Business leaders for checking influence of ‘invisible hands’
UNB : Business leaders have stressed making the supply system free from the influence of ‘invisible hands’ to keep the commodity prices stable. They said...
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Country facing deep political, economic crisis: Fakhrul
Staff Reporter : BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that Bangladesh is facing a deep political and economic crisis. “We assembled here for...
Saudi Crown Prince hails PM Hasina
Arab News : Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday congratulated Sheikh Hasina Wajed on her new mandate as prime minister of Bangladesh....
Shakib expects to play 2nd Test against Lanka
Agency : The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cricket operation chairman, Jalal Yunus, said that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is expected to make a comeback for...
Crew members facing food crisis
Staff Reporter : The tense standoff on the high seas continues as Somali pirates aboard the Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah resort to firing blank shots...
DU Prof Zia Rahman passes away
NN Online Report: Professor Zia Rahman, dean of Dhaka University’s social sciences faculty, passed away at a hospital in the capital early today. He was...
Solar irrigation pumps fail to draw adequate responses
UNB, Dhaka : The government’s guideline for purchasing electricity from solar irrigation pumps failed to draw adequate response from stakeholders thus the government is now...
Foreign debt repayment toes line of mounting external loan
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh is poised to confront heightened pressures in repaying its burgeoning foreign debt, which could extend until 2062 if the country refrains...
70 Rohingya dead or missing as boat capsizes
Reuters : More than 70 Rohingya are “presumed dead or missing” after a boat they were on capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province,...
Any raid without consent unlikely: expert
NN Online Report: Any raid by foreign navies on the hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged cargo vessel MV Abdullah is unlikely as Bangladesh hasn’t given consent to such...
UNSC to vote today on US resolution on Gaza ceasefire
Reuters, Washington: The United States will ask the UN Security Council today to back a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an...
Polls in 152 upazila councils to take place 8 May
NN Online Report: The Election Commission (EC) has unveiled the schedule for the upcoming upazila council elections, with 152 upazilas set to vote on 8...