BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday announced that all women across the country will be brought under a universal 'Family Card' scheme if the party forms the next government, aiming to make four crore families economically self-reliant. Speaking at a views-exchange event with ret
Bangladesh is placed among the world's top 10 climate-vulnerable nations, thanks to its geomorphological low-lying deltaic plain and exposure to severe floods, cyclones and encroachment by the sea on its coastal region. Evidently, measures to adapt to climate change impacts have been among the key
Bangladesh's once-thriving shrimp sector has been languishing for quite some time and the situation appears to be worsening. Export orders for the country's prime shrimp varieties have continued to fall, driven primarily by waning demand in Europe and the United States-markets that together account
Bangladesh’s economy is often acclaimed for its remarkable resilience despite recurrent global disruptions — pandemics, energy shortages, supply-chain shocks, regional conflicts, and internal political instability. Observers frequently point to four powerful “engines” behind
The National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah alleged that an Army officer controlled television broadcasts to manipulate coverage of the July Uprising. Hasnat, former coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination and now NCP’s chief organiser for the southern region, gave tes
NRBC Bank arranged a workshop on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS-9) on Tuesday at their Human Resource and Training Development Centre (HRTDC), according to a press release. Dr. Md Touhidul Alam Khan, Managing Director & CEO, was the chief guest at the workshop. Raditha Alahakoon
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has said the Bangladesh Bank’s report showing a rise in millionaire bank accounts is due to “money hidden at home for a long time” now being deposited. He made these comments after a meeting of the Advisery Council Committee on Government Procurem
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and Leonardo S.p.A., an Italian multinational company specialising in aerospace, defence and security, on Tuesday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Headquarters in Dhaka. “Through this LOI, Leonardo S.p.A will supply Eurofighter Typh
In a major stride toward modernising its internal operations, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has officially launched the E-Desk System, marking a new chapter in the central bank's digitisation journey. The system was inaugurated on Tuesday by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur, signalling the bank'
The government has secured the opportunity to buy electricity at lower rates from 12 previously cancelled solar power projects after retendering brought down prices. On Tuesday, Power Advisor Fouzul Kabir Khan said the government’s purchase advisory committee approved the revised tariffs for
BRAC University, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh and the Mission in Bangladesh of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) jointly organised a seminar on the “Operationalisation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in Bangladesh&rdqu
The government is moving ahead with the purchase of one spot cargo of LNG from the UK to meet the growing demand for energy in the country. The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase in its 49th meeting in this year approved the proposal today. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed presid
