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CEPZ fire still raging; 19 units battling to bring blaze under control

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- A massive fire that broke out at a garment factory inside the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) on Thursday afternoon is yet to be brought under control, with 19 firefighting ... Read More


No major improvement in Bangladesh's business climate: BBX survey

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Bangladesh's business environment has seen little to no notable improvement over the past year, with conditions in several key areas actually deteriorating, according to the latest B... Read More


Chief Adviser asks for probe into Mirpur fire incident

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has instructed the authorities concerned to investigate the devastating fire in a garment factory and chemical warehouse at Shialbari in the ci... Read More


MPO teachers block Shahbagh intersection

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Teachers and staff of MPO-listed non-government educational institutions blocked Shahbagh intersection on Wednesday afternoon after breaking through a police barricade to press home ... Read More


BUET chemical expert team visits Mirpur fire site

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- A chemical expert team of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) led by a BUET teacher Yeasir Arafat on Wednesday visited the fire site at Mirpur. During th... Read More


Nassa's Tk 40b loan being rescheduled

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- On an avowed purpose of facilitating production and protecting jobs in beleaguered Nassa Group, the defaulter kingpin's loan worth nearly Tk 40 billion out of its accumulated debts i... Read More


India to resume postal services to US from Oct 15

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- India's postal department has announced the resumption of all postal services to the United States from October 15. The federal ministry of communications on Tuesday said the postal... Read More


CUCSU election a 'rehearsal' for national polls, VC says

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Chittagong University Vice Chancellor Muhammad Yeahia Akhter has said the long-awaited CUCSU election will be a "rehearsal" for creating a "favourable" environment during the parliam... Read More


Community Bank inks strategic partnership deal with Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Community Bank has signed an agreement with Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort recently, at the Bank's Head Office, Dhaka. The signing ceremony was graced by Mr Kimiwa Saddat, Honourable ... Read More


Bangladesh economy: a case of incipient stagflation?

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- To state the obvious, an economy at any point of time has three states of being in terms of its gross domestic product (GDP): moving forward, regressing backward and standing still. ... Read More