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5 decades of land lost to rivers

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- For Abdul Momin, the river did not take his home all at once. It took the ground beneath it piece by piece, until the house he had built with a lifetime of savings was gone. "This ch... Read More


Saudi eases visa rules for skilled workers' families

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Saudi Arabia has reformed its visa process for skilled foreign workers, allowing them to bring family members into the country while their own work visa or residency permit (Iqama) is... Read More


ART effect: US imports more than double

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The impact of Bangladesh's much-discussed Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the United States is beginning to show in its import figures. Imports from the US have risen sharpl... Read More


Bangladesh trade gap jumps 29% as fuel costs surge

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Bangladesh has started the 2026-27 fiscal year with a substantial trade deficit following the trend of the previous financial year. In the first two months of the current fiscal year... Read More


Bangladesh envoy Riaz pays farewell call to India foreign secretary

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Outgoing Bangladesh High Commissioner to Delhi M Riaz Hamidullah has paid a farewell call to Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri at the Ministry of External Affairs as he wraps up h... Read More


Chinese doctors shrink fetal lung tumour without surgery in world first

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Chinese doctors have shrunk a potentially fatal lung tumour inside a baby still in the womb using only a needle and microwave energy -- without making a single incision -- in what the... Read More


Messi's playing days are ending. His football story isn't

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Lionel Messi may be preparing to say goodbye to Argentina, but another chapter of his football life is already taking shape. The 39-year-old has made no secret of where his interests... Read More


Keto diet may raise small intestine cancer risk: MIT

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- A ketogenic diet may increase the growth of small intestinal tumours while suppressing colon tumours, a study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers has found in g... Read More


Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo's Portugal row

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- It began with Cristiano Ronaldo warming up for half an hour and never getting on the pitch. It has since produced an abandoned training camp, conflicting accounts from Portugal's cap... Read More


Bangladesh wants Indonesia trade to top $10bn

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Bangladesh wants to increase bilateral trade with Indonesia to more than $10 billion, with Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir calling for greater exports and progress on a lon... Read More