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Bangladesh launches digital tool to strengthen family planning access in RMG sector
The Business Standard
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July 30, 2025
The Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), with UNFPA and private sector partners, has launched a Digital Monitoring Tool (DMT) to improve contraceptive distribution for women workers in Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector. In its...
Bangladesh Bank issues cybersecurity alert for banks, financial institutions
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Bank has issued an alert warning banks and financial institutions of possible cyberattacks and urged them to take precautionary measures. In a press release signed by SM Tofael Ahmad, Additional Director of the central bank’s ICT...
Bangladesh unveils first large-scale water reuse facility in RMG sector
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Bangladesh has launched its first large-scale Water Reuse and Improved Wastewater Management Demonstration plant at Fakir Knitwears Ltd. in Narayanganj. The initiative marks a significant step toward reducing freshwater extraction and industrial...
Catholic Bishops Urge Government Support After Bangladesh Plane Crash
National Catholic Register
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As parents grieve the loss of their children, the Catholic bishops of Bangladesh have urged the government to fully support victims and families following the July 21 crash of an air force training jet into a local school that killed at least 35...
WI vs PAK Dream11 Prediction, 1st T20I 2025: Tips and Suggestions To Pick Best Winning Fantasy Playing XI Team for West Indies vs Pakistan Match in Florida
Latestly
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July 30, 2025
WI vs PAK Dream11 Prediction, 1st T20I 2025: The West Indies national cricket team are set to face the Pakistan national cricket team in the exciting three-match T20I series. The first T20I between the West Indies and Pakistan is scheduled to take...
Bangladesh-US third round of tariff talks begins in Washington, DC
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 30, 2025
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 30 (ANI): The third round of talks on the Bangladesh-US tariff issue officially began on Tuesday at 2:00 pm US local time, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Press Wing said in a statement on Wednesday. The informal discussion...
ICB hosts innovation showcasing prog
New Age Bangladesh
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Business Desk 30 July, 2025, 23:18 Investment Corporation of Bangladesh managing director Niranjan Chandra Debnath presides over a programme titled Innovation Showcasing and Selection of Best Innovative Initiative’ on Tuesday. | Press release...
Zinnat aims to change perceptions on female Bangladeshi boxers
New Age Bangladesh
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Wahid Ullah Bakul 30 July, 2025, 22:23 Goodwell Boxing Club boxer Zinnat Ferdous (L) is action during her semi-final match of the National Boxing Championships against Bangladesh Army boxer Asia Khatun at the Muhammad Ali Boxing Stadium in Dhaka...
ESG failure may cost Bangladesh 30% of EU exports: Sanem
Daily Star
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July 30, 2025
If European countries make ESG standards mandatory and Bangladesh fails to comply, exports to the bloc may immediately drop by around 30 percent, according to the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem). ESG – short for Environmental,...
Religious Fanaticism Knows No Bounds In Bangladesh Under Yunus
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Dhaka: The entire world is silently watching the ongoing Hindu genocide in Bangladesh. Since August 2024's jihadist-backed coup to oust former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Hindus in Bangladesh have been confronting a...
62 reform points ‘agreed’ in first phase: Consensus Commission
BDNews24
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The National Consensus Commission says agreement has been reached on 62 of the 166 proposed reform measures during its first round of dialogue with political parties. These agreed items were compiled into a list sent to participating parties on...
Trump’s 25 pc tariff on India less than on China, Bangladesh, won’t affect Indian goods to very big extent: Corporate lawyer Ranina
The News Mill
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July 30, 2025
With the US President Donald Trump announcing 25 per cent tariff along with penalty on Indian goods, senior corporate lawyer HP Ranina said on Wednesday that the decision will affect the exports currently in the pipeline, but the tariffs are less...
Team India Sets Unwanted World Record With Historic First After Extending 89-Year-Old Winless Streak
Times Now
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July 30, 2025
Indian cricket team set an unwanted world record Photo : AP KEY HIGHLIGHTS India drew the Manchester Test India became the first team to secure an unwanted record India extended a winless streak that started in 1936 The Indian cricket team set an...
Bangladeshi swimmers Sagor, Himel cross English Channel
New Age Bangladesh
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Staff Correspondent 30 July, 2025, 17:39 Bangladeshi swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor (R) and Nazmul Haque Himel pose with the national flag after crossing the English Channel on Tuesday. | Courtesy photo. Bangladeshi swimmers Mahfizur Rahman Sagor...
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Bangladesh Sees Big Islamist Shift A Year After Revolt
The Asian Age
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July 30, 2025
Nearly one year after a student revolt forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India, Bangladesh finds itself at a precarious crossroads: where the call for democratic reform has given way to a nation increasingly dominated by Islamist...
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...
Committed to combatting human trafficking with deeper global co-op: Bangladesh
Bangladesh Post
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Bangladesh on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to combatting human trafficking, recognising it as a grave violation of human rights and a serious form of organised crime. To mark the World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2025, the Ministry...
World News | Bangladesh Minority Group Condemns Communal Violence in Northern Gangacora
Latestly
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July 30, 2025
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 30 (ANI): A delegation led by the Acting General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Manindra Kumar Nath, visited Hindupara, which has been hit by communal violence, in Aldadpur village, Betgari...
What you need to know about British-Bangladeshi cuisine
The Portugal News
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Her own grandfather – who emigrated to Manchester in 1956 with her grandmother, and set up one of these eateries – focused on better-known Indian cuisine in order to cater to white British clientele. “So I don’t think that the UK generally has...
In coastal Bangladesh, natural disasters take twice the toll on women
The Business Standard
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July 30, 2025
Selina Akter is a resident of Khulna's Satkhira, one of the most disaster-prone coastal regions of Bangladesh. Her husband, Ramzan Ali, lives in Dhaka for work. As a result, most of the household responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the...