No scope for electoral alliance with Jamaat
UNB : Though he has categorically ruled out the possibility of an electoral alliance with their party’s long-time ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP Standing Committee member...
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No elections without reform Warns NCP
Staff Reporter : Nahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), issued a stern warning on Friday, declaring that the people of Bangladesh would...
Janata Bank Scam: Ex-chair Dr Barkat sent to jail
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of prominent economist and former Janata Bank Chairman Dr Abul Barkat in connection with a...
Govt bank borrowing falls as foreign loans surge
Staff Reporter : The government’s net borrowing from commercial banks fell significantly in the 2024-25 fiscal year, reaching Tk 72,372 crore-just 73% of the Tk...
New rules to boost bond market liquidity
Staff Reporter : In a significant move to modernise public debt management and deepen the secondary bond market, the Finance Division has introduced a comprehensive...
Eighth year on, no Rohingya repatriation yet
Diplomatic Correspondent : The Rohingya refugee crisis continues to deepen, with nearly 150,000 more Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh over the past 18 months, adding to...
Dhaka awaits US response as tariff talks wrap up
Staff Reporter : The third and final day of the Bangladesh-U.S. three-day tariff negotiations concluded on today in Washington, DC, with Dhaka expressing optimism about...
A $6m bribery trail from Dhaka to Paris
NN Desk : In September 2015, at a discreet meeting in London, senior executives from the French technology firm Oberthur were introduced to a man...
Yoon held again over martial law declaration
Agency : Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was once again taken into custody Thursday over charges linked to his short-lived declaration of martial...
SSC results 2025: Girls outperform boys as 68.45pc pass nationwide
Staff Reporter : The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been published, showing that 68.45 percent of students passed...
ICT indicts ousted Hasina over protester deaths
Al Jazeera : Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two senior officials over alleged crimes against humanity linked...
NBR struggles with low revenue collection
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has long struggled with a stubbornly low revenue-to-GDP ratio-stuck near 8% for decades-pushing the government to roll out key reforms to...