Business & Commerce
Business Desk"Developing economies seeking trade success need stronger partnerships with all stakeholders," WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in her opening remarks at the 2026 Global Review on 29 October, marking 20 years of the Aid for Trade initiative.Over two days, minister...
Staff CorrespondentThe Dhaka Regional Committee (DRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), the country's premier professional accounting body operating under the administrative oversight of the Ministry of Commerce, is set to organize the “CA Bangladesh Accountin...
City
Business DeskThe Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB), with Asian Paints Bangladesh Limited as the exclusive partner, organized the IAB Awards 2025 ceremony on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at the Grand Ballroom of InterContinental Hotel in Dhaka.The event celebrated outstanding achievements in ar...
Business DeskBangladesh-based technology and sustainability company Smart Build has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for international technical and strategic cooperation during the World Investment Forum 2026 in Doha, marking another step in its ambition to bring Bangladesh-developed arti...
Staff CorrespondentA delegation led by Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary Vice Minister and State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Germany, visited the factory of Abul Khair Steel Melting Limited (AKSML).During the visit to the factory in Sitakunda,...
Staff CorrespondentBangladeshi children are facing multifaceted health risks due to climate change-induced heatwaves, floods, waterlogging, waterborne diseases, and crises in safe water and sanitation. Low-income families and children living in slum areas are particularly vulnerable due to a combina...
Staff CorrespondentMore than 180 young people took to the streets of Dhaka on Sunday, demanding stronger lead regulations, effective enforcement of existing standards, and immediate action to protect millions of children from the devastating effects of lead poisoning.Carrying placards and festoons c...
Business DeskEvery online fraud, hacked account and every threat sent from behind a screen leaves a digital trail. In Chattogram, Bangladesh Police now have a purpose-built place where those trails can be followed, examined, and turned into evidence.The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Ban...
Staff CorrespondentTo strengthen gender-responsive chemical management and occupational health and safety (OHS), the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), in collaboration with the Department of Environment (DoE) and project partners, hosted the National Stakeholders Consultation o...
Ahammad Parvej KhanThe Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), marked on Monday the closing of the project “Empowering Out-of-School Adolescent Girls and Young Women with Market-Driven Occupational Skills, Transfera...
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 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...
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