Saudi Aramco share sale rises to $12.35b
Saudi Aramco netted $12.35 billion, $1 billion more than expected, from a secondary share sale after exercising an over-allotment option, the deal鈥檚 stabilising manager said on Wednesday...
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Q3 GDP growth聽6.1pc
The country鈥檚 growth in gross domestic product in the third quarter of the concluding FY24 stood at 6.12 per cent.
Fingerprints of five killed in Narsingdi not found in EC database
Fingerprints of five unidentified people killed allegedly under the wheels of a passenger train in Narsingdi on Monday, were not found in the database of the Bangladesh Election Commission, the police said on Tuesday....
Labour govt drops Rwanda policy for asylum seekers
Three asylum seekers who brought court action to block the UK鈥檚 attempt to send them to Rwanda had their cases resolved on Tuesday, after the incoming Labour government ditched the policy....
6 crushed under trains鈥� wheels in Narsingdi
Six unidentified people were killed allegedly under the wheels of passenger trains in two separate incidents in Narsingdi district on Monday...
BNP congratulates new British PM, Iran鈥檚 president-elect
The BNP has congratulated Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on his party鈥檚 resounding victory in the United Kingdom election and his election as the prime minister of the country....
Keir Starmer: United Kingdom鈥檚 methodical new leader
United Kingdom鈥檚 new prime minister Keir Starmer is an ex-human rights lawyer and public prosecutor who will have to focus his relentless work ethic and methodical mind on fixing the country....
Labour party hopes for historic win as UK voters go to polls
Britain voted on Thursday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of...
Joint task force to protect Bangladeshi job seekers in KSA: Hasan
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said a joint task force of Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be formed aimed at protecting Bangladeshi job seekers from fraud...
Lawmaker Suman files GD over death threat, alleges police inaction
Independent lawmaker for Habiganj-4 Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed a general diary on Saturday with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka over receiving death threat....
Court able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has said that courts are able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide...
War crimes convict Mueen-Uddin allowed to revive libel case against UK home secretary
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has allowed Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Bangladeshi condemned war crimes convict living in London for decades, to revive his...
Will the budget attain targeted goals?
THE finance minister, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, placed the budget for the 2024鈥�2025 financial year in parliament on June 6. This is his first budget as finance minister and the first for the incumbent government...
UK to provide 拢500,000 in humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh鈥檚 affected communities
The United Kingdom is providing 拢500,000 or Tk 7.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to communities affected by Cyclone Remal in southwestern Bangladesh....
Govt targets inflation 6.5pc, economists doubt
The government has set a target to limit inflation within 6.5 per cent in the financial year 2024鈥�25, although prices of food and non-food items keep rising over...
DCCI urges UK to import more from Bangladesh
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged the United Kingdom to import more from Bangladesh...
Local Awami League leader stabbed to death in Narsingdi
A former chairman of Meherpara union was stabbed to death by miscreants at Bhagirathpur in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi district on early Wednesday...
US, UK, EU call on all states to cease flow of arms, aviation fuel to Myanmar
Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States reiterated their call on all states to prevent or cease the flow of arms or military and dual-use material, including aviation fuel to the Myanmar military....
UK PM Rishi Sunak calls general election for July 4
United Kingdom鈥檚 prime minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not the doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government鈥檚 expected defeat....
Candidate beaten to death
A vice-chairman candidate was killed in a clash between supporters of two vice-chairman candidates at聽 Mirerkandi village of Paratali union of Raypura upazila in Narsingdi...
Vice-chairman candidate killed in poll violence in Narsingdi
A vice-chairman candidate was killed in a clash between his supporters and supporters of another vice-chairman candidate at village Mirerkandi of Paratali Union in Raypura Upazila of Narsingdi...
GDP grows by 5.8pc in FY24聽amid economists鈥� doubt
The country鈥檚 gross domestic product grew by 5.82 per cent in the outgoing financial year, despite slower growth in the agriculture and...
RMG exports from Bangladesh to UK fall by 23.6pc in Jan-Mar
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the United Kingdom in the first quarter (January-March) of 2024 fell by 23.61 per cent to 616.39 million pound compared with...
Lightning kills 6 in Narsingdi, Tangail
At least six people, including three of a family, were killed in lightning strikes in Narsingdi and Tangail districts on Saturday, as a wet spell set...
10,000 Bangladesh nationals staying illegally in Britain likely to be deported soon
The United Kingdom is set to deport around 10,000 Bangladesh nationals who were unsuccessful in their asylum claims last year, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Bangladesh, United Kingdom sign SOPs on returns
Bangladesh and the United Kingdom held their first-ever joint working group meeting on home affairs in London at the British home office and signed the standard operating procedures on returns...
PM urges KSA to extend visa approval time for Hajj pilgrims
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to extend the time of visa approval for Hajj pilgrims so all of them could perform Hajj as its ambassador Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan called on her in Dhaka...
Writ seeks probe into ex-minister Saifuzzaman鈥檚 reported property of Tk 2,770cr in UK
A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday filed a writ petition seeking a directive to investigate by the government authorities the reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury in the United Kingdom...
Southern China road collapse kills 19
At least 19 people died when part of a highway collapsed in southern China鈥檚 Guangdong province on Wednesday, state media reported.......
BSMMU, Glasgow Univ eye research on heart decease
The University of Glasgow of the United Kingdom has joined hands with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for the study of heart disease...