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Increase pension in upcoming budget

Dhaka, May 29 -- It is becoming increasingly difficult for old pensioners to meet household expenses on their modest pensions. The interim must show compassion by increasing pensions in the annual bu... Read More


Tohura upbeats to give best against Indonesia

Dhaka, May 29 -- Bangladesh National Women's Football team forward Tohura Khatun was found upbeat to give their maximum efforts to win against Indonesia. We have no previous experience of playing aga... Read More


Yamal signs new contract to 2031

Dhaka, May 29 -- Barcelona's teenage star Lamine Yamal signed a new contract until 2031 with the Catalan giants on Tuesday after a spectacular season. The 17-year-old winger is already one of the clu... Read More


Hamza, Shamit, Fahamedul included

Dhaka, May 29 -- The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced on Wednesday the 26-member Bangladesh preliminary football squad for the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup quali... Read More


Citizens trapped in traffic as politics paralyse Dhaka

Dhaka, May 29 -- Dhaka came to a standstill from Wednesday morning due to separate political programmes organised by affiliated bodies of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami. Th... Read More


Jamaat brands past war trials as 'Judicial Executions'

Dhaka, May 29 -- ATM Azharul Islam, a senior leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has denounced the previous war crimes judicial process as a series of "judicial killings" following his acquittal by ... Read More


Tier-1 capital ratio falls below regulatory threshold

Dhaka, May 29 -- Bangladesh's banking sector has witnessed a significant deterioration in capital adequacy, with the Tier-1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CRAR) falling sharply to 0.48 per cen... Read More


Graduates being hardest hit Joblessness soars : ILO

Dhaka, May 29 -- Youth unemployment in Bangladesh will continue to be high-more than double the national unemployment rate-with university graduates being the hardest hit, according to the World Emplo... Read More