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Mozambique insurgency a threat to TotalEnergies’ return

Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have multiplied their attacks in the past weeks, causing mass displacements ahead of the possible resumption of construction on TotalEnergies’ huge natural gas project in the region...

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Steps taken to protect Bangladesh’s river and marine resources

The government has taken multi-pronged and long-term measures to protect the country’s river and marine resources, with a key objective of ensuring sustainable fishing from the sea for future generations, said Md Abdur Rouf, Director General of the Department of Fisheries...

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Thyssenkrupp to spin off marine division

German industrial titan Thyssenkrupp’s shareholders on Friday backed a spin-off of its warship and submarine-building unit, seeking to better position the group to benefit from a European defence boom...

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BoE cuts rate as keeps watch over tariffs

The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to four per cent, the lowest level in 2.5 years, as it bids to boost a UK economy still threatened by US tariffs...

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German kebab workers savour historic pay deal

Doner kebab meat workers in Germany were Friday savouring the industry’s first ever union-backed pay deal that ended a long dispute at a major supplier of the hugely popular snack...

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Prime Bank discusses financial inclusion of youth

Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with Jashore University of Science and Technology and its JUST Career Club, recently organised a seminar on the university campus titled ‘Financial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking’...

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Karmasangsthan Bank organises training course

Karmasangsthan Bank organised the inauguration of the foundation training course for 40 officers, assistant officers, and data entry operators on Saturday at the bank’s head office...

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RYZE launches AI-enabled offers

In tribute to the youth of Bangladesh — who have always stood at the forefront of challenging the status quo with courage and conviction over the years — RYZE, Banglalink’s AI-driven lifestyle brand for young people, has unveiled a series of special offers and bundles designed to empower the next generation...

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Cathay Pacific unveils deal to buy 14 Boeing

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it would place an US$8.1-billion order for 14 Boeing jets, its first with the US aircraft maker for more than a decade...

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One vote, all voices

IN HIS seminal work Parties and Party Systems, political theorist Giovanni Sartori astutely observed that electoral systems are far from neutral tools. They do more than count votes; they shape outcomes, entrench hierarchies, and define the political playing field. Nowhere is this truer than in Bangladesh, where the first-past-the-post system has entrenched duopolistic...

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Stablecoins and new Bretton Woods

IMAGINE a world in which the US dollar, already the lifeblood of global finance, transforms into a digital juggernaut — flowing through blockchain rails to tighten America’s grip on global capital. This isn’t speculative fiction. It’s the emerging reality, and its name is stablecoins...

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Reforms to secure economic future

SINCE independence in 1971, Bangladesh has gone through several political transitions, many of which involved interim or caretaker governments. During these times, significant institutional reforms have often been introduced that tend to last beyond their immediate terms. The current government, now responsible for leading the country through a critical...

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Govt needs to shore up issues to contain prices on kitchen market

PRICES of onions, eggs of farm chickens and vegetables registered a fresh increase on the kitchen market in Dhaka in the past week. Prices of onions registered the highest increase of Tk 20 a kilogram, that too, in a couple of days. Onions on August 8 sold for Tk 80–85 a kilogram, up from Tk 60–65. The prices, however, ranged between Tk 65 and Tk 70 on the wholesale market...

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Govt should work out policy to cut reliance on foreign experts

THIS is worrying that there is no oversight on the recruitment of foreigners in English-medium schools. A report that ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· published on August 9 says a majority of teachers in leadership roles in English-medium schools are Indians and the education ministry has no information on the matter. Renowned and relatively expensive private-sector English-medium...

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Bangladesh targets 85 per cent HFC cut by 2045

Bangladesh has reaffirmed its dedication to safeguarding the ozone layer through a strategic phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs, under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol...

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UNESCO clubs in Bangladesh with new vision

The National Association of UNESCO Clubs in Bangladesh has been operating since 1985 as an official non-profit making partner organisation of UNESCO with a view to promoting UNESCO ideals in Bangladesh.

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TCB to start selling essentials in Ctg tomorrow

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will resume selling essential commodities through trucks at 25 points across Chattogram city from Sunday, after a three-month break, to provide essentials at affordable prices to low-income groups.

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Dhaka seeks greater Australia collaboration in skills development

Foreign secretary Asad Alam Siam emphasised enhanced collaboration between Bangladesh’s Technical Training Centres and Australia’s Technical and Further Education in skill development and language training for youths by sending Australian instructors to Bangladesh.

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DU JCD announces hall bodies

The Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Friday announced its new convening committees for 18 residential halls of the university.