BMU holds seminar on blue economy
Bangladesh Maritime University held an international seminar titled Blue Economy: Unlocking the Potential of Oceans for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh at the Senaprangan, Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
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Container ship service set to begin between Mongla, Chattogram
In a significant development aimed at reducing export costs and enhancing trade accessibility in the greater Khulna region, container ships are expected to start operating between Mongla and Chattogram ports on a domestic maritime route from April...
Yunus among Time magazine 100 most influential persons
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has been named among TIME magazine鈥檚 100 Most Influential People of 2025...
Fewer Eid-time accidents are still too many
AT LEAST 322 people died and 826 became wounded in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, keeping to Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh figures. While the report notes some progress in view the corresponding 2024 occasion, as accidents reduced by 21.05 per cent, fatalities by 20.88 per cent and injuries by 40.91 per cent, the overall figures remain...
NY Times report draws sharp reactions
Home adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday said that nothing like the rise of militancy had happened in Bangladesh since the interim government took office...
Bangladesh debunks The New York Times article
The New York Times article titled 鈥楢s Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening鈥� is a misleading one, the Bangladesh government said on Tuesday....
DHAKA-ARICHA HIGHWAY: Passengers in panic as bus robbery continues
Night-time robberies on the inter-district and city buses at different points on the Dhaka-Aricha highway are going unchecked, causing panic among passengers...
SURVEY ON CAPITAL MARKET: Liquidity crunch, manipulation, instability key challenges
A recent survey identified liquidity crunch, market manipulation and political instability as the most significant challenges that the capital market faced in 2024...
International Maritime Academy holds passing out ceremony
The passing out ceremony of 12th聽 batch of pre-sea cadets of International Maritime Academy was held with ceremony at its campus at Pubial in Gazipur on Wednesday...
Time-bound strategy needed to fight corruption
BANGLADESH has ranked the 151st, two steps lower than the 2023 rank, in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 that Transparency International released on February 11. The 2024 score is Bangladesh鈥檚 worst since 2012, which has identified the country with a 鈥榮erious corruption problem鈥� where the government loses the 鈥榗ontrol of corruption鈥�. It remains the second lowest...
BSMRAU celebrates its top ranking in Bangladesh
Students, teachers and officials of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University celebrated on Saturday as the university was ranked as the top university in Bangladesh in the Life Sciences category of Times Higher Education rankings 2025...
Time for reset for India-Bangladesh relations
THREE and a half years ago, I got remarried. It is a second marriage for both of us, and while it is common for individuals to get a second chance in life, it is unusual for countries. We planned a vacation to such a country...
Govt should walk back tax increase, resume truck sales
THE government鈥檚 having increased value-added tax and supplementary duty on more than a hundred products and services by way of two ordinances, promulgated on January 9, has rightly raised the call for the government to walk back the decision. The products and services that have become dearer include mobile talk time, internet usage, biscuit...
Tulip benefited from UK flat gifted to family by aunt鈥檚 ally
British city minister Tulip Siddiq lived in a second property reportedly given to her family by an ally of her aunt, now deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, reported The Telegraph on Saturday.
Malaysia expels boats ferrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country鈥檚 waters...
Malaysia detains 196 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar
Malaysian police on Friday detained almost 200 migrants 鈥榖elieved to be Rohingya鈥� from Myanmar after their boat ran aground on the northern resort island of Langkawi.
Time Magazine names Trump person of the year for second time
Time Magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump its 鈥榩erson of the year鈥� on Thursday, marking the second time he has won the accolade in acknowledgement of the mogul鈥檚 stunning political comeback.
Indian Coast Guard takes away two trawlers with 79 people from Bangladesh
The Indian Coast Guard took away two Bangladeshi fishing trawlers carrying 79 sailors near the maritime boundary between the two countries on Monday...
Taiwan says China carrying out huge maritime deployment
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 recent visit to the United States...
Timely call to Meta to contain disinformation on Bangladesh
The constant flow of purposefully crafted, misleading, or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news has been a growing global concern, and it became particularly disconcerting for Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, when a section of communally oriented media outlets and many...
Injured of uprising to get lifetime healthcare
The interim government on Thursday announced that the people injured in July-August student-led mass uprising will get a lifetime free medical services at all government hospitals...
Adviser urges investors to invest in maritime, offshore industry
Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Thursday urged local and foreign investors to invest in the country鈥檚 maritime and...
Govt to formulate national maritime port strategy
Shipping adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that the government would formulate 鈥楴ational Maritime Port Strategy or NMPS鈥� for an effective and sustainable port management to attract more domestic and foreign investments...
Govt should bust nexus of tycoons close to Hasina
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
Number of project revision proposals for cost, time hike drops
Ministries and divisions have submitted proposals seeking revision of 33 projects, mostly for time extension, in the first two months of FY25, indicating slowing down of the trend seeking cost hike and time extension of projects...
Starmer vows to cut red tape as he urges foreign investors to 鈥榖ack鈥� UK
Prime minister Keir Starmer on Monday told global business leaders it was 鈥榯ime to back Britain鈥�, as he hosted a major summit aimed at securing much-needed funds to fuel economic growth after post-Brexit chaos...
DIU ranks 1st in Bangladesh in Times Higher Education WUR
Daffodil International University is ranked jointly at the top in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings-2025 among Bangladeshi Universities, said a press release on Wednesday. 聽
Nahid recognised in 鈥楾IME100 Next 2024鈥� list
Nahid Islam, adviser on posts, telecommunications, and information technology, has been recognised in Time Magazine鈥檚 prestigious 鈥楾IME100 Next 2024鈥� list...
Failure of interim govt would increase chances of Hasina鈥檚 return: Time
Political observers and analysts in Bangladesh and abroad said that dysfunction in Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government would considerably boost the chances of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚...
Time for a balance between passion and pragmatism
THE dramatic fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, driven by the unyielding energy and vision of Gen Z, marks a watershed moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 history. Like many, I have been both a witness to and an active supporter of this transformative movement, marvelling at how young students, popularly referred to as Generation Z, have ignited the...