Seized during joint operations by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police and the City Corporation, these unauthorised battery-run rickshaws now lie at Kalyanpur dumping ground in the city. Although they are banned from plying major city streets, such three-wheelers continue to disrupt...
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of Nagorik Oikya, has said Bangladesh is facing a "deep crisis" that the interim government is "incapable" of resolving.The BNP must now play a role in rescuing the country from the situation, he said on Friday,...
Saudi Arabia has revised its Umrah visa regulations, which will see visas being automatically cancelled 30 days after issuance if the pilgrim does not enter the Gulf kingdom within that time.The new policy is expected to take effect next week,...
PATUAKHALI, Oct 31 (BSS): Election Commissioner (EC) Md Anwarul Islam Sarker said on Friday the schedule for the upcoming national election would be announced in the first week of December, while the polls would be held in February next year."The...
The 54th National Cooperative Day will be celebrated today (Saturday) with the theme "Cooperatives will build the country through equality and justice" or "Sammo O Somotay, Desh Gorbe Somobay".The central programme marking the day will be held at the head...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
The cost of the proposed 220-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Sonagazi, Feni, is set to be reduced by Tk 2.46 billion before final approval, following recommendations from a recent meeting of the Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) of the...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
Diplomatic efforts are underway to resolve a financial dispute between the contractor of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's (HSIA) third terminal and the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), after the issue drew the attention of both the South Korean and...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's banks and finance companies (FCs) witnessed a notable slowdown in both green-and sustainable-finance disbursements during the April-June 2025 period, reflecting weaker momentum in environment-friendly and socially responsible lending compared to the previous quarter.According to the latest data from the...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to recover encroached land and help the real owner get it back through an administrative process.A high official at the Ministry of Land says according to the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act 2023,...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
Realtors decry house-floor squeeze under the revised the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) arithmetic as they say it makes difficult for them to get optimum achievable FAR in the sprawling capital city. The newly introduced, more complex calculation method for determining...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
At least five key development partners of Bangladesh fid not make any foreign- aid commitment in the first quarter of this fiscal year, as they seem waiting for the next elected government, insiders said Friday, as post-uprising transition is underway.In...
LIVERPOOL, Oct 31 (AFP): Liverpool face an in-form Aston Villa as the Premier League champions look to arrest their remarkable collapse on Saturday, while Arsenal aim to surge further clear in the title race.The Gunners hold a four-point lead over...
MELBOURNE, Oct 31 (AFP): Mitchell Marsh slammed a brisk 46 after Josh Hazlewood took 3-13 as Australia cruised past India by four wickets to win the second Twenty20 international on Friday.Sent in at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground, India slumped...
Football fans on Thursday attend the Legends Soccer Match in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, celebrating the birthday of Argentine football great Diego Maradona, who was born on October 30, 1960. — AFP
ISTANBUL, Oct 31 (AFP): The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Friday suspended 149 referees accused of betting on matches.The TFF said in a statement that its disciplinary committee had handed out suspensions ranging from eight to 12 months, the TFF...
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (AFP): India's newest cricket star Jemimah Rodrigues overcame anxiety and tears to lead her country into the women's World Cup final with a sublime century against Australia.The 25-year-old batter scored 127 not out as India chased...
Former Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad has been admitted to a hospital in Dhaka with dengue but is now recovering.Mahmudullah's wife, Jannatul Kawsar Mishti, shared the news on social media Thursday, posting a photo of him lying in a hospital bed...
Bangladesh Opener Tanzid Hasan's one man show of a gritty 89 of 62 balls went in vain on Friday as the Windies beat the Tigers by five wickets with 19 balls remaining in the third T20 international in Chattogram.Saif Hassan...
GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP): U.S. chipmaking giant Nvidia has announced a major partnership with the South Korean government and leading companies including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor to accelerate the country's artificial intelligence (AI) development and infrastructure.The collaboration,...
The Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) and Thailand's International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen mutual cooperation in the trade and development sectors between the two countries.Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, the Bangladesh...
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has signed a " Business Collaboration Agreement" with WeGro Technologies Limited to extend agricultural services to improve the lives of the farmers and agricultural MSMEs. Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh, and...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) honoured agricultural entrepreneurs in recognition of their contributions to remarkable food production. The entrepreneurs were awarded at a ceremony at the auditorium of BKB Khulna Divisional Office on Thursday. A total of nine people, including three...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-11-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Algeria are moving closer to sealing a major cooperation agreement in the energy sector, a step that could deepen economic ties between the two nations, according to Algerian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdelouahab Saidani.In an exclusive interview with...
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (AFP):NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian's claim that the 1969 Moon landing "didn't happen," a theory consistently debunked over decades."Yes, we've been to the Moon before... 6 times!" NASA acting administrator Sean...
NAIROBI, Oct 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - "Around 700" people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition Chadema party told AFP on Friday.Protesters were marching on the city centre in the economic capital Dar...
GYEONGJU, South Korea/BEIJING (Reuters): Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to visit China after meeting with President Xi Jinping on Friday, in an encounter that may have marked a turning point but offered no breakthroughs on trade.Xi and Carney met...
MAAR SHAMARIN, Syria (AP): In the battered countryside of southern Idlib, families displaced for years by Syria's civil war are returning home - and sending their children back to schools stripped bare by conflict and looting.Nearly a year after former...
TAIPEI, Oct 31 (AFP): Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the weather agency said Friday, the latest in a string of global temperature records.The main island endured its highest average temperature since 1950, Central Weather Administration forecaster Liu...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct 31 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month.The talks, set for...
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