Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) are refusing to budge from their demand for allocation of the "Shapla" or water lily as electoral symbol during a meeting with the Election... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The interim government has approved the merger of five financially struggling Shariah-based private banks to form a single new bank. The banks involved in this merger are First Secur... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Afghanistan's UN-sanctioned Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has arrived in India for a week-long official visit, marking the first trip by a senior Taliban leader to New Delhi sinc... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- None of the 12 officials of the Roads and Highways Department, who were ordered to work to ease traffic congestion at the Bishwa Road intersection in Brahmanbaria, have complied with ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The government is setting up development authorities for Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Barishal to drive planned urbanisation. The Advisory Council on Thursday approved the relevant ordin... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) has grown by just 3.69 percent in the fiscal year 2024-25, marking the lowest growth since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to updated data ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The government has introduced a new provision in the Cyber Protection Ordinance, effectively dismissing all cases filed under the repealed Digital Security Act. As a result, all indi... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Shimanto Bank has introduced the Bangla QR Code service, a digital payment system designed to make cashless transactions faster and more convenient. In a media statement issued on Th... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The government has approved a draft of the "Deposit Protection Ordinance, 2025", which will increase the deposit guarantee from Tk 100,000 to Tk 200,000 for bank and financial institu... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a loan of $100 million, equivalent to nearly Tk 12.17 billion, to develop and promote Bangladesh's small and medium enterprises (SME) sec... Read More