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Bangladesh's poverty reversal

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- As Bangladesh approaches the end of 2025, the country faces one of its most serious socio-economic crises in decades. The decades-long trajectory of steady growth and poverty reducti... Read More


Climate Justice Assembly to be held in Dhaka on Dec 13-14

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Organisers of the Climate Justice Assembly, scheduled for Dec 13-14, briefed reporters at a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka. They talked about the main modaliti... Read More


Workers urge policy support for struggling spinning mills

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Workers and employees from the spinning sub-sector of the textile industry have called on the government for policy support to help the spinning mills overcome ongoing challenges, pa... Read More


Govt's no to 20pc power bill rebate facility for fish, livestock and poultry farms

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The government has decided not to include fisheries, hatcheries, livestock and poultry farms in its existing 20 per cent electricity bill rebate scheme, despite recognising their ris... Read More


BPC profit increases by 9.46pc in FY25

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) recorded a 9.46-percent rise in profit in the last fiscal year (FY 2024-25), driven by the automatic fuel-pricing formula introduced in March 2... Read More


Migration alone cannot secure BD's future

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Bangladesh's long-standing dependence on overseas labour migration may have helped cushion external shocks, but it cannot deliver a sustainable path to middle- or high-income status ... Read More


Health, education see deep cuts in FY26 RADP

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- The allocations for health, education, and social protection - the key pillars of human-capital development - have been sharply reduced, by as much as 63 per cent, in the Revised Ann... Read More


Metro rail services in limbo

Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Today's metro-rail operations remain uncertain as the operator on Thursday said services would run as usual, even though the striking staff did not withdraw their work stoppage that ... Read More


Islami Bank holds 42nd AGM

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The 42nd Annual General Meeting of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Thursday (December 11, 2025), at Kurmitola Golf Club of the Capital. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chai... Read More


Chargesheet filed against British MP Tulip Siddiq for illegal possession of Gulshan flat

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday approved a chargesheet against British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK official Sarder Mosharraf Hossain, accusing them of i... Read More