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Japanese, US firm to inject Tk 245cr in reopening

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A new lifeline is being extended to one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates as Japanese firm Revival and US-based Ecomilly prepare to jointly invest Tk 245 crore in reopening the ... Read More


EU delegation lauds BD's human rights efforts

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A visiting delegation from the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights has lauded Bangladesh's interim government for its significant efforts to improve the country's ove... Read More


Starmer, Trump to discuss foreign investment

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Donald Trump arrived at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's country residence on Thursday for talks designed to focus the U.S. leader's unprecedented second state visit firmly on ... Read More


Denmark acquires long-range arms over Russia shift

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Denmark will acquire long-range, high-precision weapons for the first time in an effort to deter Russia, its prime minister has said. In a firm rebuke of Moscow, Prime Minister Met... Read More


French unions strike against austerity, pressuring Macron

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Teachers, train drivers, pharmacists and hospital staff went on strike and teenagers blocked their high schools in France on Thursday, part of a day of protests against looming budg... Read More


Australia to cut 62pc emissions in a decade

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62pc and 70pc below 2005 levels by 2035. The new target adds to Australia's ambition of a... Read More


1 dies falling from roof

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A 75-year-old man died after falling from the roof of a nine-storey building in the capital's Hazaribagh on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Sanatan Kumar Das, son of ... Read More


SAARC Agri Centre invites PhD scholarship

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) has invited applications for its PhD Scholarship Programme 2025, with a special focus on genome editing and stress-tolerant crop variety developme... Read More


Drug-resistant bacteria, newborns at alarming risk

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A study conducted by icddr,b has revealed widespread colonisation with drug-resistant pathogens in Bangladesh, with particularly alarming levels among newborns admitted to neonatal ... Read More


'Separation of Civil, Criminal courts to speed up justice'

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- The separation of civil and criminal courts will help speed up the process of dispensing justice, and go towards reducing the massive backlog of cases in the country's courts, the M... Read More