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Trust Bank, UnionPay sign deal

Trust Bank PLC and UnionPay International have recently signed an agreement in Shanghai, China, said a press release...

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Detroit automakers balk at US-Japan trade deal

Large US automakers have criticised the US-Japan trade deal for setting a lower tariff for Japanese auto exports compared with those from Mexico and Canada, where Detroit automakers operate...

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Russia starts direct flights to N Korea

Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine...

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PhD rush and a failing academic vision

WHEN a new episode begins in Bangladesh, it often ends not in reform but in distortion. The story of higher education is no different. Public and private universities are said to be growing in number every few years. Yet in a country where even the four major autonomous public universities struggle to recruit talented and committed teachers, there is little...

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A BSCIC estate in Rajshahi that veers off its goal, purpose

THIS is deplorable that the authorities have failed to address the issues that have rendered Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation Industrial Estate 2 in Rajshahi unattractive to entrepreneurs. Launched in July 2022 as a Tk 1.5 billion project, the estate was meant to create 10,000 jobs and stimulate small and medium enterprises in the region. It, however, remains...

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AD dismisses govt appeal in defamation case against Yunus

The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed the government’s appeal against a High Court verdict that had recently quashed a 2007 defamation case against former Grameen Bank managing director Muhammad Yunus, now the interim government’s chief adviser.

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Housing project for July martyrs sent back for review

A meeting of the executive committee of the National Economic Council on Sunday approved a dozen projects involving Tk 8,149.38 crore, but sent back a proposal on a housing project for the July martyrs’ families for further scrutiny...

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Russia seizes 2 villages in central Ukraine

Russia on Saturday said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022...

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40 students nominated as PRAN-RFL campus ambassadors

PRAN-RFL Group selected 40 students from different universities across the country as NextGen Campus Ambassadors at a ceremony at the auditorium of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dhaka on Saturday...

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Waqf estates will be digitised: adviser

Religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain at a programme in Dhaka on Saturday said that all the waqf estates would be brought under digitisation to ensure their proper and smooth management.

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Trump, EU chief to meet today in push for deal

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet in Scotland this weekend in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff...

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S Korea officials to go to US as trade deal deadline looms

South Korea’s deputy prime minister will meet with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent next week, ahead of Washington’s deadline to reach a trade deal, Seoul’s presidential office said Saturday...

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American Airlines shares fall

American Airlines shares tumbled Thursday as the carrier projected a third-quarter loss due to lingering weakness in the US leisure market...

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S&P 500 closes at 5th straight record

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at fresh all-time records Friday amid optimism over US trade deals, concluding a winning week on a positive note...

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Prime Bank holds seminar at SUST

To promote financial literacy and inspire youth engagement in the banking sector, Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with the SUST Career Club, organised a seminar titled ‘Financial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking’ at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)...

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IFIC Bank hosts half-yearly business confce

IFIC Bank PLC, a large bank in the country with 1,414 branches and sub-branches, held its Half-Yearly Business Conference 2025 on Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall of IFIC Tower at Purana Paltan in Dhaka...