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Safaricom M-Shwari Outage Persists, Customers Panic

Kenya, Oct. 31 -- The Shwari outage locks 30M Kenyan funds in a digital stranglehold since October 29, as Safaricom's popular mobile savings and loan app grinds to a halt, freezing withdrawals, deposi... Read More


Foreign delegates visit BESS project in Delhi

India, Oct. 31 -- India's first commercially approved Battery Energy Storage System(BESS) developed by power distribution companies in the national capital on Thursday had the unique honour of hosting... Read More


Breakthrough achieved in developing VTOL aircraft

India, Oct. 31 -- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have achieved a breakthrough in developing a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV... Read More


Climate crisis costs BD 5pc of GDP: Lancet Report

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Bangladesh suffered an estimated $24 billion loss in labour productivity in 2024 due to extreme heat, according to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2025 report. Exp... Read More


ACC files graft case against ex-MP Nadvi

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a corruption case against former MP and ex-chairman of the International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) Board of Trustees Profess... Read More


Govt to self-finance Tk43,000cr ERL-2

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- After failing to secure foreign funds, the government has decided to go solo on the long-delayed Eastern Refinery Unit-2 project, opting to finance the Tk43,000 crore expansion from ... Read More


Fakhrul slams 'one-sided' July Charter proposals

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday termed the National Consensus Commission's recommendations for implementing the July National Charter as "one-sided" and... Read More


BWPEA stresses on sustainable infrastructure

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- The Bangladesh Water and Power Engineers Association (BWPEA) organised a seminar titled "Sustainable Infrastructure and Strategic Planning in the Water and Power Sectors: The Role of... Read More


Engineering sector emerges as export driver

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- While garment exports falter, leather struggles, and agriculture slows, one sector is quietly bucking the trend. Bangladesh's engineering industry - long seen as a supporting sector ... Read More


Tarique calls for national childcare plan to empower women

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the creation of a Bangladesh where every working mother and female student can pursue their ambitions without being forced to give up wor... Read More