BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 25 (UNB): A sexagenarian man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Birampur village in Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as...
OUR CORRESPONDENTMANIKGANJ, Oct 25: Once struggling with repeated losses in traditional farming practices, young agri-entrepreneur Bikash Chandra Sarker became successful with seedling production in Manikganj's Singair after applying an agriculture technique learnt on YouTube (YT).During the COVID-19 lockdown, Bikash learned...
After a 22-day government ban, the Meghna and Padma rivers are coming alive once again with the sound of boats and nets being cast, as nearly 43,000 fishermen in Chandpur prepare to resume hilsa fishing from Saturday midnight, reports UNB.The...
Four people were killed and 6 others injured in separate road accidents in two districts on Saturday, reports UNBIn Lalmonirhat, two people were killed and another was injured when an autorickshaw carrying them overturned in Aditmari Upazila of Lalmonirhat on...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Oct 25: Chandpur district bus terminal is plagued with manifold problems, including infrastructural weakness and lack of amenities.Amid much enthusiasm, the much-hyped bus terminal was inaugurated some 20 years ago by BNP leader and the then LGRD Minister Abdul...
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Friday that North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power" as he left the United States for Asia on a trip that could include a meeting with Pyongyang's leader Kim...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (Reuters): Thailand's prime minister will travel to Malaysia on Saturday to sign a ceasefire deal with Cambodia and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, but will cut short his attendance at the ASEAN Summit there due...
ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (AFP): Afghan and Pakistani negotiators were to meet in Istanbul Saturday to address security issues and establish a lasting ceasefire along their shared border after an outbreak of unexpectedly intense bloody clashes.The confrontation-which resulted in dozens of...
KIRYAT GAT, Oct 25 (AFP): Top US diplomat Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza, as Palestinian factions agreed that a committee of independent technocrats would run the post-war...
FE Report | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
Heidelberg Materials posted a profit of Tk 9.28 million in the third quarter (July-September) of 2025, recovering from a loss in the same period of 2024.According to the price-sensitive information disclosed on Friday, the producer of Scan Cement and Ruby...
EASTERN BANK SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CLINICALLEastern Bank has signed an Online Payment Gateway and ZIP agreement with CliniCall Ltd., a leading telemedicine platform in Bangladesh. M. Khorshed Anowar, deputy managing director and head of retail and SME banking of EBL,...
Prime Bank partners with JAMS Construction, JAMS DevelopmentPrime Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with JAMS Construction & JAMS Development to offer exclusive discounts on flat purchases for its customers. A formal signing ceremony marking this collaboration was recently...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) PLC has intensified its focus on digital transformation to meet the banking needs of the rapidly expanding, technologically adept population more conveniently.As part of the bank's 'physital' (physical and digital) banking approach, the bank has been...
BRASÍLIA, Oct 25 (AFP): Brazil holds a trump card in tariff negotiations with the United States: its subsoil is rich in rare earth minerals coveted by manufacturers in a sector dominated by China.The South American giant holds the world's second-largest...
LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters): Gold funds received their largest weekly inflow on record in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America Global Research said in a note citing EPFR data, a week in which the precious metal's price surged to...
Bangladesh's global mobility and international standing have suffered a sharp blow over the past year, with its passport ranking plunging to one of the weakest in the world amid reports of visa restrictions, deportations and rising global distrust, reports UNB.According...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
The new margin rules awaiting gazette notification are meant to keep both lenders and borrowers out of the negative equity trap.Some vested quarters opposed them, but the regulator has stayed firm in its position to bring necessary changes in loan...
Shoriful Kabir | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
When Nature, the world’s most prestigious science journal, published a paper by a young Bangladeshi physicist in August 2024, it marked more than an academic milestone. It showed that the frontiers of quantum materials research now extend far beyond elite...
Financial literacy remains one of Bangladesh's quiet deficits. Whilst the country produces thousands of business graduates annually, a few understand portfolio construction or market mechanics before entering the workforce. Most learn through expensive mistakes or avoid equity markets entirely, perpetuating...
Farzana Shanjida Shinzu | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
Excitement builds at the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) as students gear up for Tech Fusion Fest 2025. This highly anticipated technology festival, organised by the BASIS Students' Forum of BUBT Chapter, will take place on November 17,...
Tasnima Zerin | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
Think about this: whilst one person scrolls through social media for an hour, someone their age somewhere else just earned enough returns to buy three months of groceries. The difference isn't luck. It's a matter of where money was positioned...
Towheed Feroze | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
In the mid ‘80s, Dhaka was a slow-paced city, almost like a large district town. Life revolved around one TV channel!Radio programmes had avid listeners, tuning to BBC during any political upheaval was common along with the name Mark Tully.BTV...
With Bangladesh stepping into the new digital era, there is one question that should be considered in more detail: is it possible that e-commerce will act as a game-changer for rural entrepreneurs? The rising popularity of platforms such as Daraz,...
The yarn market in Bangladesh has been facing a prolonged crisis in recent years. Despite having a textile industry valued at approximately USD 23 billion, import dependency is gradually increasing due to price competitiveness compared with local procurement. As a...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-10-26 00:00:00
To align Bangladesh's labour laws with international standards, enhance workers' rights, and strengthen workplace safety and protections, the interim government on Thursday approved the draft ordinance of the Labour Law. Among major changes, the draft law recognises domestic helps as...
The government's plan for a Tk 6.89 billion project to dredge Kaptai Lake and its surrounding rivers is a massive engineering challenge born from an even greater necessity. For decades, silt accumulation in the Chattogram Hill Tracts' waterways has severely...
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) is fully prepared ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election, with 600,000 Ansar members set to be deployed across the country, reports BSS."They will serve as the first line of defence at polling...
Police have recovered the body of a freedom fighter (FF) a day after he went missing in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj, reports bdnews24.com.Manik Lal Das (75) was found floating in a waterbody of Shaulagor Haor at Chargaon in Boro Bhakoir...
Chief Adviser (CA)'s Press Secretary (PS) Shafiqul Alam has said no international influence is being applied to bring the Awami League (AL) back into the election, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking on Friday at the Nabaganga River bank in Magura Sadar, he said...
The Bangladesh Coast Guard have rescued 44 people, including women and children, from 'secret lair' in the remote hills of Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, where they were allegedly confined for trafficking to Malaysia, reports bdnews24.com.The operation was conducted throughout Thursday night...
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