1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1531+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 "You look like a total girl," one football fan says to his fellow passenger. On a bus rattling towards a packed stadium, the insult barely registers. The air is thick with testosterone, chants bounce off the windows, air…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (511+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 Banks have decided to appoint an independent auditor before moving forward with any restructuring of City Group's loans. A review committee comprising representatives from leading banks have also been formed, according to a managing director of a bank…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (90+ words) The Business Standard Rowing against the tide: How a coastal village is fighting climate change with a boat race Can Bangladesh's 8. 5% growth ambition hold up to economic reality? The schools that come to the students Can smarter public procurement build…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (589+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 Money parked by Bangladeshi nationals and banks in Swiss banks soared 41% last year to 834. 2 million Swiss francs (CHF) (about Tk12, 763 crore), reaching the second-highest level on record, according to annual data released by Switzerland's central bank today (18 June). With…...

9+ hour, 27+ min ago  (763+ words) At least 30 people have died "since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, and, because of the symptoms, "could indicate Ebola is'spreading fast'there. It was…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (766+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 The United States and Iran are moving towards a permanent peace deal, and in the political reading of Tehran's supporters, the US government has technically lost the war against Iran's defiant, even arrogant, approach." After months of hostility,…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (797+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 When Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented the FY202627 budget, the immediate headline was next year's target of 6. 5% GDP growth and 7. 5% inflation. A lofty goal, surely. But it is a stepping stone towards the government's larger goal of…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (872+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 The Trump administration is moving forward with talks with companies to turn Cold War-era plutonium into a fuel for new nuclear reactors, part of a multi-pronged strategy to ensure there is enough "power to feed the US data…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1059+ words) Saturday June 20, 2026 In the span of just a few months, Irene Roggero Ugues watched her daughter Rossella's behaviour change as social media fed her an increasing stream of self-harm content, before the 12-year-old died by suicide. Only after Rossella's death…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago  (703+ words) US Vice President JD Vance lashed out at Israeli critics of the "Iran deal on Thursday (18 June), saying President'Donald Trump'is Israel's only ally, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in US defence aid the country receives. Vance "was…...