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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 tr...
Business & Commerce
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 s...
Ahammad Parvej KhanA fellowship in Korea does not end when the participant returns home. It continues in the institutions of Bangladesh, where alumni put new knowledge into practice. On Thursday evening, that community came together to celebrate what it has built.The KOICA Bangladesh Office, in coll...
Business DeskThe government aims to provide improved primary eye-care services to at least 20 million people over the next five years as part of its commitments to tackling blindness and visual impairment.State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr MA Muhit disclosed the plan while speaking at a...
BP DeskDr. Junoh Kim, a renowned Korean cosmetics expert with more than three decades of experience in cosmetics research and development (R&D), has joined Coslab Personal Care Limited, the manufacturing company behind Bangladeshi skincare brand skin’O, as a consultant.Dr. Kim will work wi...
Business DeskThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Modern Syntex Limited (MSL) today signed a $50 million loan for the Modern Energy-Efficient Polyester Chips Manufacturing Project in Bangladesh.The financing will support MSL's expansion of polyester chips production capacity from 107 tons to 407...
Education & Research
BP DeskThe Sunway Centre for Planetary Health (SCPH) at Sunway University today announced that the Global Tipping Points Conference 2026 (GTP 2026) will be held at the university from 12 to 15 October — the first time the conference is being held in Asia.The four-day conference will bring toge...
Staff CorrespondentEnvironmentalists and experts today expressed deep concern over ongoing and proposed infrastructure development projects in Cox’s Bazar, warning that unplanned urbanization, forest clearance, and coastal alteration pose a severe threat to the region's fragile ecology.The...
Ahammad Parvej KhanAnisur Rahman Talukder Khokon, Member of Parliament and member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping, has demanded the immediate publication of a list of river encroachers and polluters, alongside strict legal action to bring them to justice.He made t...
World
BP DeskA landmark Islamic event, the "Historic Tafsirul Quran Mahfil 2026," was successfully organized by the Bangladesh Youth Community Malaysia on September 20 at Risda Ampang in Kuala Lumpur, drawing notable scholars, community leaders, and attendees from across the region.The program w...
Entertainment & Glomour
BP DeskNew York is set to experience an enchanting evening of music and cultural celebration as LiveFusion Entertainment presents “A Mesmerizing Musical Night,” featuring renowned Bangladeshi and North American performers Ryan Taj and Promi Taj.The highly anticipated event will take plac...
Business DeskOmer Salahuddin, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Bangladesh, met Muhammad Hasan Arif, Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), at the EPB office in Dhaka on 21 September 2026.Arif had visited Texworld Apparel Sourcing in Paris earlier this month and met with several Bangladeshi exhibi...
Business DeskFaridpur’s Razzaque Jute Industries had been shut down for various reasons, leaving its workers unemployed. However, the factory has recently resumed operations under the ownership of Abul Khair Group. The products manufactured at the mill are now being exported.Razzaque Jute Indu...
Business DeskProf. Muhammad Mahboob Ali, Professor of Economics, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) has been invited by INTI International University, Malaysia to be a Volunteer Research Fellow for the period 26th August 2026 to 31st December 2028.Prof Ali said he was honored to...
Staff CorrespondentBangladesh’s economic progress must be judged by its impact on people’s lives, speakers said at the Syed Humayun Kabir Memorial Research Symposium 2026, calling for evidence-based policy, stronger public institutions and greater attention to inequality.Delivering the k...
Ahammad Parvej KhanThe 5th New York International Trade Fair & Chamber Annual Business Expo 2026 officially opened on Thursday at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Chambers Street, New York.The event brought together a broad gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, exhibitors, cha...
Country, Districts
Business DeskAn exchange meeting between the Center for Zakat Management (CZM) and the respected Executive Council of Tamakumundi Lane Merchants’ Association was held today, Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. at the office of Tamakumundi Lane Merchants’ Association.At the meeting, discussions and a...
Business DeskThe Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh signed the Record of Discussion (RoD) for the “Ex-Post Management Project for Enhancing the...
Business DeskThe Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Bangladesh Office convened a seminar titled "Development Corporation in a Complex Global Environment – Perspectives on Japan's ODA and Future Partnerships" at Holiday Inn, Dhaka, bringing together senior government of...
BP DeskThe Russian House in Dhaka, in cooperation with Chhayanat (Kolkata), India, organised a special evening of culture and remembrance celebrating the life, poetry, music and enduring legacy of Kazi Nazrul Islam, the National Poet of Bangladesh.In her welcome address, Alexandra A. Khlevnoy, Direc...
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