NCP to honour ‘July Uprising’ with nationwide march
Staff Reporter : The National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a month-long nationwide campaign titled Desh Gorte July Padojatra (“July March to Build the Nation”),...
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July Charter in limbo amid stalled party dialogue
Staff Reporter : As the anniversary of last year’s historic ‘July Uprising’ approaches, Professor Ali Riaz, co-chair of the National Consensus Commission, has voiced concern...
Rooppur NPP nears connection to nat’l grid
Staff Reporter : The successful commissioning of the main and auxiliary transformers at the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) marks a...
BB injects Tk 52,500cr into troubled banks
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Bank (BB) has injected Tk 52,500 crore in liquidity support to 12 financially troubled banks, marking one of the largest such...
Fresh Indian trade barriers strain Dhaka-Delhi ties
Staff Reporter : India has imposed fresh restrictions on the import of nine categories of Bangladeshi products through land ports, further straining bilateral trade relations...
Call to rethink costly projects amid debt pressure
Staff Reporter : Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has cautioned against approving large-scale development projects that could jeopardise Bangladesh’s debt sustainability, urging stakeholders to evaluate...
IFIs must share blame for economic misrule
Staff Reporter : Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, has urged international financial institutions (IFIs) to critically re-evaluate their historical support for successive...
Listed bank shares tumble below face value
Muhammad Ayub Ali : Bangladesh’s listed banking stocks, once a cornerstone of the equity market, continue to fall to multi year lows as concerns over...
IAB demands PR elections, state reforms
Staff Reporter : Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) organised a massive rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday, drawing hundreds of thousands of supporters from...
Revenue deadlock deepens
Staff Reporter : National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials protesting under the banner of the NBR Reform Unity Parishad will continue their “complete shutdown” and...