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Pakistan, Bangladesh eye value-added goods trade
The Express Tribune
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August 22, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday night to begin a four-day official visit, scheduled from August 21 to 24. Upon his arrival in Dhaka, he was received by Bashiruddin, Adviser for Commerce of...
BNP committed to restore people’s power: Mahdi Amin
Bangladesh Post
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Dr Mahdi Amin, Adviser of BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, on Friday said BNP is committed to restore people’s power through required reforms. He was speaking at a discussion titled “Reform and Reality: Bangladesh’s Changing Political...
Tasnim Jara: People rejected old political system based on muscle power
Dhaka Tribune
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August 29, 2025
The people of the country have rejected the old political system that relied on muscle power, said Senior Joint Member Secretary of the National Citizen Party (NCP) Dr Tasnim Jara on Friday. She made the remarks at the Bengal Delta Conference 2025...
10 hurt as Dhaka College, City College students clash again
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 21 August, 2025, 15:41 Students of Dhaka College and City College clash at Science Lab crossing in Dhaka on Thursday. | Md Saurav At least 10 people, including police personnel and students, were injured after a section of the...
7 hurt as students of Dhaka College, City College clash
Daily Star
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August 21, 2025
A clash between the students of Dhaka College and Dhaka City College broke out at Science Lab and adjacent areas yesterday, leaving several people injured. The intermittent clashes, which lasted for more than three hours, caused severe traffic...
Bangladesh shines with 5 medals at 18th International Earth Science Olympiad in China
United News of Bangladesh
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Team Bangladesh has recently brought glory to the country by winning five medals at the 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2025, held at Jining Confucius School in China. This year, about 1,500 students from across Bangladesh took...
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Is Bangladesh heading towards a debt trap?
Firstpost
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August 21, 2025
Bangladesh’s weak tax revenue continues to hinder its development and raises concerns that the country could be heading toward a foreign debt trap. According to a Nikkei Asia report, in the fiscal year ending in June, tax revenue accounted for...
Some candidates allege lack of level playing field
New Age Bangladesh
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DUCSU candidates campaign for 4th day DU Correspondent 30 August, 2025, 01:47 Candidates for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall union elections spent a busy day in distributing leaflets, exchanging greetings with students and...
75% of Bangladesh’s fibre optic network vulnerable to disasters: Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb
The Business Standard
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August 21, 2025
Bangladesh currently has 150,000 kilometres of fibre optic network, 75 per cent of which is overhead and highly susceptible to natural disasters, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the Chief Adviser in charge of the Ministry of Posts,...
Dhaka WASA project cost raised by Tk 28.26bn
BDNews24
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The government has approved a 35 percent cost increase for a surface water treatment and supply project under Dhaka WASA, raising expenditure by Tk 28.26 billion and extending the timeline to 2027. The approval came at Sunday’s meeting of the...
Pakistan keen to boost bilateral trade with Bangladesh
Bangladesh Post
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Federal Minister for Commerce of Pakistan Jam Kamal Khan paid a courtesy visit to Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and had an interactive meeting with the President of DCCI Taskeen Ahmed on Thursday. During the meeting, DCCI President...
Falling fertility and fading opportunities pushing Bangladesh to a demographic crossroads
Daily Star
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August 20, 2025
A quiet demographic revolution is sweeping the globe: people everywhere are having fewer children. According to the UN's 2024 World Population Prospects, fertility rates have fallen below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman in every...
Commerce minister meets Bangladesh’s industries adviser in Dhaka to boost bilateral cooperation
Dawn
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August 21, 2025
Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan held productive discussions with Bangladesh’s Adviser for Industries Adilur Rahman Khan in Dhaka on Thursday to explore avenues for industrial cooperation between the two countries. The two countries were once one...
Village football academy helps Bangladesh women rise
Deutsche Welle
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August 21, 2025
For a country of 174 million people, Bangladesh has generally underachieved in the international sporting arena. But now it's starting to make waves in women's football. In July, the senior team qualified for the 2026 Asian Cup for the first time...
The weight of counterfactuals in Bangladesh’s politics
Daily Star
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August 21, 2025
"Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed." – Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670) History is never merely a record of what happened; it is also haunted by what might have happened otherwise. This is the...
Dying rivers in independent Bangladesh
New Age Bangladesh
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DURING the liberation war, people of this land chanted, ‘[The River] Padma, Meghna, Jamuna is our destiny (Padma, Meghna, Jamnuna, tomar amar thikana’). Bangladesh — the birth of the nation and the struggle for its independence were inspired by...
Staying cool this summer: exploring Bangladesh’s top cooling solutions
New Age Bangladesh
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Advertorial 03 May, 2025, 17:54 Representational image. As summer temperatures soar across Bangladesh, residents are turning to innovative cooling solutions to beat the heat. From energy-efficient air conditioners to budget-friendly charger fans,...
Pakistan keen to enhance bilateral trade with Bangladesh
Bangladesh Post
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Federal Minister for Commerce of Pakistan Jam Kamal Khan paid a courtesy visit to Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) in the capital on Thursday and held an interactive meeting with the President of DCCI, Taskeen Ahmed. During the meeting,...
Emami enhances focus on new growth channels
ETBrandEquity.com
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August 30, 2025
Home-grown FMCG major Emami expects a revival in demand in the coming months, helped by a favourable macro-economic environment such as moderation in inflation and good monsoon, its Chairman R S Goenka said on Friday. "With inflation tapering,...
10 people injured in clash amongst Dhaka College, City colleges students
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 21 August, 2025, 15:41 At least 10 individuals, including six students and four policemen, were injured during clashes between Dhaka College and Dhaka City College in Science Laboratory area on Thursday, causing severe traffic...