British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was working with Bangladesh to unlock new trade opportunities, support business-friendly reforms and connect UK buyers with high-quality Bangladeshi products...
Four children, including two minor cousins, drowned in separate incidents in Narsingdi and Noakhali on Sunday...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed major investment and partnership deals with Syria, valued at $6.4 billion, to help rebuild the war-ravaged country鈥檚 infrastructure, telecommunications and other major sectors...
Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year鈥檚 mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...
UK police arrested over 100 people in London and other cities for supporting Palestine Action in a third consecutive weekend of protests over the government's decision to ban the activist group using anti-terror laws....
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government authorities to explain why Nobel laureate and chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus should not be declared a 鈥榥ational reformer鈥� for his contributions to state reforms.
Bangladesh鈥檚 economy grew by 4.86 per cent during the January to March quarter of the fiscal year 2025, buoyed by a rebound in industry and services...
More than 50 shops, including 10 jewelry outlets, were gutted in a devastating fire at Muripatti of Madhabdi Bazar in Narsingdi district Friday morning.
A group of assailants hacked and shot a cable television operator in the Purba Brahmandi area in Narsingdi district town Monday night...
A man was detained on Saturday night on allegations of beating his wife to death the same night over a dowry dispute in the old Launchghat area of Dattapara in Narsingdi town...
Speakers, including persons with disabilities, on Wednesday stressed the need for coordinated efforts between government and non-government sectors to ensure continued development of persons with disabilities.
Bangladesh has formally requested the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to retain the current minimum quota of 1,000 pilgrims per Hajj agency, instead of implementing the planned increase to 2,000 in 2026.
Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is under growing pressure as GDP growth slows, foreign investment declines and unemployment rises, raising concerns among economists and industry insiders that the economy could face long-term instability without urgent reforms...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan鈥檚 two sons 鈥� Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan 鈥� over allegations of...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.
Kawkhali police are yet to record an online general diary, filed by the victim on Saturday over Thursday鈥檚 attack on activists at Kawkhali in Rangamati on their way back from a rally demanding justice for Kalpana Chakma...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home Saturday morning, wrapping up his four-day official tour to London...
The United Kingdom鈥檚 National Crime Agency has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh鈥檚 former minister of land, according to a report by Al Jazeera鈥檚 Investigative Unit...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 economy has earned global praise for its steady growth, rising GDP, and infrastructure development. Yet, behind this promising macroeconomic narrative lies a capital market in deep distress. Once considered a barometer of national prosperity, the stock market now reflects a grim reality 鈥� defined by persistent instability, eroded investor confidence...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka Monday evening for London on a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom aiming to enhance bilateral relations...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern.
Businesses and experts have said that the proposed national budget for the 2025-26 financial year was overly ambitious, particularly regarding revenue targets, private investment, inflation control and GDP growth...
The government has set the gross domestic product growth target at 5.5 per cent for the 2025-2026 financial year.
The share of education in gross domestic product fell again for the sixth year in a row, which is evident from the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025鈥�26.
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has started placing a Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2025鈥�26 which is 12.7 per cent of the GDP.
Bangladesh's gross domestic product will grow by 3.92 per cent in the outgoing financial year 2024-25, raising the per capita income to $2,820...
AT THE start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252 per cent. This means that the country鈥檚 total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week鈥檚 newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for...
The United Kingdom鈥檚 National Crime Agency, which investigates serious and organised crime, has frozen luxury assets worth almost 拢90 million belonging to two members of a family closely associated with the ousted Awami League government in Bangladesh, according to...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority on Tuesday signed a lease agreement with Chinese company M/s Qingdao Dongfang Packaging Technology Limited, according to a press release...
July Shaheed Smriti Foundation chief executive officer Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho on Thursday resigned from his post, citing pursuing higher studies as reason...