Dhaka, June 12 -- The government has appointed Belayet Hossain, a BNP leader, as chairman of the Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) for a year. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Pub... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- Former Bangladesh Bank governor and economist Ahsan H Mansur has described the proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27 as "overly ambitious", questioning the government's ability to ... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- The government has proposed developing a municipal bond framework to finance local government and urban infrastructure projects, opening up a potential new source of long-term fundin... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has urged Bangladesh's policymakers to adopt pragmatic and sustained measures to bring inflation under control. Reviewing the proposed budget fo... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has thwarted an attempt by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to push 12 people, including women and children, into the country through the Kushtia ... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) says the new budget is positive in intent but lacks any clear announcement on how it will be implemented, calling that the biggest challenge ahea... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- Business groups have broadly welcomed the BNP government's first budget in nearly two decades as "business-friendly", but voiced disappointment over the decision to leave corporate t... Read More
Dhaka, June 12 -- A woman has died after being thrown from a rickshaw during a bag-snatching incident in Dhaka while returning from her Eid holiday. The victim, identified as Soheli Islam Soma, 42, w... Read More
Dhaka, June 11 -- The goal of the upcoming budget is to establish "a welfare state", Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said. Speaking to the media on Thursday morning as he left his G... Read More
Dhaka, June 11 -- An earthquake has been felt in several parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, but no damage or casualties have been reported so far. According to the France-based Europea... Read More