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Urban Bangladesh faces new poverty trap

Dhaka, July 8 -- Bangladesh is witnessing a troubling resurgence in poverty and inequality, with recent World Bank data warning that extreme poverty could rise to 9.3 percent in 2025, pushing an addit... Read More


Governor links banking reforms to political overhaul

Dhaka, July 8 -- Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur has said that irregularities within the country's banking sector during the previous administration have already been identified, but the fo... Read More


Inflation eases but wage growth still below CPI

Dhaka, July 8 -- Bangladesh's point-to-point inflation rate eased to 8.48 per cent in June, down from 9.05 per cent in May, reaching its lowest level in more than two years, according to data released... Read More


BNP emerges as youth favourite in Sanem poll

Dhaka, July 8 -- A recent nationwide survey conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) indicates that a significant proportion of Bangladeshi youth view the Bangladesh Nationali... Read More


Farah M Saddha attends Int'l confence on Financing for Dev in Spain

Dhaka, July 8 -- Bangladeshi origin US citizen Farah M Saddha attended the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development on the road to transform and achieve the Sustainable Development Go... Read More


Bank Asia leads open loan disbursement among marginal customers in C'ganj

Dhaka, July 8 -- Under the refinancing scheme of Bangladesh Bank, open loans have been distributed among marginal customers in Chapainawabganj recently. On this occasion, an Open Loan Disbursement Pro... Read More


Walton launches passenger car battery 'Graviton'

Dhaka, July 8 -- Walton Mirco-Tech Corporation has released seven models of 'Graviton' series car batteries to be used mainly in private cars, microbuses, pick-up vans and CNG-run auto-rickshaws. To e... Read More


Scrap capacity payments to questionable power projects

Dhaka, July 8 -- The long-running controversy over the unawarded Shantahar and Bagerhat power projects in Bangladesh highlights a troubling continuity in governance that undermines both transparency a... Read More


'Commission not enforce decisions unilaterally'

Dhaka, July 8 -- National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Monday said the commission is not enforcing any decisions unilaterally but rather putting forward amendment proposals... Read More


Jamaat questions govt's election role

Dhaka, July 8 -- Mia Golam Parwar, Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Monday expressed doubts over the neutrality of the interim government regarding the upcoming national elections, ... Read More