An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed, according to estimates presented Tuesday at a trial examining the haphazard handling of the buyout …
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.The anemic outcom…
The US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Bangladesh Business Council (USBBC) has announced the appointment of Steven Kobos, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Excelerate Energy, as Chairman of USBBC’s Board of Directors.Kobos assumes the larger role of B…
South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun today said this year will be momentous in terms of Bangladesh-Korea relations and efforts are underway to further strengthen the relations through joint efforts.“We want to make it a milestone year,” …
The FBI was conducting a planned search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, the president’s personal lawyer said.The search follows a 13-h…
Thousands of leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka South City unit marched towards the capital’s Malibagh from Kamalapur Stadium, ending the party’s 4-day programme to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a…
Strongly protesting the fresh hike in power tariffs, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said people are repeatedly paying the prices of the government’s limitless irregularities and plundering in the power sector.In a statem…
The cost for performing hajj under government management has increased by Tk 1.61 lakh this year as it has been fixed at Tk 6,83,018 for each pilgrim against last year’s Tk 5,21,15.The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee on hajj …
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Wednesday called upon the newly promoted Additional IGPs to discharge their duties professionally for the welfare of the country and people.The IGP made this call as chief guest at the ra…
After 24 hours of relentless efforts by eight fire tenders, a massive fire at Mongla EPZ that broke out in an Indian luggage factory was doused on Wednesday afternoon.No injuries or causalities were reported till filing of this report at 3 pm.Mamun Mah…
Mobile financial services provider Nagad has come up with an instant cashback of up to 21 percent for book lovers on payments for books bought from the two-month Nagad-Rokomari online book fair 2023.The online fair that began Wednesday will continue on…
The military regime in Myanmar must end violence and create space for meaningful and inclusive dialogue to allow for any democratic process to resume, according to a joint statement.The joint statement from 22 Foreign Ministers and the EU’s High Repres…
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