Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has won the gold award at the 11th ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2023. The bank received the prestigious gold award for the sixth time. Ahmed Shaheen, Additional Managing Director, and Ziaul Karim, Head of Communications and External Affairs, Eastern Bank receive the award
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BRAC Bank opens Khilgaon branch
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Govt plans to cut duty on rice import
The government is considering reducing the import duty on rice in an effort to stabilise rice prices in the country. Sources at the finance, commerce, and food ministries indicate that this decision is being contemplated due to recent floods that severely impacted paddy cultivation. Major agricultural areas, including Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur,
Yunus among world’s most influential Muslims in 2024
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, based in Amman, has unveiled its 16th annual list of the world's most influential Muslim personalities for 2024. The prestigious publication, The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, features a diverse array of individuals from across the globe who have made profound contributions
BFIU orders freezing banks accounts of Bashundhara chair, MD
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed banks to freeze the accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his family members, as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering allegations. The order targets members of the Sobhan family, including Sayem Sobhan Anvir, Managing Director of Bashundhara Group; Sadat
A mother’s never-ending grief
It has been five years since Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), was brutally murdered by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) leaders and activists inside the Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university. Today, October 7, 2024, marks the
Travel ban imposed on S Alam Group owner, family
A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on Saiful Alam, the owner of S Alam Group, his wife Farzana Parveen and 11family members. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad Zoglul Hossain passed the order in response to a petition from Anti-Corruption Commission's Public Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam on Monday. In
Saber Chowdhury placed on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Monday placed former Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on a five-day remand in connection with the murder of BNP activist Mokbul in 2022. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque issued the remand order after the investigation officer Nazmul Hasan - sub-inspector of Paltan Model Police Station- produced
Former land minister Narayan Chandra arrested
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has arrested former Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda from the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah district. BGB headquarter's Public Relation Officer Shariful Islam confirmed the information. Narayan Chandra Chanda, a former Member of Parliament from Khulna-5, was apprehended while he was attempting to illegally cross into India, BGB said. Narayan
Ex-Principal Secretary Nojibur Rahman arrested
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested former Prime Minister's Principal Secretary and also former National Bureau of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Nojibur Rahman from Ramna area of Dhaka on Sunday night, said authorities. Rezaul Karim Mallik, additional deputy commissioner (ADC-DB) of the DMP confirmed the matter to media. He informed that the