Md Mijanur Rahman, director general of the Department of Disaster Management, has said nearly 100,000 buildings are constructed in Dhaka city every year, among which, even 10,000 have no structural design. “These buildings look good from the outside but they do not have structural designs. There is no one to supervise
Author: Times Report
BNP announces countrywide sit-in protest on April 1
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a sit-in programme across the country on 1 April. "The government has forced BNP to announce the programme even though it did not want to do political programmes in the month of Ramadan," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at an iftar
PM calls for building equality-based society
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all, including global people, to build a society based on equality and free from all kinds of discrimination and sectarianism. "We follow Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's peace policy in running the country," she said in a message on the eve
FSIBL presents global money week opens
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) presents Global Money Week-2023 organized by Daffodil International University (DIU) and Bangladesh Skill Development Institute has held its inauguration ceremony at 71 auditorium of Daffodil Education Network, a press release said Friday. Based on the theme “Plan Your Money, Plant Your Future’’ in tandem
BRAC Bank, Nucleus win FinTech Innovation Award
BRAC Bank and Nucleus Software won the IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Award 2022 for deployment of Supply Chain Finance solution for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), says a press release.The implementation of FinnAxia, a transaction banking and supply chain finance solution from Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. of India, at
BGMEA, Apon to work for RMG workers’ well-being
Apon Bazar, Bangladesh's first and largest workers' well-being platform offering discounted grocery, credit facility and health insurance, announced a partnership with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, Director Neela Hosna Ara, Apon Managing Director Saif Rashid, and Director Yasir Arafat were present at the meeting
Emirates’ special service during Holy Month of Ramadan
With the Holy Month of Ramadan expected to begin this week, Emirates is preparing thousands of Iftar meal boxes for fasting passengers both onboard and at boarding gates, an array of religious content and Ramadan series on ice in-flight entertainment system, and traditional Ramadan refreshments and meals in the lounges. From
bKash-BigganChinta science festival ends
bKash, and BigganChinta have held the final round of science festival at Shishu Academy in the city, a press release said Thursday. Organic plastic can be made from fish scales, which, over the time would be decomposed in nature. A functional prototype of that was presented by Ankita Halder and Sumaiya
Tigers sweep ODI series by crashing Ireland
Hasan Mahmud earned his first five-wicket haul as Bangladesh's seam attack blitzed through Ireland to set up a resounding 10-wicket win in the final ODI to sweep the series 2-0. Asked to field first on Thursday, Mahmud (5-32), Taskin Ahmed (3-26) and Ebadot Hossain (2-29) shared all 10 wickets among themselves
Robi, a2i launch govt citizen certification payment
Aspire to Innovate (a2i) and Robi have collaborated to facilitate the payment for availing government certification or Prottoyon and myGov services using mobile balance, a press release said Thursday. This is popularly known as Direct Operator Billing (DOB) for the first time in Bangladesh. Project director, Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun