Shiabur Rahman | 2026-03-13 00:00:00
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival for Muslims across the world, is just around the corner. Preparations have begun across Bangladesh to welcome this grand celebration that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. For many, however, Eid is...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-03-13 00:00:00
Each year the picture of lumbering trains with a huge rooftop crowd during the two Eids and Tongi Biswa Ijtema exposes not just the scarcity of mass public transports but also the state of underdevelopment of a nation. This is...
As the new government prepares to unveil its first national budget, it faces a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, there is a natural expectation that the pledges made during the election campaign will be reflected in the fiscal...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2026-03-12 12:00:00
A new-look parliament goes into its maiden session today, marking the start of new chapter in Bangladesh polity following the fall of the past regime in political upheavals.A slew of 133 ordinances--mostly on changes following the 2024 mass uprising, are...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2026-03-12 12:00:00
There are few places on earth where the interplay between geopolitics and the global economy is as evident as in the Strait of Hormuz, a small strait of water located between Iran and Oman, which serves as the primary conduit...
Shiabur Rahman | 2026-03-12 12:00:00
It has been a year since Syed Manzur Elahi left this mortal world, but the silence he left behind still feels heavy. People build institutions, but only a handful of them build values that keep inspiring others even after they...
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M. Rashiduzzaman Millat has said it may take six to nine months to launch operations from third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. "We are trying to expedite the process, but based on...
KERZERS, Mar 11 (AFP): A bus caught fire in western Switzerland on Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring five others in what police said may have been a deliberate act.The fire broke out on the bus in the...
KYIV, Feb 11 (BBC): Ukrainian forces have struck one of Russia's "most important military factories", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said."The plant produced electronics and components for Russian missiles. The very missiles that strike our cities, our villages and civilians," he...
SEOUL, Mar 11 (AFP): South Korea said Wednesday it could deter threats from the North even if the United States relocated some of its military assets to the Middle East amid the war in Iran.Washington, Seoul's key security ally, stations...
DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters): The U.S. may have pulled the trigger on the Iran war, but it is the oil-producing Gulf that will pay the price, Gulf sources and analysts say, signalling unease in ties between a region under Iranian...
RIYADH, Mar 11 (AFP/Reuters): Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it had intercepted a wave of seven drones heading towards a strategic oil field, as Iran renewed fire on its Gulf neighbours and their energy infrastructure."Two drones heading towards the Shaybah oil...
HABIGANJ, Mar 11 (BSS): A van driver was killed after a brick fell on him from the roof of a house in Baniachong upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Maksud Mia, 30, a resident of...
NARAIL, Mar 11 (UNB): Severe erosion by the Nabaganga River is threatening a riverbank protection embankment built at a cost of Tk 250 million (25 crore) in Kalia upazila of Narail district, sparking panic among more than 500 families living...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-03-12 00:00:00
MAGURA, Mar 12: Magura farmers have been expecting a bumper yield from Boro paddy cultivation this season as the DAE estimates production to reach 122,450 tonnes of rice, worth approximately Tk 5.0 billion.Sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-03-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 12: Amid high workload ahead of Eid, over 12,000 tailoring shops and several thousands of tailors have been taking orders for dresses in Chattogram, sources from traders' association said, as city dwellers thronged the shops from the first...
NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (AFP): The Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to Bengaluru this season despite a stampede that killed 11 young fans outside the city's stadium last summer, the cricket board said on Wednesday.Dozens more were injured in...
Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after co-host the United States launched airstrikes against the country alongside Israel, killing its leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sports minister Ahmad Donyamali said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.The United States and Israel launched...
The National Sports Council on Wednesday formed a five-member independent probe committee to investigate allegations of widespread irregularities in the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) 2025 election, reports Cricbuzz.NSC announced the decision through an official notification days after Tamim Iqbal led...
World number two Jannik Sinner survived a stern test from Joao Fonseca on Tuesday to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals, while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka eased past 16th seed Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 to progress to the women's...
Nahid Rana delivered a devastating spell, claiming 5 for 24 from seven overs, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz chipped in with 3 for 29 to wrap up Pakistan's innings in just 30.4 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday, report...
NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (Reuters): India approved easing restrictions on Chinese investments in select sectors on Tuesday, in a major step by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rebuild ties with Beijing and end six years of friction.Below is a timeline...
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (AFP): Consumer inflation in the United States remained stable at 2.4 per cent in February, in line with market expectations, government data showed Wednesday, as affordability concerns persist in the world's largest economy.The consumer price index (CPI)...
PANAMA CITY, Mar 11 (AFP): Chinese shipping giant Cosco said Tuesday that it is suspending operations at a Panama Canal port amid an ongoing row between the United States and China over the waterway's oversight.Cosco, which owns one of the...
China expressed interest on Wednesday in increasing flight frequencies on the Beijing and Guangzhou routes from Bangladesh to strengthen air connectivity, tourism cooperation and economic engagement between the two countries, reports BSS.The issue came up when Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh...
LONDON, Mar 11 (Reuters): Shell, the world's largest liquefied natural gas trader, has declared force majeure on LNG cargoes it buys from QatarEnergy and sells to its clients worldwide, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.Qatar, the world's second-largest exporter of...
Bangladesh and Indonesia today reviewed progress in negotiations on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and stressed the importance of concluding the pact at an early date to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, reports BSS.The issue came up when Indonesian...
Bangladesh's Readymade Garment (RMG) exports recorded a 3.73 per cent year-on-year decline, totaling US$ 25.80 billion during the July-February period of the current fiscal year 2025-26, reports UNB.According to the latest data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the sector-the...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has identified six major business groups as primary targets in its first phase of strategic efforts to recover laundered loan assets from abroad, reports UNB.Due to strategic reasons, the central bank has not yet disclosed the names...
Gold prices in Bangladesh have increased again within a day as the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) on Wednesday raised the price of 22-carat gold by Tk 2,216 per bhori, reports UNB.With the latest adjustment, the price of 22-carat gold has...
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