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BB extends loan rescheduling facility for jute exporters till Dec 31

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended a loan rescheduling facility for raw jute exporters till December 31, 2025, allowing them to reschedule loans for the next two years with a two perc... Read More


Tk 380 million of unspent funds of hajj agencies repatriated from KSA: Khalid

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Religious Affairs Adviser Dr A F M Khalid Hossain said around Tk 380 million of unspent funds belonging to Bangladeshi hajj agencies have been successfully repatriated from Saudi Ara... Read More


Dhaka CMM court magistrate suspended over graft allegations

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has been suspended after the allegations of corruption against him surfaced. The matter of the suspension came to ... Read More


UK pledges $27m in latest Gaza aid package

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Britain will provide a 20 million pound ($27 million) aid package to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services in Gaza, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday, as he arrived... Read More


Bangladesh Bank at crossroads

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Bangladesh today stands at a monetary and financial crossroads. The country is grappling with persistent inflation, exchange rate volatility, dwindling reserves, and external debt ob... Read More


China's victory in the battle against poverty

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Eradicating poverty is a shared aspiration of all nations and a pressing need that resonates widely across the Global South. After sustained efforts, China solemnly declared to the w... Read More


Midnight clash between DU, Dhaka College students leaves several injured

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- A clash broke out between students of Dhaka University (DU) and Dhaka College around midnight, leaving several people, including journalists, injured. The incident occurred around 1... Read More


Films on Hasina family swallow half of ICT project budget

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- A government project that set out to train young Bangladeshis to build mobile apps and video games has ended up spending nearly half its budget making animated films about ousted Pri... Read More


Data protection entities to face strict accountability

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- The government has taken a tougher stance on safeguarding citizens' personal information through the newly approved Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025. The ordinance aims to es... Read More


Cross-border payment system in BIMSTEC vision amid global monetary volatility

Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Spadework gets started to establish cross-border digital payment system for sub-regional bloc BIMSTEC to deepen economic integration and promote financial inclusion across South and ... Read More