Strong legal action demanded
Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the government to take strong legal action to stop the commercial sexual exploitation of children...
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China youth unemployment hits record high since method revised
China said Wednesday its youth unemployment rate hit a record in August since publication resumed under a revised calculation last year, adding to a recent string of gloomy economic data...
10 burnt in gas cylinder blast in Ctg
At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Chattogram鈥檚 Chandanaish upazila Wednesday morning...
Unemployment聽not reaching danger level: Salehuddin
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday ruled out that unemployment had reached a danger level, observing that employment generation was always challenging.
Doha assassination plot, emergency summit, Trump鈥檚 double-cross
LAST week鈥檚 failed assassination attempt of the Palestinian negotiating team in Doha, Qatar, raises critical questions that extend far beyond the attack itself. The crux of the problem lies in three interconnected issues: the increasing use of artificial intelligence in targeting individuals, the failure or deliberate negligence of the US-led air defence system, and Qatar鈥檚 vulnerable position as a host to both a major US base and the ceasefire negotiations...
Dhaka Div tops unemployed population
Dhaka division has the highest unemployed people of 6.87 lakh people Mymensingh division the least unemployed people of 1.04 lakh, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
Factors behind deadly Nepal unrest
Nepali youth, digitally savvy but bowed down by unemployment and limited opportunities, hit a breaking point this week, furious at an elderly ruling class they see as out of touch.
BFPLC, UIU join hands to boost employability
Bangladesh Finance PLC and United International University signed a strategic memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to enhance graduate employability, foster research and innovation and expand financial literacy initiatives...
Another N鈥檊anj gas explosion victim dies
A 38-year-old woman who suffered burn injuries in an explosion from accumulated gas near BSCIC area in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Monday...
US hiring weakens sharply in August
US job growth stalled in August while unemployment crept up to its highest level since 2021, in a closely watched report Friday after weak data earlier prompted president Donald Trump to fire a key economic official.
BMU Class III employees鈥� welfare association convening committee formed
The convening committee of Class III Employees鈥� Welfare Association of Bangladesh Medical University has been formed...
6 witnesses testify against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, her children Sajeeb, Saima
Six more prosecution witnesses on Tuesday testified in the Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 in three corruption cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and several other government officials...
BEF hosts dev partners to introduce new leadership
Bangladesh Employers鈥� Federation convened an interactive session with representatives from the diplomatic community and representatives of principal export markets on Monday at its office in the capital.
Unemployment in Germany tops 3 million
German unemployment topped three million in August for the first time in over a decade, official data showed Friday, in another blow to Europe鈥檚 struggling top economy.
Former DUCSU leaders oppose army deployment during DU polls
Former Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union leaders on Wednesday expressed grave concerns about the university鈥檚 decision to deploy the army during the DUCSU elections scheduled for September 9...
Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland 鈥榠nterference鈥�
Denmark summoned the US charge d鈥檃ffaires Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US president Donald Trump wants to take over...
Ending diploma engineers鈥� marginalisation
A TEACHER from Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology recently said that his high school headmaster had stopped talking to him after his admission into a polytechnic institute in the 1980s. The headmaster started talking to him only after he was admitted into a bachelor鈥檚 engineering programme at DUET...
Delhi trapped in Trump鈥檚 diplomatic snare
THE images remain vivid: Narendra Modi clasping Donald Trump鈥檚 hand before a roaring crowd of Indian Americans in Houston in 2019; the 鈥楴amaste Trump鈥� rally in Ahmedabad the following year, replete with pageantry, promises and mutual admiration. For many in New Delhi, these spectacles signalled the arrival of a new era 鈥� an India finally embraced as...
Coding the 鈥榖anality of evil鈥�
ABOUT a month ago, a military training aircraft crashed onto Milestone School in Dhaka, killing 30 people, including many children, in a fiery explosion. When I saw the news, I fell into silence. But strangely, I noticed something: I didn鈥檛 feel the same deep shock I once would have. A few years ago, such a tragedy would have devastated me 鈥� I鈥檇 have spent the day in...
Robbery suspect killed as crude bomb explodes in hand
A suspected robber was killed on Saturday when a cocktail exploded in his hand during an attempted robbery on engine-run trawlers on the River Meghna at Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj...
Berger Asia鈥檚 Best Employer Brand
Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited has been named Asia鈥檚 Best Employer Brand 2025 by the World HRD Congress for its commitment to nurturing talent, fostering innovation, and shaping a brighter future together...
Court halts TotalEnergies鈥� S African oil exploration
A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in a venture led by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday...
Three plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip, Radwan
Three Anti-Corruption Commission officials on Wednesday testified as plaintiffs against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana鈥檚 daughters Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and son Radwan Mujib Siddiq and others in three cases over corruption in Purbachal plot scam...
Thai court to rule this month on case seeking PM鈥檚 dismissal
Thailand鈥檚 Constitutional Court announced Wednesday that it will rule this month on a case seeking to oust prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over her handling of a diplomatic spat with Cambodia...
UK unemployment holds at four-year high amid tax, tariffs
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate remained at a four-year high, official data showed Tuesday, as job vacancies shrank during a period that included a UK tax hike and US tariffs kicking in.
10 hurt in gas balloon blast during July anniv celebration聽
At least 10 people, including a boy and an adolescent, were injured on Tuesday in Dhaka city when a fire broke out from the explosion of a gas balloon during the celebration of the first anniversary of the July uprising on Manik Mia Avenue...
Who wins, who loses?
IN A world of escalating trade tensions and transactional diplomacy, tariffs have re-emerged as pivotal instruments for recalibrating national economies. At their core, tariffs are not merely financial levers; they are strategic tools for what one might call economic homeostasis 鈥� a term borrowed from physiology, which refers to maintaining equilibrium across key...
Sluggish investment, joblessness persist
The interim government has checked to some extent macroeconomic headwinds it inherited from the ousted Awami League regime, but failed to infuse enough dynamism into the economy to overcome sluggish private sector investment and unemployment over...
Infusing uprising spirit into diplomacy urged
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday in the city said that Bangladesh did not have any dignity to other countries in the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising...