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CA leaves for Bangkok on Thursday to join BIMSTEC Summit

Dhaka, April 2 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka on Thursday for Bangkok to join the sixth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMS... Read More


23 abducted Bangladeshis rescued in Libya

Dhaka, April 2 -- Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, who were abducted in Libya, have been rescued. According to the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, local authorities conducted a raid in Misrata area a... Read More


BIMSTEC Sidelines: Yunus, Modi first-ever in-person meeting set for April 4

Dhaka, April 2 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on April 4, offici... Read More


Ghibli effect: ChatGPT usage hits record after rollout of viral feature

Dhaka, April 2 -- The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily li... Read More


Dhaka urges BIMSTEC members to finalise trade agreements

Dhaka, April 2 -- Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Wednesday urged all the BIMSTEC member states to extend their full cooperation to ensure timely finalisation of six fundamental agreements on tra... Read More


BD needs to add Tk570b to raise tax-GDP ratio

Dhaka, April 2 -- Bangladesh will need to add Tk 570 billion to its tax-to-GDP ratio under one of updated conditions the IMF sets for releasing the remaining US$2.39 billion from its lending package. ... Read More


Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners

Dhaka, April 2 -- US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increa... Read More


Trump will go ahead with tariffs as nervous world awaits trade war

Dhaka, April 2 -- The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will impose new tariffs on Wednesday, though it provided no details about the size and scope of trade barriers that h... Read More


Gold prices rising globally due to central bank policies

Dhaka, April 2 -- The gold market in Bangladesh has been more volatile than ever, with prices changing 17 times in the past three months, overwhelmingly moving upwards. But why have gold prices been ... Read More


Ten die as bus crashes head-on into microbus in Lohagara

Dhaka, April 2 -- At least ten people were killed after a bus crashed head-on into a microbus in Chattogram's Lohagara Upazila. The accident occurred around 7:15 am on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar High... Read More