August2025

All scheduled banks in Bangladesh will remain closed on August 5 in observance of “July Uprising Day,” a newly declared public holiday. To this end, the central bank issued a circular recently. In the circular, the...

In an attempt to reclaim market share in the face of stable crude prices, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and six other important members of the OPEC+ alliance said on Sunday that they will boost output by 547,000...

Tesla was ordered by a Florida jury on Friday to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs who claimed that the company’s “Autopilot” driver assistance technology was responsible for a fatal 2019 incident. Attorney Darren...

US Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler is resigning from her position, the central bank said Friday, opening a vacancy that President Donald Trump can fill as he presses his campaign to drop interest rates. Kugler, who...

Kosovo on Friday eliminated tariffs on all goods from the United States, a day after President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on trading partners across the globe but not on Pristina. The Balkan nation had applied...

The water level of the Teesta river has risen rapidly again due to continuous rainfall and heavy inflow from upstream.  The river water has been flowing 5 centimeters above the danger level at Dalia Point of...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has confirmed one death and no new Covid-19 infections in the country over a 24-hour period from 8 am Saturday to 8 am Sunday, reports BSS. “One more COVID-19...

In a gazette, the government acknowledged 1,558 additional injured July warriors for their service during the Mass Uprising in 2024. Of these, 210 have been assigned to the ‘B’ category of badly injured fighters, with the...

An important milestone has been reached by the state-owned Bangladesh Submarine Cable PLC (BSCPLC), which has surpassed 4 terabits per second in international bandwidth (real-time internet traffic) transmission. This accomplishment comes after the commercial introduction of...

The interim government has finalized the draft of the “July Declaration,” a landmark document aimed at providing constitutional and legal recognition to the historic July mass uprising that led to the ouster of the previous government....