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Eight more firms given extended deadlines to adjust negative equity

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- The securities regulator has granted additional time to eight more market intermediaries to ensure compliance with provisioning requirements for unrealised losses and to adjust negat... Read More


Fortune Shoes' profit nosedives as non-operating income dries up

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Fortune Shoes' profit nosedived to Tk 19 million in FY25 as non-operating income shrank significantly. The shoe manufacturer's profit tumbled 77 per cent year-on-year in FY25, accor... Read More


Exchange rate rise erodes export competiveness

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Bangladesh's exports may get costlier to foreign buyers while imports cheaper as the local currency, taka, appears increasingly overvalued in the foreign-exchange basket in real term... Read More


Paddy prices slightly lower as import continues, millers dominate market

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Paddy prices during the ongoing Aman harvest season are slightly lower than last year's, with farmers and market observers attributing the decline to continued rice imports and the s... Read More


Govt finalizes SPs for 64 districts through lottery

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- The interim government has finalized the appointments of Superintendents of Police (SPs) for all 64 districts through a lottery system ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliament ... Read More


Stronger registration law essential to protecting women's rights: Speakers

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Speakers at a webinar on Tuesday said a strong birth and death registration law is particularly important for safeguarding women's fundamental rights, including access to education, ... Read More


Metro Rail cards can now be recharged online

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- From now on, passengers using the Dhaka Metro Rail can recharge their travel passes online. The service was inaugurated at the capital's Agargaon Metro Station on Tuesday morning. ... Read More


Spectrum auction to fetch Tk 2.37 billion per unit

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Bangladesh plans to earn Tk 2.37 billion per unit from 700MHz spectrum auction as the government approves the long-awaited financial terms for selling the highly coveted telecommunic... Read More


Korail slum blaze tamed after five hours as inhabitants watch homes collapse

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- A devastating fire that raged for more than five hours in the Korail slum of Dhaka's Mohakhali has finally been brought under control, while the air filled with the cries of resident... Read More


Nutritional transition in South Asia

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Because of a major shift in dietary patterns and lifestyle changes due to urbanisation and rising incomes, low- and middle-income countries are experiencing a rapid nutrition transit... Read More