Sarker Md Iqbal Hossain | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Armed Forces contribute significantly to relief operations in disaster management, in both national and international environment. The major mission of the Bangladesh Armed Forces is to preserve the operational continuity of the Bangladesh Army in both domestic and foreign...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
At a time when wintry chill was making news from the country's north, the middle and southern regions gave the impression that the season was hesitant to make its appearance there. Even the gentle breeze that blew at times from...
TOKYO, Dec 26 (AFP): Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said on Friday.“Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency...
LOS ANGELES, Dec 26 (AFP): Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and warnings of debris flow across southern California's fire-scarred areas, as a series of Christmas storms pummeled the state, with downpours and high winds forecast through Friday.Driven by an atmospheric...
KHAN YUNIS, Dec 26 (AFP): A major Gaza hospital has suspended several services because of a critical fuel shortage in the devastated Palestinian territory, which continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis, it said.Devastated by more than two years of...
Thailand carried out air strikes on a disputed border area with Cambodia on Friday, as officials from both sides continued talks to try to end fighting, reports BBC.The Thai Air Force said it had hit a Cambodian "fortified military position"...
LONDON, Dec 26 (AFP): Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday.The 77-year-old monarch said he found it "enormously encouraging" how people of different faiths...
SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters): South Korea's special prosecutor requested a 10-year prison sentence on Friday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including attempted obstruction of his arrest following his failed bid to impose martial law.Prosecutors have accused the...
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 26 (AFP): Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday of abusing his power to plunder millions from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and launder the proceeds.His sentencing, expected later on Friday, is likely to...
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters): China's foreign ministry announced sanctions on Friday targeting 10 individuals and 20 US defence firms, including Boeing's St. Louis branch, over arms sales to Taiwan.The measures freeze any assets the companies and individuals hold in China...
MOSCOW, (Agencies): Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy aide spoke to members of the US administration after Moscow received US proposals about a possible Ukrainian peace deal, the Kremlin said on Friday.Kremlin foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, spoke by telephone...
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters): Russia has almost doubled exports of liquefied petroleum gas in the January - November period to ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia and Afghanistan to 1.016 million metric tons, industry sources told Reuters on Friday. Moscow has...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended at their highest in two weeks on Friday and booked their first weekly gain in three, as stronger rival Dalian oils boosted the market.The benchmark palm oil contract for March...
SUNAMGANJ, Dec 26 (UNB): Bangladesh has embarked on a landmark agricultural initiative aimed at converting vast stretches of fallow haor lands into cultivable fields, in a project valued at approximately Tk 5.0 billion (500 crore).The five-year programme, spearheaded by the...
LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters): Oil prices were stable on Friday as investors weighed potential supply risks from developing geopolitical tensions in a thin post-Christmas session, after the US carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria and put more...
Silver smashed through the $75 mark for the first time on Friday, with gold and platinum also rising to all-time highs, as bets on U.S. rate cuts and geopolitical jitters fueled investor demand, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.6% to $4,505.30...
Mental illness has emerged as a rapidly growing, silent crisis worldwide. In our daily lives, constant busyness, intense competition, loneliness and the breakdown of relationships are placing people under increasing psychological pressure. Consequently, anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, panic disorders and...
Kuakata, the renowned coastal tourist destination in Patuakhali, is facing a serious environmental crisis. The mangrove forests that once formed a natural green shield along its 18-kilometre coastline are rapidly disappearing, taking with them crucial "blue carbon" stores and weakening...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
After decades on the global list of the poorest economies, Bangladesh is now set to cross an important economic threshold as it prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category in November, 2026. This status change follows the...
Trading is a powerful transactional tool among nations. There are historical evidences of countries continuing trading activities between them even when they are at war. During both the World Wars, for instance, Britain imported crucial chemical dyes from Germany. Even...
Haradhan Sarker | 2025-12-27 00:00:00
Commendably, Bangladesh bank is now well-aware of the causes of poor recovery of defaulted loans as well as delayed case disposal and trying to mitigate the crisis of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector. A number of steps have...
The 26th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) -- the apex body of the companies listed on the Stock Exchanges -- was held recently at Renaissance Hotel, Gulshan, in the capital.Rupali Haque Chowdhury,...
Christmas Day, commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ, was celebrated on Thursday with due religious fervour and festivity in the country, as well as elsewhere in the world, reports BSS.Special prayers were offered at churches, which were illuminated for the...
National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam on Thursday welcomed the return of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to Bangladesh, saying his homecoming would further consolidate Bangladesh's multiparty democratic practice. In a message posted on his verified Facebook account in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has opened a special helpdesk to facilitate submission of online income-tax returns on holidays by individuals intending to contest the upcoming national parliamentary elections.The initiative will allow prospective candidates to file their e-returns even...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The metro-rail operator has narrowly averted a fresh strike after its board approved long-pending service rules last week, easing immediate tensions with agitating staff. However, officials and employees alike fear that delays in making the rules effective could once again...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to provide US$881 million to help modernise electricity distribution networks in four divisions, aiming to enhance the reliability and efficiency of power supply for nearly 18 million consumers under the Bangladesh Rural...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
The proposed Commercial Courts Ordinance 2025 is expected to offer a new ray of hope for the speedy resolution of commercial disputes pending in different courts across the country. Under the ordinance, the required number of commercial courts will be...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
Exiled BNP leader Tarique Rahman Thursday returned home to a rousing reception all the way from the airport onto a podium amidst a human sea on a Dhaka boulevard where he saluted his homeland Bangladesh in an emotional speech. At...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-26 00:00:00
Tarique Rahman's return from wildness after 17 years draws intense political attention, but economists and business leaders say the more consequential test lies in its implications for Bangladesh's disheveled political economy.The economic milieu, they note, has been strained by persistently...
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