Khaleda heads home
Staff Reporter : BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will return home on Monday after her medical check-up and treatment in London, United Kingdom. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain said her physical...
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May Day today: Dignity and unity drive the progress: CA
Staff Reporter : The historic May Day is being observed today in Bangladesh and around the world, commemorating the enduring struggle and sacrifices of workers who, in 1886, laid down their lives at Chicago’s...
Dhaka eyes extension on US tariff pause
Staff Reporter : Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed stated that Bangladesh would seek an extension from the United States should it fail to finalise a trade agreement within the 90-day tariff reprieve announced by...
Forex reserves hit multi-month high
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed the $22 billion threshold for the first time in several months, bolstered by a steady inflow of remittances and export earnings. According to the International...
External loan repayments reach $3.2b 25pc up YoY
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh repaid a total of $3.212 billion in principal and interest to development partners during the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal year (FY2024-25), marking a 24.9 percent increase...
No Expenditure Festival: ‘Govt plans realistic FY26 budget’
Staff Reporter : Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin has said the interim government’s key priority is to frame a realistic and justice-oriented national budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY2025-26), moving away from past...
UN corridor plan fuels sovereignty debate in Dhaka
Al Mamun Harun Ur Rashid : With no tangible progress in Rohingya repatriation and worsening humanitarian conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, a United Nations proposal to establish a humanitarian corridor through Bangladesh has stirred...
‘BD hopeful of IMF next loan tranche’
Staff Reporter : National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan has said Bangladesh may receive a decision on the next tranche of its IMF loan during a meeting in Washington on 5...
Pharma industry eyes global expansion, hurdles remain
Gazi Anowar : Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical sector stands at the brink of becoming a global powerhouse, but experts warn that regulatory, infrastructural, and strategic complexities must be swiftly addressed to fully harness its potential. Dr....
Canada should ‘never forget’ lessons of US ‘betrayal’
AFP : Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country should “never forget the lessons” of the United States’s “betrayal,” in a stark rebuke of President Donald Trump, after his Liberal party won...
Depz Power Outage: 30pc of factories yet to resume production
Staff Reporter : Production activities in 30 percent of factories at the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were suspended after Titas Gas authorities abruptly cut off gas supply to United Power on Monday, citing...