3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (193+ words) Deshbandhu Group convened a meeting to exchange views in Bogura on Saturday to discuss expanding business operations, enhancing production capacity, and exploring new industrial investments in the region. The meeting, held at Hotel Naz Garden in Bogura, brought together depot…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (910+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 Nurunnahar Khatun was born in Erendabari, a low-lying, river-carved island in Gaibandha where the Jamuna does not merely flow past but governs everything, taking land, defining lives, and testing the resilience of anyone who dares to stay rooted....

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (766+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 Emerging outlines of a deal between Washington and Tehran to end their war contain a stinging paradox: sweeteners to coax Iran into compliance may strengthen an adversarial force that the US and its Western allies consider a terrorist…...

6+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1399+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 During the 1992 US presidential election, Democratic candidate Bill Clinton's strategist James Carville coined a phrase that captured the whole essence of bread-and-butter politics: "It's the economy, stupid."" It's the economy that drives politics. More precisely, it's the state…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago  (90+ words) The Business Standard Rowing against the tide: How a coastal village is fighting climate change with a boat race Can Bangladesh's 8. 5% growth ambition hold up to economic reality? The schools that come to the students Can smarter public procurement build…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (958+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 On the edge of the world's largest mangrove forest, where rivers " unable to push back the saltwater of the Bay of Bengal " turn saline, people from a Bangladeshi coastal village have reached for an unusual weapon against climate…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (634+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 Economists and researchers have said the proposed FY 2026-27 budget highlights a significant mismatch between the current fiscal year's economic reality, the government's ambitious targets, and the country's limited implementation capacity. They said projected targets for GDP growth, inflation…...

21+ hour, 10+ min ago  (287+ words) Bangladeshi environmental lawyer and loss-and-damage negotiator Mohammad Hafijul Islam Khan today (19 June) called for a fundamental reform of global climate finance, urging a shift from a charity-based approach to a justice-oriented system grounded in legal responsibility." He also outlined a…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (125+ words) The Business Standard The US Department of Justice has charged 15 activists in Minnesota with violence and obstruction related to Antifa. Antifa is not a single organization, but a loose network of anti-fascists. The incident has reignited political debate in the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (239+ words) Friday June 19, 2026 Southeast Bank PLC observed World Environment Day 2026 through a series of nationwide programmes aimed at promoting environmental awareness and conservation. The bank observed the day under the theme "Green Banking for a Resilient Bangladesh", it said in a…...