Japan deal to drive growth
Bangladesh will seek a Â¥2.2 trillion ($14 billion) investment and cooperation package from Japan during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s four-day visit to Tokyo from 26...
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50 hurt as Uttara protest turns violent
At least 50 people, including 20 police personnel, were reportedly injured in clashes between garment workers and police in the capital’s Uttara area on Saturday...
Yunus gets standing ovation
Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Dr Muhammad Yunus received a standing ovation from around 400 guests in Washington, DC, on Thursday as he was...
Iran ships LPG, jet fuel despite US blockade
Iran has managed to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July, despite a US naval blockade, shipping intelligence showed and people involved...
Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora among 150 detained
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora were preventively detained by Delhi Police on Friday while...
Over 1.8m BD users’ data found on dark web
Personal information belonging to more than 1.8 million users in Bangladesh has surfaced on the dark web, alongside at least 17,362 sets of login credentials,...
18 of 200 Indian railway coaches arrive in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Railway has received the first consignment of 18 broad-gauge passenger coaches from India under a deal to purchase 200 coaches, marking the beginning of...
Presidential clemency under lens
Bangladesh’s long-running controversy over presidential clemency has entered a new chapter following President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s decision to waive disciplinary penalties imposed on 21...
Malaysia to hire 10,000 Bangladeshis for free
Malaysia has agreed to resume recruitment of Bangladeshi workers, enlisting 338 recruiting and service agencies and agreeing in principle to recruit 10,000 workers free of...
10 die as dengue toll reaches 331
Dengue claimed 10 more lives across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Thursday, October 15, while 1,943 patients were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne...
30 students, teacher killed in Peshawar tragedy
At least 31 people, including 30 students and a female teacher, were killed when a school roof collapsed in the provincial capital’s Afridi Abad area...
CUET VC not resigned; student protests continue
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Vice-Chancellor Professor Sheikh Shariful Alam has said he will resume his duties after recovering from illness, dismissing reports...