Bank Asia PLC has launched Bank Asia ZEN, the upgraded version of its mobile banking app, said in a press release. The app was unveiled at Bank Asia Tower on July 8 by the bank’s Managing Director, Sohail R K Hussain, in the presence of members of the senior management team. Previously known as Bank Asia Smart App, the platform ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued special emergency directives at the field level to tackle the country’s flood situation and ensure emergency healthcare services in the affected areas. The directives were sent on Saturday to all divisional health directors, civil surgeons and upazila health officials across the country through a letter signed by Abu Hossain Md Moinul ...

Bangladesh avoided a series whitewash by defeating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the third and final ODI in Harare on Saturday, although the hosts secured the three-match series 2-1. Bangladesh ended their disappointing ODI series on a positive note, beating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the third and final match to avoid a clean sweep. Chasing a modest target of ...

The current Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has spoken for the first time since the funeral of his father and former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A written statement from him was read out on Iranian state TV on Saturday (July 11). Mojtaba said in a written statement that the killing of his father’s killers and the people killed in the ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by members of the Khasi community near the Lakhat border along the Sylhet-Meghalaya frontier early Friday. The deceased was identified as Minhaj Uddin, 25, son of Kamar Uddin of Bhadeshwar village under West Jaflong Union in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet. The incident took place around 3:00am in the border area ...

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Saturday said the glorious role of the East Bengal Regiment in the 1971 Liberation War remains an inseparable chapter of the nation’s history. “The sacrifice and valor of the regiment in defending the country’s independence and sovereignty must be presented to future generations, and this history should remain above politics,” he ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday urged the BNP government to honour its promises to the people by implementing the July Charter referendum verdict – warning that otherwise it would be compelled to do so. “Do not become a national traitor. Fulfil the promises made to the people and implement the referendum verdict,” he said while addressing an 11-party ...

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a traumatic brain injury, a court heard Friday as a coroner ruled an inquest into his death must be held. Stiles, 78, a former Manchester United footballer and 1966 World Cup winner, died with the injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This has been associated with head traumas, claimed to be from repeatedly ...

Andy Burnham has moved a step closer to becoming the next leader of the UK’s Labour Party and the country’s next prime minister after securing the backing of most Labour MPs. Burnham received the nominations of 322 out of 403 Labour lawmakers in the first round, leaving him just one nomination short of the 323 required to prevent any rival ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will visit Dhaka from July 12 to 16 to discuss the framework and conditions of a proposed new loan programme for Bangladesh. According to Finance Ministry sources, the government has sought a new IMF loan package centred on banking sector restructuring, revenue reforms and a revised reform agenda, replacing the previous programme agreed during ...