Tap Asia for growth Rehman Sobhan
Bangladesh must turn its growing economic links with Asia into greater export, investment and connectivity opportunities as global economic power shifts towards the region, eminent...
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Restaurant sector in crisis as sales fall 30pc
Bangladesh’s restaurant sector is facing mounting pressure from rising food, energy and labour costs, prompting restaurant owners to seek permission for limited beef imports to...
6 dengue patients die
Six people died of dengue and 1,608 were hospitalised with the disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, according to a press release issued...
Private varsities lag on quality
Quality education and good governance remain major challenges for Bangladesh’s higher education sector, especially in the private universities where leadership gaps, inadequate research and weak...
Trump threatens Iran over flydubai attack
US President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to hit Iran “very hard” if Tehran is found to be linked to the FlyDubai incident involving a...
France struggles to quell school protests
Riot police clashed with high school students across France on Friday and unions called for teachers to strike as President Emmanuel Macron’s government battled to...
Rooppur nuclear fuel arrives in Dhaka
A Russian aircraft carrying nuclear fuel for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 11:30 PM on Friday....
7 killed in Mymensingh Bus-CNG collision
Seven people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh city on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred around...
Malaysia-bound boat intercepted at sea, 76 rescued
The Bangladesh Navy has rescued 76 people, including 11 suspected members of a human trafficking gang, while they were allegedly being taken to Malaysia illegally...
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab
An appeals court in Iran has upheld a sentence of 74 lashes handed down to a popular female singer for performing without a headscarf. The...
Deadly landslides hit Nepal, Trekkers airlifted
Another wave of landslides and heavy rain has killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August’s catastrophic flooding that left...
No plan for ‘Operation Clean Heart’-style drive
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has no plan to launch a special operation like the past “Operation Clean Heart,” although law enforcement...