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Dhaka eyes ASEAN-SAARC climate cooperation

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Bangladesh wants to serve as a bridge between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to strengt... Read More


Inflation, jobs top economic concerns

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Persistent inflation is putting pressure on people's purchasing power, while Bangladesh faces the wider challenge of boosting investment and employment, rebuilding confidence in ... Read More


Tap Asia for growth Rehman Sobhan

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Bangladesh must turn its growing economic links with Asia into greater export, investment and connectivity opportunities as global economic power shifts towards the region, emine... Read More


Jamaat reminds BNP of past alliances

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has called for consistency and political understanding among major parties, recalling periods of cooperation between the BNP an... Read More


Industries secy calls for innovation to boost productivity

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Industries Secretary Abdun Naser Khan has stressed the need to combine innovation, knowledge and skills to make optimum use of Bangladesh's limited resources while increasing pro... Read More


BOBC 2026 brings over 200 speakers from 100 countries

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- The fifth edition of the Bay of Bengal Conversation (BOBC) 2026 will begin at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka today, bringing together more than 200 speakers from over 100 c... Read More


Dengue claims 249 lives this year

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Dengue claimed four more lives in the country in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, while 1,978 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country, taking the total number o... Read More


No plan for 'Operation Clean Heart'-style drive

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has no plan to launch a special operation like the past "Operation Clean Heart," although law enforcement agencies are prep... Read More


16.5m older people, eight empty homes

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Bangladesh now has around 16.5 million people aged 60 and above, but the country's institutional support for its rapidly growing elderly population remains strikingly limited. O... Read More


ECI orders special drive to restore voters left out of rolls after SIR

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Election Commission has directed Chief Electoral Officers in all 20 states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been completed to conduct a "special drive" to identi... Read More