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UK reaffirms £2.0b trade finance support

Bangladesh, Aug. 2 -- The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to provide up to £2.0 billion in financing support through UK Export Finance (UKEF), reinforcing its long-term economic part... Read More


LNG crisis drives import costs up

Bangladesh, Aug. 2 -- Bangladesh's efforts to secure much-needed liquefied natural gas (LNG) have become increasingly difficult as global prices surge and long-term suppliers continue to suspend sched... Read More


Trade concerns behind BD support for Saudi-led maritime alliance: Experts

Bangladesh, Aug. 2 -- Bangladesh's decision to participate in a Saudi Arabia-led multinational maritime defence alliance is prompted primarily by economic necessity rather than geopolitical realignmen... Read More


Too many hands in the food chain

Bangladesh, Aug. 2 -- Supply shortages arising from erratic weather, crop failure or global price shocks fall largely outside government control, no matter how much blame it attracts when prices spike... Read More


Tribunal judges inspect alleged secret RAB detention site in Uttara

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Judges of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) have toured an alleged secret detention centre run by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during the Awami League government's tenu... Read More


No link between Motijheel explosive recovery and Mirpur, Farmgate incidents: CTTC

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday said it has found no connection between the explosive recovered beneath M... Read More


Cold storage owners seek 20pc power tariff rebate, 30pc potato export incentive

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) on Saturday urged the government to provide a 20 per cent rebate on electricity bills and raise the cash incentive for potato expor... Read More


Shu Xiong appointed president, managing director of Chevron Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Shu Xiong has been appointed president and managing director of Chevron Bangladesh, effective August 1, 2026. She succeeds Eric M Walker, who served Chevron Bangladesh for the pa... Read More


MA Khan Belal elected Mercantile Bank chairmans

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- MA Khan Belal was elected chairman of the board of directors of Mercantile Bank PLC at the bank's 490th board meeting held at its head office in Dhaka on Thursday (July 30). Adv... Read More


MA Khan Belal elected Mercantile Bank chairman

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- MA Khan Belal was elected chairman of the board of directors of Mercantile Bank PLC at the bank's 490th board meeting held at its head office in Dhaka on Thursday (July 30). Adv... Read More