M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has moved to select a contractor for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the country's maiden single-point mooring (SPM) around one year after its commissioning, said sources.Chinese firm China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd (CPPEC)...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday instructed the National Consensus Commission to quickly finalize the work plan for the next phase of talks with political parties, reports BSS. He made the instruction at a meeting of the Commission held at...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to mediate what has become the worst military confrontation between India and Pakistan, report agencies.He called for an immediate halt to the escalating violence the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Speaking from the White House, Trump...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 08: Investments worth US$ 800 million would be made centring on the existing container terminal at Laldia Char in Chattogram, said BIDA chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Thursday.The chief of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) said,...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
The Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) under the Ministry of Planning has adopted two policies granting the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) exclusive authority to publish all findings and reports produced through its regular activities or any development projects implemented...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
China is not involved with the UN initiative to channel aid supplies into Myanmar's Rakhine State from Bangladesh, says the Chinese envoy, also reaffirming their stand on noninterference in internal affairs.Speaking at a function Thursday in Dhaka, the Chinese Ambassador...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) export to its largest destination may face tough competition as competitors like China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have incrementally raised their concentration in the European Union (EU) for a decade, sources say.The trade race...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur says limiting inflation within 5.0 per cent is not an impossible task if there be no need for printing money to fund development recipe. To make it happen, he underlines continuous efforts and...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.Day temperature may rise by (1-2)°C and night temperature may rise slightly until 6:00 pm today (Friday). Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi and...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
Though the procedure to select a contractor through a fresh tender was completed in August last year, legal complications related to purchasing buses for the Gazipur-Airport bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor have not been resolved yet.Sources said the board of...
Rabindra University, Bangladesh Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. S. M. Hassan Talukder along with its teachers and officials paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 164th birth anniversary by placing a wreath at his portrait on the university's campus in Sirajganj on...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman harshly criticised Sheikh Hasina's regime, alleging that over the past 15 years, it has dismantled all institutions of the country."Sheikh Hasina's fascist regime has destroyed both the government and private institutions. The police, judiciary, and...
FENI, May 08 (UNB): Police have arrested a local BNP leader in Feni over the public humiliation of two women, who were allegedly forced to rub their noses on the ground as punishment for their sons' suspected theft of pigeons.The...
A case has been filed with Narayanganj District Judge Court against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, several former chief election commissioners (CECs) and high-profile individuals, accusing them of holding voter-less national elections, reports BSS.Advocate Abdul Bari Bhuiyan, former president of...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-09 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday concluded the hearing on an appeal filed afresh by Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam, challenging his death penalty.Previously, a Dhaka tribunal awarded the former assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami the...
Vice Chairman of National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz has emphasised of implementation of the structural reforms to establish a transparent and accountable state, report agencies.He believes structural reforms will pave the way for a prosperous future for the coming...
Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, at the NRBC Bank's stall at the four-day Banker-SME Women Entrepreneurs' Assembly, Product Exhibition, and Fair that began on Thursday at the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka. The fair has been organised...
A four-day training programme on the "AI in Journalism" started at a hotel in Rajshahi city on Thursday, according to a press release. The training is to mark the beginning of an innovative capacity-building initiative in the field of journalism,...
BARISHAL, May 8 (UNB): The body of a Barishal University (BU) official was retrieved from a canal adjacent to the campus on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Nur Islam, deputy director of the Office of the Director of Physical...
PARIS, May 08 (Reuters): Paris St Germain weathered an early Arsenal storm before subduing their battling visitors and marching into the Champions League final with a measured 2-1 second-leg victory on Wednesday to earn them a second shot at Europe's...
Bangladesh Under-19 team won the six-match youth ODI series against Sri Lankan youth team by 3-2 margin after the sixth and final game was washed out due to heavy rain at Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo on Thursday, reports...
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will reschedule some of the remaining PSL 2025 matches, as continuing tensions between Pakistan and India disrupt the league's tenth season, according to ESPNcricinfo.The league held an emergency meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, including the...
NEW DELHI, May 08 (AFP): India's IPL cricket match on Sunday between Mumbai and Punjab has been moved to Gujarat, local media reported Thursday, quoting the state's cricket authorities.The match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings was due to take...
Bangladesh cricketers Nahid Rana and Rishad Hossain are returning home early from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) amid growing security concerns following escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, reports UNB.A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) source confirmed the development, saying that...
The ongoing cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan have cast a shadow over the Bangladesh cricket team's upcoming tour of Pakistan, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), however, said they had not yet decided to postpone the tour.On Tuesday night,...
TOKYO, May 08 (AFP): Japanese auto giant Toyota forecast on Thursday a 35 per cent year-on-year drop in net profit for the current financial year, citing Donald Trump's vehicle tariffs among other factors.Carmakers have been among the hardest hit by...
LONDON, May 08 (AFP): The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to 4.25 per cent as the threat of US tariffs starts to weigh on economic growth.The central bank's fourth such reduction...
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters): Global recession risks have shot back up markets' worry list, but the readout from economic data and key financial indicators is not as clear cut as it first appears.A 90-day pause on most reciprocal tariffs unveiled...
COPENHAGEN, May 08 (Reuters): Shipping group Maersk said on Thursday container volumes plunged 30-40 per cent between the US in China in April as a trade war erupted between the world's top economies, and warned a protracted dispute could shrink...
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