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Legal reforms, subsidies vital for climate risk insurance, says IDRA chairman

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Bangladesh faces significant challenges in introducing climate risk insurance despite being one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, speakers said at a workshop in the c... Read More


Regulatory and institutional gaps key challenges for eco-industrial parks

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Regulatory and institutional gaps as well as technical-capacity constraints of the stakeholders are the key challenges for implementing environmentally-friendly Eco-Industrial Parks ... Read More


Gold price hits new record at Tk 222,082 per bhori

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Gold prices jumped to an all-time high at Tk 222,082 per bhori in the local market as the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) revised the price of the 22-carat gold anew on Mond... Read More


Court orders sending Benazir's household items to CA's Relief Fund

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has directed that household items seized from the Gulshan flats of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, including used and unused clothes, kitchen ap... Read More


ADB, GoB sign loan deals worth $688m to support project

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) on Monday signed loan agreements worth $688 million to upgrade the 35-kilometre Chattogram-Dohazari railway li... Read More


Excelerate Energy to start LNG supply from early January

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- US-based Excelerate Energy is set to begin supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh from early January under a long-term contract, providing a fresh boost to the country's... Read More


BRAC Bank completes month-long intensive training for CMSMEs in Sirajganj

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- BRAC Bank, with support from the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank, has completed a month-long intensive training for the promising entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small a... Read More


17 arrested, 31 identified over attacks on Prothom Alo, Daily Star

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The law enforcement agencies have arrested 17 individuals and identified 31 others in connection with recent vandalism and arson attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily S... Read More


Ensure law and order at any cost

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has directed security agencies to ensure that law and order are maintained "at any cost" in the lead-up to the upcoming national election, amid... Read More


Nat'l grid to get Rooppur nuclear electricity soon

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Bangladesh could begin receiving electricity from its maiden nuclear power plant early next year, says Russia's ambassador, setting a milestone in one of the country's most ambitious... Read More