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Cost leaps 248pc, no progress in 10 yrs

The government will have to spend three-and-a-half-time more on a key project for Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (DWASA) failure to implement it on time, insiders said on Friday.Even after 10 years, DWASA failed to make any headway with the Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Project Phase-III, which has forced...

Domestic credit card usage declines in Feb 2025

Both domestic credit-card usage within Bangladesh and international credit-card spending by Bangladeshi nationals declined in February 2025 compared to the previous month, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data.However, credit card usage by foreign nationals in Bangladesh saw a slight increase in February compared to that of the previous month.Domestic transactions...

Peace in Myanmar hinges on Rohingya issue

Acknowledging the difficult situation, Bangladesh has strongly conveyed to the United States that peace will not return to Myanmar even the war ends there unless the Rohingya problem is resolved, reports UNB."If the Rohingya problem is not resolved, peace will not come to Myanmar even after the war ends. I...

Pakistan raises Kashmir issue

In the Sixth Round of Foreign Secretary-Level Bilateral Consultations in Dhaka, the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan briefed the Bangladeshi side on the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), emphasising the need for an early resolution of the dispute in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and the...

A woman mourns by the shrouded body of one of the victims killed by Israeli bombardment

A woman mourns by the shrouded body of one of the victims killed by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia, as it lies at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday. Gaza's civil defence agency said that 15 people, including 10 from the same family, had...

Road crashes claim 9 lives

At least nine people were killed and several others were injured in road accidents in different districts across the country on Friday, reports UNB. Four victims were killed in Habiganj, two in Chuadanga, two in Sirajganj, and one in Khagrachhari.in Habiganj Four people including two women, were killed and five...

US to abandon Ukraine peace deal if no progress within days

PARIS, April 18 (Reuters) : US President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday."We're not going to continue with this endeavour for...

Trump administration kicks off plan for expanded offshore drilling

The U.S. Interior Department on Friday said it would begin taking public input for a new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program that could include new zones in the Arctic and elsewhere to maximize energy development, reports Reuters.President Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to identify ways to increase...

Scientists find possible chemical signs of life on faraway planet

LONDON, Apr 18 (AP): Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings.The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on...

Cement-laden trawler capsizes in Chandpur's Meghna River

Chandpur, Apr 18 (UNB): A cement-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River near Chandpur Sadar upazila after being caught in a sudden nor'wester on Thursday.However, no casualties were reported.The trawler MV Riya-Yasin went down near Kanudi area under Sadar upazila after the storm hit the water transport, according to locals.Seeing...