Airfreight charges fly high in BD

Normal trade-shipment disruptions due to the Middle East turmoil have sent airfreight rates flying in Bangladesh, tripling for Dhaka-to-Europe transportation and nearly doubling for US reach.Stakeholders say this has happened as hundreds of Middle East-bound flights had been cancelled since war broke out on February 28 between US-Israel duo and...

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Forced labour and industrial overcapacity under US probe

Bangladesh is among 60 countries coming under latest two-pronged US trade scrutiny over forced labour and industrial overcapacity, hot on the heels of tariff wars. The United States launched Thursday investigations into 60 countries that also include China, India and the European Union over what is stated as failure to...

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Eid trippers' rush to roots kicks off

City-dwellers started leaving on Friday the capital, Dhaka, for celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with their families to avoid last -minute rushes and potential transport hassles.Despite the main holiday beginning on March 17, many initiated their travel early, with reports highlighting potential transport delays due to a fuel crisis against the backdrop of...

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Fixed deposits with banks drop for optional switch, uncertainty

Fixed deposits with banks have been on the wane for reasons like optional switch to better instruments and FDR liquidation to defray election spending or for perceived vote-related uncertainty, sources say. Although total deposit in the banking system grew 3.42 per cent in the fourth quarter of the last calendar...

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Iran unleashes oil shock to blunt US firepower

SHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters): Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.No images have been released of Khamenei since an Israeli strike at the...

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Prayer Timings _2026-03-14

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