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Rice import from India through Benapole port resume after 2 years

News —18 November, 2024 16:13

After a two-year hiatus, rice imports from India have resumed through the Benapole port. Three trucks loaded with 105 tonnes (105,000 kg) of non-basmati…

Rice import from India through Benapole port resume after 2 years

Bangladesh's economy lags behind Sri Lanka, Nepal: CPD

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a think tank, believes that…

Bangladesh's economy lags behind Sri Lanka, Nepal: CPD
Chief Adviser to address nation this evening

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the nation…

Chief Adviser to address nation this evening

Dhaka Residential students block Mirpur road

Dhaka Residential students block Mirpur road

Students of Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC) have blockaded Mirpur Road in front of their institution, demanding the admission of students on the basis of merit, police…

Tarique criticizes unwise megaprojects during AL regime

Tarique criticizes unwise megaprojects during AL regime

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has criticized the past Awami League government for taking many unwise mega projects saying those projects, taken…

Govt extends army's magistracy power by 60 more days

Govt extends army's magistracy power by 60 more days

The government has extended the magistracy power given to commissioned army officers for another two months (60 days). The public administration ministry, in a circular issued on Friday,…

People won’t tolerate incompetence: Tarique to interim govt

People won’t tolerate incompetence: Tarique to interim govt

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged the interim government to manifest its commitment to ensuring people's voting rights through a credible election in a bid to strengthen…

Zelensky says Ukraine war will end 'sooner' with Trump in office

Zelensky says Ukraine war will end 'sooner' with Trump in office

Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky said Friday that Russia's war against his country will "end sooner"than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes US president nextyear.…

"Pope Francis Yunus 3Zero Club" launched in Rome

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus have jointly launched a "Pope Francis Yunus 3Zero Club" in Rome in…

Electricity from Nepal to reach Bangladesh via Indian grid

Electricity from Nepal to reach Bangladesh via Indian grid

Electricity generated in Nepal will now reach Bangladesh via the Indian grid, marking the first trilateral power transaction. Md. Fouzul Kabir Khan, Adviser to Bangladesh’s Ministry…

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president's party wins two-thirds majority

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president's party wins two-thirds majority

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing…

Govt to introduce satellite internet

Govt to introduce satellite internet

The present government is on its way to introduce satellite internet as the telecom regulator has sought public opinion for finalization of the draft guidelines so the country could…

Afizur plays key role in media control during Hasina's regime

Afizur plays key role in media control during Hasina's regime

Afizur Rahman, a retired Major from the Bangladesh Army, served nearly a decade in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) during Sheikh Hasina’s regime, a period…

India concerned as Pakistan, Bangladesh restore maritime ties

India concerned as Pakistan, Bangladesh restore maritime ties

A cargo vessel from Karachi docked at Chittagong on Wednesday, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between Pakistan and Bangladesh since the Liberation War of 1971 but stirring…

JU Anti-Discrimination Movement leaders remove Bangabandhu's portrait from council room

JU Anti-Discrimination Movement leaders remove Bangabandhu's portrait from council room

Leaders of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement today took down the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the council…

Tarique vows to curb power abuse, autocracy if BNP returns

Tarique vows to curb power abuse, autocracy if BNP returns

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh so that no one, not even the Prime Minister, can abuse power or emerge as…

Labour counselor recalled from Geneva over harassment of Asif Nazrul

Labour counselor recalled from Geneva over harassment of Asif Nazrul

The government has ordered Mohammed Kamrul Islam, Counsellor (Labour Wing) at the Bangladesh Mission in Geneva to return home and dismissed a local staff member from the mission following…