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Shanto returns as Test captain with renewed clarity, board backing

2025-11-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh Test captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said he is returning to leadership with "clarity and full independence" as Bangladesh prepare to face Ireland in Sylhet today (Tuesday), reports UNB.Bangladesh played their last match five months ago against Sri Lanka in...

Tigers complete 25 years in Test cricket

2025-11-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh have completed 25 years in Test cricket on Monday with highs and lows. The Test numbers though showed a grim picture, reports BSS.In these 25 years, Bangladesh played 154 Tests, winning just 23, three of them by an innings...

China suspends 'special port fees' on US vessels

2025-11-11 00:00:00

BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP): China said Monday it would suspend for one year "special port fees" on US vessels "simultaneously" with Washington's pause on levies targeting Chinese ships, as a fragile trade truce between the superpowers continues to take shape.The...

Nagad facilitates cadet college admission fee payments

2025-11-11 00:00:00

The application fee for admission to all cadet colleges in the country can be paid through Nagad, the digital financial service arm of the Bangladesh Postal Department. As in previous years, no additional charges will apply, says a press statement.There...

Sonali Bank Board holds meeting with its SMT-

2025-11-11 00:00:00

The 17th review meeting between the Board of Directors and Senior Management Team (SMT) of Sonali Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office conference room on Monday, with the Board Chairman, Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, in the chair. SMT...

Energypac wins HELI Loyalty Award

2025-11-11 00:00:00

Energypac, a leading power engineering company, has been honoured with the Loyalty Award at the 2025 HELI Global Distributor Conference in recognition of its 20-year partnership in distributing HELI forklifts and material handling product across the country.The award was presented...

Yamaha and ACI Motors celebrate 9th anniversary

2025-11-11 00:00:00

Yamaha and ACI Motors marked their 9th year of collaboration with a spectacular celebration, hosting the 'Yamaha Bike Carnival' at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Dhaka on Saturday.Thousands of bikers and members of Yamaha Riders Club (YRC) from different...

ADB to deepen cooperation with BIMSTEC

2025-11-11 00:00:00

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening cooperation with BIMSTEC and exploring new avenues of collaboration, underscoring the Bank's strong emphasis on partnerships with regional organisations like BIMSTEC, reports BSS.The assurance was made when BIMSTEC Secretary General...

Denmark partners with BD to reinforce human rights, media freedom

FE REPORT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

Denmark has launched new partnership to strengthen human rights, trauma-informed mental health, and media freedom in Bangladesh.In this connection, it has announced its support of DKK 25 million for a consortium of Danish organisations namely DIGNITY, IMS (International Media Support),...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund to abstain from Novo Nordisk board vote

2025-11-11 00:00:00

COPENHAGEN, Nov 10 (Reuters): Norway's sovereign wealth fund said on Monday it will abstain from voting on Novo Nordisk's board chair or other nominees at the obesity drugmaker's extraordinary shareholder meeting this week, adding to pressure over governance at the...

CITY BANK, UNICEF join hands TO EMPOWER YOUTH WITH GREEN SKILLS

2025-11-11 00:00:00

City Bank and UNICEF recently announced a new partnership to equip marginalised adolescents and young people, particularly girls, with green and entrepreneurship skills under a pilot project, Skills4Youth. The partnership was formalised at a recent signing ceremony in the capital.

BRAC BANK, ASIA COATINGS TO OFFER TRANSACTION BANKING SOLUTIONS

2025-11-11 00:00:00

BRAC Bank has entered into a partnership with Asia Coatings Pvt. Ltd. to offer advanced transaction banking solutions, including efficient receivable management. Through this collaboration, Asia Coatings will leverage BRAC Bank's agent banking and digital banking solutions. The system will...

Orion Infusion to expand production with own funds

FE REPORT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

Listed life-saving injectable producer Orion Infusion has planned to invest another Tk 205 million from its own funds to increase the production capacity of IV fluids by 30 per cent.According to a disclosure on Monday, the company's revenue will go...

Power Grid swings back to profit in Q1 of FY26

FE REPORT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

Power Grid secured a profit of Tk 3.64 billion in the first quarter through September this year, marking a strong rebound compared to a loss of Tk 2.56 billion in the same quarter last year, supported by higher revenue and...

Meghna Petroleum logs record profit on higher margins, bank income

FE REPORT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

Meghna Petroleum posted a record profit of Tk 6.64 billion in FY25, driven by higher sales margins and substantial income from bank deposits.The annual profit grew by 23 per cent year-on-year for the year ended in June this year, according...

UN court grants early release to Bosnian Croat war criminal

2025-11-11 00:00:00

THE HAGUE, Nov 10 (AFP): A United Nations court Monday granted early release to a former Bosnian Croat defence minister convicted of war crimes including murdering and deporting Muslims in Bosnia in the early 1990s.The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal...

Nigeria clashes leave about 200 dead

2025-11-11 00:00:00

KANO, Nov 10 (AFP): Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from the Islamic...

Nepal police arrest more than 400 persons over Sept crimes

2025-11-11 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (AFP): Nepal's police have arrested 423 people accused of crimes ranging from murder to vandalism during a deadly mass uprising in September that toppled the government, according to police data released on Monday.Suspects also face charges that...

S Korea indicts Yoon for aiding enemy

2025-11-11 00:00:00

SEOUL, Nov 10 (AFP): South Korean prosecutors indicted former president Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday on new charges of aiding the enemy, alleging that he ordered drone flights over North Korea to strengthen his effort to declare martial law.North Korea...

Event opens with unclear outcome ahead

2025-11-11 00:00:00

BELEM, Nov 10 (Reuters): As COP30 opens on Monday for the more than 190 countries participating, it was unclear what exactly they would discuss during the two-week U.N. summit in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem.Also unclear is how they'll handle...

US envoy meets Israeli leaders to discuss next phase of Gaza truce

2025-11-11 00:00:00

DEIR AL-BALAH, Nov 10 (AP/AFP): Israel on Monday returned the remains of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, marking a step forward in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as a top White House envoy met Israeli leaders to discuss the next phase of the...

Missing boy found dead in Gazipur; couple held

2025-11-11 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Nov 10 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a four -year-old boy, who went missing on Friday, from a waterbody in China Sukania of Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Anas, son of Al...

Pabna entrepreneur turns fortune around by rearing black soldier fly

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

PABNA, Nov 11: Commercial rearing of black soldier fly-used as feed for fish, chicken and duck - turned the fortune around of a young entrepreneur of Pabna after his venture into duck farming failed to bring him the desired success.The...

Once-flourishing Shyampur Sugar Mills left non-functional for five yrs

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 10: Once-thriving Shyampur Sugar Mills Limited, the lone agro-based heavy industry in Shyampur area of Badarganj upazila under Rangpur district, has remained closed for around five years, leaving several thousand sugarcane growers as well as workers to pass...

Invest in the base, build the future of Bangladesh cricket

Sayeed Ibrahim Ahmed | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

It goes without saying that domestic cricket is the talent pipeline for every cricketing nation. No amount of international coaching or exposure can compensate for a weak domestic structure. The leagues, tournaments, and academies at home are where future stars...

AI to reshape the future of business

Manmohan Parkash | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

We are living at the dawn of a new era-an age in which artificial intelligence (AI) is a central driver of innovation, strategy, and competitive differentiation. Much like electricity, the internet, or the mobile revolution before it, AI is poised...

Ensuring infrastructural safety

2025-11-11 00:00:00

The recent incident involving the metro rail has once again highlighted concerns about the safety and security of Bangladesh's rapidly growing infrastructure. While projects like the metro rail symbolize progress and modernization, they also remind us that development must go...

Troll culture: Cruelty behind laughter

2025-11-11 00:00:00

For Generation Z, trolling someone online has become a source of amusement-a form of digital entertainment that often masks real cruelty. Whether on the streets, in offices, or in neighbourhoods, any unusual or awkward incident is instantly captured on video...

Is an AI therapist dependable?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

The story of how a 13-year-old adolescent girl, Juliana Paratha, of Colorado in USA, committed suicide following long conversations with an AI chatbot, as reported by BBC shocked many. The girl shared her most private emotional experiences with the chatbot....

Addressing the challenges of new global trading system

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-11-11 00:00:00

The global trading system is undergoing a profound transformation. What was once a relatively predictable, rules-based order -- governed by multilateral disciplines and anchored in the assumption of gradual liberalization -- has given way to a far more volatile, transactional...