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BCB to increase cricketers match fee in NCL T20

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to increase the match fee of the cricketers, participating in the upcoming NCL T20. BCB Tournament Committee chairman Akram Khan confirmed the development, saying that...

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History beckons Bangladesh

Bangladesh are just one point away from qualifying for another continental tournament in less than two months, as Peter Butler’s team only needs to avoid defeat against South Korea in their final Group H match of the AFC Under-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers on Sunday.

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RUET, BIM sign memo for enhancing bilateral relations

Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bangladesh Institute of Management, enhancing bilateral relations, at the conference room of the RUET on Saturday...

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10th int’l business genius Bangladesh held at NSU

Business Genius Bangladesh organised the Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology presents ‘10th International Business Genius Bangladesh 2025’ at the auditorium of North South University in Dhaka on Saturday...

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Net NSC sales remain negative for 3 years

Net sales of National Savings Certificates (NSCs) remained negative for the third consecutive year in FY 2024–25, driven by prolonged inflation, shifting investor preferences, and changes in government borrowing priorities...

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Swisscontact promotes green, resilient RMG accessory sector

The Bangladesh Garments Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Swisscontact, a Swiss and Swedish development organization, signed a memorandum of understanding for promoting green growth and resilience within the garments accessories and packaging sector. ..

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Steps taken to protect Bangladesh’s river and marine resources

The government has taken multi-pronged and long-term measures to protect the country’s river and marine resources, with a key objective of ensuring sustainable fishing from the sea for future generations, said Md Abdur Rouf, Director General of the Department of Fisheries...

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RYZE launches AI-enabled offers

In tribute to the youth of Bangladesh — who have always stood at the forefront of challenging the status quo with courage and conviction over the years — RYZE, Banglalink’s AI-driven lifestyle brand for young people, has unveiled a series of special offers and bundles designed to empower the next generation...

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One vote, all voices

IN HIS seminal work Parties and Party Systems, political theorist Giovanni Sartori astutely observed that electoral systems are far from neutral tools. They do more than count votes; they shape outcomes, entrench hierarchies, and define the political playing field. Nowhere is this truer than in Bangladesh, where the first-past-the-post system has entrenched duopolistic...

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Reforms to secure economic future

SINCE independence in 1971, Bangladesh has gone through several political transitions, many of which involved interim or caretaker governments. During these times, significant institutional reforms have often been introduced that tend to last beyond their immediate terms. The current government, now responsible for leading the country through a critical...

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Govt should work out policy to cut reliance on foreign experts

THIS is worrying that there is no oversight on the recruitment of foreigners in English-medium schools. A report that ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· published on August 9 says a majority of teachers in leadership roles in English-medium schools are Indians and the education ministry has no information on the matter. Renowned and relatively expensive private-sector English-medium...

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Bangladesh targets 85 per cent HFC cut by 2045

Bangladesh has reaffirmed its dedication to safeguarding the ozone layer through a strategic phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs, under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol...

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UNESCO clubs in Bangladesh with new vision

The National Association of UNESCO Clubs in Bangladesh has been operating since 1985 as an official non-profit making partner organisation of UNESCO with a view to promoting UNESCO ideals in Bangladesh.

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Dhaka seeks greater Australia collaboration in skills development

Foreign secretary Asad Alam Siam emphasised enhanced collaboration between Bangladesh’s Technical Training Centres and Australia’s Technical and Further Education in skill development and language training for youths by sending Australian instructors to Bangladesh.

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DU JCD announces hall bodies

The Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Friday announced its new convening committees for 18 residential halls of the university.

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AL opens office in Kolkata

Bangladesh Awami League has opened a ‘party office’ and has been operating for months from the office at a commercial complex in a busy suburb on the outskirts of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal, reported BBC Bangla on Friday.

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Ex-BOU VC Aminur Rashid dies

Professor RIM Aminur Rashid, former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University and professor of Dhaka University’s physics department, passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday.

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China keen to invest in health sector

Several hospital authorities of China at an event in Dhaka on Friday expressed their interest to establish multiple permanent hospitals in Bangladesh as part of a broader initiative to launch a new era of integrated, high-tech and sustainable healthcare...

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No series for women’s team as WC nears

The Bangladesh national women’s cricket team are keeping themselves busy in training camps and intra-squad matches since they don’t have any international fixtures between the World Cup Qualifier and the main event. 

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Trishna hat-trick as Bangladesh crush Timor-Leste

Trishna Rani’s impressive hat-trick led Bangladesh to a crushing 8-0 win over Timor-Leste in the AFC Under-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers’ Group H encounter at the Laos National Stadium KM16 in Vientiane on Friday.

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22 Bangladeshis return after serving jail terms in India

Twenty-two Bangladeshi nationals, including men, women and children, returned to the country through the Tamabil Land Port at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Friday afternoon after serving different terms of imprisonment in Indian jail over...

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Bangladesh interim govt committed to press freedom, safety: Shafiqul Alam

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said they ‘strongly and unequivocally’ reject the insinuation that the interim government has been responsible for undermining freedom of expression or media independence over the past year.