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...
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IMF BPM6 BD reserves hit $26.32b
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have climbed to $26.32 billion, calculated according to the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual...
NBR protest called off as service declared essential
Staff reporter : Officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have withdrawn their protest movement following the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) decision to launch an...
GPI fall linked to Hasina regime Press Wing
Staff Reporter : The Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has dismissed as “misleading” claims circulating on social media and several websites alleging that Bangladesh’s sharp drop...
UN rights office gets ‘go-ahead’ in Bangladesh
Staff Reporter : The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish a presence in Bangladesh, following the...
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...
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...