SOCIAL BUSINESS YOUTH SUMMIT: Youth can change world, says Prof Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said the young people can change the world as they have immense potential...
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Summit requests Petrobangla to reconsider termination
Summit Group urged the Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation or Petrobangla to reconsider the decision to terminate the country鈥檚 third Floating Storage and Regasification Unit project.
UAE invites Yunus to attend World Governments Summit in Dubai
United Arab Emirates has invited the Bangladesh interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, to attend the World Governments Summit 2025 which will be held in Dubai in February.
Hellmann to buy 40pc stake in Summit鈥檚 CTSL
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, a global logistics company based in Germany, has announced its plan to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Container Transportation Services Limited, a subsidiary of Summit Alliance Port Limited...
Walton Plaza Challengers Summit held
Walton Plaza Challengers鈥� Summit-2025 was held on Tuesday at Walton Hi-Tech Park at Chandra in Gazipur, said a press release...
Monirul Islam new MD of Summit Power
Major General (retd) Monirul Islam Akhand has been appointed as managing director of Summit Power Limited...
Bangladesh chief adviser returns home after joining D-8 summit in Egypt
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home this evening wrapping up his Egypt tour to attend the 11th D-8 Summit.
Summit operating 13 out of 18 power plants
Summit Corporation Limited is now operating 15 power plants out of 18, said a press release on Thursday...
Professor Yunus leaves Dhaka for Egypt to attend D-8 summit
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka early Wednesday on a three-day visit to Egypt to attend the 11th D-8 Summit in Cairo...
Professor Yunus to leave Dhaka tonight to attend D-8 summit in Cairo
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka for Egypt tonight on a two-day state visit to attend D-8 summit scheduled to be held on December 19.
Summit鈥檚 FSRU remained offline in 6 out of first 9 months聽
One of Bangladesh鈥檚 two floating storage and regasification units remained offline in six of the first nine months of this year, said a report released on Monday by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Kuwait urges 鈥榠mmediate ceasefire鈥� for Gaza at Gulf summit
Kuwait鈥檚 ruler on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory...
Can G20 bridge the divide?
THE G20 summit in Brazil offered a rich tableau of contrasts, both inspiring and troubling. World leaders gathered to confront issues of hunger, inequality, and systemic injustice. Yet, for all the lofty rhetoric and ambitious proposals, the gathering epitomised a troubling paradox: a conclave of privilege tasked with redressing the very inequities it represents. Among the summit鈥檚 focal points were wealth taxes...
An opportunity to strengthen trade relations
EGYPT will host this year鈥檚 D-8 Summit (Developing-8) Organisation for Economic Cooperation, bringing together leaders from member states, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey, targeting talks on boosting trade, investment, exports, and economic collaboration among each member. Meanwhile...
G20 knocks out G7 agendas
THE G20 summit in Rio earlier this week offered the quite intriguing spectacle of a deeply divided world, geopolitically and geoeconomically, trying to put on a brave 鈥榟oliday in the sun鈥� face...
Nations race to land climate deal as COP29 draft rejected
Negotiators raced against the clock at UN climate talks on Thursday to broker a trillion-dollar deal to help poorer nations tackle global warming after rich and developing countries roundly rejected a draft deal...
UK, India to resume stalled free trade talks
Britain and India will resume stalled talks to agree a free-trade deal, the two countries said after their leaders met at the G20 summit in Brazil...
Bangladesh rejects climate loans, demands fair financing at COP29
Bangladesh, one of the nations most affected by climate change, is not receiving adequate financial support as promised under international agreements, said the country's interim government鈥檚 environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.
Azerbaijan defends fossil fuels at COP29 as big names skip summit
The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.
UN summit okays fund to share benefits of nature鈥檚 sequenced genetic data
A UN nature summit agreed in Colombia Saturday on the creation of a fund to share the profits of digitally sequenced genetic data taken from animals and plants with the...
Chief adviser invited to attend D-8 Summit in Cairo
Egypt has invited Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the D-8 Summit to be held in its capital Cairo in December next...
Why T眉rkiye pursues BRICS membership
AT THIS week鈥檚 BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, the presence of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan underscored T眉rkiye鈥檚 longstanding interest in joining the BRICS alliance. As the sole NATO member exploring membership in this predominantly non-Western organisation, T眉rkiye鈥檚 pursuit of BRICS reflects Ankara鈥檚 shifting foreign policy stance toward...
6th edition of World Media Summit begins in China
The 6th World Media Summit officially opened on October 14, drawing over 500 representatives from 208 media organisations, government bodies, and international institutions across 106 countries...
UK鈥檚 investment summit suffers bumpy build-up
The UK government hosts international business leaders on Monday to try and secure much-needed investment for Britain but the build-up has been chaotic with a major firm reportedly threatening to shelve a project...
The Young Activists Summit announces its 2024 laureates
The Young Activists Summit will honour five outstanding young people who have inspired and mobilised their communities to create meaningful change on November 19, 2024.
Summit Group urges government to reverse decision to terminate FSRU project
Summit LNG Terminal II Co Limited, a unit of the Summit Group, has urged the government to reverse its decision to terminate the third floating storage and regasification unit project in the country...
Bangladesh govt cancels deal with Summit Group on setting up new LNG terminal
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government has cancelled the deal with Summit Group over setting up of a new floating storage and re-gasification unit, known as LNG terminal.
BFIU freezes bank accounts of Summit Group chair Aziz Khan, family
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Monday instructed banks to freeze the accounts of Summit Group chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan, his brothers, and other family members.
Egypt invites Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus to attend D-8 Summit
Egypt has invited chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the D-8 Summit which will be held later this year...
Dhaka sees possibility of Yunus-Modi meeting on Bimstec summit sidelines
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi are likely to have a meeting on the sidelines of the Bimstec Summit which is expected to take place next month in Bangkok, Thailand.