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Five Bangladeshis killed in gas cylinder blast in Maldives

Dhaka, March 13 -- Five Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed and two others critically injured after a gas cylinder exploded at a labour quarter of an under-construction company on Dhigurah Island ... Read More


Gold price drops by Tk 2,158 per bhori in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 13 -- The price of gold in Bangladesh dropped by Tk 2,158 per bhori on Friday, according to the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS). The Bangladesh Jewellers Association today decid... Read More


Iran's IRGC says strikes US naval HQs in Bahrain with missiles, drones

Dhaka, March 13 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday its Navy has hit the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain's Mina Salman port with missiles and drones. Annou... Read More


Airfreight charges fly high in BD

Dhaka, March 13 -- Normal trade-shipment disruptions due to the Middle East turmoil have sent airfreight rates flying in Bangladesh, tripling for Dhaka-to-Europe transportation and nearly doubling for... Read More


US relaxes Russia oil curbs as Iran war drives prices up

Dhaka, March 13 -- The US has authorised countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum that is currently loaded on vessels at sea in an attempt to curb the economic impact of the US-Israel war... Read More


NBFC deposits rise, loan disbursements fall

Dhaka, March 13 -- Non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) saw a slight increase in deposits during the October-December 2025 quarter, but loan disbursements declined on a year-on-year basis, reflecting ... Read More


Apparel exporters' raw-material costs surge 32pc, export loss looms

Dhaka, March 13 -- Bangladesh's textile manufacturers, apparel exporters and global buyers alike feel mounting financial pressure under chain effects of the Middle East turmoil that disrupts major shi... Read More


7 LNG cargoes due by mid-April affected

Dhaka, March 13 -- The delivery of a total of seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes has so far been affected for Bangladesh due to the enforcement of force majeure by QatarEnergy and restrictions ... Read More


Industrialist Manzur Elahi remembered

Dhaka, March 13 -- Officials and employees of Apex Footwear Ltd on Thursday remembered their late founding chairman Syed Manzur Elahi by paying rich tributes to his memory, recalling his honesty, visi... Read More


Family card to reduce poverty rate to 11.3pc: RAPID study

Dhaka, March 13 -- Family card can have significant anti-poverty impact as the programme if properly targeted would reduce Bangladesh's overall poverty rate by 7.4 percentage points, according to a RA... Read More