested students and guardians to stay aware of the rumours regarding Secondary School Certificate question leaks.
Six killed in road accidents in dists
At least six people, including two Secondary School Certificate examinees, were killed in road crashes in four districts on Saturday...
Daffodil Foundation hosts reunion for meritorious students
Daffodil Foundation, a sister concern of Daffodil Group, organised a reunion on Tuesday for meritorious students from public universities on the Daffodil International School, Baburhat campus in Chandpur...
Honda to test renewable tech in space soon
Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the Moon鈥檚 surface, the Japanese carmaker announced Friday.
Honey collection in Sundarbans to begin on April 7
The honey collection season in the Sundarbans, under the Satkhira range of the western zone of the Forest Division, is set to begin on April 7...
Russian envoy, 20 others visit Sundarbans
Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Khokhin along with 20 members of his diplomatic team and their family members visited the Sundarbans to enjoy natural beauty of the world鈥檚 largest mangrove forest during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays...
Myanmar rescuers lose battle to save pregnant trapped woman trapped
Rescuers thought they had saved the life of pregnant Mathu Thu Lwin, but they were unable to resuscitate her after extracting her from the wreckage of an apartment complex...
Tk 96.67cr distributed to July martyr families, injured
The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has distributed Tk 96.67 crore to the families of martyrs and injured in the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Krishak Dal leader killed by unidentified killers in Sitakunda
A Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal leader was hacked to death at Sitakunda in Chattogram on Wednesday...
Another fire breaks out in Sundarbans
A new fire broke out in another place of the Sundarbans on Sunday afternoon a few hours after firefighters, forest staff and volunteers brought an earlier fire under control after hours of efforts...