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Ensuring women's safety vital determinant of modern state: Fakhrul

Dhaka, March 7 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stressed the importance of ensuring women's safety in determining a modern state. "Ensuring women's safety is the most importan... Read More


BGB seizes smuggled Indian shirts and cosmetics along Sunamganj border

Dhaka, March 7 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a large quantity of smuggled Indian goods, including readymade shirt pieces and cosmetics, along India border in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on... Read More


Banks now to borrow at unified repo rate of 10pc

Dhaka, March 7 -- Commercial banks will now borrow funds at a unified rate by using repo instrument as the central bank is eliminating the existing differentials in lending to the lenders. The countr... Read More


Three members of Hizb ut-Tahrir held in Uttara

Dhaka, March 7 -- DMP's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested three operatives of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Uttara of the capital early Friday. The arres... Read More


Dhaka's air world's 3rd worst this morning

Dhaka, March 7 -- Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked three on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 163 at 9:05am this morning (March 7, 2025). ... Read More


Siemens announces $285m investment in US manufacturing

Dhaka, March 7 -- Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas. The US is the large... Read More


DU student seeks to withdraw harassment case, citing 'death, rape threats'

Dhaka, March 7 -- The Dhaka University student who filed a case after being harassed over her attire has submitted an application to withdraw it. Shahbagh Police Station chief Khaled Mansur said on T... Read More


July Uprising: UN warned Bangladesh Army it could be removed from peacekeeping missions, says Turk

Dhaka, March 7 -- The UN human rights chief says he warned the Bangladesh Army against engaging in any repression during the July-August uprising. In an interview with the BBC programme HardTalk on W... Read More


If NATO members don't pay, US won't defend them: Trump

Dhaka, March 7 -- US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Thursday on his willingness to defend Washington's NATO allies, saying he would not do so if they are not paying enough for their own defense.... Read More


SpaceX's Starship explodes in space

Dhaka, March 7 -- SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second stra... Read More