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Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to boost ties
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to boost ties — RT World News Pakistan and Bangladesh Sign New Agreements to Revive Bilateral Relations Pakistan, Bangladesh consent enhancing relations Pakistan and Bangladesh have signed six cooperation...
Bangladesh's Garment Boom, Workers Still in Chains
CADTM
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August 25, 2025
Tell us about the condition of garment workers in Bangladesh. Lovely Yesmin – Currently, women who work in the garment industry in Bangladesh face a variety of challenges. While there has been some improvement, many challenges remain. On the...
11 Bangladeshi firms now on Bloomberg’s ESG club
Dhaka Tribune
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August 25, 2025
In a rising trend of embracing sustainability, one more Bangladeshi listed firm has joined the Bloomberg Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) club, increasing the tally to 11 this year. The latest Bloomberg data revealed that the list,...
Study: Bangladesh women’s hidden economy: fourfold labor, zero pay
Dhaka Tribune
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August 25, 2025
Women in Bangladesh spend nearly four times more hours on unpaid domestic work than men, exposing a stark gender gap in household responsibilities, a new Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) study showed. Sajeda Amin, senior research...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad regional phase held
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Al Arafah Islami Bank 11th Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad-2025 regional phase was held in Dhaka and Rangpur. On Saturday, August 23, 2025, thousands of students from different districts participated in this Olympiad in Dhaka's Udayan Uchcha...
Bangladesh women’s hidden economy: Fourfold labour, zero pay
United News of Bangladesh
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Women in Bangladesh shoulder almost four times more unpaid domestic work than men, underscoring a stark gender imbalance in household responsibilities, according to a new study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). Sajeda...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Buet VC condemns police baton-charge on protesting students
Dhaka Tribune
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August 27, 2025
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman has strongly condemned and protested the police baton-charge on protesting engineering students. On Wednesday, he expressed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Governor: BB looking for new investors for Nagad
Dhaka Tribune
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August 27, 2025
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said that Bangladesh Post Office does not have the capacity to run a mobile financial service (MFS) like Nagad, so the search for new investors for Nagad will start soon. He also informed...
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...
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...