Govt hikes bottled soya bean oil price by Tk 4 per litre
UNB: A day after edible oil refiners demanded an increase of Tk 10 against per litre bottle of soybean oil, Bangladesh government on Thursday fixed...
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Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum on Time’s 100 most influential list
News Desk:Noted Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been named in the Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for her contributions to the field...
Climate change to wreck global income by 2050: study
Deutsche Welle: A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday claimed that climate change...
April to Sept to be flu season: IEDCR and icddr,b: Flu season redefined
Staff Reporter : Health experts have identified April to September as the flu virus season in Bangladesh. Researchers from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control...
30pc EVs in Bangladesh by 2030 remains a far cry
Reza Mahmud : The government has set an ambitious target to transform 30 percent of vehicles into electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030, aiming to reduce...
Bangladesh 141st on freedom, 99th on prosperity indexes
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has been categorised as a “mostly unfree” and “mostly unprosperous” nation by the latest global ‘Freedom and Prosperity Report’ released by...
AL vs. AL one more time: Intra-party tensions escalate ahead of UP polls
Abu Jakir : In what appears to be a growing rift within the ranks of the ruling Awami League (AL), the party is facing significant...
Historic Mujibnagar Day on Wednesday
BSS: The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Wednesday marking the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh’s first government on April 17, 1971. Following the Pakistan...
‘Agricultural sector shines while industrial, service sectors struggle’
Staff reporter : The latest statistics released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reveal a significant downturn in the growth of the industrial and...
Alarming rise in sexual violence on campuses demands action
Staff Reporter : Sexual violence and harassment are casting a dark shadow over educational institutions across the country, including public universities. These incidents continue to...
When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
Reuters: Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he...
Iran says it gave warning before attacking Israel; US says that’s not true
Reuters, Washington/Baghdad/Dubai: Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday that Iran gave wide notice days before its drone and missile attack on Israel, but US...