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Bangladesh rejects Global Plastics Treaty draft, demands stronger measures against pollution

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has categorically rejected the latest Chair's Draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures against plastic pollution, and stating that it fall... Read More


Two schoolboys killed in triple vehicle collision in jhenaidah

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Two schoolboys were killed and three others injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and a bicycle in Jhenaidah's Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identif... Read More


Man hacked to death at shisha bar in Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Rahat Hossain Rabbi, a 31-year-old man, was hacked to death on the staircase of a shisha bar in the Banani area early Thursday. The attack occurred around 4:30 am while he was comin... Read More


Infosys to buy 75pc stake in Telstra unit

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Indian IT services company Infosys has said that it would take a 75 per cent stake in Versent Group, a wholly owned unit of Australia's Telstra Group, for A$233.3 million ($153 milli... Read More


Wife killed in road crash while taking husband to hospital

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- A woman was killed as an ambulance plunged into a roadside ditch at the New Road area on the Khulna-Satkhira highway in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district on Wednesday. The deceased... Read More


FFWC issues flood alerts for 12 districts

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board has warned that low-lying areas in 12 districts across the country may see flooding due to a... Read More


Five new factories get LEED certification

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector has reached another milestone in its green journey, with 5 new USGBC-certified LEED factories added to its ranks. This brings the total ... Read More


AI startup Perplexity offers Google $34.5b for Chrome browser

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5 billion takeover bid for Google's Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an independent operator commit... Read More


Man electrocuted in Magura

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- A 40-year-old man died from electrocution in Magura district town on Tuesday. The deceased, Md. Abdul Gani Biswas was a resident of Haspatal Para village in Sadar upazila. He was th... Read More


Missing bKash employee found dead in Netrokona river

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- The body of a missing bKash employee was recovered from the Mogra River in Netrokona on Tuesday afternoon, two days after he was reported missing. The deceased Md. Rijan Mia, 22, wa... Read More