Difficult-to-treat drug-resistant bacteria are spreading within the country's ICUs with alarmingly high mortality among patients who developed these infections, found two new researches conducted by icddr,b. With more than half of ICU patients who were initially free from these drug-resistant bact
Bangladesh should pursue a foreign policy guided primarily by economic interests as intensifying global power rivalry reshapes regional dynamics, experts said at a webinar on Saturday. They felt that balanced diplomacy needed to safeguard the country's long-term development. The webinar participa
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has called for a strategic roadmap to strengthen the country's chemical backward linkage industry, citing the significant growth potential of the sector. Referring to the local chemical market that exceeds US$ 6 billion, the trade body said heavy d
Trust Bank PLC reported a 13.3 per cent year-on-year decline in consolidated profit for the second quarter (April-June) of 2026. According to the bank's price-sensitive information (PSI), its consolidated net profit after tax fell to Tk 923.8 million in the April-June quarter from Tk 1.06 billion
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has fined Grameenphone (GP) Tk 1.84 million after detecting 184 subscriber SIMs allegedly being used for illegal international call termination through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), saying the country's largest mobile operator fai
The number of new beneficiary owner (BO) accounts rose sharply in the first half of 2026, signalling renewed investor confidence as the recovering stock market attracted fresh participants after years of subdued activity. Data from the Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd (CDBL) showed that 34,877 ne
The female participation in economic activities has risen in Bangladesh thanks to women's empowerment initiatives by the government, official survey data has showed. The participation in the economic activities rose by 0.17 percentage points to 16.71 per cent in 2024 from 16.54 per cent in 2013, t
A Jubo Dal activist was shot dead and two others injured after unidentified assailants opened fire on them in the capital's Kafrul area on Friday night (July 24). The deceased was identified as Youssuf Ali (45). According to Kafrul Police Station and local sources, the gun attack took place
