The Bangladesh Bank has backtracked on its earlier decision to discontinue the 14-day repo facility 鈥� a key tool for borrowing from the central bank 鈥� following significant disruption on the financial market caused by acute liquidity shortages, central bank officials said...
Prime Bank Investment Limited has recently signed an agreement with IFA Consultancy Limited to jointly promote Islamic investment in Bangladesh, said a press release...
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that one of its drones had been downed while operating over Iran.
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has extended by a month the leave of High Court judges Md Ashraful Kamal and Md Badruzzaman, who face separate allegations...
Ten commercial banks collectively had over Tk 3 lakh crore in defaulted loans as of March 2025, accounting for nearly 71.4 per cent of the total Tk 4.2 lakh crore non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector...
bKash has launched a campaign on the occasion of Father鈥檚 Day, said a press release...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has expanded its special concessional airfare programme, known as 鈥榳orker fare,鈥� to four additional Middle Eastern countries, namely United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar...
Industrial production in the United States edged down unexpectedly in May, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday, as a drop in utilities output outweighed slight upticks in manufacturing and mining...
Politicians from different parties and people from all walks of life paid their final respects to the late Gonoforum president Mostafa Mohsin Montu at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Monday...
The National Board of Revenue is heading toward a record revenue collection shortfall in the current financial year, 2024-25, due to some unavoidable disruptions, including economic sluggishness, political instability, and prolonged protests by NBR employees...
The provision shortfall in Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector surged to a record Tk聽1.7 lakh crore at the end of March 2025, reflecting a 61 per cent increase in just three months as banks鈥� distressed assets continued to surge alarmingly...
Newly elected president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu has announced to reduce members鈥� subscription fee by 25 percent...
Newly crowned European Champions Paris Saint-Germain launched their bid for Club World Cup glory with a convincing 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Bayern Munich showed no mercy to amateurs Auckland City at the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating the minnows from New Zealand 10-0 in their opening game as Jamal Musiala came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick.
The amount of non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector has soared by Tk聽74,570 crore in just three months to reach Tk 4.20 lakh crore at the end of March 2025, according to the Bangladesh Bank.
Four more readymade garment factory units in Bangladesh have obtained the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificates issued by the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 (USGBC)...
Nestle Bangladesh Limited urged the National Board of Revenue to reinstate the 5 per cent customs duty on the import of malt extract 鈥� used for food preparations for infants and children.
Bolstered by a 拢100 million ($135 million) spending spree ahead of the Club World Cup, Manchester City are determined to erase the memory of a disappointing season by returning to winning ways in the United States.
Veteran freedom fighter and Gonoforum president Mostafa Mohsin Montu died at a hospital in the capital on Sunday...
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were held to a 0-0 draw by Egyptian side Al Ahly on Saturday as FIFA's new 32-team tournament got off to a smooth start in front of 60,927 fans in Florida.
The election board of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association announced the list of its eight office-bearers for 2025-27 tenure on Saturday...
As Covid-19 infections has begun to rise once again in Bangladesh, the prices of face masks has doubled in the wholesale market, driven by opportunistic traders seeking to cash in on its growing demand...
PUBLIC transport remains unsafe and the government has so far kept the sector off its reform platter. The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh reports that at least 614 people died and 1,196 became injured in 597 road accidents in May. April was equally deadly, with the death of at least 583 people and injuries to 1,202 in 567 accidents. The highest 33.5 per cent of...
Despite concerns over ticket sales and player fatigue, FIFA's new expanded Club World Cup will throw up several intriguing storylines this summer in the United States. AFP Sport picks five things to look out for on the pitch as teams compete to conquer the world and claim their share of $1 billion in prize money.
Inter Miami will be without their Spanish international left back Jordi Alba for the opening game of the Club World Cup on Saturday against Egypt's Al Ahly.
Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain arrived this week in the United States for the Club World Cup and are treating FIFA's lucrative new competition not as a nuisance at the end of an exhausting season but as a serious objective.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino says the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday, marks a historic 鈥榥ew era鈥� for the game, comparing it to the first World Cup held in 1930.
A mobile court on Thursday sealed an illegal polythene factory at Kapasia in Gazipur, and sentenced the factory owner, Abdul Awal, to three months in jail...
Poland coach Michal Probierz, who had been feuding with star striker Robert Lewandowski, has resigned for 鈥榯he good of the national team鈥�, the country's football federation said on Thursday.
