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Pubali Bank PLC and UCB Fintech Company Ltd has signed an agreement for fund transfer facilities between Pubali Bank’s mobile banking apps (PI) and UCB Fintech’s (Upay Wallet), says a press release. Md Rabiul Alam, DGM and head of Alternative Delivery Channel (ADC) Division of Pubali Bank, and ATM Tahmiduzzaman, additional managing director and company secretary of UCB Fintech Company ...

After being closed for 20 days, import of onions from India started again through Hili land port in Dinajpur district on Tuesday. Traders have started importing Indian onions as the price of domestic onions increased in the country’s markets. Two trucks loaded with Indian onions entered Hili Port around 5 pm. Through this, the import process started. It was known ...

The government has fixed the prices of salted-rawhides of sacrificial animals for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, increasing the prices by Tk 5 per square foot compared to the prices of previous year. The prices of treated rawhides of sacrificial cows have been fixed at Tk 55 to Tk 60 per square foot (sqft) in the capital city and Tk 50 to ...

The Department of Tourism of Bhutan notified that it has revised its policy for Bangladeshi tourists. As per the new policy, Bangladeshi tourists will have to pay only USD15 as Sustainable Development Fees (SDF). The amount is equivalent to the fees levied on Indian tourists, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. Under the new policy, 15,000 Bangladeshi tourists ...

State-ownwed Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started selling rice, lentil, sugar and soyabean oil among some one crore family cardholders across the country at subsidized rates on Sunday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. State minister for commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu inaugurated the month-long sale operation at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni playground, Pallabi, in the capital at 9:30am. A cardholder can buy a ...

Bangladesh Railway started selling advanced train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha on Sunday (June 2) morning. The ticket sale started at 8am. Passengers are  purchasing tickets from the Bangladesh Railway website and through mobile apps. As per the decision of the railways, the ticket sale for all inter-city trains of the western region has started at 8am. Meanwhile, the tickets for ...

On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, state-ownwed Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling rice, lentil, sugar and soyabean oil among some one crore family cardholders across the country at subsidized rates. The TCB said this in a press release on Saturday. The press releases stated that State Minister Ahsanul Islam Titu would inaugurate the selling activities at Sheikh Fazlul ...

The sale of advanced train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha begins Sunday. Like the previous Eid, all tickets will be sold online. People can purchase tickets from the Bangladesh Railway website and through mobile apps. Muslims in Bangladesh are expected to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha either on June 16 or 17, depending on moon sighting. Advance trains tickets for June 12 will be ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today (May 31) said banks can utilize Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to encourage digital transactions from June 1 this year to June 31, 2025. A directive in this regard was issued by the Central Bank and copy of the same was forwarded to the managing directors and Chief Executives of the banks on Friday (May 31). According ...

The government has further increased the retail prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane for the month of June due to devaluation of Taka against US dollar. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division set the new automated price through a gazette notification as per the government decision on Thursday. As per a gazette notification, the prices of diesel and kerosene ...