Staff Reporter : In a move aimed at mitigating the shortage of passenger coaches and expediting services, the government has signed a contract with Indian firm RITES Limited for the purchase of 200 passenger...
Abu Jakir : As the sixth Upazila Parishad elections reach their largest and most critical phase today, the ruling Awami League and the Election Commission are grappling with the dual challenges of maintaining law...
NN Online Report: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the...
Syed Shemul Parvez : Question paper leaks in recruitment exams continue to plague Bangladesh, despite stringent measures by the authorities. Law enforcement agencies are struggling to contain the problem as sophisticated cheating gangs employ...
Special Correspondent : Investors in the industrial sector are struggling to launch new businesses or expand existing ones due to a slowdown in loan approvals by state-owned commercial banks. A central bank report sent...
Staff Reporter : A discussion meeting held on Saturday at the Jatiya Press Club commemorated the historic Farakka Long March, led by the late Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani. Speakers at the event, organized...
City Desk : Unprecedented debt will surely derail the hope of sustainability after Bangladesh’s graduation as a middle-income country. The civil society organizations who participate in the event led by EquityBD include BDCSO Process,...
Reza Mahmud : The country’s vital foreign currency-earning migration sector remains vulnerable due to severe issues such as the lack of a proper database platform containing complete information on migration-oriented manpower. Stakeholders argue that...
Staff Reporter : The community in Satkhira, a district in Bangladesh afflicted by high soil salinity due to the unauthorized withdrawal of water from trans-boundary rivers by India, initially abandoned traditional crop cultivation. They...
Staff Reporter : The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved a Taka 2.65 lakh crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY25), putting the highest allocation of Taka 70,687.75 crore...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s private-sector short-term foreign borrowings have experienced a notable decline for the fourth consecutive month, reaching $11 billion in March. This downward trend, observed since December last year, when short-term foreign...
