Dhaka, Monday, Mar 02, 2026
Bangladesh Bank has decided to reduce liquidity support to commercial banks from May this year. From 3 May, banks facing liquidity shortages will be able to access only seven-day repo facilities ...
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Khulna today (27 February), with tremors felt in different parts of the country, including Dhaka and surrounding areas.According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the quake ...
Pakistan and Afghanistan are fighting yet again. On Friday morning (February 27), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed that his country is in an ‘open war’ with its neighbour.Pakistan has ...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has urged the government on Saturday to immediately halt new fossil fuel-based power projects, revise inflated demand projections and strengthen parliamentary oversight to steer ...
Israel carried out a daytime assault on Tehran on Saturday, sending smoke billowing from the city center.The initial strike targeted areas near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The ...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday has called for sweeping reforms in tax mobilisation, business climate, trade agreements and foreign investment governance, warning that Bangladesh’s post-election economic transition ...
Tensions across the Middle East have escalated after a series of strikes involving the United States and Israel against Iran, with explosions reported in multiple countries.According to reports, Iran retaliated ...
As global geopolitical tensions have intensified, fuelling widespread public anxiety that a third world war could be on the horizon, analysts and policymakers offer divergent views on how close the ...
The country’s two main bourses closed the week on a positive note, with all major indices rising on both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), ...
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) on Saturday raised gold prices by Tk 4,374 per bhori, setting the rate of 22-carat gold at Tk 265,414.In a statement, Bajus said the new ...