Trade Resumes via Bhomra Land Port following Weeklong Eid Closure
Import-export activities at Bhomra Land Port in Satkhira resumed yesterday after a seven-day holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. According to port authorities and stakeholders,...
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France eyes billions of investment in AI
France holds a foreign investment summit on Monday with tens of billions of dollars of capital already offered, notably for artificial intelligence and data centres....
Dua Lipa marries Callum Turner in low-key London ceremony
Pop star Dua Lipa has married actor Callum Turner in a low-key ceremony. The couple, who have been together for more than two years, tied...
Former MP Abdul Matin passes away
Former Member of Parliament for the Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura) constituency and freedom fighter Md. Abdul Matin passed away (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raji’un). He breathed...
Oil rises as US, Iran trade strikes, Israel moves further into Lebanon
Oil prices rose more than 3per cent on Monday after Iran and the U.S. traded strikes and Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon...
Suspected WWII ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead
A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly...
Trade thru’ Benapole port resumes after Eid holiday
Trade between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port resumed on Monday following a seven-day suspension during the Eid holidays. Benapole Port Director Shamim Hossain...
Police, protesters face off at Islami Bank HQ
Tensions escalated on Monday in Dhaka’s Motijheel area as protesters remained stationed outside the head office of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, while hundreds of police...
Nigerian teachers call strike over school kidnappings
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) called an open-ended strike from Monday in the state of Oyo, in protest at the kidnapping in mid-May of...
Cigarettes worth Tk 34 lakh seized at Ctg airport
Customs officials at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram seized 1,828 cartons of illegal cigarettes worth approximately Tk 34 lakh. The cigarettes were seized at...
Tofail Ahmed, key figure in 1969 uprising, dies at 82
Tofail Ahmed, one of Bangladesh’s most prominent political figures and a central leader of the historic 1969 mass uprising, died on Monday afternoon while undergoing...