Thursday, February 19, 2026

Good news for expecting mothers

Can receive Covid jab without confirmation SMS after registration Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take the Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration. In this case, they have to carry antenatal check-up (ANC) cards or prescriptions from registered expert physicians to the respective centres they have selected to get the vaccine, said ... Read more

Body of Biman pilot Nawshad arrives from India

The body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Kaiyum, who complained of chest pain mid-air and died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in India on Monday, was brought to Dhaka on Thursday morning in a scheduled flight. The body was brought to Dhaka on a returning flight from Doha at 9:15am, the

No advance payments in e-commerce: BB

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said e-commerce platforms would not be able to receive payments in advance for any products or services rendered. Some e-shops instruct shoppers to deposit money directly into their respective bank accounts before delivering a product or service, breaching Bangladesh Bank regulations

Brac Bank to raise Tk 600cr thru bonds

Brac Bank has decided to raise Tk 600 crore by issuing a non-convertible bond with a view to providing home loans to the country’s lower and middle income groups. The board of the private lender took this decision at a meeting on August 26, after which it sent the proposal to the Bangladesh Securities and ... Read more

Bata returns to profit

Bata Shoes (Bangladesh), one of the most popular footwear brands in the country, returned to profit after a year riding on higher sales. The company’s declaration of profit comes as good news for the local economy, which is rebounding strongly despite the ongoing coronavirus

Dhaka metro rail formal test run started

Bangladesh’s first ever metro train service has started its test run on the viaduct in the capital. The formal test run started from Uttara at 11:54am. on sunday after Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the event by waving a green flag at the depot in Dhaka’s Diabari.. The minister told reporters that ... Read more

It’s possible to walk across the Padma now

All 2,917 road slabs in place on Padma bridge The Padma bridge project yesterday moved one step closer to completion after the authority finished the installation of all road slabs linking both sides of the Padma river through the roadway. Now it is possible to cross the Padma river by walking across the 6.15 kilometre-long ... Read more

Pori Moni sent to jail

Film actress Pori Moni was sent to jail today on completion of her one-day remand, in the third phase, in a case filed with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act. She was earlier placed on six-day remand in two phases in the same case. Criminal Investigation Department did not submit

FB pays Tk 2.27cr in VAT for July in Bangladesh

Facebook filed value-added tax worth Tk 2.27 crore against its business in the month of July in Bangladesh on Tuesday. For July, Facebook Ireland Limited paid Tk 2,64,91,643, Facebook Payments International Limited Tk 16,785 and Facebook Technologies Ireland Limited paid Tk 2,294 in VAT. Earlier in June, Facebook was the first non-resident organisation to file VAT returns

Parimani remanded for one more day

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday put Dhallywood star Pori Moni on a one-day remand for the third time. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Atikul Islam passed the order. The actress was produced before the court by the Criminal Investigation Department in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. The CID requested the court to ... Read more

Bail denied, Pori Moni and Mou sent to jail

Film actress Pori Moni, model Mariam Akhter Mou and three others were sent to jail today on completion of remands in three separate cases filed with Banani and Mohammadpur police stations under the Narcotics Control Act. The three others are: Raz Multimedia owner Nazrul Islam Raz, his associate Md Sabuj Ali and Pori Moni’s associate ... Read more

I’m being framed: Pori Moni

Actress Pori Moni, who was placed on a two-day fresh remand today, said that she has been framed in a false case. She said this while being escorted out of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, following hearing of her remand prayer. “You are watching everything without doing anything, while

Porimani, Raj remanded again

The court has granted a two-day fresh remand to the actress in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas issued the remand order on Tuesday. After a four-day remand, the actress was produced in court on the same day and an application was made to remand her for another ... Read more