Business & Commerce
Experts at a meeting emphasized the key role of multilateral actors including the UN and other international bodies in sustainable development and in contributing to the country's 2026 graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the finance mi...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has enhanced the usance period up to 360 days from 180 days for the import of industrial raw materials, including back to back imports and imports of agricultural implements and chemical fertilizers under supplier's or buyer's credit"To facilitate trade tr...
National,Back Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said those involved in acts of sabotage to dislodge the government would have to face the music."There is no clemency for them. They will have to face punishment. I would like to ask the people also to stand against them," she said, referring to th...
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), established in 2010 under the initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has already proved its credibility by getting around US$26 billion investment proposals so far. Out of the investment proposals, around $5.40 billion has already been invested i...
Cumilla city mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat passed away while undergoing treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore at 65.He breathed his last around 6.30 pm (BST) on Wednesday, Cumilla sadar lawmaker AKM Bahauddin Bahar said. He is survived by wife, a son and two daughters.On Monday, Rifat w...
National,Front Page
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the installment of US$682 million in the second portion of the $4.7 billion loan package allocated for Bangladesh.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal late Tuesday night confirmed, saying the approval came at the multilateral lender's board meetin...
City
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said evil design of politics of arson attacks on public transports, killing people alive and cuting off rail line must be stopped forever.Pointing out cutting of rail line in Gazipur last nigh...
Seven dengue patients died and 349 were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am on Wednesday.On November 15, Bangladesh witnessed 24 dengue deaths, the highest in a single day this year."The death toll from dengue infection crossed the 1600-mark as ...
Sports,Cricket
Bangladesh will take on New Zealand XI for their only warm-up game at Lincoln at 4a.m. on Thursday. The game will give Bangladesh a match practice ahead of their three-match ODI series against the Kiwis.The New Zealand Cricket had already announced a youthful New Zealand XI squad in which no pl...
Another US$1.31 billion is being added to Bangladesh Bank's (BB's) foreign exchange reserves this month as the country is on track to acquire loans from different sources, including International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and South Korea."The second tranche ($689...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lifted the interest-rate cap to unshackle bankers for collecting deposits of three months and above, thus making the interest regime market-based.The central bank now did it as the interest rate on lending has already been made market-based, according to a BB circular issued...
The Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance signed three grant agreements worth $80.68 million with the Global Fund.These agreements, signed with the Global Fund for Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria Programs Dhaka, Bangladesh are a substantial step towards bolstering the nati...
Mobile Veterinary Clinic (MVC) appears as the savior of homegrown cattle and poultries at grassroots to provide emergency treatments in 360 upazilas while officials said works are underway to reach the service to 466 upazilas and nine major cities including the capital. Mobile cars equip...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamunon Tuesday said that every policeman of the country is committed to become the people's police as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "Apart from maintaining the law and order of the country, the...
Although it has been only one era, Public Private Partnership (PPP) method in Bangladesh has shown tremendous success in project implementation and people have already started getting benefits from different projects under it.Currently, Bangladesh has a robust pipeline of 80 projects spanning variou...
Four activists of a faction of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot dead and three others remained missing as suspected rival activists carried out a clandestine attack at Anil Karbari area of Logang in Panchhari Monday night, police and witnesses said today.“We have received ...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said Tarique Rahman has turned BNP into a underground and terrorists party which caused social and political trouble for their leaders and workers.“BNP is now a fugitive party by losing pu...
The Japan-Bangladesh IT Association (JBITA) today hosted a groundbreaking Bangladesh IT Engineers Summit in Tokyo, Japan. Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) organized the event that broug...
Stock markets on Tuesday finished the session of the week flat as the major indices of the both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges showed down trend amid lower activities of large-cap securities.The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 0.48 point down at 6,263.87. The blue-chip ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the weekly cabinet meeting on Monday asked authorities concerned to build jetties or terminals at convenient coastal areas after carrying out survey within quickest possible time.The meeting was held in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with the premier in the cha...
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