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Momen holds meeting with Indian Foreign Minister

He also had bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of Brazil, Mexico, Slovenia and Sweden in India

Your Evening Brief - All haor roads to be elevated for smooth water flow: PM Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday declared that all roads in the haor regions will be elevated for unhindered water flow, aquaculture and…

?Bangladesh at risk of cyber attacks for lack of awareness and expertise’

Bangladesh is at risk of cyber attacks due mainly to a lack of mass awareness and shortage of skilled manpower, stakeholders have observed. In a…

Bangladesh hopeful of France's support for its bid for GSP+ facility beyond 2029

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has expressed his optimism that France will continue to support Bangladesh's bid for a GSP+…

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed: The man who taught the world how to scale development interventions

Today marks the third anniversary of the passing of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of Brac, an organisation that today employs over 100,000 p…

Mercurial Mbappe muscles past Denmark as France become first team to make Round of 16

Mbappe finished the job in the 86th minute, converting on a cross from Antoine Griezmann and propelling the ball into the back of the net with h…

Protective tariffs to be phased out

National Tariff Policy will come into force next year, if approved

BGMEA calls on Denmark ambassador to promote RMG industry

Faruque Hassan, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has requested Winnie Estrup Petersen, Ambas…

Exporters to get more time to bring home proceeds

Bangladeshi peacekeepers to get 2.50% cash incentive for remittances while importers’ 360-day usance period to continue for 6 more months

15,000 hectares uncultivated land to be made arable in Ctg

Agricultural lands left uncultivated for three consecutive years will be recorded as khas land

DBH signs agreement with IFC

DBH Finance PLC (DBH), a housing finance institution, has recently signed a project services agreement with International Finance Corporation (I…

Police successfully thwarting crimes following common people’s suggestions: IGP

Currently, over 9.47 lakh community police members are working across the country

Plan to ship Bhola gas to meet shortage

The production capacity of the operational wells in the Bhola field is around 140 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas per day, whereas the district…

AL ring of terror in Khulna continues even after the rally: BNP

Khulna Metropolitan BNP convener Shafiqul Alam said Awami League's ring of terror with police harassment against its party men continued even af…

Traders worried as bodies found repeatedly in empty containers at Chattogram port

The identity of the body recovered in Penang yet to be confirmed

Girls' Summit 2022-Dhaka kicks off

In this three-day summit, girls will learn about life skills, leadership, gender equality, girls’ rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rig…

Estonia keen to import Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals, ships

Estonia has shown its keen interest to import Bangladesh-made pharmaceuticals and ocean-going ships. The proposal was unfolded when Bangladesh a…

Several injured as AL men attack BNP programme in Banani

Several people including BNP leader Tabith Awal were injured after activists of ruling Awami League attacked a candlelit programme of BNP in the…