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'Tarique to return once polls schedule declared'

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will come back to the country after the national election schedule is announced and will take charge of leading the party in that election, said Hum... Read More


Iraq's labour market reopens creating new ray

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Overcoming huge hurdles, Iraq's labour market has reopened for Bangladeshi workers after a long gap of seven years. About 180 workers were left country for Iraq on Thursday which the... Read More


ADB signs $30m sustainability-linked loan with Envoy Textiles

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $30 million sustainability-linked loan facility agreement with Envoy Textiles Limited, marking ADB's first such loan in Bangladesh. The ... Read More


G7 ministers to target increasing of Russia's oil purchases

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- G7 finance ministers pledged Wednesday to take aim at those who are continuing to step up purchases of Russian oil, since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. In a... Read More


India's central bank holds policy rate at 5.50pc termed 'neutral' policy stance

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, signalling room to lower rates in December as it assesses the impact of domestic tax cuts and punitive US ... Read More


Strict action must be taken against attempts to disturb the hilly areas

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Tension has been prevailing in the hilly district of Khagrachhari for the past few days. Conflict between the hilly and Bengali communities have been rising over a rape incident. Ther... Read More


Northern Bangladesh's flatlands tea industry faces crisis

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The flatlands tea industry in northern Bangladesh is confronting a severe crisis, with recent data highlighting a sharp decline in both production and cultivated area, particularly fr... Read More


Jamaat, allies roll out new movement ahead of Feb polls

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, along with five other Islamist and like-minded parties, has announced a new series of joint programmes to press home their five-point demand, including hol... Read More


Idle land cruisers, harriers find new life in govt fleet

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The government has decided to transfer 30 luxury vehicles, originally imported duty-free by members of the dissolved 12th National Parliament, to the Directorate of Government Transpo... Read More


Durga Puja concludes with immersion of idols

Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- The five-day Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, concluded on Thursday with the immersion of Goddess Durga's idols across the country, marked ... Read More