3rd Airbus A330 added to US-Bangla
US-Bangla Airlines has further expanded its fleet with the addition of a third wide-body Airbus A330-300, which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here this morning...
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Agrani Bank launches 30-day basic banking course
Agrani Bank Training Institute on Sunday launched a 30-day long basic banking training course for cash officers of Agrani Bank PLC鈥檚 94th and 95th batches, said a press release...
RYZE AI tools enhancing learning, creativity
AI-powered digital lifestyle brand RYZE has recently launched AI tools, such as Vocalyze, SummaRYZE and CV-RYZEr, to help them youths learn and create, said a press release...
RobinRafan鈥檚 books displayed at Frankfurt Book Fair
Two books written by Bangladeshi content creator and educator, Obidur Rahman, popularly known as RobinRafan, were displayed at the Frankfurt International Book Fair 2025.
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year鈥檚 deadly floods in Spain...
Peru鈥檚 Gen Z lead movement against crime, political paralysis
Peru鈥檚 Generation Z is leading protests against rampant crime and years of political deadlock 鈥� demanding systemic change after watching seven presidents come and go in a decade...
Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening
A drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early Tuesday, witnesses said, one day before the army-backed government was due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years...
50 Russia-linked suspects held in Poland since 2022
Fifty-five people suspected of acting on behalf of Moscow have been detained in Poland since the start of Russia鈥檚 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Polish special services spokesman said on Tuesday...
Surviving fourth industrial revolution
THE industrial revolution stands as the most significant turning point in human history since the domestication of animals and plants. The first industrial revolution, spanning from 1760 to 1840, began in Great Britain, which emerged as its harbinger. This period marked the introduction of mechanical textile production, the steam engine, and the factory system across...
Govt promotes 80 police inspectors to ASPs
Bangladesh interim on Tuesday promoted 80 police officers of the rank of inspectors to assistant superintendent of police in the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre...
Sanae Takaichi named Japan鈥檚 first woman PM
Sanae Takaichi was named Japan鈥檚 first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative naming just two other women to her cabinet...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality turns `unhealthy for sensitive groups鈥� with AQI score of 147
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 8th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 147 at about 9:00am on Tuesday morning...
BUFT鈥檚 Shaheed Selim Central Library begins 3-day book fair
Shaheed Selim Central Library of BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology launched a three-day book fair on the BUFT campus in Dhaka on Monday...
Fire service committee starts probe
The committee formed by the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence started its investigation on Monday into the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fire that destroyed a huge bulk of imported goods stored in its cargo village...
9 consignments of Rooppur NPP damaged
Electrical equipment, motors, and other machinery parts of about nine consignments, weighing around 18 tonnes, imported for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant were destroyed in the fire at a cargo village section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday...
Interference, aid reliance dwarf BBS: task force
External interference and aid dependency have affected the independence of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics seriously over the past two decades, said a government task force report released on Monday...
Rishad can be lethal in Test: Mushtaq
Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain can be very lethal in Test cricket, stated the spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed on Sunday...
Dembele returns for PSG after six weeks out
Ballon d鈥橭r winner Ousmane Dembele was on Monday included in Paris Saint-Germain鈥檚 squad to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League after a six-week injury layoff...
Exporters alarmed, buyers worried
The exporters of the country on Monday expressed their concern on production and export delay and supply disruptions following the devastating fire at the cargo village of Dhaka鈥簊 Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Fertiliser retailers form human chain demanding licence retention
Licensed retail fertiliser sellers formed a human chain in Manikchhari upazila of Khagrachhari hill district on Monday, demanding the suspension of the nationwide license cancellation process...
OpenAI big chip orders dwarf its revenues
OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars鈥� worth of chips in the artificial intelligence race, raising questions among investors about how the startup will finance these purchases...
Secularism: forgotten promise of freedom
SECULARISM is not the denial of faith. It is the protection of faith 鈥� every faith. It is the promise that the state will not favour one path to God over another, and that no citizen shall suffer or be silenced because of what they believe, or refuse to believe. It is the simple, sacred understanding that a government must serve all its people, not the followers of one religion...
DAP amendments risk making Dhaka further unliveable
The government鈥檚 approval in principle of amendments to the detailed area plan, raising the floor area ratio for buildings, risks exacerbating the very crises facing Dhaka that the plan was meant to address. By allowing developers and landowners to construct very tall buildings across most areas under the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, the decision would increase...
Japan coalition deal paves way for Takaichi to be first woman PM
Japan鈥檚 ruling LDP and its junior partner signed a coalition deal Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country鈥檚 first woman premier...
Nepal PM honours slain hostage returned from Gaza
Nepal鈥檚 interim prime minister on Monday draped a national flag over the coffin of returned Gaza hostage Bipin Joshi, released under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas...
Dhaka鈥檚 air in 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone with AQI score of 152
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked seventh on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 152 at 9:30am on Monday...
Court rejects ex-MP Mukti鈥檚 bail petition
A Narail court on Sunday rejected the bail plea of former Narail-1 lawmaker Kabirul Haque Mukti and ordered him to be sent to jail in connection with a subversive acts case.
Bangladesh, Kuwait for enhancing coop in defence, labour
The first-ever 鈥楶olitical Consultation鈥� between Bangladesh and Kuwait in Dhaka on Sunday agreed to strengthen cooperation in various areas, including political, economic, defence and labour...
Taller buildings in city to be allowed
The interim government on Sunday approved in principle amendments to the Detailed Area Plan, raising the floor area ratio for buildings in the Dhaka city, which will allow construction companies and landowners to build taller buildings in the capital.
RMG sector may face losses worth $1b
Leaders of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector estimated that losses from the devastating fire at the cargo village complex of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka might exceed $1 billion...
