Freelancers can now open accounts at Standard Chartered Bangladesh for free

Govt to boost adaptation measures to tackle climate impacts: Adviser Rizwana

‘It’s high time we shifted from costly LNG to rooftop solar energy’

Commemorative gold coins now at Tk1.5 lakh

Taxes on super rich and tech giants stall under Trump

Analysts warn US could be handing chip market to China

Tariffs could lift Boeing and Airbus plane prices even higher

Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoked

Strollers, other baby products to get more expensive with tariffs

Little Hearts 2025 launched in Bangladesh to treat children with congenital heart defects

ESDO urges bold move to curb plastic pollution in the Sundarbans

Designed in US, made in China: Why Apple is stuck

Cassandra, a 25-year-old pregnant woman, shops for organic products at Les Enfourneaux, an organic market garden and herb farm in Saint-Xandre, near La Rochelle in southwestern France, on 8 April 2025. Twenty-five pregnant women receive 15 euros per week for six months from the La Rochelle metropolitan area to buy organic fruits and vegetables from local producers. The programme, launched at the end of March, is inspired by similar initiatives elsewhere in France. PHOTO: AFP

Projects must focus on country’s needs, not interests of contractors

Says ACC chairman

Gold worth over Tk196cr seized in seven months