- 84 pro-Awami League lawyers ordered to be sent to jail
- Starlink gets BIDA approval to launch operations in Bangladesh
- Record $3.29bn remittance inflow in March
- Small firms, AI lead Europe’s 2024 patent activity, EPO reports
- Shakib under investigation by ACC over corruption allegations
- Severe storms claim 16 lives, including children in US
- LPG price reduced by Tk 28 per 12-kg cylinder
- Sheikh Moinuddin joins as special assistant to road, transport, bridges ministry
- ‘We're hopeful of starting 2nd Tribunal soon’
- IMF satisfied with Bangladesh’s improvement: Finance Adviser
- Starmer to declare end of globalization as Trump’s trade war redraws economic order
- Evaly MD Rassell, chairman Shamima sentenced for 3 yrs imprisonment
- Iran warns neighbors against hosting strike operations
- Bangladesh remains steadfast to prevent human trafficking
- Rizwana calls for positive mindset in environmental actions
- Election work including delimitation progressing well: CEC
- Rain likely in Dhaka, 7 other divisions
- US tariffs will have minimal impact on country’s exports
- Iran top diplomat rejects direct negotiations with US
- Stock markets resume trading after Eid holidays
Trump threatens $9b in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'
The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday (March 31), after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests. President Donald Trump has...
Bay Terminal eyes on WB funding as construction stalled
Despite over a decade of discussions, Chattogram Ports largest project, the Bay Terminal, has yet to materialise beyond paperwork. Apart from partial land acquisition, progress has remained stagnant. This has left port users in dismay. Uncertainty loomed over whether the interim government would...
US cancels funding to UNRWA
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from the UN Human Rights Council and UNRWA, the refugee agency that works primarily with the Palestinians being oppressed by the Israeli regime, Press TV reported. Trump signed the order in the Oval Office of the...
ECNEC approves Tk 4,068.23 Cr project to expand Mongla Port facilities
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a Tk 4,068.23 crore project aimed at expanding and modernizing facilities at Mongla Port. The decision was made during the 7th meeting of ECNEC for FY25, held at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, and...
Only 42% progress after 3 years!
The Teesta Irrigation Expansion Project, launched in January 2022 with a budget of approximately 1,500 crore taka, was originally scheduled to finish by June 2024. However, after three years, only 42% of the work has been completed. Mahbubur Rahman, chief engineer of the Rangpur Water Development...