News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Independent MP elected from Brahmanbaria-2 Rumeen Farhana on Sunday came down heavily on the government for playing down the fuel crisis all this time, pointing to the long queues o...
Bangla Press Desk: Both stock exchanges recorded index gains for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, with the majority of listed companies seeing their share prices rise.At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark DSEX index climbed 34...
Bangla Press Desk: Yields on government treasury bonds surged on Tuesday as banks turned cautious, favouring short-term instruments over longer-tenure securities. The shift reflects both liquidity management strategies and rising governmen...
Bangla Press Desk: Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in 2024, political debate continues over the performance of the interim administration formed under the leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus. During this period, the manageme...
Bangla Press Desk: The Economic Census 2024 report highlights a significant shift in the country's economic structure, most notably a sharp decline in the share of the manufacturing sector over the last decade.The census data of the BBS reveals...
Bangla Press Desk: The reading of the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined by 2.2 points to 53.5 in March compared to the previous month, indicating a slower pace of expansion.The latest reading released just a few hours back wa...
Bangla Press Desk: Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad) on Tuesday said initiatives will be taken to reduce the cost of the Hajj package for 2027 considering the overall situation and the needs and facilities of the...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has spoken out in parliament regarding the arrest of a woman named Sawda Sumi in Bhola for her comments on Facebook regarding the energy crisis.Calling the arrest a “portent of a fascist government”, oppositi...
Bangla Press Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has spoken out in parliament regarding the arrest of a woman named Sawda Sumi in Bhola for her comments on Facebook regarding the energy crisis.Calling the arrest a “portent of a fascist government”, oppositi...
Bangla Press Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Tuesday told parliament that necessary initiatives are being taken to recruit some 100,000 health workers in line with the current government's election manifes...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information and Broadcasting Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said there is some disruption in fuel supply in the country though it is not significant.Concerns have arisen among people over lon...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's economic growth significantly slows with the second-quarter GDP growth of this fiscal year declining to 3.03 per cent, official statistics show.The growth in the October-December period of the fiscal year (FY) 2...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh's per-capita income has risen to $2,769, Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament Monday, outlining their new government's broader ambition to transform the economy into a trillion-dollar powe...
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