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Mongolia job market opens as BD sends first batch of 12 workers

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Bangladesh has sent its first batch of 12 migrant workers to Mongolia, opening a new overseas employment destination for the country through the state-owned Bangladesh Overseas E... Read More


AI adoption outpaces employer readiness in BD workplaces

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among employees in Bangladesh is outpacing employers' readiness to integrate the technology into workplaces, with more than half of workers ... Read More


Affordable foreign currency financing crucial for trade, industrial growth

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Access to affordable foreign currency financing has become increasingly important for sustaining international trade, industrial production and investment amid challenging econom... Read More


Industrial credit growth slows as investment appetite weakens

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Industrial term loan disbursement recorded only marginal growth in FY26, with lending losing momentum towards the end of the fiscal year as businesses remained cautious about new... Read More


Meghna Bank joins BB's Tk 20b financing scheme for leather sector development

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Meghna Bank PLC has joined Bangladesh Bank's Tk 20 billion (Tk 2,000 crore) pre-finance scheme for the growth and development of the leather and leather goods industry, under whi... Read More


Government sets out plans to revive tea industry

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The government has drawn up a series of measures to tackle the challenges facing the country's tea industry and boost production and investment. One of them is examining whether ... Read More


TCB seeks Tk 12.28b subsidy to cover sales losses

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has sought Tk 12.28 billion in subsidies to cover losses from selling essential commodities below procurement costs, highlig... Read More


Energy, social protection among reform priorities

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) decision to grant Bangladesh an exceptional three-year extension of its preparatory period to graduate from the least-developed-count... Read More


Deep depression over Bay intensified into Cyclonic storm 'Murasu'

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- The deep depression over Southeast Bay and adjoining Southwest Bay moved west-northwestwards, intensified into a Cyclonic Storm "Murasu" and now lies over Southwest and adjoining... Read More


Purbachal plot corruption: Shawkat Aziz Russell sent to jail after surrender

Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- Shawkat Aziz Russell, son of late Partex Group founder MA Hashem, was sent to jail on Sunday after a Dhaka court rejected his bail petition in a corruption case over plot allocat... Read More