A fisherman died as his boat capsized in a haor at Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district early Monday. The incident took place at around 1.30 am in Charar Beel area in front Kartikpur village under Bongshikunda North Union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 47, a resident of the aforesaid village. Quoting locals, police said Nurul ...

During the month of August in the fiscal 2023-24, expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US $ 1,599.45 million remittances. As per Bangladesh Bank (BB) available data, state-owned banks brought in $183.19 million while 43 private sector banks brought $1,376.02 million remittances. The highest $340.17 million remittance came to the country through Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.

Saima Wazed has been nominated by the Government of Bangladesh for the post of Regional Director of World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEARO). WHO SEARO is one of the six regional offices of the WHO, composed of representatives of the member states, UNB reports. “I am deeply honoured to be nominated by the Government of Bangladesh for WHO ...

Bangladesh and the United States will hold the ninth annual bilateral security dialogue in Dhaka on September 5 as part of the “comprehensive security relationship” between the two governments. The US delegation will be led by Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Mira Resnick. She arrived in Dhaka on Monday. The security dialogue is an annual, civilian-led discussion that ...

Dhaka Elevated Expressway authority collected Tk 18,52,880 toll from 22,805 vehicles in the last 24 hours, after the authorities opened it to traffic at 6am on Sunday (September 3). More than 90 per cent of the total vehicles plying on the elevated expressway on the first day were private cars, said the project director AHM Sakhawat Akter. A total of ...

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a 4-1 win away at Lyon on Sunday to leave their crisis-hit opponents bottom of Ligue 1. Mbappe’s two goals in the first half sandwiched strikes by Achraf Hakimi and Marco Asensio as PSG produced a ruthless performance that augurs well for the rest of the season, AFP reported. Corentin Tolisso ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday left for Jakarta, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and 18th East Asia Summit to be held on September 5-7. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with his spouse Prof Rebecca Sultana and other entourage members, departed from Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) International Airport (HSIA) for Jakarta at 8:30 am. ...

Bangladesh sealed a massive victory of 89 runs against Afghanistan in a do-or-die match in the Asia Cup at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Sunday. As a result, Bangladesh will surely qualify for the Super Four stage as their net run rate has risen to +0.415 from -0.915. It will not be any matter whoever win the the next match ...

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today asked all members of parliament (MPs) to dedicate their lives for welfare of their localities. “Serving people is the greatest virtue and there is nothing greater than that. Political leaders should engage them in serving the people,” she said. The Leader of the House was speaking at the condolence motion ...

Prime Bankhas recently announced a strategic partnership with Grand Sylhet Hotel & Resort, a renowned and prestigious resort in the country. The agreement signed at the Prime Bank head office premise will ensure that Prime Bank customers can avail preferential benefits at the Grand Sylhet Hotel & Resort. Under this partnership, Prime Bank Monarch (Priority Banking) Customers, credit/debit card holders, ...