One lakh tonnes of crude oil coming to Ctg Port from KSA thru alternative route

Bangladesh is importing crude oil. This oil will be brought directly to Chattogram's Eastern Refinery from Yanbu Commercial Port in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea coast. The oil tanker is scheduled to be loaded on April 20.Currently, another one lakh metric tonnes of crude oil on a ship named 'MT Nordic Pollux' is stranded due to complications in the Strait of Hormuz. The ship is now at Ras Tanura Port in Saudi Arabia. However, it is unable to come to Bangladesh due to lack of special clearance from Iran.Although Iran has recently allowed six Bangladeshi ships to sail, this particular oil tanker is not on that list. As a result, its journey is still uncertain.Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) said that the newly brought one lakh tonnes of oil will be loaded from Yanbu Port on April 20.  On the other hand, a total of two hundred thousand metric tons of oil, including the stranded ship, is expected to reach Chittagong port by the first week of May.These oils will be bro...

Two fined Tk 70,000 over seizure of 2,000 litres of fuel in Bhola

UNB, Bhola:: Two individuals have been fined Tk 70,000 after the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) detained them while transporting about 2,000 litres of fuel oil illegally in Bhola.Following a tip-off, a team of BCG Bhola Base conducted a special drive near the Bheduria ferry ghat in Sadar upazila around 5pm on Thursday, BCG media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan said.During the operation, the two individuals were found transporting 2,000 litres of fuel oil illegally in a steel-bodied ...

Govt considering arbitration or renegotiation over Adani power deal: Minister

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood on Thursday told Parliament that the government is actively considering moving to international arbitration or revising the power purchase agreement signe...

DMP drive to reclaim roads, footpaths: 51 jailed on 2nd day

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed Tk 2.61 lakh in fines and sentenced 51 individuals to various terms in jail during the 2nd day of the special drive to reclaim the sidewalks of roads and footpaths on Thursday.During the drive, the law enforcers and executive magistrate also seized goods that occupied roads and footpath illegally and evicted illegal structures established illegally on roads in different parts of the capital.According to sources from the Traffic Lalbagh Division, a total of Tk 6,000 was imposed as fine on 13 traders for violating regulations. The process of sending the detained individuals to court is underway.Besides, Traffic Wari Division said a special drive was carried out from Jatrabari intersection to the Signboard area and some illegal shops set up roadside and...

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Bangladesh storm into SAFF U-20 final with 1-0 win over Nepal

Bangladesh secured a place in the final of the SAFF U-20 Championship 2026 after edging past Nepal 1-0 in the semi-final on Wednesday.Md Manik scored the decisive goal in the 11th minute at the National Football Stadium in Malé, Maldives, and was named Player of the Match.The match kicked off at 4:45 pm (BST).In the second semi-final, India will face Bhutan later on the same day at the same venue at 9:30 pm (BST). Bangladesh will learn their final opponents after that match.Earlier, Bangladesh reached the semi-finals finishing as runners-up in Group B.The boys in red and green began their campaign with a 2-0 win over Pakistan and later played out a 1-1 draw against India in their final group match....

Tarique Rahman Takes the helm at a defining moment for BNP

Tarique Rahman’s formal assumption of the chairmanship of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) marks a long-anticipated and constitutionally grounded transition in the party’s leadership...

Khaleda Zia’s passing: Country loses a guardian in political arena

The death of Begum Khaleda Zia, three-time Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), marks the end of one of the most influential and defining chapters in the political history of Bangladesh. At the age of 80, she brea...

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