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Dengue: 6 die as Sept drives yearly toll past 200

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Bangladesh has reported six more dengue deaths in a 24-hour count, while 1,868 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease. According to the Direct... Read More


Khalilur meets Trump at UNGA

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- With the 81st UN General Assembly under way in New York, its newly elected President Khalilur Rahman has had a "personal exchange" with US President Donald Trump. The encounter was... Read More


Khalilur meets Trump during UNGA

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- With the 81st UN General Assembly under way in New York, its newly elected President Khalilur Rahman has had a "personal exchange" with US President Donald Trump. The encounter was... Read More


Govt to buy 2 more LNG cargoes from Qatar

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The government has approved the purchase of two additional cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from QatarEnergy Trading LLC under a long-term government-to-government (G2G) agree... Read More


Measles: 11 die with symptoms, 113 new cases

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Another 11 people have died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, while 113 new measles cases have been confirmed. The delay in reporting four deaths on M... Read More


Netanyahu jet to avoid JFK Airport amid Mamdani concerns

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official aircraft is expected to avoid New York's John F Kennedy International Airport during his visit to the United States for the UN G... Read More


'We didn't go to parliament to earn money': Shafiqur

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has warned that his party will oppose any move to raise the salaries and allowances of the president, prime minist... Read More


Report in Shakib stock manipulation case due Nov 17

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission has been given until Nov 17 to submit its investigation report in a case against former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan and 14 others over ... Read More


Bangladesh's MSMEs ripe for more digital lending: report

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Although 92.6 percent of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh are micro enterprises, they only receive 14 percent of loan amounts disbursed to the sector, accor... Read More


ADB cuts Bangladesh growth forecast to 4%

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The Asian Development Bank has lowered its forecast for Bangladesh's economic growth in fiscal year 2026-27 to 4 percent, while expecting average inflation to rise to 9 percent. In... Read More