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Bangladesh economy to experience modest recovery in FY26: IMF

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Bangladesh's economy will experience a modest recovery in the current fiscal year, in its global growth forecast 2025 on Tues... Read More


Five-Day furniture fair kicks off in Dhaka

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The five-day 20th National Furniture Fair 2025 began at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka on Thursday. A total of 48 leading furniture companies and bran... Read More


Southeast Bank launches 9 agent banking outlets

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Southeast Bank PLC formally launched nine agent banking outlets - "Shagotom" to facilitate the people outside the formal Banking system across the country, especially at the rural an... Read More


Court orders newspaper summoning Hasina, others

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the publication of a public notice in national newspapers summoning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 255 others to appear before it in a sedition cas... Read More


Faridpur Highway turns into death trap

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Over the past year, the southern region of Bangladesh including Faridpur and Madaripur has witnessed an alarming number of road accidents. According to official data, 406 road accid... Read More


Dengue claims five more lives

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Health authorities on Tuesday reported five more dengue-related deaths and 841 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours, indicating that the mosquito-borne disease continues to s... Read More


Brazil President plans visit to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, hoping the visit would strengthen ties between the two nat... Read More


Embattled French PM faces clutch day in parliament

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Embattled French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will give a high-stakes speech Tuesday to a deeply divided parliament, a day after President Emmanuel Macron blamed opponents for pl... Read More


Two artificial turfs inaugurated

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Two artificial turfs - Kamalapur Stadium and artificial turf adjacent to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) building - under FIFA Forward Project have been formally inaugurated... Read More


FIFA chief vows to rebuild all football facilities in Gaza

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- FIFA President Gianni Infantino vowed to rebuild all football facilities in Gaza following last weekend's ceasefire in the besieged territory as he attended the Summit for Peace in E... Read More