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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday called for increased Japanese investment in Bangladesh’s promising sectors, including automobiles, semiconductors, information and communication technology (ICT), renewable energy, agro-processing and advanced manufacturing.
Indonesia and Qatar are seeking to strengthen their defense partnership as both countries recognize the growing importance of international cooperation in maintaining regional stability and responding to emerging security
Obama criticised the administration's handling of government, accusing it of a pattern of misconduct and poor leadership over the past two years
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs
Two inmates of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.
Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, candidate of the ruling Workers
Ask ChatGPT or Gemini for 50 startup ideas for Bangladesh and the list arrives in seconds, which feels like magic until you realise thousands of young founders from Mirpur to Moulvibazar are typing the same prompt and getting almost the same answers. The blank page has given way to abundance, and a
Every year on 16 October, World Food Day asks nations to look at what their people eat and whether it can sustain them. This year's theme, "Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow", places the emphasis on what is built now to feed the future.
Bangladesh has called on developed nations to honour their long-overdue climate finance commitments, stressing that predictable and adequate funding is essential for climate-vulnerable countries to tackle global warming.
Russia is strengthening vigilance at its immigration checkpoints as authorities place greater emphasis on border security, migration control, and the prevention of illegal entry. The country
MP Barrister Rumin Farhana has said she should be named the prime accused if any case is filed over her
Nearly 22,000 passengers travelling from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia have faced disruption over the past two weeks as flights to Riyadh and Dammam were cancelled or rescheduled amid Houthi attacks in the region.
The government has taken a move to separate privately owned land from khas or government-interest land within the same plot, directing the private land owners to mandatorily complete their land mutation and pay land development tax to the government exchequer.
Dhaka: The government has set a series of conditions for tourist travel to Saint Martin’s Island, allowing visits from November 1, 2026, to March 15, 2027, while restricting the number of daily visitors to protect the ecologically critical island.
Bangladesh's largest railway workshop at Saidpur is up for capacity upgrade to manufacture rail carriages in increased numbers and help reduce the country's dependence on imports under a foreign-aided project.
Bangladesh's agricultural sector holds significant potential, but millions of smallholder farmers need better access to technology, mechanization, finance, markets and reliable information to improve productivity, crop quality, yields and livelihoods, according to Chris Argent, Head of Sustainabili
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to leave Dhaka for Tokyo at 12:10 AM on Sunday on a four-day official
Mobile phone users may soon be able to borrow up to Tk 500 in emergency balance, up from the existing ceiling of Tk 200 for three of the country's four operators, although the proposed expansion has raised questions about service charges and the growing use of credit in prepaid mobile services.
Sri Lanka continues to face serious economic challenges despite making considerable progress toward recovery from its devastating financial crisis in 2022. The South Asian island nation has achieved improvements
On another front in an escalating conflict reignited by the Iran war, Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the Houthis also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden
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