In recent years, Bangladesh has seen a worrying rise in extreme weather, with heatwaves posing a serious threat to the economy-especially for small businesses. While climate change is often viewed as an environmental problem, its economic effects are now strongly...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the global economy-redefining industries, reshaping labour markets, and creating new opportunities at an unprecedented scale. Yet, as we race toward an AI-driven future, it is vital that we do not lose sight of the human...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-06-13 00:00:00
Videos on army personnel conducting drives against errant bike riders and drivers in capital Dhaka have been a popular item on YouTube. The videos have exposed a bitter truth about law abidance in Bangladesh society. If anyone minutely watches the...
Makhan Lal Dutta | 2025-06-13 00:00:00
Increasingly frequent cyclones, saline water intrusion, prolonged waterlogging, erratic rainfall, and rising sea levels are drastically altering the agricultural landscape in southern Bangladesh. Smarting under the adverse impact of climate change, the vulnerable coastal regions of southern Bangladesh comprising Khulna,...
Raw hide trade, following the Eid-ul-Azha, is facing serious disruptions, sending distress signals not only to those directly engaged in the business but also to the leather industry as a whole. Seasonal traders, who collect raw hides from across the...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-06-13 00:00:00
It is an age of innovation, global interconnectedness, and accelerating advances in technology. It is an age when education can no longer be an indulgence but a necessity on which nations build their futures. Nowhere is this truer than in...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-06-12 12:00:00
The fiscal incentives on electric bikes (e-bikes) in the new budget have appeared as an opportunity for local manufacturers to make hefty investments to promote environment-friendly vehicles in Bangladesh. The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 has offered tax...
A Dhaka court has sent three highway dacoits, who were arrested by Uttara West Police, to jail, reports BSS.The three dacoits are Md Mizan (65), Md Rasel (27) and Md Hassan (19).Uttara West Police Station produced the dacoits before the...
National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Jubairul Alam Manik has been served a show-cause notice after he described his party as 'the biggest mafia' at an Eid-ul-Azha reunion in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The letter, sent on Tuesday by Joint Office Secretary Saleh...
BENAPOLE, June 12 (UNB): A BNP activist was hacked to death allegedly by Awami League (AL) supporters in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday night.The victim is Liton Hossain (30), son of Asgar Ali of Durgapur village under Laxmanpur...
Labor and Employment and Shipping M Sakhawat Hussain held a bilateral meeting with US Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith E. Sonderling at the sideline of International Labour Conference at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday, reports BSS.Various issues including...
NARAYANGANJ, June 12 (UNB): A 32-year-old man was shot to death allegedly in a clash between two factions of BNP centering the arrest of a leader of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Majhipara in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district...
LONDON, June 12 (BSS): Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey on Tuesday said the organisation was keen to support Bangladesh in political reforms ahead of the planned general election next year."We will be happy to provide the support if Bangladesh requires...
LONDON, June 11 (BSS): A group of UK parliamentarian under the banner of All Party Parliamentary Group called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel in London on Tuesday.Earlier in the day, Wouter van Wersch, Executive Vice President...
Anisha lost her father when she was only five months old as Md Riton Uddin (32) was shot dead during the anti-discrimination student movement in the Jatrabari area on August 5, 2024, reports BSS.Riton, father of three children, joined student-led...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed optimism that the expected meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and his party acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in London will usher in a fresh breeze for democracy in Bangladesh,...
Basad organised a human-chain in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Wednesday to press home realisation of their various demands regarding the oppressed Palestinians at Gaza. — Focus Bangla
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has confirmed that his daughter, Mehreen Sarah Mansur, owns a flat in Dubai, though he maintains that she bought the property before he took office as the chief of the central bank.He insisted that...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
City-dwellers started returning to the capital on Wednesday after celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha festival at their village homes across the country with near and dear ones, but the pressure of the returnees was still low. People were making their way back...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
The capital city wore almost a deserted look on Wednesday even after four days of Eid-ul-Azha as the offices and businesses remained closed due to extended public holiday.Streets, lanes, by-lanes and public places like shopping malls were largely empty, allowing...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 11: Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is going to appoint a contractor for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the country's Single Point Mooring (SPM) facility with double pipeline.The procedures of the tender are continuing now. BPC invited international tender...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
Despite mounting economic pressures on low-income households, the government has slashed the allocation for poverty reduction in the proposed national budget for FY2025-26, raising concerns among economists and development experts about the direction of fiscal priorities.The proposed budget earmarks Tk...
LONDON, June 11 (UNB): Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said there was no way that he would be interested to be part of the next elected government, stressing that their job is to ensure a well-managed transition to...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
Government liabilities from underwriting loans taken by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from domestic and international lenders are ballooning, coming to over Tk 1.19 trillion in a period beyond this June, official statistics show. The total amount accounts for a 1.7-percent increase...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
At least 11 people tested positive for Covid-19 across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Wednesday, sparking concerns over a possible resurgence of the deadly virus and prompting health authorities to reissue precautionary measures.Of the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-06-12 00:00:00
United Kingdom's government takes over control of property worth 800 million pounds owned by former land minister of Bangladesh Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, amid allegations of amassing shadowy global empire over there, documents show. Company House, the company-registration authority of the UK...
Manchester City confirmed the signing of midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan on a five-year contract on Wednesday and said the Netherlands international will be available for this month's Club World Cup, reports Reuters.Financial details were not released but a...
OSAKA, Japan, June 11 (AFP): Patrick Kluivert told his wounded Indonesia side they must learn from their embarrassing 6-0 thrashing by Japan as they attempt to reach the World Cup for the first time as an independent country.Indonesia's dreams of...
Argentina have learned to cope with Lionel Messi's absences and no longer need to rejig the line-up when the Inter Miami forward is not available, manager Lionel Scaloni said ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Colombia, reports Reuters.Since making...
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