The government has initiated a Tk50 crore allocation for lawyers’ training this year and plans to strengthen financial transparency at the Bar Council.

Bangladesh Bank has ordered finance companies to withhold policy support and incentive packages from borrowers who have pending writ petitions or other cases against the government, the central bank, ...

The proposed changes would introduce a seniority-based rotation for the chairmanship and allow the board to remove a sitting chairman with a two-thirds majority vote, subject to Bangladesh Bank ...

Four separate committees have been formed to investigate the 14 August toxic gas incident that killed nine workers at the shipbreaking yard.

The broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a dramatic reversal today (18 August), as early-session euphoria over the finalisation of new margin lending rules quickly faded, giving way ...

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Akhtar said that at the start of voting in the presidential election, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin will brief the voters about the voting procedure. "After that, we will begin ...

The nearly one lakh-cubic-foot facility in Tejgaon is being developed with support from the government, UNOPS and the Global Fund to improve the storage of essential medicines and health supplies.

BNP presidential candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says he wants to continue serving people and working for the development of his home district if elected president.

FBCCI Administrator Fazlul Hoque said Bangladesh could draw lessons from India's experience in attracting private and foreign investment in infrastructure.

Bilateral trade is now close to $20 billion, but Bangladesh remains heavily in deficit as its annual exports to China are ...

The government has sharply cut import duties and taxes on green chillies and tomatoes, reducing the combined rate from 61% to 20.5% for the first month in a bid to ease prices and increase market ...