Runner Motors Limited has recently organised the 'Eicher Trucks Customer Meet & Greet' event at Aloki Convention Hall in Dhaka. More than 100 corporate customers from the medium duty segment participated in this event. The event featured in-depth discussions on...
Sunamganj, Feb 26 (UNB): Chhatak Cement Factory, the country's oldest cement plant, has ceased operations due to a severe shortage of gas and limestone.Established in 1937 on the banks of the Surma River near the India-Bangladesh border, the factory remains...
NAOGAON, Feb 26 (UNB): A man was killed after being hit by a picnic bus in Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon, police said on Thursday.The accident occurred on Wednesday at around 7:00 am at Biharinagar Mor in the upazila.The deceased, Kamal...
KURIGRAM, Feb 26 (UNB): Kurigram Agricultural University (KAU) has hired the wife of martyr Nur Alam who was killed in Dhaka on July 24 last during the anti-government movement that unseated the Awami League government. Khadiza Begum, who was eight-month...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Feb 26: Riverbank erosion has eaten up a vast tract of cropland in different places of the district.Local said soil erosion has taken a serious turn in Jamuna, Teesta, Brahmaputra, Ghaghat and Karatoya rivers due to floods.The breakdown occurs...
AMMAN, Feb 26 (AFP): Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his third foreign visit since ousting Bashar al-Assad.King Abdullah II greeted Sharaa at Amman's Marka airport, the royal court said in...
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of replacing a visa programme for foreign investors with a so-called "gold card" that could be bought for $5.0 million as a route to American citizenship.Trump told...
BANGKOK, Feb 26 (Reuters): At least 18 people were killed and 23 injured in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after the brakes failed on a tour bus and it rolled upside down into a ditch, police said."It was a downhill road...
CAIRO, Feb 26 (BBC): Israeli and Hamas officials say the latest impasse in the Gaza ceasefire deal has been resolved by mediators.Israel had delayed the release of 600 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in protest at what it said was the...
PORT SUDAN, Feb 26 (AFP): Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said Wednesday.The Antonov aircraft went down on Tuesday night near Wadi Seidna...
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his staggering 925th career goal for Al Nassr in the side's Saudi Pro League clash with Al-Wehda on Wednesday, according to British daily newspaper The Daily Mail. The Portuguese superstar breezed past the 100-goal mark for...
Poor performance of Bangladeshi cricketers in the ongoing edition of the ICC Champions Trophy reflected on the newly published ICC Rankings on Wednesday, where they slip from their position, report agencies.Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, despite scoring 77 against New Zealand,...
With two consecutive defeats to India and New Zealand, Bangladesh's early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 reignited the discussion about the performance of senior players like Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim, reports UNB.Their repeated poor display in crucial...
RAWALPINDI, Feb 26 (Agencies): The sun played hide and seek on an otherwise dark and gloomy Wednesday afternoon as Pakistan players got into training ahead of its final group league fixture against Bangladesh.But another round of drizzle forced the players...
Dowry remains a deep-rooted social disease, continuing to claim the lives of many women. The recent murder of Maria Sultana Baisakhi in Khulna is yet another horrifying reminder that this practice goes beyond financial oppression-it is costing lives.According to her...
Discussions about the international ranking of our country's public universities have been going on for a long time. Every year, these universities fail to meet expectations in global rankings. Among the top 800 universities worldwide, not a single public university...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
There is a growing sense of unease over the perceived decline in law and order situation across the nation. Near my house, the local branch of retail chain Shwapno sends its female employees home before nightfall due to safety concerns,...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
In recent times some dreadful crimes such as robbery, rent-seeking, mugging, and sexual assault against women and minor girls have been reported with chilling frequency. In Mithapukur, Rangpur, a fourth-grade student was raped while collecting flowers to pay tribute at...
The very night combined patrol teams were deployed across the country and a similar drive by three specialised units of the police was launched in the capital against robbery, mugging and other crimes following a meeting of the Core Committee...
Tasfia Rahman | 2025-02-27 00:00:00
After 1975, Bangladesh saw economic liberalisation leading to the growth of an export-focused ready-made garment (RMG) industry that mainly employs women. With lower wages and little resistance, factory owners maintain a comparatively cheap and stable workforce. The working conditions for...
Wasi Ahmed | 2025-02-26 12:00:00
Job skills in digital and green technologies are believed to constitute the core foundation of productivity and competitiveness in the global market. A lacking in these skills is feared to affect Bangladesh's economy considerably. Many skills are getting obsolete at...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said brutal massacre of army officers in capital's Pilkhana was carried out under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. "The massacre in Pilkhana continued for two days under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina,"...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-26 00:00:00
UNICEF, WaterAid, SNV, and ITN-BUET highlighted the critical need for accelerated progress in sanitation and hygiene during the International Toilet Conference 2025 in Dhaka. According to a statement, over one-third of Bangladesh's population, more than 65 million people, still lack...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-26 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday lambasted businessmen for "lopsided talks" saying while one group is in favour of lowering taxes the other group is opposed to it."You know the businesses very well. I know them even better. They...
A decade of data on electronic Government Procurement, or e-GP, shows that 5 per cent of contractors dominate 61 per cent of the projects in the 10 ministries with the highest spending, according to Transparency International Bangladesh, or TIB.Meanwhile, the...
Eighty-two police officers who served in elections during the Awami League government have been made Officers on Special Duty, or OSD, reports bdnews24.com.OSDs are usually political victims, having no work to do either in the policymaking or the implementation process...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-26 00:00:00
Under the green cluster, Dhaka Nagar Paribahan resumed Tuesday its services after more than two years on a new route from Gabtoli to Narayanganj with air-conditioned buses.However, several bus services are already operating on the same route. Road Transport and...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is actively considering introducing a platform for mobile interoperability within a short period of time to further facilitate automated transactions, Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur said on Tuesday."We don't have mobile interoperability and it is something that...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 25 (UNB): BNP Vice-Chairman and former minister Abdullah Al Noman passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. He was 82.He breathed his last around 6 am at Square Hospitals Ltd in Dhaka,...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-26 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has simplified the VAT (Value added tax) refund process for the superstore businesses by waiving the requirement to furnish details on the use of raw materials.Usually, manufacturers are supposed to submit 'input-output coefficient' to...
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