Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- * Businesses remained silent when state intervention distorted financial system and money was smuggled out * Low, capped interest rates are unlikely to return soon * High rates are... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Police have been granted approval to question Pabitra Kumar Barua, an administrative officer allegedly involved in the abuse of a child at a school in Dhaka's Paltan, in their custod... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- BNP chief Tarique Rahman has left Dhaka for Mymensingh to attend an election rally, marking his return to the district after more than two decades. His motorcade departed his Gulsha... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- As arrangements have been made to seek public approval for 84 major reforms through a single question in the upcoming referendum, Asif Saleh, executive director of BRAC, says he sees... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The interim government has decided to establish a factory to manufacture military hardware to meet the needs of the armed forces and strengthen national defence capability. Banglade... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- More than 400,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have cast their votes through postal ballots before the Feb 12 national election and referendum, according to the Election Commission (EC). ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- A 1-and-a-half-year-old child has spent the day at a Dhaka court compound, waiting for the release of his mother Topsha Biswas, whose bail plea in a police assault case is now schedu... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated candidates in 292 constituencies for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. Speaking at a media briefing at the BNP's Gulshan... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- A court has issued arrest warrants against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 other absconding suspects in two cases over the killings of freight truck driver Md Hossain and ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The central bank plans to reduce the volume of large corporate loans from the banking sector as part of efforts to rein in defaulted loans and develop the bond market, says Banglades... Read More