Eurozone Fashion to resume operations today
The operations of Joar Sahara鈥檚 Eurozone Fashion Limited will resume its manufacturing activities on Tuesday morning, that is today, said the factory鈥檚 officials...
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StanChart, KMSS partner to aid 1,200 female farmers
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Khulna Mukti Seba Sangstha have partnered to support Jashore鈥檚 female farmers in entrepreneurial progress to cultivate high-value flower crops...
Sacked Al-Arafah Bank officials stage protest
Dismissed officials of Al-Arafah Islami Bank staged a human chain and sit-in protest on Monday, demanding reinstatement to their jobs.
Disunity could cause setbacks for Bangladesh: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that internal divisions and unnecessary debates in political and social circles could cause setbacks for Bangladesh, warning that such divisions could empower fascist forces to tighten their grip on the country once again.
It manifests faults of deposed fascist govt: Farida
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhtar at a discussion in Dhaka on Sunday said that the jet crash into a building of Milestone School and College was a manifestation of faults of the deposed fascist government...
BUFT pays tribute to BoT member Abdullah Hil Rakib
The BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology hosted a commemorative programme, paying tribute to a recently demised board of trustees鈥� members of the university, Abdullah Hil Rakib, at the BUFT Multipurpose Hall in Dhaka on Sunday...
Political will urged to build second Padma bridge, barrage
A strong political commitment is essential to build the long-pending Padma barrage and the proposed second Padma bridge, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday...
Trump immigration raids threaten US food security, farmers warn
Lisa Tate, whose family has been farming in Ventura County since 1876, cannot recall a threat to crops like the one emanating from Donald Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant onslaught...
PhD rush and a failing academic vision
WHEN a new episode begins in Bangladesh, it often ends not in reform but in distortion. The story of higher education is no different. Public and private universities are said to be growing in number every few years. Yet in a country where even the four major autonomous public universities struggle to recruit talented and committed teachers, there is little...
Waqf estates will be digitised: adviser
Religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain at a programme in Dhaka on Saturday said that all the waqf estates would be brought under digitisation to ensure their proper and smooth management.
Fascism to return if polls held without reforms: discussion
Politicians and civil society members on Saturday said that fascism could return if the next elections were held under the existing political framework without comprehensive state reforms.
Some parties even don鈥檛 understand proportional representation system: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that there was a messy situation prevailing in the country, as some political parties were calling for elections in the proportional representation system even...
Tongibari association holds general meeting
With the motto, 鈥楲et鈥檚 build a bright Tongibari together鈥�, the general meeting of Tongibari Upazila Development and Welfare Association, Munshiganj was held at the Pushpa Dam Convention Hall of the Krira Parishad Bhaban in the capital on Saturday with the presence of more than a hundred members and distinguished guests...
Small farmers, big water choices
FOR millions of smallholder families, water remains a daily negotiation between hope and hardship. Whether tending boro rice on the dry soil of the Barind or collecting water for home use in flood-prone villages, such farmers balance survival against scarcity. Their water use reflects the resilience of rural Bangladesh and exposes systemic inefficiencies and an urgent need for smarter, equitable management...
Top footballers afraid to speak out against playing too many games: FIFPro chief
Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing too many matches for fear of the impact it could have on their careers, the general secretary of global players' union FIFPro said on Friday.
Farmers protest at high prices of fertilisers in Rajshahi
The farmers of the Kakonhat municipal area under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi staged demonstrations on Thursday, protesting at high prices for fertilisers by a Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation dealer.
China, FAO discuss enhancing food security in Bangladesh
China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held discussions on enhancing agricultural cooperation and strengthening food security in Bangladesh through trilateral initiatives...
Indian football 'hurt, scared' as domestic game hits fresh low
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter once called India a 鈥榮leeping giant鈥� of football, but the sport is mired in fresh crisis in the country and faces problems from the top down to grassroots.
BNP demands exemplary punishment of Justice Khairul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for exemplary punishment for former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, holding him directly responsible for the gravest political and constitutional crisis in the history of Bangladesh.
Three people killed, 10 injured in Faridpur road accident
At least three people were killed and 10 others were injured in a head-on collision between two buses in the Karimpur area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur on Thursday morning...
11 businesses fined for illegally stocking, selling fake cosmetics, baby food
A mobile court of RAB has fined 11 establishments Tk 5,80,000 for illegally stocking and selling fake cosmetics and baby food in the Riazuddin Bazar area of the city...
FAO keen to help Bangladesh boost jute market
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday urged the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to support Bangladesh for bringing back the golden past of jute...
AIB completes several internal, external audits
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC has recently undergone several internal and external audit assessments on transparency of banking activities, risk management, efficient human resource management and quality of financial reporting, said a press release...
Exhibition portrays impression of nature thru abstract fluid technique聽
Visual artist Farida Yesmin Parveen is portraying the impression of nature through abstract fluid technique and exploring organic forms in nature at her second solo exhibition that began on July 18...
General Motors profits fall
Auto giant General Motors reported lower second-quarter profits Tuesday following a $1.1 billion hit from US tariffs but confirmed its full-year forecast...
Proportional representation to spur separatism, extremism, fascism: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday strongly opposed the demand made by several political parties for the introduction of a proportional representation electoral system, saying that it would encourage 鈥榮eparatism, fascism and extremism鈥� in the state and politics...
Tajikistan鈥檚 apricot farmers grapple with climate change
Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia鈥檚 vital fruit harvest...
Ryanair profit surges in first quarter on higher fares
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Monday announced its net profit more than doubled in its first quarter thanks to higher air fares...
SC gets two chamber judge courts
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday nominated justice Md Rezaul Haque as judge-in-chamber-1 and justice Farah Mahbub as judge-in-chamber-2, forming two chamber judge courts to dispose of emergency matters at the Appellate Division...
Fatullah鈥檚 ex-OC jailed for hiding wealth info
A Dhaka court on Sunday convicted and sentenced Md Hasan Ali, former officer-in-charge of Fatullah police station, to two years imprisonment in a case lodged for concealing information about his wealth...