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...
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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...
IMF loan tranches propel reserves with $30b
Staff Reporter : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed the fourth and fifth tranches of its loan agreement with Bangladesh, totalling approximately $1.33 billion....
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...
Kyiv urges EU to sanction BD over contested wheat
Staff Reporter : Ukraine has urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Bangladeshi entities accused of importing wheat originating from Ukrainian territories currently under...
IDRA proposes sweeping powers to fix insurance crisis
Muhammad Ayub ALi : The government is preparing to intervene decisively in Bangladesh’s ailing insurance sector with a new Insurer Resolution Ordinance-2025, modelled on the...