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Inflation, jobs top economic concerns

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Persistent inflation is putting pressure on people's purchasing power, while Bangladesh faces the wider challenge of boosting investment and employment, rebuilding confidence in ... Read More


Tap Asia for growth Rehman Sobhan

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Bangladesh must turn its growing economic links with Asia into greater export, investment and connectivity opportunities as global economic power shifts towards the region, emine... Read More


Jamaat reminds BNP of past alliances

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has called for consistency and political understanding among major parties, recalling periods of cooperation between the BNP an... Read More


Trivedi cites legal hurdles on Hasina

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- India has said there is no fixed timeframe for the return of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh, as the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka said the extradition req... Read More


Central Shariah Board holds 79th EC meeting

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- The 79thmeeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB) was held on recently at the Head Office of SammilitoIslami Bank PL... Read More


Industries secy calls for innovation to boost productivity

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Industries Secretary Abdun Naser Khan has stressed the need to combine innovation, knowledge and skills to make optimum use of Bangladesh's limited resources while increasing pro... Read More


Food crisis in Lawachara drives wildlife into localities

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- A worsening food crisis in Lawachara National Park is forcing various wild animals, including pythons and other reptiles, to leave the forest and enter nearby human settlements, ... Read More


154 nabbed in police drives

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Rajshahi Range Police arrested 154 people and recovered a large quantity of drugs in separate operations across different districts of the range in the past 24 hours. Police con... Read More


Hanging body recovered from tree

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Police recovered the hanging body of a man named Firoz Mia, 40, from a garden in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur on Thursday morning. The body was recovered from a tree in Gachhua... Read More


SCC issues warning over Surma Riverbank waste

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Administrator Abdul Quiyum Chowdhury has warned business owners against dumping waste on the banks of the Surma River, saying legal action will be t... Read More