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Bihar concerns to be raised during Bangladesh-India water treaty renewals, says Jaishankar

Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has assured Bihar that the state's concerns over the Farakka Barrage and the India-Bangladesh water-sharing treaty will be discusse... Read More


Food safety crackdown nets Tk 6.7mn in fines, 25 cases in a week

Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has fined businesses Tk 6.7 million and filed 25 cases in a week as part of a nationwide crackdown on food safety violations. The ac... Read More


Police tighten security after threats target several Dhaka embassies

Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- Police have stepped up security in Dhaka's diplomatic district after several embassies reportedly received threatening emails. Police intensified monitoring after hearing about... Read More


BKMEA says gas crisis driving foreign buyers to rival countries

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- The gas crisis is severely disrupting factories and putting export orders at risk, with foreign buyers increasingly looking to neighbouring countries, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufa... Read More


Rice husk, coal eyed as gas alternatives for industries, says commerce minister

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir has outlined plans to produce and use fuel from rice husk and coal as alternatives to gas in industries amid a nationwide gas shortage... Read More


Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- Iran on Saturday denounced US plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact on its most important trading pa... Read More


Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs across a raft of US sectors, Carney says

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that Canada would impose tariffs starting Sept 8 on imports from the United States across a raft of sectors in retaliation f... Read More


From science fair to strategic showcase: a decade of China's robot games

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- It's been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have pro... Read More


Nearly half of rural families rely on microcredit for loans, study finds

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- Nearly half of rural families turn to microfinance institutions (MFIs) to meet their financial needs, a new study has found. Only 5.37 percent of families get loans from banks ... Read More


China hunts for lunar ice in one of solar system's coldest places

Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- China is poised to launch Chang'e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, in its search for frozen stores of water in permanently shadowed craters near the Mo... Read More