Evening Brief

Nasrul: Bangladesh-India oil pipeline to help reduce loadshedding in dry season

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Friday said when oil is imported through the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline, it will be possible to ensure uninterrupted irrigation and fuel supply in the country, which will also help reduce loadshedding, especially during the dry season. 

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Gulistan blast: CID yet to uncover reason behind explosion

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday said the source of the explosion inside Cafe Queen restaurant in the basement of a building in Gulistan's Siddikbazar area is yet to be found. 

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CID's crime scene unit inspecting and collecting evidence at the explosion site in Gulistan's Siddikbazar Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Sust team Olik finally going to Nasa on loan failing to get sponsor

A team from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) “Olik” is finally going to Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) by taking loans, as they has failed to get a sponsor.

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Team Olik from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Collected

PM Hasina wishes Bangladesh Business Summit-2023 a grand success

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday issued a message wishing the Bangladesh Business Summit and the Golden Jubilee celebration of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) to be held on March 11-13 in Dhaka a grand success.

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File photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina PID

Aferian plunges 40% on business update - the business isn't there

Aferian (LON: AFRN) is now securely into microcap territory with a market capitalisation of only £50 million. That's the sort of territory where we as wise investors or traders rightly fear to tread. Trade volumes are going to be low, spreads wide, this is the arena which is more akin to betting than stock trading, let alone investment.

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Attack on Ahmadiyya: 3 more cases filed

Three more cases were filed on Friday in connection with the clashes between police and Muslim devotees over Salana Jalsa of the Ahmadiyya community in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh last Friday that left two dead and over 50 injured.

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Mob attacks on an Ahmadiyya Event Dhaka Tribune