Recycling failure fuels toxic threat
Bangladesh is losing valuable resources worth an estimated $500 million a year from discarded electronics while unsafe recycling practices expose workers and nearby communities to...
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Global grain supplies at risk
Bangladesh risks renewed pressure on food prices as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ports and grain export routes threaten global wheat supplies, with the country’s heavy...
Conspiracy at home and abroad
BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that conspiracies are under way, both at home and abroad, to destabilise the government. He...
Standoff over July Charter deepens
The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance, the main opposition bloc, has vowed to intensify its anti-government movement in the coming days, ruling out any compromise over the...
Dhaka turns to USA for IMF financing
Bangladesh is looking to stronger US support to advance its efforts to secure financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while China has signalled interest...
Migrant woes mount as Saudi flights halt
Thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers and other passengers travelling to Saudi Arabia are facing uncertainty as escalating security threats have disrupted air services to the...
Govt unfazed by IMF outlook
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury remains confident that Bangladesh will achieve its 6.5 per cent GDP growth target in the current fiscal year, despite...
PM welcomes Dutch skill on Teesta
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday welcomed the Netherlands’ offer to study the feasibility of the Teesta project, saying the two delta countries share common...
Triple whammy for Bangladesh economy
Bangladesh faces mounting economic risks from the escalating Middle East conflict, with potential threats to remittance inflows, energy supplies and air travel already raising concern....
Overpriced LPG cylinders Govt directs DCs to crack down
The government has issued a series of directives to district administrators (DCs) to prevent the sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders at prices above...
Tigers-Afghanistan one-off Test ends in draw
The one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan ended in a draw on the Day 5 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United...
Outcry, calls for AL trial
The heckling of former interim government chief adviser Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus by activists of the banned Awami League at New York’s John...