The detention of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia, similar to previous incident in Singapore, raises concerns about the impact of radicalisation on Bangladesh’s overseas labour markets ...

The naming of the activities in July was important to make them appear unprecedented to the long ruling Awami League. The name ‘Bangla Blockade’ created a sense of mystery about what was really going ...

The recently imposed 2% advance income tax (AIT) on cotton imports is expected to be withdrawn within the next 24 hours, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President Showkat Aziz Russell said ...

According to 11.6% of the country's youth, a religion-based political party could come to power within the next five years.  However, 22.8% believe that such a party will never be able to assume power ...

US President Donald Trump has wreaked havoc on global trade since taking office for his second term. The way he has imposed tariffs one after another, without resorting to diplomacy or negotiations, ...

The Ministry of Public Administration has appointed Tahsina Begum as the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Magistrate of Shariatpur. According to an official notification issued today (7 July) ...

Risk-based supervision in the banking sector will not be effective without qualitative reforms in the country's political system, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has said today (7 July).

At constant prices, the country's estimated point-to-point GDP growth for the third quarter of the 2024–25 fiscal year stands at 4.86%, compared to 4.62% during the same period in FY 2023–24. The ...

The commission and the political parties believe the steps will lay the groundwork for future expansion of judicial services to the upazila level ...

So far, five NBR officials have been sent into forced retirement, while the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched investigations against at least 16 others ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said all major political parties have reached a consensus on amending Article 141 of the Constitution, which governs imposing a state of emergency, ...

The demonstration began outside the Chattogram BEPZA zone office in the morning and later escalated to a road blockade, brought traffic to a halt along the critical Agrabad-Patenga industrial corridor ...