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Six killed as helicopter crashes near Uttarkashi

Six, including a pilot, died in a helicopter crash near Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on Thursday morning. Seven people were on board the helicopter of which six are reportedly dead and one is injured, reports NDTV...

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BIDA announces $800m investment in Laldia container terminal

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Thursday announced that an $800 million investment would be made centring existing container terminal at Laldia Char on the south-east bank of the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram...

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Ukraine, Russia trade aerial attacks

Russia and Ukraine traded a barrage of drone strikes overnight on Wednesday, in attacks that killed two in Kyiv and forced Moscow to shut major airports hours before a swathe of foreign leaders was to arrive...

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10 of Masood Azhar’s family killed in Operation Sindoor

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed in India’s targeted airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, news agency PTI reported, says NDTV...

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Agrani Remit App launched in Malaysia

Agrani Bank PLC on Tuesday launched ‘Agrani Remit App’ to assist in secure and legal remittance transfers from Malaysia to Bangladesh, said a press release...

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Infrastructure without reform deadweight

BANGLADESH stands on the cusp of a transformative shift in its maritime infrastructure with the development of two major projects — the bay terminal in Chattogram and the Matarbari deep sea port in Cox’s Bazar. Both undertakings have been envisioned not merely as enhancements to port capacity but as foundational pillars that could redefine the...

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Current account deficit decreases to $659m

Bangladesh’s current account deficit narrowed significantly in the first nine months of the 2024-25 financial year, mainly due to a robust increase in remittance inflows, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank...

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DSCC, DNCC to set up 21 cattle markets

The two city corporations of Dhaka have decided to set up a total of 19 temporary cattle markets, along with two permanent ones, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second-largest religious festival for Muslims, to be celebrated next month...

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Goat fattening a thriving venture in Rajshahi

Goat rearing along with fattening have emerged as powerful tools for poverty alleviation and self-reliance in Rajshahi, particularly among marginalized and rural families...

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LC opening goes up

The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports rose in the first nine months of the 2024–25 fiscal year, displaying a gradual recovery in business activity after months of political turmoil...

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Taiyeb warns about massive cyber attack ahead polls

Chief adviser’s special assistant to the ICT ministry Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb on Sunday warned about massive cyber attacks on the digital infrastructures and propagation of rumours and misinformation ahead of the national election...

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SC defers hearing on govt petition for appeal against Tarique acquittal

The Appellate Division on Sunday deferred until tomorrow the hearing on a government petition for permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that acquitted acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman and 48 others in the two August 21 grenade attack cases...

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Ban on battery-run rickshaws demanded

Members of the Road Safety Movement, a joint platform of the activists of the road safety movement, on Sunday demanded a ban on production of battery-run auto-rickshaws, locally made three-wheelers, and their movement on main roads...

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Kashmir and Indus river

INDIA’S Hindutva president, Narendra Modi, has used the Kashmir terrorism incident to abrogate the 1960s Indus Waters Treaty — a longstanding goal of Modi. The Indian version of the ‘terrorist attack,’ most of whose victims were Muslim, has largely been accepted by western governments without evidence...

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Remittances $2.75b in Apr

The country’s remittance inflow witnessed a year-on-year growth of 34.6 per cent, reaching $2.75 billion in April...

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Missile hits Israel airport area in Huthi-claimed attack

A missile struck inside the perimeter of Israel’s main airport on Sunday, wounding six people, halting flights and gouging a wide crater, in an attack claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels...