Yunus, Guterres to share Iftar with 1 lakh Rohingyas
Staff Reporter : United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus are set to attend an Iftar gathering with approximately 100,000...
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New probe panel to review BB 2016 cyber heist
Staff Reporter : The Cabinet Division has established a six-member committee, led by Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, to reassess the 2016 cyber theft involving Bangladesh...
16 banks exceed loan-deposit limit in December
Muhammad Ayub Ali : The Bangladesh Bank has imposed restrictions on the amount banks can lend against their deposits. However, updated data from the central...
Apex Chair Syed Manzur Elahi passes away
Staff Reporter : Syed Manzur Elahi, the prominent businessman and chairman of Apex Group, passed away at a hospital in Singapore this morning. He was...
Bangladesh ranks #1 in 2024 global pollution index
Staff Reporter : The 2024 World Air Quality Report by Swiss-based IQAir has identified Bangladesh along with Chad as the most polluted countries, with Delhi,...
BB reconstitutes board of 3 private banks
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank has dissolved the boards of directors for Meghna Bank PLC, NRB Bank PLC, and NRBC Bank PLC. The central...
UN to rent property owned by Hasina ally Bashundhara
News Desk : The UN is relocating its agencies in Dhaka to a building complex owned by one of the families accused by Bangladesh’s interim...
Competitive economy key to sustainable future
Staff Reporter : Sustainable business models should not be confined to exporters but must be embraced across the entire value chain, stated Debapriya Bhattacharya, Convenor...
HC issues rule against loan sharking, unfair interest rates
Staff Reporter : The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking why the authorities’ inaction in halting usury and the high-interest lending practices by...
Jaflong’s wealth plundered by political mafias
S A Shofiee, Sylhet : The political landscape in East Sylhet has long been dictated by a ‘Permanent Power Party,’ a group that remains influential...
Hunger among Rohingya refugees warned
Staff Reporter : The number of children requiring emergency treatment for severe acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has surged by 27...