REUTERSIndian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday announced that state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to build a new refinery and the nation is looking at signing more oil import deals with countries including Russia at discounted rates. We have had discussion with the Russians on long-term deals," Puri said. While private refiners Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy have signed an annual import deal with Russia, state refiner Indian Oil Corp has not yet renewed its deal. Indian state refiners BPCL and Hindustan Petroleum Corp are also looking at signing term deals with Russia. State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp has floated a tender seeking technical tie-ups with global oil majors to boost output its western offshore Mumbai High Field, he said.

June 12, 2024 02:38 UTC

File PhotoSANGSAD BHABAN, June 11, 2024 (BSS) –Terming the proposed national budget as realistic and pro-people, the treasury, opposition benches, and independent lawmakers today said this budget would help remove the ongoing economic uncertainty and crisis, apart from containing inflation. The lawmakers said that the government successfully managed the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the economy. They also said that the budget was placed with a prime focus on maintaining economic stability and augmenting steps to materialise the government's "Smart Bangladesh" vision. He placed the country's 53rd budget and the 25th of the Awami League (AL) government in six terms. This budget is also the 21st under the rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in different terms.

June 12, 2024 02:10 UTC

A man has died and as many as 40 others have been hospitalised after they fell sick due to gas leaking from an old cylinder at a shop in Dhaka's Adabor. The incident occurred at a junk shop owned by a man named Kalu near Shyamoli Housing Gate No. At least 40 other people from the area were taken sick and admitted to different hospitals, including Dhaka Medical and Suhrawardy Hospital. All the people working at a tin-shed building next to the shop fell sick. Many people in neighbouring houses also fell sick after the gas spread.

June 12, 2024 00:51 UTC

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June 12, 2024 00:49 UTC

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June 11, 2024 22:40 UTC

NEW DELHI, June 10, 2024 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries would be further strengthened in future. During the meeting held in a very warm and friendly atmosphere, the Bangladesh prime minister invited her Indian counterpart to visit Dhaka at his convenient time, Hasan said. The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have reached a new height under the prudent leadership of Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi, he said. The Bangladesh prime minister arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Indian government at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Sheikh Hasina reached Dhaka from the Indian capital this evening.

June 11, 2024 18:44 UTC

Four years ago, in a whirlwind of romance, Yasmin and Jobair pledged their love, their futures seemingly entwined with hope and joy. Police suspect the hands that once held hers in marriage are the very ones that abruptly cut her life short. This led to regular arguments between the two of them.”In 2021, Yasmin filed a case against her husband to try and stop him from beating her, the police official said. Yasmin filed another case in 2023. The OC said a court had ordered the couple’s daughter to be put in the care of her maternal grandmother Fatema.

June 11, 2024 17:23 UTC

J D VANCEVance, 39, who is serving his first term as a US senator for Ohio, is another top contender for Trump's running mate, according to sources. DOUG BURGUMBurgum, a multi-millionaire former software executive who now serves as North Dakota's governor, has risen up the list of possible Trump running mates. It remains to be seen whether the mild-mannered Scott would be well-suited for the traditional "attack dog" role of a running mate. TOM COTTONThe second-term US senator from Arkansas has unexpectedly emerged as a contender for Trump's running mate in recent weeks. Haley, 52, has insisted she will not be Trump's running mate, and she angered Trump by taking so long to quit the nominating race.

June 11, 2024 16:30 UTC

CHANDPUR, June 11, 2024 (BSS) - Three people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a sand-laden truck and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on the Chandpur-Cumilla regional highway in Gogra area under Hajiganj upazila of the district this afternoon. All deceased were passengers of the CNG-run auto rickshaw. The accident occurred in the area when a sand-laden truck rammed the CNG-run auto rickshaw coming from the opposite direction around 2:45pm, leaving Sobuj dead on the spot and four others critically injured, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hajiganj Police Station Abdur Rashid said. The injured were taken to Chandpur Sadar Hospital where two of them succumbed to their injuries, he added. Legal actions will be taken in this regard, said the OC.

June 11, 2024 14:07 UTC

After the heartbreaking loss against South Africa in a tense thriller in the T20 World Cup, the Bangladeshi batsman openly criticised the umpires. According to Hridoy, Bangladesh deserved a boundary that could have altered the match's outcome. Ultimately, Bangladesh lost the tightly contested match by four runs. When asked about the potential four runs in the post-match press conference, Hridoy pointed directly at the umpires. However, when Hridoy got out in the first ball of the 18th over bowled by Kagiso Rabada on 37, Bangladesh lost direction.

June 11, 2024 12:28 UTC

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June 11, 2024 01:36 UTC

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June 11, 2024 01:01 UTC

For a brief moment after high school at Millard North, Lizzie Johnson considered studying marine biology — there’s something about oceans that seems attractive to land-locked Nebraskans. Jamie Lee Curtis is developing the project from a book that took three years to report and write. She started at the Washington Post in 2021. One of those she’s most proud of is an investigation into a high school rowing coach who was abusing girls on his team. As part of the enterprise reporting team at the Washington Post, she’s traveled to Ukraine to cover that conflict from the front lines.

June 10, 2024 22:20 UTC

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June 10, 2024 22:02 UTC