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Square Pharma recommends record 130pc cash dividend

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Square Pharmaceuticals, the country's leading drug maker, has recommended a record 130 per cent cash dividend for the financial year 2025-26 (FY26). The company's board of dire... Read More


Bangladesh to send first batch of 12 workers to Mongolia Nov 1

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Bangladesh is set to send its first batch of workers to Mongolia on November 1, as the government seeks to explore new overseas employment destinations beyond traditional labour... Read More


Banks restore websites after PHP security scare

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Bangladesh Bank and dozens of commercial banks have restored their websites after temporarily taking them offline over fears of cyberattacks exploiting two critical vulnerabilit... Read More


Australia looks for greater collaboration in clean energy sector

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Australia is seeking deeper collaboration with Bangladesh in renewable energy, battery storage and other clean technologies, as the country looks to turn its ambitious energy tr... Read More


Sikder Group's stolen $500m funds abroad

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- Seven banks and an international asset-recovery consortium squabble over an agreement on repatriating Sikder Group's stolen assets worth around $1.0 billion detected abroad. An... Read More


Cox's Bazar airport set for int'l debut with Muscat flight

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) plans to inaugurate Cox's Bazar International Airport on November 10, with a Dhaka-Muscat flight via Cox's Bazar as the first i... Read More


'No time for such nonsense': Farooki waves off divorce rumours

Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- Filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki has dismissed reports of a split from his wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha, as baseless. The former culture affairs advisor for the interim go... Read More


One-person-co reg surges, but capital barrier persists

Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- Registrations of one-person companies (OPCs) in Bangladesh are gathering pace, with 376 firms registered in the first three months of FY2026-27, but a high minimum paid-up capit... Read More


Individuals directed to mutate land, pay tax

Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- The government has taken a move to separate privately owned land from khas or government-interest land within the same plot, directing the private land owners to mandatorily com... Read More


BTRC weighs Tk 500 emergency mobile balance limit as borrowing costs come into focus

Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- Mobile phone users may soon be able to borrow up to Tk 500 in emergency balance, up from the existing ceiling of Tk 200 for three of the country's four operators, although the p... Read More