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DHAKA : Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is expected to start allocating plots for investors in Jashore Export Processing Zone (EPZ) by the end of 2026. "The land development works of Jashore EPZ will start soon after completing the...

DHAKA : The National Independent Investigation Commission on the BDR carnage has issued a public notice asking all to assist the commission by providing information related to the carnage through its official website. Although it is very complex to uncover...

UNITED NATIONS, United States, April 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than one million children in Haiti are suffering "critical" food shortages as a result of chronic violence, displacement and restricted access to humanitarian aid, the UN children's agency said...

PARIS :  France hailed talks on the Ukraine war between top US and European officials on Thursday during which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio again pressed a US peace plan. President Emmanuel Macron's office said the talks launched a...

DHAKA : Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day official visit on April 27. Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin shared the information while briefing reporters at the foreign ministry...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman today said that the government is working to eliminate all kinds of discrimination in the health sector. “We want to end...

RAJSHAHI : A farmer was killed in a thunderbolt strike at Arani village under Bagha Upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Manik Hossain Mondal, 45, son of late Abdur Razzaque of Hamidkura village under the same...

NATORE : The Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection (DNCRP) today conducted drives at different business establishments in the districts and fined two business establishments for using banned chemical hydrose (sodium hydrosulfite). A team of the DNCRP led by Assistant...

DHAKA : Country's RMG exports witnessed a healthy growth of 10.84 percent during the July-March period of the current fiscal year (FY25) fetching $30.25 billion that highlights the resilience and potentials of the apparel sector. This was revealed since the...

LIVERPOOL : Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk on Thursday committed his future to the Premier League club, signing a new two-year contract. The Dutch centre-back follows Mohamed Salah in ending months of speculation by extending his stay at Anfield. "I'm very...