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...
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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...
Reshaping politics in Bangladesh
Al Jazeera : On July 16, 2024, as security forces launched a brutal crackdown on student protesters campaigning against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian...
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...
EC ready to accelerate poll preparations
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh convened its eighth commission meeting today to discuss key legal reforms, including amendments to the Representation...
Advisory Council okays 2 ordinances, 3 proposals
Staff Reporter : The Council of Advisers, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, approved two ordinances and three proposals during its meeting on Thursday....