Panagoda: The 13th Defence Services Games 2024/2025 concluded successfully with a colourful and dignified closing ceremony held yesterday at the Army Cantonment, Panagoda. The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), graced t…
Colombo: Rear Admiral Srinivas Maddula, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence) of the Indian Navy, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Ministry of Defenc…
Colombo: The Targeted Financial Sanctions Committee convened a meeting on 12 January 2026 at the Ministry of Defence Premises, under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, in his capacity as the Competent Authority of Sri Lanka….
Dhaka: State-owned Sonali Bank PLC posted a record Tk 8,017.36 crore in operating profit in 2025, underscoring a sharp turnaround in financial performance driven by higher income, improved governance and lower loan defaults. The operating profit rose …
Dhaka: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) announced a significant reduction in customs duty on imported mobile phones, cutting the rate by 60 percent to make handsets more affordable amid rising living costs. The decision, effective from Tuesday, aim…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s capital market witnessed a positive trend in the first half of trading on Tuesday, with key indices of both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) moving upward. On the third trading day of the week,…
Dhaka: BNP on Tuesday expressed concerns regarding the disqualification of candidates’ nomination papers due to issues related to dual citizenship and the alleged manipulation of postal ballots to disadvantage the party.
According to United News of B…
Chuadanga: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday sought the intervention of the Army Chief over the alleged killing of Shamsuzzaman Dablu, general secretary of Jibannagar Municipal unit BNP in Chuadanga, by members of the securi…