CHATTOGRAM, Aug 1 (UNB): BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has said except for 51 points his party has no disagreement with the National Consensus Commission (NCC) on the remaining recommendations."We are hopeful that the July Charter will be signed soon....
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a rally at Uttara in the capital on Friday, marking the first anniversary of the July-August Uprising. — Focus Bangla
A total of 19 fundamental reform issues were decided amid political consensus and notes of dissent in some cases during the second-round dialogues between the National Consensus Commission and political parties, reports UNB.The second-round reform dialogue that opened by Chief...
A Palestinian boy receives the last drops of lentil soup at a food distribution point in Gaza City on Friday. — AFP.
A 60-year-old woman has allegedly been beaten to death in the captal's Hazaribagh area over a longstanding land dispute, reports bdnews24.com.Five people have been arrested in connection with the incident, which occurred around midnight on Thursday, according to Additional Sub-Inspector...
CHUADANGA, August 1 (UNB)-The Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed over 17 Bangladeshi nationals to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday morning.The flag meeting, which started at 11:30am, was conducted at the Company Commander level between the Chuadanga...
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The Bangladesh Army has initiated a formal investigation into the allegations of political involvement against one of its officers, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate said on Friday.Through law enforcement agencies, the army recently received a complaint about political affiliations...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh has not received any fresh commitments of aid from its three important bilateral development partners, including China and India, for the last two consecutive fiscal years, causing a blow to its overall external aid pledges, officials have said.Although China,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
A crumbling stretch of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway is turning a routine intercity journey into a nightmare, with travel times now stretching to 10-12 hours, and in some cases up to 16, particularly during the rainy season. The 10-kilometre section between...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited's (BTCL) long-planned 5G Readiness Project remains stalled three years after its initiation, mired in controversy, bureaucratic inertia, and allegations of irregularities. The delay not only threatens the Tk 3 billion project itself but also places...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
With the go-ahead from the government and the central bank, World Bank Group's credit-guarantee platform will now open discussions with Bangladesh's banks and state agencies involved with import of essentials, officials said.The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is a financial...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
Better for Bangladesh's trade competitiveness with peers but hard for the exchequer to bear tradeoff costs, say experts, economists and exporters about the conditional US tariff cut. They consider the pared-down 20-percent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi exports as a relatively...
Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said on Friday Bangladesh's adjustment of its reciprocal tariff rate to 20 percent on products exported to the United States (US) has strengthened its competitiveness in global trade, reports BSS. "We will be in a...
ZAIDI SATTAR | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
Finally, the wait is over. The Office of US Trade Representative (USTR) -- actually President Donald Trump -- announced what tariffs will apply to which country as their goods enter the US market. A new world trade order has emerged....
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In a message on Friday, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus lauded the Bangladesh team for successful negotiations with their US counterpart in Washington."By reducing the tariff to 20 per cent, 17 percentage points lower than anticipated, our negotiators have demonstrated...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
As a child, Robiul Islam Rumel watched the train guard wave the green flag and blow the whistle - a signal that set the wheels in motion. He did not understand the weight of the role back then. Today, he...
GENEVA, Aug 1 (AFP): The Swiss government said Friday it would negotiate with the United States to try to avoid the 39 percent punitive US tariff rate that would ravage its key pharmaceutical industry.As part of a slew of new...
SEOUL, Aug 1 (AFP): South Korea's exports surged to their highest level ever for a July, fuelled by strong overseas demand for semiconductors and automobiles, despite US tariffs weighing on trade, government data showed Friday.The country's exports exceeded $60 billion...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 1 (AFP): Eurozone inflation remained stable in July, official data showed Friday, confounding expectations that consumer price rises would ease.Inflation in the single currency area stood at 2.0 percent last month, the EU's statistics agency said, sustained...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 1 (BSS): The Teesta Bridge, constructed over the Teesta River to connect Kurigram and Gaibandha districts, opens to public and vehicular movement today (Saturday).Uzzal Chowdhury, executive engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Gaibandha, confirmed the...
The 309th meeting of the Board of Directors of First Security Islami Bank PLC was held on Wednesday at the FSIB Head Office in Dhaka, with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of the Board, in the chair. Md Azizur Rahman, Vice...
To implement the consensus reached by Xi Jinping, President of China, and Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the interim Government of Bangladesh, in Beijing earlier this year, in which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening cooperation in...
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (AFP): President Donald Trump ordered the reimposition of tariffs on dozens of trading partners Thursday -- his cornerstone strategy for reshaping global trade to benefit the US economy.However, in a minor reprieve that opens the door to...
The 397th meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC was held at Corporate Head Office of the bank on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by Chairman of the bank A K Azad. The Board approved...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 01: The bypass and flyover construction project at 5 important points on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway is almost at the final stage. The appointment of a consultant for the construction of four bypasses and one flyover spanning 26...
A group of Afghan refugee players participated in the first of three global talent identification camps in Sydney last month as part of efforts to build a 23-player women's squad for friendly internationals this year, world football body FIFA said...
Real Madrid will begin their La Liga campaign with a home game against Osasuna as scheduled after Spain's federation (RFEF) rejected their appeal to postpone the August 19 fixture on Thursday, reports Reuters. Real had requested a longer rest period...
Zimbabwe, Aug 1 (AFP): New Zealand captain Mitch Santner took four wickets with his left-arm spin as the Black Caps completed a nine-wicket win on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday.Zimbabwe managed to avoid an...
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (AFP): Former India player Khalid Jamil was on Friday appointed coach of the struggling national men's football team, a month after Spain's Manolo Marquez stepped down following poor results.Jamil, 48, was preferred over England's Stephen Constantine...
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