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FDI slumps again, hits $1.27b in 2024

Dhaka, June 20 -- Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh fell by 13.2 percent to $1.27 billion in 2024, down from $1.47 billion in the previous year, marking the country's fourth consecutiv... Read More


Environmental injustice pushing millions into poverty

Dhaka, June 20 -- Climate change is rapidly becoming a powerful threat multiplier for Bangladesh's poor, deepening existing poverty and increasing vulnerability to future shocks, according to the Bang... Read More


Parties back Electoral College for presidency

Dhaka, June 20 -- In a significant development in the ongoing political dialogue, the majority of political parties participating in the second round of talks hosted by the National Consensus Commissi... Read More


123 BD migrants rescued from Libya detention

Dhaka, June 20 -- At least 123 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Libya, underscoring the ongoing risks associated with irregular migration and raising pressing concerns over the vulnera... Read More


Protection of Hilsha stressed

Dhaka, June 20 -- Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter on Thursday stressed the importance of protecting Hilsha fish terming the fish as a 'national pride of the country'. "It is our nationa... Read More


Ex-state minister Shamsul Alam sent to jail

Dhaka, June 20 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of former State Minister for Planning Dr. Shamsul Alam in connection with the murder case of Jubo Dal leader Shamim Molla during a BNP poli... Read More


Increased investment 'fails' to fix flaws in social safety aim

Dhaka, June 20 -- Despite increased government investment, the effectiveness of Bangladesh's social protection programmes continues to be undermined by persistent inefficiencies in targeting, a recent... Read More


Masrur Arefin new ABB chairman

Dhaka, June 20 -- Mashrur Arefin, Managing Director & CEO of City Bank PLC, has been elected the new Chairman of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB), the apex platform of top banking professio... Read More


Depositors still anxious despite security assurances

Dhaka, June 20 -- Abdul Aziz, a middle-aged migrant worker who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, visited the Tangail branch of First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) to withdraw Tk 100,000 for his daugh... Read More


Iran vows defiance as conflict with Israel intensifies

Dhaka, June 19 -- The ongoing military confrontation between Iran and Israel has sharply intensified, with both countries launching fresh missile attacks on Wednesday. Now entering its sixth consecuti... Read More