The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 13 projects involving total cost of Tk 16,207.55 crore, including a project to construct a 442-MW peak solar power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat. Of the total project cost, Tk 10,600.80 crore will come from government funds,
From leaving home with a guitar to becoming one of South Asia’s most recognisable rock voices, Mahfuz Anam James has spent more than four decades turning personal rebellion into music loved by generations. There are artists who become popular, and there are artists who become part of people’s lives
Farhan Ali Wahid is expected to make his Bangladesh debut in the ASEAN Cup, and the 19-year-old English-born winger is hoping to make an impact alongside Hamza Chowdhury. Farhan is one of three foreign-born players in coach Thomas Duli’s squad for the tournament. Bangladesh are currently in Jakarta
Argentina is facing a once-unthinkable reality: a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. 39-year-old Messi On Tuesday (6 October), ended his 21-year international career after scoring 126 goals, winning two Copa América titles and a World Cup championship. He scored a penalty and assisted
A monumental chapter in international football history has officially come to an end. Lionel Messi has officially announced his retirement from the Argentina national team. The 39-year-old legendary captain confirmed that he is stepping down from international football after leading La Albiceleste t
War has devastated Gaza’s economy, education, healthcare, infrastructure and public services, transforming how Palestinians live, work, learn and survive. Three years after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the Palestinian enclave ha
Libya’s parliament removed its longtime speaker on Tuesday after 12 years in office, ousting a key ally of east-based Khalifa Haftar in a move analysts said could signal a shift in the country’s political balance. MPs voted to replace Aguila Saleh with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi, the parliament'
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday (7 October) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into molecules' mirror images, decisive for the development of pharmaceuticals. The researchers were honoured "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric o
Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for ground-breaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles, high-energy neutrinos, and how they are created. Halzen realised that ice at the South Pole could be used
