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Wet spell 'wilts supply', inflates vegetable prices in Dhaka markets

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- A prolonged spell of rain has disrupted vegetable supplies in Dhaka's kitchen markets, driving up prices across a wide range of everyday produce. From early morning on Friday, t... Read More


Probe under way into 'conspiratorial' meeting in Bashundhara, says police

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Police say they are conducting a "thorough" investigation to uncover the motives and organisers behind a "conspiratorial" meeting held in Dhaka's Bashundhara Residential Area, wh... Read More


Protesters block Shahbagh for 2nd day to demand July charter

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Protesters injured in the July Uprising have occupied Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection for a second day to demand the implementation of the July Charter and July Declaration. Undet... Read More


Trump administration reduces tariffs on Bangladeshi goods to 20%

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- After talks and negotiations, the Trump administration has reduced the US tariffs on Bangladeshi products to 20 percent from the initially proposed 35 percent. The US announced ... Read More


Consensus reached on 19 core reform points, including dissent on five, says Ali Riaz

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The National Consensus Commission has reached agreement with political parties on 19 key areas of state reform, although five issues drew formal notes of dissent. After the fina... Read More


Police recover Tk 300,000 'extortion money' from flat of ex-Students Against Discrimination leader

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Police have recovered nearly Tk 300,000 from the rented flat of Abdur Razzak bin Sulaiman Riyad, a dismissed student leader of the anti-discrimination movement, claiming it to be... Read More


Bangladesh joins third round of US tariff talks

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Bangladesh has entered the third round of negotiations with the United States in Washington to bargain over President Donald Trump's proposed supplemental tariffs on Bangladeshi ... Read More


Bangladesh Bank maintains contractionary monetary policy, repo rate stays unchanged at 10%

Bangladesh, July 31 -- With the aim of maintaining control of inflation, Bangladesh Bank has announced that it will continue to implement a contractionary monetary policy for the first half of the new... Read More


Jamaat threatens to sue government, Consensus Commission over July Charter's legal basis

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has threatened to sue the government and the National Consensus Commission for compensation if the July Charter is not granted legal recognition. The warning ca... Read More


One-third of children in Bangladesh live in multidimensional poverty, says UNICEF

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Almost one in three children in Bangladesh are living in multidimensional poverty, according to new findings released by the General Economics Division (GED), with support from ... Read More