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Head of Walton Distributor Firoj Alam awarded ‘Sales Director of The Year’ The fourth edition of Bangladesh C-Suite Awards-2025 honoured Walton Micro-Tech Corporation Limited’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nishat Tasnim Shuchi with ‘CEO of The Year’ award, a press release...

Grameenphone’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Tanveer Mohammad, has been recognized as ‘Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (CCAO) of the Year 2025’, while Farha Naz Zaman, the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), has been honored as the ‘Chief Marketing Officer of...

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia says it is planning to block children under 16 from signing up to social media accounts next year, in a move to tighten access over child-safety concerns. Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said Sunday the government was...

ISTANBUL : Turkey's Christian community, which hosts Pope Leo XIV this week, was a minority under the Ottoman Empire whose numbers have dwindled due to forced exiles and massacres. Today, it counts around 100,000 members spread across five denominations --...

WASHINGTON : The White House said Sunday that talks in Switzerland on a proposal to end the Ukraine war marked a "significant step forward," and reaffirmed that any eventual deal would "fully uphold" the war-wracked country's sovereignty. A joint US-Ukraine...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is receiving treatment under close medical supervision at Evercare Hospital after developing infections in both her heart and lungs. Professor Dr FM Siddiqui, a member of...

A dengue prevention campaign has been carried out in Narayanganj under BRAC’s Health Programme, particularly its “Climate Change and Health” project. To mark the completion of the campaign, a discussion meeting was held on Sunday (23 November) at the...

Eastern Bank PLC. (EBL) has signed an agreement with Spectrum Software and Consulting (Pvt.) Ltd. (SSCL) to implement OptiFin, a flagship Supply Chain Finance solution by SSLC, a press release said. Riad Mahmud Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director and Head of...

The Outstanding Pearson Learner Awards 2025 (iPLSC) took place on 21 November 2025 at the China–Bangladesh Friendship Conference Center, Dhaka, in a grand and dignified atmosphere, a press release said. At this prestigious ceremony, the students of GPH International School...

DHAKA : The visit of Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay to Bangladesh has reaffirmed the deep-rooted friendship and goodwill that have long shaped bilateral relations, according to a joint statement issued today during his ongoing three-day state visit...