US president Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new 鈥榩artnership鈥� between US Steel and Japan鈥檚 Nippon Steel, sending the American firm鈥檚 share price skyrocketing on hopes of an end to the long-running saga over foreign ownership of a key national asset...
Mercantile Bank PLC on Thursday shifted its Steel Mill sub-branch at a new location, said a press release...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed two investigation committees and outlined an action plan over the wheel detachment from a Dash-8 aircraft during take off from Cox鈥檚 Bazar on May 16...
DISMANTLING battery-powered rickshaws to keep them off the main road should not be the way to deal with the threat and menace that the technically fragile vehicles pose. The Dhaka north city authorities on May 13 conducted a drive against battery-powered rickshaws and seized dozens from the main roads, declared off-limits to such vehicles, and destroyed...
Eminent citizens, politicians, rights activists, academics and cultural figures among them, issued a joint statement on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road construction that has already led to the destruction of Panthakunja Park and a section of the Hatirjheel Lake...
Rotary Club of Motijheel has recently provided 12 wheelchairs for the pilgrims of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The government has drafted two separate guidelines to manage and control electric three-wheeler vehicles and battery-run rickshaws...
Atlas Bangladesh Limited, a company controlled by Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation under the industries ministry, on Wednesday signed a business agreement with Bangladesh Honda Private Limited at BSEC premises in Dhaka, said a press release...
Citizens Bank has handed over wheelchairs for Hajj pilgrims and other passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said a press release...
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh on Sunday introduced a dedicated banking service for freelancers, offering a fully digital and charge-free account named the 鈥楽tandard Chartered Freelancer Account鈥�...
Chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, who is also the acting head of the posts and telecommunications division, on Saturday said that all policies allowing internet shutdowns would be abolished, as past shutdowns had harmed freelancers and deterred investment in the country...
THE government鈥檚 stance on banning three-wheelers, considered technically flawed and, therefore, more prone to accidents, from national and regional highways appears confusing. There have so far been a number of government and court orders that have banned CNG-run auto-rickshaws, battery-run rickshaws and vans, 鈥榚asy bikes鈥� and improvised motorised and...
The menace of three-wheelers swarming the highways, in outright violation of repeated bans, is getting deadlier every day, causing more deaths and exposing more lives to danger amid almost a complete absence of monitoring.
Bangladesh will participate in the inaugural edition of the Wheelchair Cricket World Cup 2025, which will be held in Lahore and Faisalabad in Pakistan, from September 30 to October 9.聽
UK lawmakers held a rare Saturday parliamentary debate as the government seeks to pass emergency legislation to stop the last British factory that can make steel from scratch shutting down.
Police on Sunday night arrested four youths in Rajshahi city on charge of assaulting a freelancer and his female friend physically for extortion...
China and the EU vowed Wednesday to strike back and defend their economic interests against sweeping new US steel and aluminium tariffs, moving Washington closer to an all-out trade war with two major partners...
IN MY small town, Bheramara, Ekushey February was a ritual. Barefoot we roamed, demanding the same of every passerby 鈥� a shedding of shoes, a mark of respect. Bangla, bhasha shaheed 鈥� these weren鈥檛 just words, they were close to the heart, a pulse. And how could they not be? Bangladesh, a nation birthed from language, its very being woven into the...
Japan asked the United States on Wednesday to be exempt from President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs on steel and aluminium exports, Tokyo鈥檚 top government spokesman said...
US聽PRESIDENT Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium imports聽on February 10, doubling down on his protectionist agenda to 鈥榖oost鈥� the US economy through import taxes, a move that could disrupt trade with key partners. Set to take effect on March 4, the tariffs will impact the 25 million tonnes of steel the US imports...
US president Donald Trump said on Friday that Japan鈥檚 Nippon Steel will make a major investment in US Steel, but will no longer attempt to take over the troubled company...
Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Nightingale has provided beds and medical equipment to Azimpur Maternity Hospital...
The Bangladesh Bank has filed a case with Motijheel Police Station against Nagad Limited, alleging that the company was involved in financial irregularities...
An environment friendly steel plant of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited was built in Chattogram under the Private Sector Investment Finance scheme of Japan International Cooperation Agency...
The protests triggered by a recent attack on a national minority students鈥� demonstration continued for the third consecutive day on Friday.
US Steel and Nippon Steel threatened legal action Friday after President Joe Biden blocked a controversial $14.9 billion deal for the Japanese company to buy its American rival...
Labour rights activists demanded on Sunday that the government should introduce a system of issuing licences and route permits and a policy on battery-run three-wheelers such as rickshaws.
Labour rights activists on Wednesday came up with an eight-point demand, including enactment of policy on battery-run three wheelers such as rickshaws, authorisation of these vehicles and their drivers, and state-supported modernisation of these rickshaws...
At least 12 people were injured on Tuesday when transport workers attacked CNG-powered three-wheeler drivers in Rajshahi city, following a feud between the two groups over a prior incident, said police...
SS Steel Limited reported record financial performance for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024, says a press release.
