AIB provides blankets to poor

Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC, one of the country’s leading Shariah-based banks, is continuing its annual humanitarian initiative by distributing blankets among cold-affected people during the winter season.

As part of this program, Managing Director and CEO Mohd. Rafat Ullah Khan distributed blankets on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
Deputy Managing Directors, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, and Mohammed Hossain, Senior Executive Vice P...

EC confident holding election neutral

Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin today said the Election Commission (EC) remains confident and committed to holding a free, fair and neutral election.

He made the remarks this morning after visiting the appeal centre set up at the Election Commission building in Agargaon to receive appeals filed with the Commission against the decisions of Returning Officers on acceptance and rejection of nomination papers. Earlier, the CEC visited the eleven booths of the temporary centre established to cond...

Political motives were behind enforced disappearance

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances today submitted its final report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, stating that enforced disappearances in Bangladesh were largely politically motivated and carried out with involvement from the highest levels of the immediate past government.

The report titled “Unfolding the truth: a structural diagnosis of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh” was handed over at the State Guest House Jamuna this afternoon, according to a press release of the Chief Adviser’s press wing. [caption id="attachment_35062" align="alignleft" width="1600"]

Top business leaders meet Tarique Rahman

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman held a meeting with leading business leaders and entrepreneurs this evening. The party's media cell member, Shayrul Kabir Khan, said the meeting began at 7:00 pm at the BNP chairperson's office in Dhaka's Gulshan.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury was also present at the meeting.
Those attending the meeting include Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Chamber of Commerce; Simeen Rahman, group CEO of T...

Biman to purchase 14 Boeing aircraft in 2026

The board of Bangladeshi flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG) has greenlit an order for 14 Boeing jets. No word on when the deal would be finalised.

The proposed deal comprises two Boeing 787-9s, eight 787-10 Dreamliners, and four 737 MAX 8s. This will double the airline’s current Boeing fleet. Formal negotiations on the deal terms between the carrier and Boeing will now begin following the board’s decision.
The Dhaka-based airline’s current fleet compr...

Islami Bank gets Global NRB Award

Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, achieved the ‘Lifetime Excellence in Islamic Banking Leadership Award’ at the ‘Global NRB Awards-2025’.

NRB World presented him with this award in recognition of his outstanding contribution and dynamic leadership in the Islamic banking sector.
He received the award from Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur at a ceremony organised at Hotel Sheraton in the capital on the occasion of International Expatria...
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