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DBH Finance H1 profit jumps 32pc

Bangladesh, July 31 -- DBH Finance PLC posted a 32.37 per cent year-on-year increase in profit in the first half of 2026, driven by the reversal of provisions against investments and lower provisionin... Read More


BBS to digitise inflation surveys for faster data release

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Bangladesh's statistics agency is set to prepare to digitise the inflation data collection, a move officials say will speed up the release of consumer price figures and strength... Read More


Transition-time depressed dev works diminish ADP execution

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Depressed development works in the transition time are among reasons that diminished Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP)-implementation rate to a historic low of 67.... Read More


Policy interest rate reduced to 9.5pc

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Bangladesh Bank has reduced the policy rate by 50 basis points to 9.50 per cent just a month after announcing a cautious and contractionary monetary policy aimed at inflation co... Read More


Rice price doubles from farm to retail market, green chilli records 116pc hike

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Protracted, inefficient food-supply chains are amplifying the gap between farm-gate and retail prices of essentials, contributing to persistent food inflation and weakening cons... Read More


Extreme heat costs Bangladesh billions in productivity

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Extreme heat cost Bangladesh an estimated US$1.3-1.8 billion in lost productivity in 2024, equivalent to 0.3-0.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), with the impact expect... Read More


Section 144 withdrawn in Habiganj

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Habiganj district administration has withdrawn the Section 144 restriction imposed in the municipal area of Habiganj on Wednesday amid tensions surrounding protest programmes by... Read More


Vegetable prices surge dramatically in Gopalganj

Bangladesh, July 30 -- GOPALGANJ, July 29: Vegetable prices skyrocketed in the past three days to Tuesday in Gopalganj and locals said they are displeased over the lack of price control initiatives by... Read More


Grape cultivation becomes a boon for Rangpur farmer

Bangladesh, July 30 -- RANGPUR, July 29: Commercial grape cultivation has proved to be a boon for Rangpur farmer Tawhid Mia Mesbahuddin (40), whose success in this regard became talk of the town. Aft... Read More


Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway turns into a death-trap

Bangladesh, July 30 -- LALMONIRHAT, 29: Dilapidated condition, innumerable potholes and narrow structural design have turned the 100 kilometre Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway into a death trap and unfit... Read More