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Private external debt dips 4.0pc YoY to $19.8b

Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Bangladesh's private sector outstanding external debt fell 4.0 per cent year on year (Y-O-Y) to US$19.78 billion at the end of June, as subdued investment and slow credit demand wei... Read More


Chittagong University appoints Prof Shaid Shohrowardhy as new proctor

Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Chittagong University has appointed marketing teacher Professor Hossain Shaid Shohrowardhy as its new proctor. The university's registrar office issued the official notification ap... Read More


JU rejects Amir Hamza's remarks as 'false and fabricated'

Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities strongly condemned recent remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Amir Hamza regarding the university, describing them as "false, baseless a... Read More


Bangladesh ranks 106th on Global Innovation Index

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Bangladesh remains one of the least innovative nations in the world, having been placed in the lower tier of a recent global ranking. The country was ranked 106th out of 139 econom... Read More


Brazil bets on mosquito super factory to protect 140 million from dengue

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- The world's largest biofactory for breeding mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, a method researchers use to combat dengue, hopes to protect some 140 million people from the... Read More


Govt to construct 10-storey building for only 50-man BIMSTEC HQ

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- The government plans to construct a 10-storey building at Gulshan in Dhaka for the headquarters of BIMSTEC, the Bay of Bengal regional bloc, comprising seven countries, formed to bo... Read More


ADB unhappy about $11b BD projects down-rated as 'problematic'

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Nearly US$11 billion worth of ADB-funded development projects in Bangladesh are up for reappraisal shortly as many of those are down-rated as "problematic" and "slow-going", officia... Read More


Bangladesh boasts decade-high apparel exports, now foresees compliance odds

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Bangladesh's apparel exports to both the European Union (EU) and the United States have recorded impressive growth for over a decade now, consolidating the country's position as a k... Read More


Govt moves to bring it under cabinet purview

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- The Ministry of Finance has moved to bring the procurements made by all entities, which have public investments, under the purview of the cabinet committee/advisers' council on econ... Read More


Automobiles and agro-machinery exhibition to kick off Saturday

Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- A two-day automobiles and agro-machinery exhibition will kick off on Saturday at the Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) office in Tejgaon, showcasing automobiles, agro-machinery... Read More