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Grow more diversified, aromatic tea: PM Hasina urges the industry

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the tea growers to opt for more diversified and aromatic tea considering the growing global demand for such…

Grow more diversified, aromatic tea: PM Hasina urges the industry

Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages in Gaza

Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four…

Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages in Gaza
Japanese Special Envoy in Dhaka

The Japanese Special Envoy for National Reconciliation in Myanmar…

Japanese Special Envoy in Dhaka

'Dr Yunus suffering for deceiving 1.05 cr Grameen Bank members'

'Dr Yunus suffering for deceiving 1.05 cr Grameen Bank members'

Dr Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, is not suffering from a divine curse but from the consequences of deceiving 1.05 crore members of the Grameen Bank, according…

TIB demands accountability for 'massive corruption' by former IGP Benazir

TIB demands accountability for 'massive corruption' by former IGP Benazir

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has raised serious concerns about the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and RAB chief Benazir Ahmed who is accused of amassing illegal…

Commodity price hikes leave people in lurch: Fakhrul

Commodity price hikes leave people in lurch: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the hikes in the price of commodities have left the country’s people in the lurch. "They (govt) have not only…

Govt offices to run from 9am-5pm after Eid-ul-Azha

Govt offices to run from 9am-5pm after Eid-ul-Azha

Government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions will run from 9am to 5pm after Eid-ul-Azha vacation. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting on Monday.…

Inflation leaps to 9.89% in May

Inflation leaps to 9.89% in May

The general point to point inflation rate in May has slightly increased to 9.89 percent due to the continuous increase in food inflation. According to the monthly consumer price index…

Malaysia’s chip industry falls in crosshairs of US sanctions on Russia

Malaysia’s chip industry falls in crosshairs of US sanctions on Russia

The United States’ efforts to cripple Russia’s war machine in Ukraine have ensnared an unlikely target far from Moscow: Malaysia’s multibillion-dollar semiconductor…

LPG price cut by Tk 2.53 per kg for June

LPG price cut by Tk 2.53 per kg for June

Price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has decreased by Tk 2.53 per kg to 113.55 from the previous price of Tk 116.08 for the month of June. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission…

No travel ban issued against Benazir anywhere: Hasan Mahmud

No travel ban issued against Benazir anywhere: Hasan Mahmud

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed can travel anywhere in the world as no travel ban has been issued against him…

MP Anar killing: Arrest warrant issued against Siam

MP Anar killing: Arrest warrant issued against Siam

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrantagainst M Siam Hossain, for allegedly abducting Anwarul Azim Anar, Member ofParliament of Jhenaidah-4 Constituency to kill him in West…

Mexico elects first female president

Mexico elects first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first woman president in an historic landslide win. Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old…

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has married for a fifth time in a ceremony at his Californian vineyard. Mr Murdoch, 93, tied the knot on Saturday with his new wife Elena Zhukova, 67, a…

National elections can be made more free, fair and acceptable if held in phases: CEC

National elections can be made more free, fair and acceptable if held in phases: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday said if it is possible to organize national elections step by step then it can be done in a more free, fair and acceptable…

Court sets June 12 for decision on whether Yunus to go on trial in embezzlement case

Court sets June 12 for decision on whether Yunus to go on trial in embezzlement case

The decision on whether to begin the trial of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and 14 others in a case over embezzling Tk 25.22 crore of the Grameen Telecom Workers' welfare fund, will be announced…

Shahidul Alam Returns Honorary Doctorate for UAL’s Connection With Israel 

Shahidul Alam Returns Honorary Doctorate for UAL’s Connection With Israel 

Eminent Bangladeshi rights activist and photographer Shahidul Alam reruns an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts London (UAL).  The UAL ranks in the top 2 in the…