Dhaka, May 8 -- Bangladesh Bank has finally discarded the existing reference rate, or SMART, used for determining the lending rates of banks and NBFIs, the central bank said in a circular on Wednesday... Read More
Dhaka, May 8 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team led by Chris Papageorgiou reached a staff-level agreement with the Bangladesh authorities on the policies needed to complete the secon... Read More
Dhaka, May 5 -- Arrested Chairman of 'Child and Old Age Care' Milton Somaddar used to derive 'brutal pleasure' from cutting off the hands and legs of old persons at his charity home, said Additional P... Read More
Dhaka, May 5 -- Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman on Sunday expressed his support for the decision to restrict journalists' entry into Bangladesh Bank. "I should complimen... Read More
Dhaka, May 4 -- State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat said on Saturday that a mechanism should be developed so that Bangladesh Bank can share information with journalists w... Read More
Dhaka, April 30 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$121.55 million to a Bangladeshi private sector company for constructing a 100-megawatt solar-based power plant in Pabna. The Manila... Read More
Dhaka, April 29 -- Over 400 out-of-work women garment workers have received training in recent two events in a bid to establish business relations with different public and private sector actors, pote... Read More
Dhaka, April 29 -- The number of registrations for the Universal Pension Scheme has crossed 100,000 as of Monday, says a press release. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 17, 2023, launched the U... Read More
Dhaka, April 29 -- Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda on Monday directed land officers to identify areas for increasing revenue collection in the land sector. He gave the directives while addressin... Read More
Dhaka, April 28 -- The government has given 29 factories from 12 sectors 'Green Factory Award 2023' for their workplace safety, environmental compliance and other good practices. Parliament Speaker D... Read More