Canada鈥檚 Indo-Pacific trade representative due today
Indo-Pacific Trade Representative Paul Thoppil will arrive in Bangladesh this evening with a business delegation on a four-day visit beginning from Sunday...
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Traders happy as Sundarbans honey gets GI recognition聽
People from all walks of life in the region became very happy and expressed satisfaction as the honey of Sundarbans in Bangladesh was registered as a Geographical Indication (GI) product...
Bangladesh caught in gambling wave
A rising number of people across Bangladesh 鈥� from university students to auto-rickshaw drivers, and even schoolchildren 鈥� are increasingly engaging in online and informal betting, viewing it as a shortcut to a financial success...
Rashed MTB chairman, Arif Dowla vice-chairman
Rashed Chowdhury has been elected as chairman of Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB). Prior to assuming this role, he was the vice-chairman of the board and the chairman of the board executive committee of the bank...
Karmasangsthan Bank holds meeting
The 鈥楤usiness Development Meeting-2025鈥� of Karmasangsthan Bank was held in Patuakhali on Friday with the participation of regional and branch managers and field officers of Karmasangsthan Bank in Barisal, Patuakhali and Pirojpur regions...
Islami Bank inaugurates Hajj booth
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC inaugurated special Hajj Booth at Hajjcamp at Ashkona in Dhaka for providing banking service, information and gifts for Hajj pilgrims...
Navana Pharma achieves ISO 14001:2015 certification
Navana Pharmaceuticals PLC. has been officially awarded the prestigious ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System certification...
BCB president hits back at critics over financial scrutiny
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed on Saturday rejected claims associating him with the ex-government, Awami League, stating that these accusations are completely baseless...
Shamit may make Bangladesh debut against Singapore聽
Bangladeshi-origin Canadian footballer Shamit Shome is likely to make his debut for Bangladesh in the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers third-round match against Singapore in Dhaka on June 10...
Tielemans keeps Villa in chase for CL place
Aston Villa climbed back into the race to qualify for the Champions League as Youri Tielemans sealed a crucial 1-0 win against Fulham on Saturday...
Fakirerpool beat Ctg Abahani
Fakirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club earned a comeback 3-2 win over bottom-placed Chittagong Abahani in their return leg tie of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur on Saturday...
Martinez doubtful for Barca return
Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martinez is expected to miss the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona next week after picking up a hamstring injury...
MSF鈥檚 hospital bombed in S Sudan
Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early on Saturday, with local officials reporting at least four dead in the area...
Anxiety, pride as Harvard digs in for Trump 鈥榖litzkrieg鈥�
Harvard students weave through tree-lined streets and redbrick campus buildings, but beneath the veneer of daily life fear has taken root: the most prestigious university in the United States is bracing for an 鈥榓ssault鈥� by president Donald Trump...
Gunman kills three in Thailand
A gunman has shot dead three people, including a child, in Thailand鈥檚 insurgency-hit south, police said Saturday, as authorities pursued the suspect...
Algerian TV channel suspended over migrant racism
Algerian authorities on Friday suspended broadcasts by a television news channel for 10 days after it used a racist word on social media to describe African migrants...
Good start, but more needs to be done
In October 2024, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission undertook a significant step by establishing a taskforce tasked with rejuvenating the country鈥檚 ailing capital market. The taskforce was entrusted with the responsibility of proposing reforms to address the structural inefficiencies and governance issues that have long plagued the market, persisting since...
Bangladesh needs a holistic approach聽
AS THE global trading system faces rising uncertainty, from tariff hikes to shifting geopolitical alliances, Bangladesh stands at a critical crossroads. As the country is quickly approaching graduation from a least developed country, rethinking our current trade strategy is necessary. We need to move beyond short-term, quick fixes and embrace a more holistic trade...
Groundwater needs more focus
IN BANGLADESH, where rivers dominate the landscape and flood narratives shape public discourse, groundwater continues to flow silently beneath the surface 鈥� out of sight, out of mind. Yet this invisible resource is the true lifeline of our resilience to climate extremes, food insecurity, and water scarcity. It sustains more than 80 per cent of irrigation, provides 97 per...
Govt has issues to address to improve on press freedom
BANGLADESH stepping up 16 notches in the World Press Freedom Index 2025, prepared by Reporters Without Borders, is comforting, but the country has ways to go and issues to address to further improve on press freedom. The index, made public on May 2, ranks Bangladesh the 149th among 180 countries. Bangladesh ranked the 165th in 2024, the 163rd in 2023 and the...
Govt should consult all on Rakhine humanitarian channel
THE decision on a humanitarian channel that the United Nations weighs from Bangladesh to the Rakhine state of Myanmar to provide aid for the war-affected civilians there, mostly Rohingyas, is not for the interim government to make. This is, perhaps, not now for the government to make the decision either, especially when there is no parliament in place, as it involves...
Kidney dialysis centre launched at Dhaka Community Hospital
A seven-bed Kidney Dialysis Centre was inaugurated at Dhaka Community Hospital on Saturday...
Pakistan tests missile weapons system amid India standoff
Pakistan鈥檚 military said it carried out a 鈥榯raining launch鈥� of a surface-to-surface missile weapons system on Saturday, further heightening tensions with India after last month鈥檚 deadly attack in disputed Kashmir...
Staying cool this summer: exploring Bangladesh鈥檚 top cooling solutions
As summer temperatures soar across Bangladesh, residents are turning to innovative cooling solutions to beat the heat....
Hefazat demands cancellation of women affairs reform commission, trial of Hasina
Hefazat-e-Islam on Saturday demanded the immediate cancellation of women affairs reform commission and its report, condemning it as anti-Quran...
Rejecting women affairs reform commission undermines July Uprising: SPB
Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) chief coordinator Masud Rana said on Saturday that rejecting the Women Affairs Reform Commission goes against the spirit of the July uprising...
Cyclone, intense heatwaves likely in May: BMD
One or two depression may intensify into cyclones while multiple spells of heatwaves and nor鈥檞esters are also likely to sweep Bangladesh this months, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department...
Abrar murdered for difference of opinion: HC
The High Court has released its 131-page full verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad, confirming the death sentences of 20 former activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation of the Awami League...
Tea workers threaten to block Sylhet airport road for 20 weeks鈥� arrears
Tea workers in Sylhet threatened to block Sylhet Airport road on Sunday, to press home their 11-point demand including payment of their dues...
Temperatures may rise across Bangladesh: Met Office
Day and night temperatures across Bangladesh are expected to rise across the country while parts of eight divisions may experience rain in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Saturday...