Hijacked MV Abdullah / Foreign navies prepare raid; ship-owning firm opposes move

Somali police and international navies were preparing today to raid a Bangladeshi-flagged commercial ship that was hijacked by pirates last week, the Puntland region's police force said.

Class-3, 4 Employee Recruitment: PSC to be revived to smoothen process

The government is planning to reintroduce the Public Service Commission (PSC) for class three and four (grades 13-20) employee recruitment in order to bring fairness and pace in the process.

Sexual harassment: JnU student files complaint against teacher, dept head

A female student of Jagannath University has alleged that she has been threatened with death and expulsion from the university after accusing a teacher of sexual harassment

LNG Processing: Capacity to outpace demand

Bangladesh will end up with surplus LNG regasification capacity by the end of this decade, said the UK-based BMI Research -- a development that will ultimately cost the exchequer in fees similar to capacity charges for power plants.

Competitive prices propelling plastic exports

Plastic product exports from Bangladesh grew 17 percent year-on-year to $162 million in the first eight months of the current fiscal year as the country ensured supply at competitive prices and even discovered new markets despite the global economic downturn.

Bancassurance: a win-win solution for Bangladesh

With a gross domestic product growth rate of nearly 5.8 percent in 2023, Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driving Bangladesh’s prospects is our extremely active domestic consumer market, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of GDP and is rapidly expanding on the back of a growing middle and affluent class. Fuelling this growth is a digital economy that is also expanding rapidly.

Messi sidelined for Argentina friendlies with injury

The 36-year-old forward missed Inter Miami's Major League Soccer game at DC United on Saturday after coming off injured in their midweek CONCACAF Champions League win against Nashville.

A series win built on the right process

Bangladesh went into this white-ball home series against Sri Lanka with an agenda of improving their all-round performance, especially considering the sub-par campaign the Tigers endured in the ODI World Cup in 2023.

Karwan Bazar wholesale market to be relocated after Eid

The wholesale kitchen market at Karwan Bazar will be relocated to Amin Bazar after Eid-ul-Fitr, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam yesterday.

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Rail link snapped with northern districts

Train derails on the east side of the approaching line to Bangabandhu Bridge

Afghanistan dominate Ireland to win T20I series

"It is a great series win for us," said Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan, going on to praise the performance of his young side.

Will Rishad continue to ‘make captain’s job easy’?

Rishad’s grooming will depend on how much patience the team management can show towards him, Habibul Bashar said.

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32 gold bars seized in Jashore, 2 arrested

Detective Branch of Police arrested two alleged gold smugglers and recovered 32 pieces of gold bars weighing 3.3 kilogrammes from them in Jashore this afternoon

SCBA polls violence: HC bench refuses to hear bail pleas of Juthi, 3 others

A High Court bench today refused to hold hearings on two separate bail petitions of four Supreme Court lawyers including Nahid Sultana Juthi, wife of Juba League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, in a case filed over the violence centring the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election

No plan to raise train fares soon

Railways Minister Zillul Hakim yesterday said they have no plans to hike train fares anytime soon, a claim that goes against official documents signed by the minister himself.

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4 suspected robbers beaten to death

Villagers beat four people to death and severely injured another one in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila on Sunday night on suspicion that they were robbers.

Hijacked MV Abdullah: Somali forces, foreign navies prepare raid

Somali police and international navies were preparing to raid Bangladesh-flagged commercial ship MV Abdullah that was hijacked by pirates last week, Reuters reported yesterday citing comments made by Somali police.

Storekeeper gets 3 yrs for accumulating illegal wealth

A Rangpur court sentenced a storekeeper of the Rangpur Family Planning Office to three years imprisonment in a case filed for acquiring illegal wealth worth more than Tk1 crore.

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