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H&M Group partners with Chorka Textile
06:43 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayH&M Group is taking a leap forward to pilot European Plan Zero members Revozona AG, Imogo AB and Pluvia’s new technologies at Chorka Textile Ltd., one of the group’s long-standing partners in Bangladesh...
Statement of Pran-RFL on ‘barring staff from practicing religion’
06:09 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayRecently, a small group gathered outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, alleging that Pran-RFL Group has been "indirectly" obstructing its employees from practicing Islam...
400,000 trapped by Israel’s latest Gaza offensive
05:58 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayHundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza remain trapped by the latest Israeli offensive centred on Jabaliya refugee camp, according to UN agencies and human rights groups...
Salehuddin urges public not to be ‘impatient’ as inflation lowers
05:06 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayFinance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has urged the public to remain patient, noting that inflation has officially decreased to 1%.
Floods in 3 districts affect 2.38 lakh people, 10 dead
04:49 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayFloods in three northeastern districts of Bangladesh have affected 238,391 people and claimed 10 lives.
ACC sues ex-home minister, wife, children
04:47 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has filed separate cases against former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife, and their children on allegations of misusing power, recruitment trade, money laundering and graft...
Iran FM to Saudi for talks on Gaza and Lebanon
04:24 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is heading to Saudi Arabia Wednesday for talks on efforts to end Israeli attacks on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, his ministry said...
Yunus seeks more Russian investment
04:19 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged Russian entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh. He made the call when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on him at his Tejgaon office.
Nobel in chemistry goes to three protein pioneers
04:11 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 has been awarded, with one half going to David Baker ‘for computational protein design’ and the other half shared by Demis Hassabis and John Jumper ‘for protein structure prediction’.
Ex-planning minister MA Mannan gets bail
03:41 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayA Sunamganj court has granted bail to former Planning Minister MA Mannan in a case over the attack on the protesters during the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement in the town...
NBR halves duty on sugar imports
03:37 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced a 50% reduction in the regulatory duty on both refined and raw sugar imports to stabilise local market prices.
Mobasser Monem new PSC chairman
03:20 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayDr Mobasser Monem, a professor of public administration at Dhaka University, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Public Works Commission (PSC).
Govt to develop effective early disaster warning system: Rizwana
03:11 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayEnvironment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said the government is working to develop effective early warning system to minimise loss of lives and livelihood of the people in the natural calamities.
Jamaat for proportional representation in parliament
02:37 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed the introduction of a proportional representation system and the abolition of the electronic voting machine (EVM) system in parliamentary elections.
US weighs breaking up Google to curb search monopoly
01:25 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe US Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business to break up its online search monopoly.
Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to global disarmament
01:02 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayBangladesh has urged for decisive global action against nuclear threats, while promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy for agriculture, healthcare, and power generation.
Woman killed by bus in Badda, protesters block road
12:55 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayA 24-year-old woman, Irene, was killed by a bus in a tragic accident on Pragati Sarani in Badda, Dhaka, on Wednesday morning (October 9). Irene was an employee of fintech company Next Venture. The bus responsible for the accident, belonging to Akash Paribahan, has been seized by the police.
Lynching Renu in Badda: One to die, 4 get life term
12:47 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayIn the high-profile case of Taslima Begum Renu's lynching, a Dhaka court sentenced Ibrahim alias Hridoy Molla to death for his role in the brutal killing of Renu, who was falsely accused of child abduction in North Badda in 2019.
Market still under syndicate's grip, prices spiral out of control
12:37 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayCommodity prices have skyrocketed over the last two months, even after the interim government took charge. Despite public hopes for relief, the cost of essential items has continued to rise, exacerbating the plight of low-income households.
US working with Bangladesh on key issues: State Dept
12:23 PM, 09 Oct 2024 WednesdayThe United States will continue its collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh on economic stability, democracy, security, and the Rohingya refugee crisis, said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller during a press briefing in Washington DC on Tuesday.