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Govt to privatise Nagad
Daily Star
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August 27, 2025
Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:17 AM Says BB governor Star Business Desk Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:17 AM The government has decided to privatise mobile financial service (MFS)...
Shariful becomes first Bangladeshi-American brigadier general in US Air Force
Daily Star
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August 26, 2025
Shariful M Khan has been promoted to brigadier general, becoming the first Bangladeshi-American to attain this rank in the US Air Force, the US Embassy in Dhaka announced in a Facebook post today. "Congratulations to Brigadier General Shariful M...
Bangladesh’s poverty jumps
Daily Star
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August 25, 2025
Poverty in Bangladesh has increased sharply to 27.93 percent, up from 18.7 percent in 2022, according to a new estimate by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC). The ratio of people living in extremely poor conditions has risen to...
India’s Russian oil gains wiped out by US tariffs
Daily Star
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August 27, 2025
India saved billions of dollars by stepping up imports of discounted Russian oil in the wake of the war in Ukraine, but punitive tariffs imposed by the US that came into effect on Wednesday will quickly undo the gains, with no easy solutions in...
Semiconductor producers call on Bashir
New Age Bangladesh
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United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka 27 August, 2025, 23:29 The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) says the country’s semiconductor sector is emerging as a major source of jobs for the rising number of Computer Science and...
Explained: Why 1971 still casts a shadow over Bangladesh-Pakistan ties
The Indian Express
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August 26, 2025
The shadow of 1971 continues to linger over Bangladesh-Pakistan ties.On Sunday, Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain met Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Dhaka for the first bilateral meeting between the two countries in 13 years....
BIDA hosts consultation on pharmaceuticals
New Age Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka 27 August, 2025, 23:34 The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority on Wednesday organised a stakeholders’ consultation on the draft research report titled ‘Identification of the Key Challenges and...
Partnership promises ‘digital transformation’ for public HE
University World News
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BANGLADESH Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC), the Ministry of Education, and BRACNet Limited have signed a landmark agreement under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (Heat) Project on Monday 25 August, reports the...
Bangladesh emerging as Chinese firms' investment destination
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Bangladesh seems rapidly emerging as an investment hub for Chinese manufacturers seeking to diversify production bases to tide over high tariffs imposed by the United States on Chinese goods. Such change of fortune is in sight as a number of...
JU researchers unveil ‘Liquid Tree’ to combat urban CO2 pollution
Daily Star
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August 25, 2025
As Dhaka grapples with shrinking greenery and rising carbon dioxide levels, researchers at Jahangirnagar University have introduced a biotechnology innovation called the "Liquid Tree"—a photobioreactor designed to reduce CO2 emissions and increase...
Stanford Center Gives Journalism Award to CIA-Linked Media Outlet That Helped Provoke Disastrous Regime-Change Operation in Bangladesh
CovertAction Magazine
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August 25, 2025
[Source: netra.news] In May, Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) announced that the Bangladesh-focused media outlet Netra News was the recipient of the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award. Left...
Ismartu Tech to make DrKumo tablets for US export
Daily Star
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August 25, 2025
Ismartu Technology BD Limited, the local manufacturer of Chinese brands Itel, Tecno, and Infinix, has secured regulatory approval to make tablets under the US-based DrKumo brand exclusively for export to the American market. The Bangladesh...
Dhaka rejects Pak foreign minister's claim '1971 war issues' were resolved twice
India Today
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August 24, 2025
Bangladesh's foreign adviser on Sunday raised "unsettled" issues, including an apology for the 1971 war with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar but said he was not on the same page with the senior most leader Islamabad sent to Dhaka since 2012....
Malaysia denies claim of 10,000 Bangladeshi students getting passes
New Age Bangladesh
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United News of Bangladesh . Putrajaya 26 August, 2025, 00:08 Malaysian higher education minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir rejected as false and baseless a claim that 10,000 Bangladeshi students in Malaysia would be granted a ‘graduate pass’ to...
Bangladesh needs 35 GW renewable energy to meet 2040 clean power target: CPD
United News of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh requires over 35 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generation capacity to achieve its target of 30 percent clean energy by 2040. A new study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) revealed this information. The think tank estimates...
Who opened ‘fascism research institute’ at AL’s office?
BDNews24
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More than four decades after serving as the Awami League’s headquarters, is the building now truly being turned into a research institute? Following a shift in political power, the building was initially overtaken by a group of vagrants. That...
Roads in 4 cities blocked
New Age Bangladesh
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The police hurl a sound grenade to disperse the protesting engineering students in front of Hotel InterContinental as the protesters march towards state guest house Jamuna from Shahbagh in the city on Wednesday. | Sony Ramani Complete shutdown at...
Why the Bangladesh-US deal demands public scrutiny
Daily Star
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August 25, 2025
The hastily struck tariff deal with the Trump administration has brought a measure of relief to Bangladesh, both economically and politically. But if the early signs are any indication, the story is far from over. Reports in the media have mostly...
Bangladesh, China to enhance collaboration in semiconductors
The Business Standard
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August 24, 2025
Bangladesh and China are moving forward with plans to strengthen cooperation in semiconductors, optical technology, and higher education, following a series of discussions and the signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU). Hubei Semiconductor...
Students’ unions: Legal gaps, admin delays stall polls in many universities
Daily Star
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August 27, 2025
While student union elections are scheduled next month at Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, and Jahangirnagar University, many other public universities remain uncertain about whether polls will ever be held, either due to legal bars or...