Bangladesh, Algeria explore energy coop
Bangladesh and Algeria have agreed to deepen energy cooperation with a newly signed memorandum of understanding opening up opportunities for Dhaka to import liquefied natural...
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‘Hasina unlikely to return in next 10 years’
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram has said he sees little possibility of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina returning to Bangladesh in the...
Haor’s dried fish trade rakes in Tk9cr
The processing and trading of dried fish, locally known as shutki, have emerged as a profitable industry for thousands of people living in the haor...
Reviving jute’s lost glory
Abul Khair Group has embarked on a drive to restore Bangladesh’s once-flourishing jute industry, reopening shuttered private-sector mills and tapping existing production capacity to revive...
Govt to drill two new gas wells
The government plans to drill two appraisal-cum-development wells at the Titas Gas Field at an estimated cost of Tk 592 crore to increase domestic gas...
Bogura deprived for 20yrs
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, MP, has said that Bogura has been deprived of its expected development and...
Ishraque calls PM’s directive ‘best advice ever’
BNP leader Ishraque Hossain has described the prime minister’s directive to resign from the Cabinet as the best advice ever, claiming that a media outlet...
UK to send jets to Saudi after Houthi attacks kill 3
Britain will deploy Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against escalating Houthi missile and drone attacks, as strikes on airports...
Himchhari drowning death toll rises to 4
The death toll from the drowning incident at Himchhari beach in Cox’s Bazar has risen to four after the body of another missing tourist was...
Bangladeshi shot dead in South Africa
A Bangladeshi expatriate was shot dead in South Africa. His relatives claim that he was killed after refusing to pay extortion money demanded by a...