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NASA analysis shows unexpected sea level rise in 2024

Dhaka, March 14 -- Global sea levels rose faster than anticipated in 2024, primarily due to the expansion of ocean water as it warms, NASA reported Thursday. A NASA-led analysis found that last year'... Read More


Low export earnings for poor patronage, skills, innovation

Dhaka, March 14 -- The country's handicraft sector faces multiple challenges like inadequate finance for entrepreneurs and lack of innovation in designs, compounded by skill gaps, resulting in lower-t... Read More


BB to borrow 2.2b in Chinese Yuan from AIIB

Dhaka, March 14 -- Bangladesh bids to borrow variable-spread credits worth 2.2 billion RMB, equivalent to Tk 36.96 billion, from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to ensure fund flow in ... Read More


ADB lending $500m bailout for BD banks

Dhaka, March 14 -- Bangladesh's interim government hopes to get a US$500-million bailout package from the ADB for the banking sector as some banks seemed in disarray following past forged lending and ... Read More


UN secretary general meets with foreign advisor

Dhaka, March 14 -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met with Touhid Hossain, foreign advisor to the interim government, and Khalilur Rahman, high representative of the chief advisor on the Ro... Read More


RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for Eid, production bonuses

Dhaka, March 14 -- Workers of a readymade garment factory on Friday morning blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur to press home their 14-point demand, including Eid and production bonus. Vehicu... Read More


Bus, covered van collision leaves 10 injured in Jamalpur

Dhaka, March 14 -- At least 10 people were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a covered van on Jamalpur-Mymensingh highway in Jamalpur Sadar upazila on Friday. Though the identities o... Read More


Approach road work likely to be extended until Dec

Dhaka, March 14 -- The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges is going to extend the deadline for building the six-lane 11.50-km Karnaphuli Tunnel connecting road by one more year until December 2025.... Read More


UN chief meets CA, set to visit Rohingya camps together

Dhaka, March 14 -- Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday had a bilateral meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and discussed the issues of mutual interests, including the R... Read More


DNCC seeks govt help to encash Tk 350m FDRs

Dhaka, March 14 -- Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has sought government intervention to encash its Tk 350 million deposits stuck at various private commercial banks in the form of fixed deposit r... Read More