EXIM Bank holds ‘Quarterly Business Development Conference 2024’ at it’s head office in the capital on Saturday (October 05). Chairman of the Bank Md. Nazrul Islam Swapan was present as Chief Guest while Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Feroz Hossain presided over the conference. Members of the Board of Directors of the Bank Md. Nurul Amin Faruk, Independent Director SM ...

Bangladesh’s star all rounder Shakib Al Hasan continues to defy age and expectations, embarking on a new chapter in his illustrious career. Despite speculation that he might slow down, the Bangladesh all-rounder is set to captain the Los Angeles Waves in National Cricket League’s T10 tournament in the USA. Shakib’s team, Los Angeles Waves, boasts an impressive lineup of international ...

Five people died of dengue in the country in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 182 this year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 927 people were hospitalized with the viral fever during the period. Among the deceased, two were reported Dhaka South City ...

A policeman named Kazi Atiqur Rahman (36) was killed in a collision between a pickup and a motorcycle in Sylhet. He was working as Sub-Inspector (SI) of Industrial Police Sylhet Zone. The incident took place in Salutikar area of Sylhet-Companiganj road on Friday (October 4) evening. According to police sources, he went to Gowainghat police station on a motorcycle for ...

US President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against striking Iran’s oil facilities, saying he was trying to rally the world to avoid the escalating prospect of all-out war in the Middle East. But his predecessor Donald Trump, currently campaigning for another term in power, went so far as to suggest Israel should “hit” the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites. Making ...

Chief of Army Staff Gen Waker-Uz Zaman on Saturday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, the president was apprised of the overall activities of the force by the army chief. Mohammed Shahabuddin said the Bangladesh Army is playing a commendable role in the welfare of the countrymen and providing security to the lives ...

Former President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in the capital early Saturday. He was 94. He breathed his last at 3:15AM while undergoing treatment at the Uttara Women’s Medical College, his Press Secretary Jahangir Alam confirmed. Badruddoza Chowdhury was the founder of this hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son, two daughters, and a ...

Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans, reports BBC. The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians believe are unfair Chinese-state subsidies on its own cars. Tariffs on electric cars made in ...

With Shakib Al Hasan already stepping aside from T20Is, Bangladesh is preparing for the future, but veteran Mahmudullah, nearing his 39th birthday, isn’t ready to hang up his boots yet. While it seemed a year ago that Mahmudullah had played his last match in the format, his persistence paid off, allowing him to return and become Bangladesh’s top run-scorer at ...

Reassuring decent working conditions, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday said his government will give immediate attention to the fresh entry of 18,000 Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia in the first phase subject to all conditions are met, reports UNB. “We have discussed the whole system. And we have gone through very transparent procedures. We need workers but they can’t ...