COX'S BAZAR, August 28 (BSS) - Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin said on Thursday international flight operations woule begin at Cox's Bazar Airport in the middle of October. "Eighty percent construction work of the international terminal building...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-29 00:00:00
The proposed 'Bhola Eco-Development Economic Zone' recently received a pre-qualification licence from the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), paving the way for new prospects for industrial growth in the country's southern region. The economic zone (EZ), designed to be an...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-08-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh has moved to amend the double taxation avoidance treaty with Pakistan to boost bilateral trade and investment in the wake of the recent diplomatic correspondence between the two countries.The initiative to amend the treaty, signed with Pakistan in 1981,...
DAMASCUS, Aug 28 (AFP): Israeli forces conducted an airborne raid on a site near the Syrian capital after bombing it several times, Syrian state media reported.Israel has not confirmed the raid, but Defence Minister Israel Katz said its forces operate...
TEHRAN, Aug 28 (AFP): Iran on Wednesday said cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog would be affected in the event that Britain, France and Germany trigger snapback sanctions outlined in a moribund 2015 deal."If this action is taken, the path...
KYIV, Aug 28 (AFP): Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 15 people, including three children, in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelensky said showed Moscow's rejection of peace...
BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance...
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (AFP): Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) annual...
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters/BBC/AFP): President Donald Trump was presiding over a policy meeting on the Gaza war on Wednesday with input from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner, a senior White...
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has confirmed that he will feature in the upcoming US Minor League Cricket season, signing with Atlanta Fire as an international wildcard, reports UNB.Currently playing in the Caribbean Premier League for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons,...
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (AFP): Carlos Alcaraz put the "bad thoughts" of last year's early US Open exit behind him Wednesday as he charged into the third round with a straight-sets win over Mattia Bellucci.Five-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz powered...
Bangladesh U-17 women's football team will face host Bhutan in their return match of four-nation SAFF U-17 Women's Championship at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu today (Friday), reports BSS.The match will kick off at 3 pm Bangladesh time. India will meet...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam wants to take school cricket back to where it once belonged: at the heart of talent discovery, reports UNB.Speaking in Chattogram on Wednesday, at the launch of a regional tournament, Aminul said Bangladesh's...
Bangladesh's T20I skipper Litton Das believes the upcoming T20I series against Netherlands would provide the ideal preparation for his side ahead of the Asia Cup. However, he is hoping Bangladesh would build a habit of notching totals in excess of...
GOPALGANJ, Aug 28 (UNB): A 12-year-old schoolgirl died tragically in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday after being chased by a dog.The deceased was identified as Sohagi, daughter of Abdul Hamid Chowdhury of Moulvipara area in the district town and a...
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RAJSHAHI, Aug 28: Rajshahi University (RU) engineering students blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Thursday as part of their protest over the police 'attack' on engineering students' march in Dhaka.Students started their procession from RU's ZabirIbn-e-Hayyan building at 11 AM and...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-29 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 28: A large number of low-income families in Rajshahi and surrounding districts fall into devastating consequences due to mounting pressure of debt, mostly driven by high-interest loans from NGOs and informal moneylenders.Recent investigations reveal that many farmers, rickshaw-pullers,...
A Flagship programme under the 'Youth Festival 2025' was celebrated at BADC High School, Mirpur on Wednesday, under the initiative of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC). Chairman (Grade-1) of BADC Md. Ruhul Amin Khan was the chief guest of the...
Janata Bank PLC Managing Director Md. Mazibur Rahman presides over the asset-liability management committee meeting of the bank at its head office in Dhaka on Thursday.
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (Reuters): India has extended an import duty exemption on cotton by three months, until the end of December, a government order showed on Thursday, as New Delhi seeks to support the local garment industry that has...
Gold prices rose on Thursday, hitting an over one-month high, as the dollar softened while investors hunkered down for Friday's US inflation data for cues on the Federal Reserve's policy path, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at...
LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters): Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after rising in the previous session, pressured by expectations of lower US fuel demand at the end of the summer travel season and by the restart of Russian supply to...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | 2025-08-29 00:00:00
The future of the global energy landscape will be shaped by Asia and the Pacific. Over the past two decades, our region has been the principal driver of global energy demand and emissions. Energy has powered prosperity, lifted millions out...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-08-29 00:00:00
There are all the mysteries remaining unsolved. There are the questions which have not had answers. Perhaps we will never arrive at circumstances where our enquiries will be looked into, to our satisfaction. In a world where some of the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Day...
Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP, Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, along with other officials inaugurating the fifth founding anniversary of Ansar Guard Battalion (AGB) at its headquarters in the capital's Vatara area recently.
BRAC and BRAC University (BRACU) organised a youth engagement programme featuring activities including interactive talks, panel discussions, debates, and the showcase of youth-led initiatives at the university's Merul Badda campus recently.The core objective of the initiative was to inspire the...
Four hundred and thirty more new dengue cases were reported in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 29,944 this year, reports UNB.The number of deaths remained at 118, as no new fatalities were...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-28 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed BNP and other parties to file an appeal against its 2011 verdict that scrapped the election-time Caretaker Government (CG) system from the Constitution.A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed...
The nation on Wednesday is observed the 49th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, recalling his undying legacy of defiance against injustice as well as his profound messages of love, humanity, and equality, reports UNB.The poet, lyricist, composer...
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