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Standard Chartered Bangladesh introduces Bangla QR payment feature on SC Mobile App

Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- Standard Chartered account holders can now use Bangla QR payment feature using their SC Mobile App. This milestone reinforces the Bank's commitment to driving a cashless society and ... Read More


EBL partners with Seagull Group to offer exclusive privileges for cardholders

Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- Eastern Bank (EBL) has signed an agreement with Seagull Group to offer exclusive privileges for EBL cardholders at Seagull Hotels in Cox's Bazar and Seagull Resort and Spa Village in... Read More


US praises Bangladesh for sheltering Rohingya

Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- The United States has praised Bangladesh for continuing to provide refuge to hundreds of thousands of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingya people as the crisis enters its eighth yea... Read More


Trolley driver killed in Magura road crash

Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- A trolley driver was killed when a truck hit his vehicle at the Jagla Angardah area in Sadar upazila of Magura on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Md Kamrul Islam, 29,... Read More


Midland Bank signs MoU with Brac Healthcare

Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- Midland Bank PLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BRAC Healthcare on August 25, 2025, according to a press release. BRAC Healthcare, part of BRAC Enterprises, is dedi... Read More


Uttara Bank inaugurates new premises of its Narail Branch

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Mr. Maksudul Hasan, Deputy Managing Director and Managing Director (Acting) of Uttara Bank PLC, has inaugurated the new premises of Narail Branch, Narail (Shirin Super Market,Holding... Read More


Southeast Bank holds training for SME entrepreneurs

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Southeast Bank PLC, in partnership with Bangladesh Bank, has launched a month-long Entrepreneurship Development Program for SME entrepreneurs under the Skills for Industry Competitiv... Read More


SAJIDA Foundation shares insights on women-led climate resilience

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- SAJIDA Foundation hosted a research dissemination event titled "Building Climate Resilience: Women as Agents of Change" in Dhaka on Thursday (August 21). Policymakers, researchers, ... Read More


Dutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country's Parliament he i... Read More


Ultimatum to return looted white stones in Sylhet

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- The Sylhet district administration has ordered looted white stones from the Shada Pathor tourist site to be returned by 5pm on Tuesday, 26 August. The directive came from a meeting ... Read More