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Tata Motors to buy Italy’s Iveco for $4.4b

Tata Motors of India will buy Italy’s Iveco Group for 3.8 billion euros ($4.4 billion) in a bid to create a ‘global champion’ in the commercial vehicles sector, the two companies said Wednesday...

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Bangladesh eye winning start

Bangladesh coach Peter Butler stated that their primary objective is to secure a victory against Laos before facing the formidable South Korea as the Englishman announced a 23-member squad for the AFC Under-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers on Thursday.

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Potential impact on Bangladesh

THE government of China has formally embarked on constructing what is projected to become the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river, known downstream as the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh. This mega-dam will comprise a cascade of five hydropower stations situated in Nyingchi, southeastern Tibet and will be capable of generating...

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A death-defying Maherin Chowdhury

THE most heart-rending accident of a BAF training fighter jet’s crashing into a city school and catching fire has caused irrecoverable losses to the nation as it has so far left dead 35 learners who had a long way to bloom in life as better human beings than us. It is a disaster beyond enduring limit for the parents bereaved of their most loved ones in life. It is not to...

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Govt needs to put in work to stem decline in cultural activities

A SOMEWHAT decline in cultural activities by institutions has been apparent, especially in outdoor rather than indoor programmes, in a year of the interim government as many organisations say that they go slow because of security reasons. A reported incoordination among government agencies and an absence of an appropriate environment, which mostly..

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SC questions legality of Mufti Hannan’s 2nd confession

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday raised question about the legality of a second confessional statement made in the two August 2004 grenade attack cases, by Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in 2007 who was already a death row prisoner when he gave it...

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Jamaat to sue interim govt, NCC if July Charter lacks legal basis

While speaking to journalists during lunch break amid the ongoing dialogue with the National Consensus Commission on Thursday, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said that political party representatives spent times and worked hard to shape the July Charter...

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JCD leader dies at DMCH after being stabbed in Rangpur

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night, eight days after he was stabbed allegedly by a relative over a land-related dispute in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur...

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Consensus on president election reached

In the last dialogue session, the National Consensus Commission on Thursday reached consensus on the election of the president and delivered final decisions on an upper house with proportional representation and the appointment of top officials in key institutions...

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Myanmar junta ends state of emergency

Myanmar’s junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott and monitors said will be used to consolidate the military’s power.

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2 held for fraud in guise of insurance officials

The Criminal Investigation Department on Tuesday night arrested two suspected members of an organised fraud ring for their involvement in cheating people by impersonating insurance company officials at Rupganj in Narayanganj...