BRAC Bank has secured a US$50 million financing facility from an international financial institution to expand funding for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh, with particular emphasis on women-owned businesses and agriculture-based enterprises. The financing will be channelled through the bank’s offshore banking unit and is structured as an unsecured working capital facility. […]

Bangladesh’s National Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, is being remembered today on the 50th anniversary of his death. The poet died in Dhaka on 12 Bhadra 1383 in the Bengali calendar, bringing to an end the life of one of Bengal’s most influential literary figures. Five decades after his death, his poetry and songs continue to […]

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has claimed a major breakthrough in unraveling the murder of 29-year-old gold trader Al-Amin Hossain in Jessore. Officers arrested one of the primary suspects, 30-year-old Golam Rasul, during a targeted early-morning raid on Wednesday, 26 August, in Gopalganj district. The arrest took place at around dawn inside the residence […]

Kylian Mbappé delivered a masterclass at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, scoring a brilliant hat-trick to lead Real Madrid to a resounding 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad. Despite an unsteady patch in the first half caused by defensive lapses and bad luck, the Spanish giants asserted total control after the interval. Vinícius Júnior also found […]

Officers from the District Detective Branch (DB) of Police apprehended a 42-year-old man and confiscated 400 grams of processed cannabis during an evening operation in the Mirapara neighbourhood of Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. The tactical raid was carried out at roughly 8:20 pm as part of an expanding, district-wide anti-narcotics initiative […]