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Inflation inches higher again

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Bangladesh's inflation edged higher in November, despite a full year of aggressive monetary tightening, as point-to-point inflation rose to 8.29 percent amid renewed pressure from foo... Read More


Edible oil prices reduced after intervention

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Traders have cut edible oil prices following objections from the commerce ministry, the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association said in a notice on S... Read More


Noman Group faces inquiry

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- The High Court has ordered the disposal of an application filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged corruption and money laundering by a subsidiary of the Noman Gro... Read More


Ukraine peace deal 'close': US envoy

Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- US President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had... Read More


National election schedule to be announced this week: EC Sanaullah

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The schedule for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) election and the referendum will be announced this week, said Election Commissioner (EC) Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md. ... Read More


Dhaka's 'very unhealthy' air quality persists

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 254 at 9:06 am Saturday morning. Today's ... Read More


Women entrepreneurs need more climate fund: Farida

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has stressed the need for additional financing from global public-sector climate-risk funds to support women entrepreneurs and all others... Read More


Khaleda's departure for UK delayed again

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been deemed not yet fit for air travel to take her United Kingdom by the medical board overseeing her treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. T... Read More


Illegal Smartphones to be blocked after Dec 16

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology will roll out the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) on 16 December to curb the sale and use of illegal s... Read More


'Tarique may return at any moment'

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is almost ready to return to the country, said the party's Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. He shared this information at ... Read More