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SDF rate cut to 8.0pc to rescue call-money mkt

Dhaka, July 15 -- Policymakers bill it as a major monetary-policy change as the central bank cuts the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate by 50 basis points to 8.0 per cent trying to revitalize the s... Read More


Trade halted at Teknaf port for three months

Dhaka, July 15 -- For three months, trade with Myanmar through the Teknaf Land Port in Cox's Bazar has been suspended. As a result, hundreds of trucks full of export goods are wasting away in the port... Read More


India offers support to restore Satyajit Ray's ancestral home in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 15 -- The Indian government on Tuesday said they are willing to cooperate with Bangladesh for the repair and reconstruction of the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Sat... Read More


Parents of girl who filed abuse case appeal for restraint, healing after cyberbullying

Dhaka, July 15 -- The parents of a girl who filed a court complaint seeking safety from physical and mental abuse have expressed alarm over "cyberbullying" their daughter is now facing and appealed fo... Read More


HC rule: Why not declare Dr Yunus 'National Reformer'

Dhaka, July 15 -- The High Court on Monday issued a rule upon the concerned bodies of the government for explanation as to why they should not be directed to declare Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Y... Read More


Gas crunch halts production at CUFL, bleeds govt funds

Dhaka, July 15 -- Production at the Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL) has remained suspended since April 11 due to a persistent gas crisis, leading to significant financial losses for the gove... Read More


Malaysia to issue multiple entry visas for Bangladeshi workers: Asif Nazrul

Dhaka, July 15 -- Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today (Tuesday) said Malaysian government would issue multiple entry visas for the Bangladeshi workers from now on... Read More


BB backup to falling dollar balances taka-dollar exchange

Dhaka, July 15 -- Bangladesh taka (BDT) depreciated by nearly 50 paisa against the US dollar Monday as regulatory backup to the falling greenback balanced the exchange-rate reversal of the previous wo... Read More


One more arrested over Mitford murder

Dhaka, July 15 -- RAB personnel have arrested another accused in the murder case of Lal Chand Sohag, who was killed in front of Mitford Hospital in the capital. Lt Col HM Sajjad Hossain, Commanding O... Read More


Reducing the costs of just transition for Bangladesh's RMG workers

Dhaka, July 15 -- Climate change is no longer only an environmental phenomenon. It is now the greatest justice challenge of our time. Its worst impacts are suffered by those least responsible, especia... Read More