Bangladesh Bank has issued new guidelines for transferring money from any bank card to a Mobile Financial Services (MFS) account. According to the new rules, a 'token transaction' of up to Tk 500 has been made mandatory for linking a bank card to an MFS account like bKash, Nagad or Rocket for the first time.
State thinker and poet Farhad Mazhar has alleged that the attack on the Shah Ali shrine in Mirpur was to loot the money from the offerings.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon today said a time-befitting media policy and a media commission will be formed by July-August next to ensure the interests of all parties - journalists, owners and newspaper employees.
Singapore has expressed strong interest in investing a significant amount in the under-construction Bay Terminal project at Chattogram Port. The country has indicated a desire to invest approximately 800 million to 1 billion US dollars in the terminal's infrastructure development. Singapore-based firms have also shown interest in taking over the management of the Bay Terminal.
The price of gold in Bangladesh has been reduced again following a downturn in the international market. The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association has cut the price by up to Tk 4,374 per bhori (11.664 grams) under its new decision, effective from Tuesday, May 19.
Students protesting against the newly appointed Vice Chancellor have declared a ‘complete shutdown’ of the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) campus. As a result, academic and administrative activities of the university located in Gazipur have come to a virtual standstill.