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Support fund afoot to import essentials

Dhaka, March 8 -- The government plans to create an import- support fund with a view to facilitating import of consumer goods and essential commodities to ensure sufficient supplies of such items in t... Read More


Initial WB aid to uprising injured: Over 5,000 students to receive Tk 0.1m each

Dhaka, March 8 -- Over 5,000 students severely injured in the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh will receive over Tk 100,000 each in cash transfer from the World Bank for their medical treatment... Read More


Early shoppers flock to malls to avoid Eid rush

Dhaka, March 8 -- Eid-ul-Fitr is still more than three weeks away, but many people went shopping at malls and makeshift shops in the capital on Friday, the first weekend of this Ramadan. Those who wa... Read More


Aromatic rice prices surge amid possible export decision

Dhaka, March 8 -- The prices of non-packaged aromatic rice have gone up by Tk 10-20 a kg during Ramadan, a hike traders attribute to the government's possible decision to permit the exports of this it... Read More


IFIC Bank celebrates International Women's Day 2025 with special event

Dhaka, March 8 -- IFIC Bank PLC celebrated International Women's Day 2025 with a special event held at IFIC Tower on Thursday, March 6, 2025, reinforcing its commitment to fostering an inclusive and m... Read More


RAB, police deployed at Baitul Mukarram entrance

Dhaka, March 7 -- The authorities have deployed a large number of police and Rapid Action Battalion personnel at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned Islamist organisatio... Read More


Police disperse Hizb ut-Tahrir procession near Purana Paltan

Dhaka, March 7 -- Police dispersed a procession brought out by the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahri in the capital's Purana Paltan area on Friday. The members of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahr... Read More


Ensuring women's safety vital determinant of modern state: Fakhrul

Dhaka, March 7 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stressed the importance of ensuring women's safety in determining a modern state. "Ensuring women's safety is the most importan... Read More


BGB seizes smuggled Indian shirts and cosmetics along Sunamganj border

Dhaka, March 7 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a large quantity of smuggled Indian goods, including readymade shirt pieces and cosmetics, along India border in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on... Read More


Banks now to borrow at unified repo rate of 10pc

Dhaka, March 7 -- Commercial banks will now borrow funds at a unified rate by using repo instrument as the central bank is eliminating the existing differentials in lending to the lenders. The countr... Read More