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MFIs' branches rise 38.5pc, borrowers reach 32.18m

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh's microfinance sector has seen a significant expansion over the past six years, with the microfinance institutions' (MFIs) total number of branches rising from 18,825 in f... Read More


Shoes hurled at photos of artists in DU over mourning Bangabandhu's assassination

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Shoes have been hurled at photographs of artists and journalists who expressed grief and paid tribute to Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his death a... Read More


50 years on, Mujib assassination marked mutedly amid political shift

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The mourning over the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on Friday, August 15, was muted on social media fifty years after the incident, as dedicated Awami... Read More


Beaten by mob, rickshawpuller now charged by police

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- A rickshawpuller who was beaten by a mob on Friday while paying tribute at Dhanmondi 32 on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's death anniversary has been sent to jail in connection w... Read More


Distinction among govt agencies a must to ensure co-operation

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Special Assistant for Road Transport and Bridges Dr Sheikh Moinuddin has opposed the Dhaka bus-route plan made by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), saying a clear distinction amon... Read More


Bangladesh's banks must be tech-driven for survival

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The banking sector of Bangladesh needs to pay its total focus on adoption of emerging technologies for survival in the context of rapidly-digitising global financial landscape, a glo... Read More


Widespread violations of PPR found in major rail projects

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The execution period of 43.33 per cent of the procurement tenders under five major Bangladesh Railway projects has been extended by 211-1,598 days due to the failure to complete work... Read More


Govt eyes $10 trillion global halal market

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh intensifies bid to build a strong foothold in the multitrillion-dollar global halal economy and woos foreign investors to tap the country's growing domestic market and exp... Read More


Stop selling, converting lands under DAP

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Relevant government agencies have been asked to put moratorium on sale and conversion of the lands in the delineated areas under the DAP in Dhaka's sprawling north. Dhaka North City... Read More


Mercantile Bank, bKash sign deal on automated cash management services

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Mercantile Bank PLC and bKash Limited recently signed an agreement for 24/7 automated cash management services on Thursday (14.08.25). The agreement signing ceremony held at the mee... Read More