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Economic headwinds drag Bangladesh's private sector credit growth to '10-year' low

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh has slumped to its lowest level in a decade, in keeping with a downward spiral beginning during the July Uprising. According to Bangl... Read More


How did two bodies end up in a car? Mystery still puzzles police

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Police have gained some clues about the victims' movements following the recovery of two bodies from a car parked in the basement of Sirajul Islam Medical College in Dhaka's Mou... Read More


Short-term foreign debt drops 11.75%

Bangladesh, Aug. 12 -- Bangladesh's amount of outstanding short-term foreign debt has decreased by nearly $1.34 billion in June, a nearly 11.75 percent drop year-on-year. The latest data from Banglad... Read More


Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US, official says

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips like Nvidia's H20 that are used for artificial intelligence ap... Read More


'Plot graft': Court begins hearing testimony against Hasina

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- A Dhaka court has begun hearing witness testimonies against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in one of three corruption cases filed over alleged irregularities in the alloca... Read More


Zelensky wins EU, NATO backing as he seeks place at Trump-Putin talks

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead of a Russia-US summit this week where Kyiv fears President Vladim... Read More


Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to escalate the nearly two-year Gaza war, demanding ... Read More


Two brothers killed, three others hurt as bus crushes autorickshaw in Bogura

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Two brothers have been killed after a bus ploughed into a CNG-run autorickshaw in Bogura's Shahjahanpur. Three others injured were injured in the crashed that occurred around 12:30am... Read More


Ex-secretary accuses eight advisors of 'corruption'; cabinet secretary denies claim

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- ABM Abdus Sattar, a former secretary and personal aide to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has accused eight interim government advisors of "rampant corruption", claiming he holds evidenc... Read More


Ebtedayee scholarship test to return after nearly 17 years. When and how?

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Scholarship examinations for Ebtedayee-level students at madrasas are set to return nearly 17 years after they were last held. The last time fifth-grade Ebtedayee students sat f... Read More