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Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq
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Jordan Intercepts Iranian Missiles Following Joint U.S. and Saudi Strikes in Iraq

Jordanian air defenses shot down five Iranian ballistic missiles following joint U.S. and Saudi air operations against militia positions in Iraq. The renewed clashes disrupt a short-lived pause in hostilities, putting global energy transit through the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea at further risk.

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Reports of Tk 120cr VAT evasion by Transcom unsubstantiated
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Reports of Tk 120cr VAT evasion by Transcom unsubstantiated

Reports claiming Transcom Group evaded Tk 120 crore in VAT remain unverified as NBR continues its regulatory review without issuing any official demand notice.

Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes
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Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes

A recent dispute over empty containers at Chattogram port has brought to renewed focus a deeper problem in Bangladesh’s trade logistics system: when legitimate interests collide, there is no neutral, technically competent authority to resolve the situation.

Foodpanda Bangladesh incurs €111m losses since 2016
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Foodpanda Bangladesh incurs €111m losses since 2016

Foodpanda Bangladesh’s losses rose 40 percent to €11.76 million last year, extending a losing streak that now stretches back a full decade, according to parent company Delivery Hero’s annual financial statements.

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Madhupur pineapple prices crash as rain, flood dampen demand

Pineapple farmers in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila are selling this season’s harvest at a loss, as prices for the GI-certified fruit have collapsed at the peak of the season.

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Reports of Tk 120cr VAT evasion by Transcom unsubstantiated

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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

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Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks

We tend to equate economic growth with social and political vitality in conventional history-writing, but this was not the case in southeast Bengal. Environmental pressures led to a social crisis in the seventeenth century, manifested through slave raids by a Portuguese-Arakanese combine (Magh). Subsequent slave trading by Arakan and Portugal, and later by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), unveiled the paradox of social breakdown during a period of economic growth, as the active delta generated new rice-producing lands.

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Gazipur Agricultural University wins patent for jackfruit seed nutrition technology

Researchers at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) have secured a patent for a technology that converts jackfruit seeds into a concentrated mineral-rich food ingredient, an innovation that could help improve nutrition and reduce food waste.

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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

Ask anyone in Dhaka who has tried to transfer a plot of inherited land what the hardest part was, and the answer will be: the paperwork. A family sells a parcel, signs the deed, pays the registration fee, and then discovers the real ordeal is still ahead: getting the khatian (record of rights) updated to reflect the new owner. This second step, called mutation, is where months disappear, where “processing fees” gradually turn into bribes, and where a legitimate transaction can stall for reasons no one will put in writing.

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SC stays HC orders barring shown arrests without specific allegations

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed the High Court orders that directed the authorities not to show detained persons arrested or harass them without any specific allegations.

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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices

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Gazipur Agricultural University wins patent for jackfruit seed nutrition technology

Researchers at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) have secured a patent for a technology that converts jackfruit seeds into a concentrated mineral-rich food ingredient, an innovation that could help improve nutrition and reduce food waste.

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3 held over alleged attempted rape on moving bus in Ashulia

Police have arrested three people, including a bus driver and his helper, in connection with the attempted rape of a woman on a moving bus in Ashulia.