Bangladesh Bank has further simplified the rules for importing capital equipment to increase investment and capacity in the country’s industrial sector. From now on, capital machinery required by industries can…
The pace of deposit growth in the banking sector has slowed further, as it stood at 9.62% at the end of October, lower than 9.98% in September, and 10% in…
Workers of the Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s Surface Water Treatment Plant project held protests on Tuesday to push for their nine-point demand, including fair wages, overtime payment and…
Smuggling through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has long been a persistent concern, but law enforcement agencies say smugglers have recently shifted tactics – allowing them to illegally move gold, yaba,…
A two-year-old child fell 30 feet underground into an abandoned deep tube-well hole in Tanore, Rajshahi. Fire Service teams and local residents are working to rescue the child alive. According…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is receiving the highest level of medical care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Evercare Hospital, her personal physician, Dr AZM Zahid, said on Wednesday…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday warned that Bangladesh’s very existence would be at risk if the party is not voted to power in the upcoming national election, urging…
They were men of inordinate ambition, obsessed with power. In their flawed politics were embedded the seeds of tragedy for millions of people in the subcontinent. One pioneered the division…
Highlighting the cultural interconnections between Bangladesh and India, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Wednesday recalled that Deepavali is widely celebrated across Bangladesh, often alongside Kali Puja and…
The Monsoon Protest Archives, a global digital platform established to collect and preserve evidence from Bangladesh’s July 2024 mass uprising, was formally launched on Wednesday at the Abdul Karim Sahitya…
