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ADB to lend $1b annually for environment conservation
05:33 PM, 05 Jan 2025 Sundaythe Asian Development Bank, ADB, will provide $1 billion to Bangladesh annually in concessional financing over the next five years. ADB Country Director Hoe Yun Jeong came up with the assurance when he met Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan...
5 banks' MDs on forced retirement
05:08 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe managing directors, MDs, of five more banks have been sent on compulsory retirement on the advice of the taskforce formed by the Bangladesh Bank, BB. The banks are Exim Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, and ICB Islami Bank...
Rezanur appointed as Petrobangla chairman
04:32 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAdditional Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, M Rezanur Rahman, has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla)...
HC bench goes paperless, ushering in a new era
04:03 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayIn a ground-breaking move towards modernising the judiciary, a High Court bench in Bangladesh has initiated paperless trials. Justice Ahmed Sohel, presiding over the single company bench of the Supreme Court, described this transition as the beginning of a "new era" in the legal system.
RMG workers stage demo for increment in Gazipur
03:57 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe workers of a ready-made garments factory are staging demonstration in Gazipur from Sunday morning, January 5, demanding their annual salary increase...
50 judges’ training in India cancelled
03:24 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe planned training of 50 judicial officers from subordinate courts at the National Judicial Academy and State Judicial Academy in Bhopal, India, has been cancelled.
Dismissed trainee SIs rally outside secretariat, demand reinstatement
03:02 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayDismissed trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of the 40th cadet SI batch staged a sit-in outside the Secretariat on Sunday morning (January 4), demanding reinstatement into their training programmme.
Indian forces clash with Maoist rebels, 5 killed
02:48 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayIndian security forces on Sunday battled with Maoist rebels in their forested heartland, police said, with at least four guerillas and one policeman killed.
Washington Post cartoonist quits over rejected sketch mocking Bezos, Trump
02:35 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAn award-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post has announced her resignation after a cartoon depicting the newspaper's billionaire owner grovelling before Donald Trump was rejected.
CEC promises no deliberate mistakes in nat’l election
01:58 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has promised that the Election Commission will not make deliberate mistakes while performing its duties.
From trade to trend: Transformation of Bangkok's historic hub
01:30 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe area along Song Wat Road in Bangkok was once a bustling commercial hub where some of Thailand's largest conglomerates began. Now, the area is rising once again as local entrepreneurs celebrate the historical district's rich cultural diversity while adding modern touches.
icddr,b grapples with winter diarrhoea cases, 80% children
01:17 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAs winter sets in, the number of diarrhoea cases in Dhaka has surged, particularly among children. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) is grappling with an influx of 600–700 patients daily, with children accounting for 80% of the cases.