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Trump administration reduces tariffs on Bangladeshi goods to 20%

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- After talks and negotiations, the Trump administration has reduced the US tariffs on Bangladeshi products to 20 percent from the initially proposed 35 percent. The US announced ... Read More


Reform dialogue delivers 81-point agreement but legal status, road to implementation remains hazy

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- A five-month political dialogue aimed at reforming Bangladesh's state structure concluded with agreements on 81 proposals, but uncertainty looms over how much of it will translat... Read More


MSF reports 8 BNP activists killed, 16 lynched across Bangladesh in July

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- At least nine people were killed in political violence across Bangladesh in July, according to rights group Manabadhikar Sanskriti Foundation (MSF). Of them, four were linked to... Read More


Consensus reached on 19 core reform points, including dissent on five, says Ali Riaz

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The National Consensus Commission has reached agreement with political parties on 19 key areas of state reform, although five issues drew formal notes of dissent. After the fina... Read More


Fire at Shahjibazar power plant plunges Habiganj into darkness

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The Shahjibazar Power Plant in Habiganj has caught fire, cutting off electricity across the entire district. The building caught fire around 7:15pm on Thursday following a loud ... Read More


Police recover Tk 300,000 'extortion money' from flat of ex-Students Against Discrimination leader

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Police have recovered nearly Tk 300,000 from the rented flat of Abdur Razzak bin Sulaiman Riyad, a dismissed student leader of the anti-discrimination movement, claiming it to be... Read More


Bangladesh joins third round of US tariff talks

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Bangladesh has entered the third round of negotiations with the United States in Washington to bargain over President Donald Trump's proposed supplemental tariffs on Bangladeshi ... Read More


'He wanted to restock the shop,' says family after 'BNP men' beat Jahangir to death

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- A man has died after allegedly being beaten by local BNP activists during a dispute over unpaid rent on a shop they had converted into a party office in Narayanganj's Araihazar. ... Read More


Bangladesh Bank maintains contractionary monetary policy, repo rate stays unchanged at 10%

Bangladesh, July 31 -- With the aim of maintaining control of inflation, Bangladesh Bank has announced that it will continue to implement a contractionary monetary policy for the first half of the new... Read More


Court sentences 2 to death for teen's murder, 2 others to life in prison for rape in Naogaon

Bangladesh, July 31 -- A Naogaon court has sentenced two people to death for the kidnapping and murder of a teenage boy in Badalgachi Upazila, while handing life sentences to two others for the rape o... Read More