Credit and Development Forum, a national association and network of microfinance institutions, has said that the proposed Microcredit Bank would be a social business, strictly regulated by the Bangladesh Bank,
The prices of Miniket and Nazirshail rice witnessed a fresh hike of about Tk 2-4 a kilogram in the capital’s retail markets over the week ending Friday.
The European Union on Tuesday night (Jan. 6) assured BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman that it will stand beside Bangladesh with stronger and increased cooperation in the coming days. “They
Hasan Nawaz held his nerve with an unbeaten 35 off 36 balls as Chattogram Royals edged past Rajshahi Warriors by two wickets in a low-scoring, last-ball thriller of the Bangladesh
Rishad finished with impressive figures of three for 26 from his four overs, surpassing his previous best of three for 33 against Perth Scorchers last month. His three-wicket haul played
A drug trafficker has been arrested with 41 bottles of foreign liquor worth nearly Tk 2 lakh in an operation conducted by the Coast Guard in Shyamnagar, Satkhira. The arrestee
Despite assurances from the environment, forest and climate change adviser and directives from the law ministry, field-level forest officers have been deprived of promotion. Forest officers allege that seniority is
A fire broke out following a collision involving a bus, a battery-powered auto-rickshaw and a motorcycle in Daudkandi, Cumilla, leaving four people dead. Two of the deceased were children. The
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a directive instructing all public and private sector banks to construct hygienic, women-friendly washrooms for female officers and employees, as well as for women seeking
The Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh, Imran Haider, on Friday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, on Friday held separate meetings with Germany’s ambassador Rudiger Lotz and Australian high commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Riley.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday she does not believe the United States will attack Greenland, but that its “assertive methods” were intended to dissuade interference from other countries.
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The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) convened a press conference in Sylhet to protest controversial remarks made by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director M Najmul Islam about Tamim Iqbal.
The board is now waiting for ICC's response, which could determine whether or not Bangladesh participate in the event, set to begin on February 7 in India and Sri Lanka.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka sent an Australian Open warning as she beat Madison Keys on Friday in Brisbane in a repeat of last year's Melbourne final
World number two Iga Swiatek defied a partisan crowd to thrash Australian Maya Joint in Sydney on Friday and give Poland the lead in their United Cup quarter-final
Manchester City added to their attacking arsenal on Friday with the signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth for a reported £65 million ($87 million)
Off-field battles in cricket are nothing new, but this time, off-field politics has shaken the cricketing world, with Bangladesh firmly at the centre of attention.
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Coming down heavily on the chief justice for comparing Bangladesh with Pakistan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she is not scared at all with such a threat and this is
Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh said at a protest rally in Dhaka on Thursday that city dwellers were suffering greatly from interrupted gas supplies in Dhaka and others cities
Politicians and professionals on Thursday at a discussion in Dhaka said that political ideals of Serajul Alam Khan should be followed to overcome the ongoing political crisis of the country.
The EU gave Friday a long-delayed go ahead to a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers — overriding
THE government’s decision on a revised national essential medicines list and comprehensive drug pricing guidelines is a timely, commendable intervention. The list, approved by the authorities on January 8, has
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We are befuddled by the continued escalation in tensions between the interim government of Bangladesh and its counterpart in Delhi led by the BJP, and the abject inability of the
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