Banglanews24: In a latest move, BIWTA has introduced an online system for issuing survey certificate for water vessels. The vessel owners have to apply on the official website of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at first, to avail the certificates. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan launched the digital means of service, at a function held…
Desk Report: Mutual Trust Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with I-Business Holdings Limited, the official representative of Samitivej Hospital, Thailand in Bangladesh, reports Financial Express. Under the agreement, MTB Privilege customers, MTB VISA Signature and MasterCard World cardholders will enjoy 10 per cent discount with prioritised facilities at Samitivej Sukhumvit and Samitivej Srinakarin…
Hindustan Times The glow of kindness is real — even if it has nothing in it for you. Psychologists at the University of Sussex have confirmed the same by undertaking a major analysis of existing research showing the brain scans relating to over 1,000 people making kind decisions. For the first time, they split the…
Sabah Mannan: BSF Dir-ector General (DG) KK Sharma claimed Thursday that there was no report of killing any Bangladeshi nationals by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the borders since January this year. At a briefing on the fourth day of the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) director general-level meeting, the BSF DG remarked…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Duplex mansions, mostly in the middle of farmland, forest or just beside the road, along the 13km road stretching from Teknaf Zero Point to Shah Porir Island in Cox’s Bazar will leave many surprised. The landlords do not stay there any longer as they are either on the run or in…
Desk Report At least 125 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday. A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in Karrada in central Baghdad,…
Reported by: Sayd Ripon Written by: Eshan Maitra Election Commission is discussing about printing National Identification Cards (NID) at the District Offices. This would facilitate reprinting of lost or ruined NID. EC believe, it would be more convenient for the general public.EC had started accepting applications for NID correction at the Upazilla offices. But, only…
BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her. “We’re working tirelessly for further consolidating democracy and accelerating development in the country,” Premier’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted…
Kabir Humayun: Police yesterday arrested a cash officer of Agrani Bank’s Bamondi branch in Meherpur district from his office in a case lodged for misappropriating Tk 3.25 crore. The arrestee is Mahmudul Karim, said Sadar Police Station officer in-charge Robiul Islam, reports Daily Observer. A case was filed against Mahmudul with Sadar Police Station on…
Abrar Hussain: China said yesterday that exerting pressure was ‘not helpful’ in resolving the issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar after UN investigators determined Myanmar’s military had carried out mass killings. On Monday, a UN report marked the first time that the United Nations had explicitly called for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges over…