Adviser urges investors to invest in maritime, offshore industry
Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Thursday urged local and foreign investors to invest in the country鈥檚 maritime and...
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Govt to formulate national maritime port strategy
Shipping adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that the government would formulate 鈥楴ational Maritime Port Strategy or NMPS鈥� for an effective and sustainable port management to attract more domestic and foreign investments...
Govt should bust nexus of tycoons close to Hasina
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
Number of project revision proposals for cost, time hike drops
Ministries and divisions have submitted proposals seeking revision of 33 projects, mostly for time extension, in the first two months of FY25, indicating slowing down of the trend seeking cost hike and time extension of projects...
Starmer vows to cut red tape as he urges foreign investors to 鈥榖ack鈥� UK
Prime minister Keir Starmer on Monday told global business leaders it was 鈥榯ime to back Britain鈥�, as he hosted a major summit aimed at securing much-needed funds to fuel economic growth after post-Brexit chaos...
DIU ranks 1st in Bangladesh in Times Higher Education WUR
Daffodil International University is ranked jointly at the top in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings-2025 among Bangladeshi Universities, said a press release on Wednesday. 聽
Nahid recognised in 鈥楾IME100 Next 2024鈥� list
Nahid Islam, adviser on posts, telecommunications, and information technology, has been recognised in Time Magazine鈥檚 prestigious 鈥楾IME100 Next 2024鈥� list...
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
Time for a balance between passion and pragmatism
THE dramatic fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, driven by the unyielding energy and vision of Gen Z, marks a watershed moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 history. Like many, I have been both a witness to and an active supporter of this transformative movement, marvelling at how young students, popularly referred to as Generation Z, have ignited the...
Rear admiral Ashraful Hoq made BSMRMU VC
Rear admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University...
Bangladesh maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal No 3
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 as the deep depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining West central Bay of Bengal moved slightly north-northwestwards and now lies over the same area...
Green TV鈥檚 broadcasting suspended for dues
The Green Multimedia Limited鈥檚 satellite broadcasting services have been suspended due to repeated failure to pay broadcasting service dues and repeated breach of terms of notices sent for payment of arrears...
Night-time block raids spark panic
Fear gripped many families having young members in Dhaka as law enforcement agencies continued their night-time block raids and door-to-door searches in residential areas to arrest people...
Time-bound action plans being formulated for leather industry dev: industries secy
Senior secretary of the industries ministry Zakia Sultana on Monday informed that time-bound action plans were being formulated for the development of the leather industry...
BSMRMU observes World Oceans Day
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University observed the World Oceans Day on Sunday on its Dhaka campus....
A greenhouse gas shipping levy is on the horizon
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...
IMO secretary general visits Chittagong port
The secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco, has visited the Chittagong port as part of his...
HC scraps Paritosh Sarkar鈥檚 5-year jail for hurting religious sentiment
The High Court on Thursday scrapped a lower court verdict that jailed Paritosh Sarkar, a resident of Pirganj in Rangpur, for five years on charge of hurting Muslim religious sentiments...
IMO secretary general due in Bangladesh Wednesday
International Maritime Organisation secretary general Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday evening....
BSMRMU vice-chancellor visits Japanese institutions
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, visited Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and Yokohama City University in Japan recently, said a press release...
Small island states win key climate case in UN court
The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought a case to seek increased protection of the world鈥檚 oceans from...
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...
Cate Blanchett to be honoured at San Sebastian film fest
Australian actor Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain鈥檚 San Sebastian film festival in September, organisers said Thursday...
Sajid Hussain reappointed as IMO Goodwill Maritime Ambassador
The International Maritime Organization has reappointed Chartered Marine Engineer Dr Sajid Hussain, the immediate past commandant of Bangladesh Marine Academy, as their Goodwill Maritime Ambassador for two further years (2024 and 2025)......
Palestinians as 鈥榯he Others鈥�
THROUGHOUT history, military empires have reduced their victims, their subjugated, and their abducted to a state of 鈥榯he Others.鈥� The political and mass media institutions usually follow suit by supporting their empire鈥檚 predatory policies with slanted coverage...
BRTA finds rise in Eid-time road accident deaths
The statistics of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority showed that the number of fatal road crash victims during this Eid-ul-Fitr holidays increased compared with last year...
Architect Marina named in TIME鈥檚 list of 100 Most Influential People
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been named in influential United States weekly TIME magazine鈥檚 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2024. Tabassum was named in the Innovators section of the list for her commitment to sustainable design that 鈥榩rioritises local cultures and values, as well as the perils faced by our shared planet.鈥�...