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Fresh tender floated to import two spot LNG cargoes

State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated a fresh tender and re-issued another to purchase two spot LNG cargoes for February 13-14 and February 06-07 delivery windows respectively.The RPGCL re-issued the tender for one spot LNG cargo over February 6-7 delivery window after cancelling the previous one as...

Build defence industry here to utilise our youth forces

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged Turkiye to bring their technologies to Bangladesh, invest more, relocate factories and use Bangladesh's youth forces. "You are the leader of the technology; you can build your defence industry here. Let's make a beginning...we are available for anything that you need," he...

Fire burns makeshift courtroom in city

A devastating fire has burnt down a makeshift courtroom set up at the Alia Madrasa playground in the capital's Bakshibazar area for holding the trial of BDR carnage cases.The fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday as the court was scheduled to hold proceedings of an explosives case...

Scheduled trains' trial on new Jamuna bridge soon

All scheduled trains to and from Dhaka as well as the railway's western zone areas will soon run on the newly-built Jamuna railway bridge on a trial basis before the structure's formal inauguration.Officials said about 38 trains now running on the existing Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge would be operated on one...

BNP files complaints with ICT against Hasina, others

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday filed two complaints with the office of the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), accusing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and a section of AL leaders and law enforcers of playing their roles in unlawful killings and enforced disappearances. The complaints...

Former ED of central bank made BFIU head

Former Executive Director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) AFM Shahinul Islam has been appointed as head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) for a term of two years. The Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance issued a notification in this connection on Thursday. Mr. Islam was...

Dhaka trashes allegations of mistreating Indian fishermen

Bangladesh on Thursday expressed its 'utter dismay and deep disappointment' over the 'unfounded remarks and fabricated allegations' of ill-treatment including physical abuses of the detained Indian fishermen by the authorities here.Bangladesh firmly rejects such unfounded allegations which undermine the spirit of trust, goodwill and mutual respect between Bangladesh and India,...

Temperature drops sharply

The mercury plunged by five degrees Celsius within a day in Chuadanga, ushering in the second cold wave of 2025.On Thursday morning, the district recorded the season's lowest temperature at 9.4 degrees Celsius, accompanied by 95 per cent humidity, according to the Chuadanga Meteorological office, reports UNB.The severe cold and...

Hanging body of OC recovered from Zajira Police Station

Police have recovered the hanging body of Al Amin, chief of Zajira Police Station, reports bdnews24.com.The body was found in a room inside the police station on Thursday afternoon, according to Nazrul Islam, superintendent of Shariatpur Police Station."Our initial suspicion is that he died by suicide. We can confirm the...

Hajj agencies protest mandatory 1,000-quota

The Hajj Agency Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) protested the requirement of 1,000 pilgrims for each Bangladeshi Hajj agency, which Bangladesh approved in compliance with the decision of Saudi authorities, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Thursday, the leaders of HAAB demanded that the agency-wise quota...

Five held with 64 kg of hashish

Law enforcers in separate drives arrested five alleged drug traders and recovered a total of 64 kg of hashish from the capital. A police official of Darus Salam Police Station in Mirpur said a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested four drug traders in Gabtoli area on...