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Big investors regain interest in Bangladesh’s capital market, BO accounts on the rise
United News of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh’s capital market is regaining momentum, attracting major investors amid rising trading activity and a sharp increase in Beneficiary Owner (BO) accounts over the past year, according to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
Khasru stresses on building transparent administrative structure for sustainable dev
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Khasru stresses on building transparent administrative structure for sustainable dev Today, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury addressed a seminar in the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Photo:...
Air Pollution in Cities Like Delhi Is Equivalent to Smoking Hundreds of Cigarettes Each Year
Psychreg
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July 28, 2025
7 Reading Time: 3 minutesAir pollution, which surpasses tobacco, car accidents and diabetes in lethality, remains one of the most serious global health threats. To illustrate its impact, HouseFresh, an air quality research group, conducted a study...
DBH Finance posts 12% profit growth in Q2
Daily Star
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July 31, 2025
DBH Finance PLC, one of the country's leading non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) with a strong focus on housing finance, reported a net profit after tax of Tk 26.41 crore for the second quarter of 2025, reflecting a 12 percent increase...
Why Bangladesh urgently needs an Electronic Trade Facilitation Act
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
Bangladesh's trade has doubled in a decade, yet border trade formalities remain manual, redundant, and outdated. While peers digitise, Bangladesh risks falling behind without urgent reform. An Electronic Trade Facilitation Act (ETFA) would legally...
Bangladesh-born NYPD officer dies a hero in Midtown Manhattan shooting
News9 Live
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July 29, 2025
World News NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant, died protecting others in a Midtown Manhattan shooting. Hailed as a devoted family man and a true New Yorker by officials and peers, Islam is survived by his 8-month-pregnant wife and...
The silent crisis of tort law in Bangladesh
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
Although tort law has great potential to ensure accountability and remedy for quotidian civil wrongs, it is largely disregarded and neglected in Bangladesh. The result of such neglect has slowly yet surely become a crisis, siphoning the rule of...
The Coal Conundrum: Balancing Growth and Climate Goals
Oil Price
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July 29, 2025
Despite years of climate summits and net-zero targets, global coal consumption and production both hit record highs in 2024. According to the newly released 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, global coal demand reached an all-time high of...
Tight monetary policy undermines trade, investment growth: DCCI
Bangladesh Post
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Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) expresses concern as Bangladesh Bank has continued its contractionary monetary policy, while private sector credit growth dropped to just 6.4% in June 2025, the lowest in 22 years, signaling sluggish...
Bangladesh’s coastal waters more polluted with microplastics than China’s: Study
The Business Standard
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July 29, 2025
A recent doctoral study has found that coastal and estuarine areas in Bangladesh are more polluted with microplastics than those in China, posing a threat to marine life, human health, and pollution control efforts. The study, led by Md Mazharul...
A girl’s grades drop every summer. There’s an alarming explanation.
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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July 31, 2025
Every summer when extreme heat arrives in Dhakale, India, Pramila Waghmare notices her children’s grades drop, only to improve again when winter arrives. After three years of this pattern, she asked her neighbors and learned that heat waves seemed...
Denmark partners BRAC in landmark project enhancing water security, climate resilience in coastal districts
United News of Bangladesh
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Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Bangladesh Christian Brix Møller on Tuesday reaffirmed Denmark’s commitment to supporting climate-vulnerable communities and promoting green growth in Bangladesh. He noted that the 'Rain for Life' project...
‘My Body is Burning’: How Climate Change is Worsening Bangladesh’s Labor Exploitation
Sourcing Journal - New York
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July 29, 2025
“My body is burning. But still there is no break at all. I have to complete [my] work… I am suffering [in the heat], but I have to do my job.” That’s Raina, a garment worker in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka, speaking of the extreme heat and...
Strategic reform essential for smooth LDC graduation
Bangladesh Post
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Bangladesh is set to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category to a developing nation in 2026 and with this, the country is going to reach a milestone thanks to decades of sustained progress in economic growth, poverty reduction and...
Scientists Use AI and Spectroscopy to Detect Fake Honey in Bangladesh
Spectroscopy
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Key Points • UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy with machine learning reveals adulterants in Bangladeshi honey. • The study analyzed five types of honey using non-destructive techniques. • Common adulterants included sugar syrup, glucose, and molasses. •...
The ICJ ruling on climate action can boost Global South's voice
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered one of the most important judicial opinions in the history of international environmental law. In a landmark advisory opinion, the World Court clarified the legal obligation of...
Tightened monetary policy undermines trade, investment growth: DCCI
Daily Star
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July 31, 2025
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today expressed concern over the Bangladesh Bank's continued contractionary monetary policy, saying it is undermining private investment and industrial activity. Bangladesh Bank has kept its policy...
Why Bangladesh needs a national maritime roadmap
Daily Star
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July 29, 2025
There is something quietly dignified about the way a vessel enters port. Precision. Momentum. Timing. A ballet of steel and water. It's an apt metaphor for where Bangladesh stands now—on the edge of something far greater than what our coastal...
BAGHC observes environment day
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 30 July, 2025, 00:38 Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College founder and chairman Ven Prajnananda Mahathera, among others, poses for a group photo during a tree plantation event on the campus in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Thursday....
ICJ ruling a game changer that can potentially turbocharge climate action
Daily Maverick
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July 29, 2025
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (the United Nations’ Organisation’s principal judicial body) delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion, affirming that states must protect the climate system from the catastrophic impacts of climate...