Dhaka seeks 10pc tariff cap in US trade talks
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has formally submitted a counter-proposal to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), seeking revisions to the draft Reciprocal Tariff Agreement aimed...
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Infrastructure slowdown sees growth drop to 1.1pc
Staff Reporter : The Bangladeshi construction sector is set to experience a significant deceleration in growth, with projections indicating a slowdown from 3.4 per cent...
Three Zeros, One Future
Staff Reporter : Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged the world to exchange “one-dimensional selfishness” for the human-centred principles...
Public social media now part of US student visa process
Staff Reporter : The United States Embassy in Dhaka has requested Bangladeshi applicants for student and exchange programme visas to adjust the privacy settings on...
Dengue kills 2 more, 159 under treatment in 24hr
News Desk : The dengue outbreak continues to spread as two more people died and 159 were hospitalised across the country in the past 24...
Forex reserves reach $22.24b
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves climbed to $22.24 billion on Tuesday, buoyed by a $350 million disbursement from the World Bank. The increase...
BPC posts Tk2,050cr profit amid fuel price hike: CPD
Special Correspondent : Riding on the back of fuel price hikes under the government’s automated pricing mechanism, the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) posted a...
Foreign aid cuts affect Rohingya children’s education
Staff Reporter : Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh have been facing extreme education crisis as the United States (US) and other foreign donor have cut-offs...
2024 election was ‘dummy, farcical’
Noman Mosharef : Arrested former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has admitted that the 2024 national polls sans real political participation was ultimately...
Iran will ‘never surrender’ to US
Al Jazeera : Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran will “never surrender” to the United States, striking a defiant tone in his...
‘Torture devices’ found in detention cells
Staff Reporter : A recent report by the Commission on Enforced Disappearance reveals that “specialized interrogation cells equipped with torture devices” were found in nearly...