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How five of Dhaka’s top eateries have stood the test of time
The Business Standard
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July 30, 2025
With time, as Dhaka has changed, so have the food preferences of its denizens. Yet the names of some restaurants remain constant, their food still as popular as ever, and their reputations etched into Dhaka's culinary heritage. Maintaining...
Need policy reforms to ensure energy security and efficiency within Bangladesh’s industrial sector
Textile Focus
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July 30, 2025
Inamul Haq Khan, Senior Vice President of BGMEA, participated as a distinguished discussant in a focus group discussion titled “Energy Supply and Efficiency in the Industrial Sector of Bangladesh.” The event, jointly organized by the Dhaka Chamber...
Bangladesh Highlighted Strength in Apparel and Textiles at Texworld NYC 2025
Textile Focus
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July 29, 2025
Texworld NYC, Apparel Sourcing, and Home Textiles Sourcing—the largest textile and apparel sourcing shows on the East Coast—concluded successfully at the Javits Center in New York City, USA, from July 23 to 25, 2025. The event hosted over 424...
Dhaka's waste crisis sparks urgent call for reform at public hearing
The Business Standard
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July 29, 2025
Dhaka has been ranked the world's third least liveable city in the Global Liveability Index, with poor waste management identified as a major contributing factor. Garbage clogging waterbodies continues to worsen flooding and pollution, severely...
Weather Update: Heavy to Extremely Heavy Rainfall Forecast Across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Northeast States This Week
Krishi Jagran
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July 28, 2025
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Odisha are set to receive widespread rainfall over the next few days. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued fresh alerts as monsoon activity picks up pace across the...
The First and Largest Water Reuse Project Unveiled to Transform the RMG Industry in Bangladesh
Textile Focus
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July 30, 2025
In a milestone moment for the Bangladesh RMG industry and its pursuit of industrial sustainability in South Asia, the largest and first of its kind Water Reuse and Improved Wastewater Management Demonstration Site was launched today, at an event...
How precision agriculture can transform Bangladesh
Daily Star
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July 28, 2025
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in Bangladesh's economy, employing approximately 35.27 percent of the workforce and contributing about 11.55 percent to the national GDP. Traditional farming methods, however, are becoming less sustainable due to...
Why the DUCSU constitution needs reform
Daily Star
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August 1, 2025
The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections have long been symbolic of student activism and democratic values within Dhaka University. However, in its 102-year history, DUCSU elections have been held 37 times in...
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...
Hong Kong-based Handa to invest 250 million USD in Bangladesh, create 25,000 jobs
Textile Focus
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July 30, 2025
Handa Industries Co, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel chain, has announced it will invest 250 million USD in Bangladesh. Handa Industries Ltd. Chairman Han Chun announced the plan while meeting Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the...
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...
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:...
Mutation of risk into opportunity
The Business Standard
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August 1, 2025
A substantial downside risk has been transformed into a compelling upside opportunity with the recent reduction of the US reciprocal tariff on imports from Bangladesh, lowered from 35% to 20%. As this reduction applies to an existing 15% rate, the...
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...
Young Billionaire Entrepreneur Sheikh Rayhan Takes The World By Storm
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Market Press Release) July 31, 2025 2:20 am - Sheikh Rayhan, born on Sept 20, 2005, in Thakurgaon, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and founder of Sheikh Ltd. A Thakurgaon Govt. College graduate, he now holds a net worth of $414.9B (2025) at...
China’s Mega Dam And India’s Asymmetric Challenge
StratNews Global
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August 1, 2025
Home Asia China’s Mega Dam And India’s Asymmetric Challenge While China moves swiftly to build a mega dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, India is held back by constitutional safeguards, environmental laws, and democratic resistance. Part I: Promises...
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...
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...
US tariff cut ‘satisfactory for now’: Amir Khosru
BDNews24
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BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury believes the Trump administration’s decision to reduce reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi exports from 35 percent to 20 percent is a “satisfactory outcome” for the export sector. “This isn’t about victory or...