A fire has broken out at the main power grid station in Satkhira Sadar Upazila, plunging the entire district into a three-hour blackout, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred around 11:00am on Saturday when a transformer at the 132/33 kV power grid...
CAIRO, Sept 20 (UNB): A drone attack blamed on Sudan's paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces struck a mosque during prayers Friday, killing at least 70 worshippers in the North Darfur region, aid workers and the Sudanese army said.The strike in...
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said it is ultimately up to the people to decide whether the next national election should be held under the Proportional Representation (PR) system, report agencies."BNP believes in resolving the matter through dialogue....
FE REPORT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said that filing of numerous cases and the incidents of 'mob justice' following the fall of the previous regime have done the biggest damage to the image of the current interim government."Since August...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has reported consistent monthly profits since the introduction of the automatic fuel pricing formula in March 2024, driven by regular price adjustments and margins on petrol, octane, and diesel sales.State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
More than two months after seeking $550 million from China to fund the first phase of the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project, Bangladesh is still waiting for a formal response, officials have said.In July, the government submitted a...
The long row of car showrooms seen on the right emerged from nowhere soon after the fall of the autocratic regime on August 05 last year. None knows who owns the land on which those shops are built. Before August...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Insurers seem inclined to buy time to study a draft law vesting sweeping new powers in the regulator to intervene in failing companies in a bid to restore confidence in an industry weakened by chronic delays in claim settlement.The Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Experts have called for the inclusion of contemporary industry issues in the MBA curriculum at the Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) to enhance managerial capabilities and help groom future CEOs for the country's apparel sector.They made the suggestions during a...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
The United States (US) has issued eight key recommendations to improve transparency in Bangladesh's financial sector, according to its 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report released by the US State Department on Friday.The recommendations include publishing end-of-year reports in a timely manner,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
The government deferred the recently announced tariff hike at the Chittagong Port by one month following appeals from the business community, Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain said on Sunday. Speaking as the chief guest at a workshop titled...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Spadework for the much-hyped bifurcation of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) picks speed as the government decides to make the reform progress before the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) next month.As...
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed on Saturday that Iran would overcome any reimposition of sanctions on it through a so-called "snapback" process, after the UN Security Council voted not to permanently lift sanctions on Tehran."Through the...
TALLINN, Sept 20 (Reuters): Three Russian military jets violated NATO member Estonia's airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an "unprecedentedly brazen" incursion, its government said, the latest in a series of recent military actions by Russia that have rattled...
TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters): Shinjiro Koizumi, launching a bid to become Japan's next prime minister, pledged on Saturday to focus on revitalising the economy by boosting wages and productivity to counter rising prices.Koizumi, seen as a frontrunner in the ruling...
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic...
GAZA, Sept 20 (Reuters/AFP): For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City's prime neighbourhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute,...
KYIV, Sept 20 (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified deadly strikes across his country.Russia carried out one of its...
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and its subsidiary companies arranged a painting competition for the children of their employees to celebrate the 'July Reawakening' and Youth Festival 2025 at its head office in Dhaka on Saturday. The event was presided...
Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) organised the Sky Academic Awards 2025 to celebrate and recognise the outstanding academic achievements of 20 students in the SSC 2025 examinations under Dhaka Education Board. The awardee students are seen with Iqbal Mohasin, Director, FID,...
FE REPORT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Robi Axiata PLC has partnered with the country's leading EdTech platform, 10 Minute School, to make Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based learning more accessible to students across the nation.With AI rapidly transforming the education landscape worldwide, this collaboration aims to equip learners...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 20: The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), the country's oldest trade body, is gearing up for the election to its Board of Directors, scheduled for November 1, CCCI official said. According to the election schedule, today...
The two-day International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT)-2025 began on University of Asia Pacific (UAP) campus in the city on Saturday, reports UNB.The UAP, the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University and Germany's OTH Amberg-Weiden jointly organised the...
Meghna Bank PLC has become the first bank to introduce Credit and Debit Cards made entirely from 100% recycled plastic. As part of this pioneering step towards sustainability and innovation, the bank also unveiled two new premium VISA Credit Card...
Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan has said the automobile, agro-machinery, and light engineering sectors have demonstrated the potential and sustainability of the country's industrial sector."These sectors have played a vital role in the multi-dimensional expansion of the country's exports, employment...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-09-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh's private sector outstanding external debt fell 4.0 per cent year on year (Y-O-Y) to US$19.78 billion at the end of June, as subdued investment and slow credit demand weighed on fresh inflows.The contraction was less pronounced compared with the...
CHICAGO, Sept 20 (Reuters): S&P Global Commodity Insights projected on Friday that US farmers would plant 94.5 million acres of corn next year, down 4.3 per cent from this year, and 84 million acres of soybeans, up 3.6 per cent,...
Elon Musk on Friday said that xAI is not raising capital right now, following a CNBC report earlier in the day on the AI firm raising $10 billion at a post-money valuation of $200 billion, reports Reuters."Fake news. xAI is...
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters): A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday.Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for...
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