Bangladesh’s election season is rich in promises, but with shrinking fiscal space and an increasingly expensive political system, the real question is not what is being promised, rather how any of it ...

The government is considering either offering cash incentives for the use of locally produced yarn or temporarily suspending bonded import facilities to help ease the ongoing crisis in the country's ...

The ordinance creates a new category of institution – the microfinance bank – allowing licensed operators to mobilise deposits from low-income clients while bringing them under the prudential ...

Dr Rafiqul also highlighted the need to increase manpower in the health sector, supply modern medical equipment and expand specialised services at district and upazila levels.

Bangladesh's outstanding public sector external debt rose to $74.34 billion at the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking an 8% increase compared to the previous year, according to preliminary ...

Entrepreneurs also called for greater confidence in tackling emerging challenges such as AI packaging and digital twin technologies.

This combined profit represents a significant 47.57% increase over the Tk1,046.65 crore recorded by the same firms during the July-December period of the previous fiscal year ...

According to the company's price-sensitive disclosure, turnover fell 41% year-on-year to just Tk8 crore in July–December FY26. During the same period, the company reported a loss of Tk372.20 crore, ...

The Election Commission has decided that no new candidate names or symbols will be added to postal ballots if a candidate is reinstated after 8 February, citing time constraints ahead of the 13th ...

Rezaul Karim, general secretary of the Sreebardi upazila unit of the Jamaat, was critically injured during a clash with the BNP at an election manifesto event at the Jhenaigati Bazar area on Wednesday ...

CRVS is not only a government priority; it is a shared responsibility of all civil society organisations,” Md Daud Miah said.

Experts say the step represents one of Bangladesh’s most significant policy advances in human rights protection ...