BIAA donates purification system, water coolers to DMCH

Business DeskThe Bangladesh Indenting Agents’ Association (BIAA) has donated four water coolers and water purification system to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative.The facilities have been provided for free to help ensure access to safe drinking water for patients, their attendants and other visitors to the hospital, according to a BIAA press release issued on Thursday.A BIAA delegation led by its President Bahalul Mansur handed over the water coolers and purification system to DMCH Director Brigadier General AKM Forhad Hossain and they were later installed.During the handover, the BIAA president presented the DMCH director with a memento.Association Senior Vice-President Col Md Moyenul Haque (Retd), Director Ali Haider Mohamed Sazzad, former member Md Idris Ali Molla, CSR Committee members M Salah Uddin, Abu Sayeed Manik, Md Hasanul Islam, Md Rafiqul Islam, HM Shafiqul Islam Gias, and BIAA Executive Secretary Md Ashiku...

GDP growth accelerates to 3.68% in FY26

The country’s GDP growth accelerated to 3.68 percent in the 2025-26 fiscal year, driven mainly by stronger performances in the industrial and services sectors in the fourth quarter, according to provisional estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).GDP growth at constant prices stood at 4.60 percent in the fourth quarter of FY26, sharply up from 2.05 percent in the same quarter of FY25, according to the provisional GDP estimates.In the first three quarters of FY26, GDP growth ...

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Popular Life Insurance PLC has handed over insurance claim cheques worth Tk2.47 crore to policyholders in Munshiganj as part of its ongoing special initiative to expedite claim settlements.The cheques were handed over on...

BBCAF to hold dialogue, pink rally at BMU marking Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday

Health DeskThe Bangladesh Breast Cancer Awareness Forum (BBCAF) has been observing 10 October as Breast Cancer Awareness Day every year since 2013 through a non-government initiative.To mark the day and raise public awareness throughout October about breast cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment, the Forum organises a range of activities. The program include printing and distributing breast cancer awareness leaflets, organising awareness discussions, street meetings, and pink rallies at educational institutions, workplaces, and within local communities, arranging pink road rallies along various routes across the country using a bus decorated in pink, accompanied by leaflet distribution and street meetings, printing and distributing four-colour awareness leaflets c...

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Bangladesh squander flying start, reach 317-8 on Day 1

Bangladesh compiled 317-8, riding on three half-centuries from openers Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shadman Islam and wicket-keeper batter Liton Das on Day 1 of the one-off cricket Test against Afghanistan at Sheikh Jayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE today.While the scoreboard suggested an evenly day for the two teams, Bangladesh knew they had squandered a golden chance to bury Afghanistan under an avalanche of runs, specially the kind of start they got through Tanzid.Tanzid smashed a marauding 71 ball-83, a knock well complemented by his fellow opener Shadman Islam's 67 and Liton Das's 53.Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first, a decision justified well by Taznid who treated Afghan bowlers in disdain, defying the short ball barrage.Afghanistan employed the short ball tricks, sensing the Bangladesh batters' weakness against it.But Tanzid's aggressive approach kept runs flowing for Bangladesh as the partnership reached 124 runs in no time.Nonetheless, Afghan pacers didn't back out from their plan. And their relentless work paid the dividends eventually with Ismat Alam finally got Tanzid with one shorter which the batter edged to the wicket-keeper to be out after hitting eight fours and four sixes.His dismissal brought Mominul Haque into the crease and he too kept up the rhythm along with Shadman.After the second-wicket partnership reached 60 runs, Mohammad Saleem got the better of Shadman again with short ball.Yamin Ahmadzai then dealt a double blow, dismissing Mominul Haque (29) and Mushfiqur Rahim for duck in three balls, leaving Banglade...

Law and order: No room for impunity

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