Colombo: Charg© d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka, Ms. Jayne Howell, paid a farewell call on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), today at the Deputy Minister’s office in Colombo. …
Colombo: Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd.) attended the Swiss National Day Celebration, marking the 735th Anniversary of the Swiss Confederation and 70 years of diplomatic friendship between Switzerland and Sri Lanka, held…
Washington: The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced significant tariff proposals following investigations into 60 economies regarding their measures against forced labor. These investigations, initiated under Section 301 of the Tra…
Dhaka: Senior journalist and Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) executive committee member Abu Hena Rasel died at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday. He was 57.
According to United News of Bangladesh, he breathed his last while und…
Dhaka: Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has cast doubt over his international future after the team’s defeat to Spain in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final. He said he would use the aftermath of the loss to consider what comes next.
According to Un…
Dhaka: Four people suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a CNG filling station in Tilagarh area of Sylhet city on Tuesday. The injured were Abu Sayeed, 20 and Abu Sufian, 22, both employees of the filling station, and Jewel, 20, and Hab…
Dhaka: The government on Wednesday announced that a technical fault at one of the country’s Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) has disrupted gas supply to the national grid. This has resulted in a reduction of around 450 million cubic f…
Dhaka: The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved two procurement proposals worth about Tk 303.16 crore involving the import of muriate of potash (MOP) fertiliser and the purchase of sacks for the Directorate General of …