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Canada PM names key projects to jumpstart Trump-hit economy

2025-09-13 00:00:00

MONTREAL, Sept 12 (AFP): Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his initial list of major national projects Thursday, backing critical minerals, nuclear power and port expansion to bolster an economy threatened by US President Donald Trump.Doubling production of liquified natural...

Oil prices steady as oversupply expectations offset risks to output

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Oil prices steadied on Friday as concern about oversupply and weaker U.S. demand were offset by supply disruption risks from conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures rose 11 cents, or 0.2%, to $66.49 a barrel...

Moziball Hoque: Building climate-smart agriculture and inclusive value chain

YASIR WARDAD | 2025-09-13 00:00:00

Mohammad Moziball Hoque, Programme Lead and Head of Supply Chain & Private Sector Engagement at Solidaridad Network Asia, has emerged as one of the country's most influential voices in sustainable agriculture and value chain development.An agronomist by training, Hoque is...

Lullaby is for babies, but what can help insomniacs?

Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-13 00:00:00

Bansh baganer mathar upor chand uthechhe oi/ Mago amar sholok bola Kajla Didi koi? In this poignant poem, Jotindramohon Bagchi presents the sweet and sad emotion experienced by a little restive soul that cannot go to sleep because she is...

Litton eclipses Mahmudullah to hit most sixes for Bangladesh in T20

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Litton Das added another feather to his career by going past Mahmudullah Riyad to hit most sixes for Bangladesh in T20 format, reports BSS.The feat came during Bangladesh's Asia Cup opening game against Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium...

Our mentality is to always win, says Hridoy

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh middle-order batter Towhid Hridoy insisted that his side were more focussed on ensuring a win against Hong Kong rather than playing some risky shots with the possibility of losing their way in the run-chase, reports Cricbuzz.Ahead of their tournament...

Familiarity of opposition will be beneficial, believes Tanzim Sakib

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Tanzim Sakib, the Bangladesh pacer, is confident going into the team's upcoming clash against Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asia Cup, citing the recent success against the Asian side. In the last five encounters between the two teams, Bangladesh have...

On IP rights facilitation & protection

Syeda Shahrazad Rahman | 2025-09-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh is entering a decisive phase in its economic journey. With graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026 on the horizon, the country needs to rebrand itself from a low-cost manufacturing base to a trusted investment destination for...

New drugs to eradicate breast and skin cancer

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Recently, scientists have developed a new drug that shows promise in eradicating breast and skin cancer, opening up a new horizon in the treatment of this deadly disease. This innovative therapy, known as immunotherapy, is being hailed as potentially far...

Mental accounting at the kitchen table

2025-09-13 00:00:00

Picture this: a father in a village gets money from his son working abroad. With it, he pays his daughter's school fees. Meanwhile, his neighbour, also receiving the same amount, uses it to buy rice and medicine. Same money, different...

DUCSU election: a protest vote or a paradigm shift?

Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-09-13 00:00:00

It was nothing short of a tectonic shift in student politics. A student wing of a political party with a controversial past has achieved a landslide victory in a university where it was barred from political activity barely a year...

Preparing police for emerging law and order challenges

2025-09-13 00:00:00

In response to media reports that the number of serious crimes including murder, robbery, Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act offences, rioting and so on, surged during the last 13 months since the interim government assumed office on August...

Stringent recovery drive versus loan loss provisioning

Haradhan Sarker | 2025-09-13 00:00:00

General provisioning for normal credit loss in banking is inevitable and also acceptable both from credit risk management as well as accounting perspectives. But specific provisioning seems analogous to the proverb : One doth the scathe, another hath the scorn"...

NCC weighs 4 options including special order or referendum

2025-09-12 00:00:00

The National Consensus Commission is considering a special constitutional order or a referendum to implement the July National Charter's reform proposals, reports UNB.Four options to implement the July Charter were mainly discussed in the talks between the Consensus Commission and...

BPC set to float re-tender for the maiden Tk 80b SMP's jobs

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

The lone bidder -- Indonesian PT Pertamina - quoted higher-than- expected costs in the tender for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the country's maiden Tk 80-billion single-point mooring (SPM).As a result, the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is set to...

EU leader calls for sanctions against Israel

2025-09-12 00:00:00

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza, reports AP.The 27-nation EU is deeply divided in its approach to Israel and the Palestinians,...

Public procurement rules brace for major revision

FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

The government is set to make a major revision in the public procurement rules (PPR), eliminating the existing provision of 10 per cent price cap on the official estimation of any public procurement, officials said on Wednesday.After the revision, the...

Fossil fuel producers behind heat waves

2025-09-12 00:00:00

A new study has found that 55 of the heat waves recorded over the past 25 years would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, highlighting the role of major fossil fuel and cement producers in driving extreme heat...

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman bowls during the Asia Cup 2025 Twenty20

2025-09-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman bowls during the Asia Cup 2025 Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. — AFP

Islamic banks lag behind conventional peers in deposit growth

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

Islamic banks in Bangladesh recorded sluggish deposit growth in June 2025, trailing well behind their conventional counterparts despite an overall uptick in the banking sector's performance.Deposits in the Islamic banks rose by just 2.67 per cent year-on-year to Tk 4.52...

Single-co bus route for modern mass transport looks shelved

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

Agonies of umpteen commuters seem destined to prolong as introducing single-company-based bus route for operating modern mass transport service looks finally shelved with an ancillary project ditched.Officials have said the Planning Commission recently rejected extension of the related technical project...

BD jobless rate hits 3-yr high at 3.66pc in 2024

FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh's unemployment rate remained the highest at 3.66 per cent in 2024 in the last three years, according to the latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2024 report.In 2023, the rate of jobless people in the country was 3.35 per cent...

Dhaka to push for further tariff cut in final deal

FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

A high-level US trade delegation arrives in Dhaka Sunday for a two-day visit focused on negotiating a further reduction in tariffs on Bangladeshi exports to the United States, from the current 20 per cent.The team, led by Brendan Lynch, Assistant...

JUCSU polls marked by boycotts, allegations of irregularities

FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

Voting in the long-awaited Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) and hall-union elections concluded on Thursday amid controversy, with the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and several left-leaning panels boycotting the polls over alleged irregularities and rigging. According to the Election...

VAT on oceangoing vessel imports withdrawn

FE REPORT | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

The council of advisers of the interim government approved a proposal scrapping the existing 7.5-percent VAT on imports of oceangoing vessels of capacities above 5,000-deadweight tonnage (DWT), aiming to spur seaborne trade.Chief Adviser's Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, disclosed the decision...

Experts, industry want govt to take two-pronged strategy

MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-09-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh needs to jumpstart negotiation with its major export destinations as readymade garment (RMG) - the largest foreign-currency earner - will forfeit duty-free access to key traditional and non-traditional markets after the country's LDC graduation, experts say.The experts and also...

Four men of AL, affiliates arrested

2025-09-12 00:00:00

FE REPORT The detective branch (DB) of police has arrested four leaders of banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliates.The arrestees are former general secretary of Dhaka University's Shahidullah Hall unit of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and also former...

JCD-Shibir clash leaves 25 injured in Barishal

2025-09-12 00:00:00

BARISHAL, Sept 11 (UNB): At least 25 people were injured in a clash between activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir over establishing supremacy in Muladi Government College at Barishal on Thursday.Mahiuddin Dhali, convener of Muladi upazila...

ACC summons 12 ex-secretaries

2025-09-12 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 12 former secretaries during the Awami League government over allegations that they were allocated luxury flats in the capital's Dhanmondi area in violation of rules, reports bdnews24.com.ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the...

ICT-1 to frame charges over cornice shooting, deaths in Rampura Tuesday

2025-09-12 00:00:00

A tribunal is set to frame charges on Tuesday in crimes against humanity case over the shooting of a young man clinging to the cornice of a building in the capital's Rampura during the July Uprising, and the killing of...