RIYADH, Aug 22 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned an attack the previous day on a World Food Program aid convoy in the North Darfur region of Sudan.Three trucks caught fire when the 16-vehicle convoy was targeted on Wednesday...
LONDON, Aug 22 (AFP): The UK government said Friday it would appeal a court ruling blocking it from housing asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as public discontent grows over accommodation for migrants.The announcement came before a wave of protests...
An appeals court in New York has thrown out a civil fraud penalty that would have cost United States President Donald Trump and his business associates nearly half a billion dollars, calling the fine "excessive", reports Al Jazeera.On Thursday, a...
QADIR NAGAR (Pakistan), Aug 22 (Reuters): Two days before his wedding, Noor Muhammad had a long phone call with his mother, just hours before devastating floods in Pakistan killed her along with 23 family members and relatives."I cannot explain how...
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said, reports BBC.He faces three charges related to trips he took abroad while serving as president.Wickremesinghe arrived at magistrates court in...
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (Agencies): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday there was "no meeting planned" between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, despite US attempts to organise the summit."There is no meeting planned," Lavrov said in an interview with NBC's...
Rabeya Basri, Faizah Tasnim, and Muhammad Shafiullah | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh has witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past seventy years. Once primarily rural, the nation is rapidly urbanising. Bangladesh's urban population has surged from less than 5 million in 1950 to nearly 60 million today, according to the United...
Md. Iqbal Mohasin, Mohammad Mohidul Islam, Salahuddin Mahmud, and Saila Sarmin Rapti | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Financial inclusion has emerged as a cornerstone of development policy, not only as a means of economic empowerment but also as a pathway toward social equity and sustainable growth. In developing economies, expanding access to formal financial services is increasingly...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja and Fatima Yasmin | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Asia and the Pacific is navigating multiple disruptions, both positive and negative. Economic restructuring, green transitions, intensifying climate change, demographic shifts and digital transformations are posing a critical question: how do we ensure that large numbers of people are not...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
As the Earth's climate warms and ecological systems become increasingly unstable, Bangladesh emerges as one of the most critically endangered nations in the intersection of environmental fragility and public health. The silent but insidious advance of vector-borne and waterborne diseases...
Bangladesh's banking sector is under severe pressure due to the alarming rise of non-performing loans (NPLs). A large share of these defaults is tied to projects that looked profitable on paper but failed in practice. One key reason is the...
The ongoing Palestinian crisis is not just a regional tragedy; it's a test of the legitimacy of the international system. The UN was created after WWII to prevent aggression, promote self-determination and ensure full protection of civilians. Years of displacement,...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Shoudamini, a student at the primary level of a renowned school in Dhaka, struggles hard to carry on her tender shoulder an overloaded bag daily. Sometimes she almost cries when it becomes too painful to carry the heavy bag and...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
By now, we have all seen the sickening images coming out of various tourist attractions in Sylhet and are appalled at the wholesale plunder of Nature. The once-beautiful white stones, sand dunes and green hills in the iconic Shadapathor and...
The question of women's empowerment in society is critically linked to their inclusivity in the formal financial sector. That means, they are able to make decisions both in family and workplaces about the use of finance. From that point of...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-08-22 12:00:00
The volume of lending to the country's Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) saw a substantial fall during the January-March quarter of FY25 (Q3).Disbursement of loan among CMSMEs declined by 9.97 per cent (year-on-year) during January-March period of fiscal...
SEOUL, Aug 21 (AFP): North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang's newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.The "undeclared" Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base lies about 27 kilometres (17 miles)...
TIBET, Aug 21 (BBC): President Xi Jinping urged unity on a surprise visit to Tibet, appearing before 20,000 people to mark 60 years since China created the autonomous region after annexing it.In what is only his second presidential visit to...
KYIV, Aug 21 (BBC/AFP): Russia has launched 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine in one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks, Ukrainian officials say.One person was killed in a drone and missile strike on the western city of Lviv,...
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (AFP): India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China.The Agni-5 missile was successfully launched in India's eastern...
RANGPUR, Aug 21 (BSS): Police arrested Awami League (AL) leader Md Mithun Chowdhury, 55, an accused in the auto-rickshaw driver Manik Mia murder case, from the city's Harirampur Nayabazar area on Thursday."We arrested Mithun Chowdhury from the Harirampur Nayabazar area...
Police have submitted chargesheets in 26 cases filed in different parts of the country over the July Uprising, reports UNB.Among the cases, eight were murder cases while the rest 18 were filed on several charges, according to a Police Headquarters...
A Dhaka court on Thursday acquitted BNP Cumilla divisional organising secretary Selim Bhuiyan from a corruption case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.The Judge of the Special Judge Court-1 of Dhaka Abul Kashem pronounced the judgment as...
The Jamaat-e-Islami has defended the absence of a bank account in its latest financial returns to the Election Commission, saying it has been impossible to maintain one under what it described as "unfavourable conditions" over the past 15 years, reports...
A BNP delegation held a meeting with a visiting team from the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) on Thursday morning, focusing on the country's evolving political situation, upcoming polls and reforms, reports UNB.The hour-long meeting, which began at around 11:00...
Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), will leave for Malaysia on a three-day visit today (Friday) at the invitation of the NCP Diaspora Alliance, Malaysia Chapter, reports UNB.During the visit, Nahid is scheduled to hold exchange meetings...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students staged a protest march at midnight, rejecting the seven-point demand recently made by diploma engineers.The protest began around 1:00 AM on Thursday from the BUET campus and ended with a brief rally...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the fallen fascist Sheikh Hasina had spent the country's funds for her personal gain, reports BSS."While in power, Sheikh Hasina spent public funds for her own benefit. This created resentment among...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-22 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday concluded the hearing on an appeal filed by the state against a High Court verdict that acquitted all the accused, including exiled acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, in two cases filed...
European Union (EU) Ambassador in Dhaka Michael Miller on Thursday held a meeting with Vice-Chairman of National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz, reports BSS.The meeting was held at the Consensus Commission office in Sangsad Bhaban area in the capital, a...
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