24 banks face Tk1.56 lakh crore capital shortfalls
The capital shortfall in 24 banks soared to Tk 1,55,866 crore by the end of June 2025...
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BPPA hosts capacity building workshop on public procurement
The Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority organised a workshop underscoring the need for enhancing capacity in public procurement at the ministerial level and strengthening the skills of high-ranked policy-level officials, said a press release...
BIDA chief leads strategic mission to South Korea
A high-level delegation from Bangladesh, led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), arrived in the Republic of Korea on Monday for a five-day strategic mission aimed at attracting foreign direct investment and enhancing institutional cooperation...
BSEC intensifies financial literacy prog
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up various initiatives and activities to enhance investment education and capital market awareness across the nation...
EDOTCO installs fibre-reinforced polymer tower
Digital infrastructure company EDOTCO Bangladesh has deployed the country鈥檚 first next-generation fibre-reinforced polymer or FRP tower in Gopalganj, said a press release...
Nevian begins manufacturing Novartis medicines
Nevian Lifescience PLC has officially begun manufacturing and marketing Novartis-branded medicines in Bangladesh following the transfer of majority shares from Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited, marking a new chapter for the global pharmaceutical company鈥檚 operations in the country...
Trust Bank hosts entrepreneurship dev programme in Rangamati
Trust Bank PLC and the Bangladesh Bank jointly organised a month-long entrepreneurship development programme under the Skill for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme...
BKB begins Customer Service Fortnight prog
On the occasion of 鈥榊outh Festival 2025鈥�, the Financial Institutions Division initiated observance of 鈥楥ustomer Service Fortnight鈥� across state-owned commercial banks, specialised banks and financial institutions from October 19 to November 2...
Robi Elite members can now avail Apex discounts
Robi Axiata PLC partnered with Apex, a leading footwear brand in Bangladesh, to enhance its premium loyalty programme, Robi Elite, improving customer convenience and satisfaction...
Bangladesh鈥檚 FDI landscape: recent shifts and future prospects
FOREIGN direct investment refers to investments made by foreign individuals or companies in the business or productive sectors of another country. Such investment allows the foreign investor to gain ownership, control, or significant influence over the management and operations of the business. Broadly, foreign investors can enter Bangladesh in...
GIs at stake, bureaucracy at fault
GEOGRAPHICAL indications are a form of intellectual property that recognise products originating from specific regions, linking their distinctive qualities, reputation, or physical characteristics to those areas. In Bangladesh, GIs are not merely a tool for safeguarding heritage items; they play a vital role in supporting livelihoods in rural areas and enhancing the...
Charting rights in troubled terrain
SINCE its independence in 1971, Bangladesh has enshrined human rights at the heart of its national identity. The Constitution guarantees fundamental rights, equality before the law, freedom of expression and protection from discrimination, reflecting the nation鈥檚 founding vision of justice and dignity for all. Yet over five decades later, the human rights landscape...
Govt must strictly regulate use of antibiotics
ANTIMICROBIAL resistance has become a major health concern because of poor healthcare standards, compounded by the misuse and abuse of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance results in a decreased ability to treat infection, leading to increased illness, death and an increased cost of treatment. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025 finds that several widely...
ACC submits charge sheet against ex-BB governor Atiur, ex-JB chairman Barakat
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved the charge sheet against 26 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata Bank chairman professor Abul Barkat, in a case filed over embezzling Tk聽297 crore...
Prime suspect arrested, put on remand
The police have arrested the main suspect in the rape of a Bangladesh University of Professionals student, who was attacked while returning home in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on October 14...
Home adviser reiterates readiness to hold upcoming Bangladesh national polls
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday reiterated the government鈥檚 readiness to hold the next general elections slated for February next.
EC exchange views on law-and-order situation ahead of Bangladesh polls
The Election Commission sat in a views-exchange with different law enforcement agencies and intelligences in a bid to conduct the 13th parliamentary election in free, participatory and fair manners...
Dhaka鈥檚 air in 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone with AQI score of 152
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked seventh on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 152 at 9:30am on Monday...
14 Indian fishermen held for illegal fishing
Members of Bangladesh Navy have detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladesh waters and fishing in the Bay of Bengal.
Coast Guard arrests nine crime suspects in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
The Bangladesh Coast Guard and the Bangladesh Navy in a joint operation arrested nine members of a criminal group named Zia Bahini along with a large amount of weapons, ammunition and weapons-making equipment at Maheskhali in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday
Students of BUP, JU hold demos for justice
Students of Bangladesh University of Professionals, Jahangirnagar University and Bangladesh Maritime University in Gazipur staged demonstrations on Sunday, demanding exemplary punishment of the perpetrators of the gang rape of a BUP student...
Eight Islamic parties for referendum on PR system by November
Leaders of eight Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, on Sunday urged the government to hold a referendum by November on the implementation of the July National Charter and hold the next election in a proportional representation system...
Plots to pit us against uprising to fail: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that no attempt to pit the BNP against the July uprising would succeed.
8.23 lakh workers went abroad since Jan
Bangladesh has sent 822,902 workers abroad with employments in the past nine months, nearly two thirds of them to Saudi Arabia, officials said on Sunday...
China backs Mongla Port regional hub plan
A bilateral meeting between Bangladesh shipping ministry adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain and Chinese transport minister Liu Wei was held at Shanghai in China...
Bangladesh, Kuwait for enhancing coop in defence, labour
The first-ever 鈥楶olitical Consultation鈥� between Bangladesh and Kuwait in Dhaka on Sunday agreed to strengthen cooperation in various areas, including political, economic, defence and labour...
Ocean Centres holds workshop on 鈥榚mpowering fisheries sector鈥�
Ocean Centres Bangladesh held its third workshop titled Empowering Bangladesh鈥檚 Fisheries Sector: Enhancing Skills, Safety and Sustainability for a Resilient Future at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka on Sunday...
Antibiotics lose efficacy up to 97 per cent
Some widely used antibiotics have lost efficacy up to 97 per cent in Bangladesh because of the misuse of the lifesaving drugs due to unregulated sale, over-prescription, self-medication and incomplete dosing as laws and High Court verdict are hardly followed.
Bangladeshi artists showcase works in South Korea
Eight Bangladeshi artists are displaying their artworks in a six-day international art exhibition titled 6th Ulsan Asian Print Exchange Exhibition 2025...
Canada backs peaceful Bangladesh polls
Canada on Sunday expressed its support for Bangladesh as the country moves towards a peaceful transition through free, fair, inclusive and participatory elections...
