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Industrial raw material imports: BB sets up to 270 days for usance period

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The central bank has allowed import of industrial raw materials-- including back-to-back import-- as well as agricultural implements and chemical fertilisers under suppliers' or buye... Read More


Dense fog, low sunshine bring cold wave-like chill countrywide

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Parts of the country, including Dhaka, have been experiencing cold wave-like chilling weather for the last four days due to reduced sunshine during winter caused by persistent fog, m... Read More


Growing digital adoption drives up internet banking

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Internet-banking transactions surged by more than 39.0 per cent to Tk 1.29 trillion during the first four months of the current fiscal year, signifying a steady shift away from chequ... Read More


Nation bereft of a great guardian when most needed: CA

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The head of interim government, Prof Muhammad Yunus, expressed profound sorrow at the death of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a three-time former Prime Minister and symbol of dem... Read More


'A profound loss': Hasina mourns death of archrival Khaleda

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed condolences following the death of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her archrival who dominated Bangladesh's politics alongside her for decade... Read More


ICC Bangladesh president condoles death of Khaleda Zia

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- ICC Bangladesh President Mr Mahbubur Rahman has expressed deepest condolences at the demise of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. In a condol... Read More


15 years of investment, little modal shift

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- An enormous amount of money had been invested in developing Bangladesh's communications system over the past 15 years but modal transport share remained heavily skewed toward overbur... Read More


Pakistan deputy PM to attend Khaleda Zia's funeral prayer

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar is scheduled to attend the funeral prayer (namaj-e-janaza) of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum... Read More


Khaleda Zia no more

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Khaleda Zia, the country's first female prime minister and chairperson of the BNP, has died aged 79. Her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said she breathed her last early on ... Read More


Low speed prevents disaster after train derails in Gafargaon due to track removal

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Bangladesh Railway officials say the low speed of a Dhaka-bound passenger train prevented casualties after it derailed in Mymensingh's Gafargaon. The locomotive and two carriages of... Read More