Festive demand drives hilsa to record highs
Noman Mosharef : As Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar, approaches on 14 April, festive preparations are in full swing across the...
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4.0-magnitude quake hits capital, border areas
Staff Reporter : An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale jolted Dhaka and several other parts of Bangladesh on Friday afternoon, raising renewed concerns...
March for Gaza set to unite Dhaka today
Staff Reporter : In a significant demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinian people, a large-scale public gathering titled “March for Gaza” is set to take...
Govt brings back 167 trafficking victims from Libya
Diplomatic Correspondent : The Government of Bangladesh, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has successfully repatriated 167 Bangladeshi nationals from Libya-most of whom had been...
Written-off loans hit Tk 81.6kcr Up 52pc YoY
Staff Reporter : The written-off loans in Bangladesh’s banking sector surged by 52.16 per cent year-on-year, reaching Tk 81,578 crore at the end of December...
Trump's Trade War: China strikes back with 125pc tariffs on US goods
News Desk : China on Friday retaliated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs by raising its levies on U.S. goods to 125 per cent...
Weak oversight fuels agro land shift to commercial use
Reza Mahmud : Vast swathes of cultivable land across Bangladesh are being repurposed for commercial installations in violation of existing laws, raising serious concerns about...
BB to freeze illicit overseas assets within 6 months
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to freeze several foreign assets suspected to have been acquired through laundered money within the next six...
TULIP’S INFLUENCE: Rehana, Bobby, Azmina get Rajuk plots
Staff Reporter : Sheikh Rehana, her son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and daughter Azmina Siddiq have got plots in Purbachal New Town without submitting any...